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Show iPARIS IS THREATENED Foch Moving Up Reserves and Expecting I a to Turn Scale of Battle Within 48 Hours I 1, IBs I No Important Line Yet I Threatened by Crown I Prince. I RESERVES PRAISED I Americans Behave Like I Veterans in Mont- M didier Fight. PARI? May 20. General Foch now ; has the situation well in hand and French troops are beginning to gain in the German advanced forces in a j contest of speed. No important line of communication is yet threatened b i the advance of the German crown prince. Those on the scene declare it is not too much to say that another forty eiht hours will see the German dm-definitely dm-definitely stopped. High praise is civen the French reserves for the perfect per-fect order in which they are coming into the fighting line Not the leasl encouraging news was the brilliant success of the Americans in the Montdidier sector which all the newspapers Feature, It was the first important action carried out alone by the Americans All reports agree that they behaved like veterans. This is pronounced the best augury for the early future when J' American help will weigh heavily In rvl the balance. Berlin Tones Down War Report. LONDON. May 29 Berlin newspa ;: pers apparently have been given or- t ders to tone down their war enthusi- !' asm. says the Amsterdam correspond- ' ' cnt of the Daily Express, reporting !' German commentation on Monday'- j fighting along the Aisne i The Cologne Yolks-Zoitung says ot ' the rtghtmg tH "Our new success shows us again 'fjl ho. Justified is our confidence in our X great leaders; It would be premature to draw final conclusion, but it is h jH enough for the German people to know that its confidence in ihe spirit of the ) troops can never be disappointed " rl German Progress Slight. WITH THE FRENCH ARM V IN FRANCE, Tuesday. May 28. (By the Associated Press.) The German of- len.ive made only slighlvprogress to- '. lay. Seeing the heavy masses Op- , ; posed to them, the allies gave way in j the center and in some places the en-emy en-emy crossed both the Aisne and the |