THE CRISIS OF THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1863, 10 August 1918, Page 4

THE CRISIS OF THE WAR.

The statement by Sir Douglas Haig in his order to the British Army that the “period of crisis” has passed recalls Air Bonar Law’s estimate of the time-limit imposed on the enemy. “The result of coming battles must always be uncertain/’ he said on June 18th, “but those who are responsible, those best competent to judge, look forward to the future without: alarm. The next few months will form the supreme hour in this light. The-Germans have deliberately bent everything on winning a decisive result now before the forces of America can be brought into play. If three months hence none of the strategic objects have been secured by the enemy, then their campaign will have failed, and in spite of the victories they have achieved up to now it will be the most disastrous of all the campaigns in which they have engaged. The future of our country and of tin 1 world depends on the next few weeks. It depends in the first place on our soldiers and those of our allies, They will not fail us. It depends also to some ex-tent on the lines of communication —on those of us who remain at home.”