| Show war nearly over reports detrimental says marshall general george C marshall U S army chief of staff who has just returned from the european battlefronts asked the people of this country to permit no echoes to reach the men in ili the grip of battle that would a belief nl at home that tile the war Is over in europe tile the general points out that the nl at led hed forces on the western front and in italy are attacking along almost 1100 miles of blazing battle lines fighting in the cold and mud against an enemy occupying favorable defensive poAt positions ions and offering a desperate resistance lie ile does not want soldiers in the midst of battle to get the idea that lie he people at home believe they have a pushover push over ile he frankly expresses tears fears of a revulsion of feeling that would follow such a disclosure in the midst of present battles |
