Show E Exper's S D Daily 31 I Y Review of War WarBy y By J. J W. W T. T Mason Written for the United Press NEW YORK April 3 lf If If General General Gen Gen- eral Foch succeeds In saving Amiens and in preventing the Germans from cutting the Amiens- Amiens Paris railway He lie will have ac accomplished accomplished accomplished ac- ac all that can be reasonably reasonably reasonably rea rea- asked of him at this time Delay in starting a counter of offensive offensive offensive of- of against the German is proper under the circumstances It is not probable that British I French and American public opinion opinion ion would consider the recovery of the recently lost area In westI western west west- em ern France rance worth the sort of or I slaughter that Von Yon has just inflicted on his own troops The German autocracy can ruin Germanys Germany's manpower without protests from home but democratic governments do not do these things The Immediate Immedi ImmedI- ate retirement of the Germans to their former posts is strategically necessary from the standpoint of the allies The Tile principal r reason ason for its accomplishment would bethe bethe be bethe the strengthening of the alIl allies allies' s' s morale which ought to be and in fact is necessary Present de developments do- do more and end more suggest suggest sug sug- gest geRt that a waiting policy polley may suit the allies' allies needs better than adoption of Von Hindenburg's of slaughter A voluntary retirement by t th Germans similar to their return retrato to the line la lat t year may well be brought about by hy the mere arrival along the Alsace- Alsace Lorraine fr nt of or in numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of soldiers from Amica Von Hindenburg has bitten off of more than he can chew for tor any length of time The present front will certainly increase in un unwieldIness wield wield- Iness mess for tor the Germans if the warIs warIs war warIs Is prolonged With the probabilities ties favoring an n eventual curtailment curtailment curtail curtail- ment cf ef the German front General General Gen Gen- eral oral Foch might even be playing Von Hindenburg's own game by developing a major counter offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive at this time The allies can no more afford to waste their manpower than can Germany The death payments of the allies ought to be made for offensive gains and not merely tho the recovery of technically valueless valueless valueless value value- less territory These may be considerations that are withholding General Foch for the tho present from striking against the Germans |