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Show ANOTHER HUN DRIVE PENDING Hi 1ST LU DEN DOR FF PREPARING TO STRIKE ONE MORE GIGANTIC BLOW TO GET THROUGH. Unprecedented Array of Krupps and Skodas Massed All the Way from Albert to the Sea Indicates Breaking of Storm Soon. London. For the first time openly repudiated in the reichstag by the heart foreign office, the German military chief fains are believed to be feverishly preparing to strike one more gigantic blow to disprove Von Kuciilina..iii's sensational sen-sational assertion that military deci-sions deci-sions alone cannot bring the -v;,r tu an end. Once'more a Die an" death struggle is on in the kaiser's ivahr between diplomacy and the mailed Ij-t and the militarists are this lime faceil by odds which no amount of promi-c-but crushijig deeds alone can overcoim.. Heavy Massing of Artillery. The unprecedented array of German Krupps iiml Austrian S':o!:us mas-wj all the way from Albert to the sc;, prompts the British experts to expert the next great attempt by I Iindenhitrg to be made against Haig's from, particularly par-ticularly as the lield marshal has f,,r four consecutive days reported heavy artillery bombardments in various sectors sec-tors of bis battle line. Henri Bidou. the eminent Frencu expert, taf;ing leaf out of the German political book, say.s : "The enemy must seek a swift decision. de-cision. An offensive is imminent on the British front." Premier Hughes of Australia, pointing point-ing to Kueblmann's veiled warning of American legions in the west befur the end of this war, says the foreign -minister's remarks have caused intcn-i-. dismay in the empire. Race Against Time. From the outset this year's campaign cam-paign has been for LudendoriT a nut against time. Now that the German diplomats have- once more revolted against the junkers' empty boasts aiei promises and are showing an eager-ness eager-ness to demonstrate what they caii do with word nd pen, the kaiser's high command is at doubly desperate odds and must strike wilh all its teigl't in one more gamble for a decisiou. Americans to Aid Italians. From the Americ:rti viewpoint the chief news event of the week was the announcement by Secretary Baker on xnursday that an American regiment would be forthwith dispatched from France to Italy. The apearanee of the Star Spangled Banner on the Italian Ital-ian front is expected to have a tremendously tre-mendously cheering influence on Vicier Emmanuel's armies. |