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Show FRENCH GAINING GROUND I FRENCH I CRITICS I HOPEFUL I War Situation Serious I But Signs Increasingly H Reassuring. I WILL STOP ENEMY I Rush on the Marne Com fl mantis Undivided Attention. I PARIS. June 1 The military critics, crit-ics, says a Havas agency review to- f day, still view the situation as serious, seri-ous, but consider the signs increasingly increasing-ly reassuring. The most important development de-velopment is regarded as the enemy's attempt to advance westward and push toward Paris, thus, it is considered, revealing his strategic Intentions unmistakable. un-mistakable. In the first shock of this new rush, it is pointed out, the allies were oblig ed to give ground in some places, but they held their own on the Aisne and the Ourcq and their vigorous counterattacks counter-attacks are considered a prelude to the stoppage of the enemy advance. With some the most important part of the battlefield 13 that with Noyon or the region to the south of it. on the Aise. and the district north of Chateau Thierry' on the Marne on the other. It is here that the German rush towards to-wards Paris demands undivided attention. atten-tion. I Crown Prince's Attack, MSTERDAM, June . The Nord-deutsche Nord-deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says that it is increasingly apparent that the crowd prince's advance is not a new attack, but a systematic continuation of the previous offensive. Continuing. It says: "Thanks to communications in the legion south of Chauny which were secured in April, the new region of attack is already beginning 'o grow together with necessary big wedge drives toward Amiens. "There are tremendous tactical and operative possibilities in the strategic-positions strategic-positions now won." the article says in conclusion. 'Meanwhile, now as before, be-fore, General Foch's army stands in the region north of Amiens. There the ententewawaits in certainty a revival ot our offensive." Clomenceau Organ Optimistic. The newspaper L'Homme Libre, Premier ( lemenceau's orcan, is optimistic opti-mistic today over the situation. It points out t hat the enemy plan to draw the allies towards the south and to push on westward only met with success suc-cess as fa:- as the first part of it was concerned. The remainder of the plan Is being completely defeated, it de clares, and everything gives reason to belli ve the enemy will bo totally blocked. In creeling a delegation of Sociali.-t deputies. Premier Clemenceau voiced his absolute confidence in the issue of the present operations. He gave tho deputies details which made an excellent excel-lent impression. 00 |
