NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG issued last Sunday a special Order of the Day in which he said that "the conclusion of the fourth year of the war marks the passing of a period of crisis," and that "we can now with added confidence look forward to the future." The enemy had used his temporary superiority in numbers to obtain a decision and had failed. The American troops had already restored the balance. Sir Douglas Haig's statement deserves attention. The great victory won by Marshal Foch has wrested the initiative from the enemy. The question now is not what the enemy will do, but what the Allied Commander-in-Chief will do. The enemy has admitted as much by retreating not only on the Champagne front but also on the .Amiens bent, both near Montdidier and near Albert. As we write on Thursday there comes news of a great Allied offensive in this very sector on a wide front east and south- east of Amiens. Sir Douglas Haig himself, in command of our Fourth Army and the French First Army, is directing the attack.
