Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1918 — ALLIES AWAIT EXPECTED BLOW [ARTICLE]

ALLIES AWAIT EXPECTED BLOW

Issue of < anqmign May Hinge on Action of Central Powers. London. June 24.—Premier Lloyd George announced today that the next couple of months would be anxious ones. There might be a great blow coming in the next few hours, he said, and certainly in the next few days, and on this blow the issue of the campaign might depend. The entente allies, he added, never felt better prepared to meet it. Premier Lloyd George said the Austro-Hungarians were yi full retreat. The question now was, he added, whether they would be able to effect a retreat. The premier, who made his announcement in the house of commons, referred to the amazing organization' .which was bringing AJnerican troops to France. “Enough Americans/' he added, “have arrived to satisfy the allies and to disappoint and ultimately defeat our foes.’’ It was possible that within a short time, the premier said, the allies would be stronger than Germany. The enemy, he declared, had no further reserves to call upon after another offensive except by a drastic combing out of the essential industries which I®*- already had started. Turning to recent battles, the

premier declared that_.the enemy had intended to reach Compiegne, but failed and were beaten back by the French army.

.The losses inflicted on the Germans undoubtedly were very serious and on the whole the premier declared the last German attack on the allies was undoubtedly a defeat, for the enemy failed to reach his objectives. . ;