DYING BELIEF IN GERMAN INVINCIBILITY.
LATIN-AMERICA IMPRESSED, • New York, June 25. Advices received Jiere gives a unique indication of the dying belief in German invincibility in Latin-America. According to the information received, at the time of previous German offensives every concern in South America stopped buying goods from United States merchants. The present offensive, however, brought no diminution in the number of orders placed with United States firms. The explanation, given of this phenomenon is that previously Latin-Ame-rican firms felt that a German offensive meant a German victory, and consequently an early peace, upon German terms. They have learned now, ftowerer, that the best a German, offensive can offer is a postponement of an inevitable German defeat. They therefore do not place any hope in the possibility of strong competition between the United States and Germany in Latin-America, at any time in the near future, and are inclined to believe that Germany is facing a defeat which will cripple her ex.port tnu}e>»io* yon tn f .
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1918, Page 2
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165DYING BELIEF IN GERMAN INVINCIBILITY. Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1918, Page 2
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