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Show Mud Preventing Operations. In view of tills assurance that the United States will be aide to maintain its place as a lighting unit on the battle fronts, reports from the western front are being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the first signs of the !)1S campaign. It is felt strongly that the opening of major operations in what I'resident Wilson has predicted I will prove the decisive year of the great war will not be much longer delayed. de-layed. Mud has been the determining factor of many previous western front operations. So long as the ground is soft with the winter rains it is impossible im-possible to move forward great guns and necessary transport trains to support sup-port an advancing line. Even -in Flanders, Flan-ders, however, indications this year are that the ground will harden early in spring, permitting either side to undertake un-dertake the enterprises planned. |