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Show HAfi THE BATTLE LINE Pill IN GREECE pill When two lighting dogs nro brought PPPP up facing each other with nothing be- PPPP tween but an open fonco or a small PPPP ditch, they aro bound to growl and PPPP auiul it not Instantly to come to nc- PPPP tunl grips. j So also with tho dogs PPPP -of war thoy may purado hack and PPPP tortlt a while, and may even pretend PPPP that thoy aro contentedly held in PPPP leash; but with tho first opportunity PPPP ahoy will slip their restraint and ho PPPP at It with nil their might. PPPP No surprise, therefore need ho cro- PPPP ntcd by tho news that German guns PPPP havo begun to thunder against tho PPPP Allies' entrenchments at Salonlkl. PPPP Thoy havo been brought forward for PPPP that express purposo; and It Is no PPPP 1'art of Teutonic strategy to let an PPPP enemy strengthen and refresh him- PPPP solt behind his works without at tho PPPP least an effort to disturb him. It PPPP tho Allies, or It Oreeco on whoso PPPP noil tho hosts aro lodged In hostllo PPPP nrrny, expected n qulot winter, thoy PPPP must havo had curiously optimistic PPPP notions of tho foo'a Intontlons. Tlmo PPPP Is tho real cssenco of all German op. PPPP orations, nnd tlmo Is bocomlng moro PPPP nnd moro precious with them every PPPPPJ week, Tho defenses which tho At- PPPP lied troops have constructed to pro- PPPP tcct their present position will needs PPPP bo stout and bravoly manned, for PPPP they aro about to ho tested to tho PPPP utmost. Such talk as that ot tho PPPP "unmanned staff ollicor" quoted In PPPH tho day's dispatches, to tho effect PPPH that tho Allies havo their enemy PPPP ready for beating and can do tho Job PPPP whenever they wish, Is light and fool- PPPP IbIi bombast. Thoso who would llko PPPPJ to hollovo ho knows whereof ho PPPPPP speaks search hopefully hut vainly PPH for anything, cither In tho present ' BT"-apfcw situation or in tho past to furnish t basis for his boasting. Tho storied soil of northeastern Oreeco promlsef to run led with human blood before any lines nro tnken or anybody li beaten. Dcscrot Nows. |