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Show GREATEST WEEK OF THE WAR. This has been a glorious week for the allies. Lille, Douai, Roulers, Ostend, Bruges and Zeebruggo have been captured. Froni the sea to Verdun the Ger- i mans have been beaten back, hammered, ham-mered, harassed, whipped. Tho once powerfully superior array of Von Hlndcnburg has been reduced until today it has but little reserve energy en-ergy with which to strike back. Tho Belginn coast has been cleared and the troops of King Albert are on tho border of Holland, and between them and the sea are 6,000 Germans who, as a rear guard left to hold Zee-brugge, Zee-brugge, are trapped by a part of tho little army which so heroically defended de-fended Liege in tho first days of the rape of Belgium. A number of the war correspondents advise against too much optimism due to all thcscvlctorics, but the Standard Stand-ard joins with the highly optimistic in looking forward to ah early collapse of German resistance. Of course there are influences at work -which, if successful, suc-cessful, may cause tho fighting to proceed pro-ceed through the winter and well into the winter of 1910-20. Tho kaiser will not yield unless he is overthrown by a strong leader among the defeatists of Germany. The world has a dark and gloomy outlook for Emperor William, if he loses'-his throne. He, therefore, will hold on most tenaciously until an overwhelming sentiment in Germany Ger-many pushes him out of the way. Now, if the kaiser can prevail against the people of Germany who want peace, the war may reach tho stage when a desperately driven army, fighting on its own soil and close to its sources of supply will bo able to prolong the war many months. But there is no longer any doubt as to the final triumph of Die forces of General Foch. ' nn |