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* IQIARS LOST MUEN CBANCE TO CRUSH RUSSIAN BEAR ALUED ARTILLERY BUSY Bxp«rt Predict* Offennlve on the Part : of AUea Who Moat Prevent March Upon Gertie Bulgaria's Position J Dorotoant—Rnsslan Position Slight* , If Improved. , The Military Expert of The New York Times reviews the war last week cs follows: Not for months have the battle lints on the western front shown such great activity as dnrlng the last week. For several weeks there has s been constant cannonading, but noth ing approaching in violence the ardt- lery Are of the week past. This may be due in part to the fact that substantial deliveries of Ameri can firms who hold war contracts is Just beginning. As was pointed out here several weeks ago, although contracts for an enormous amount of shell are held in this country, some of which were let months ago, American manufacturers were not equipped either with sufficient machinery or buildings ttj produce the quantities necessary to meet the demand sud denly place<!lupon them. These manufacturers have now had enough tlmd to make the needed ex tensions ana modifications of their plants and machinery and It Is en tirely probable that from now on the flow of munitions will be material and steady. The artillery fire, of the Allies at least, will therefore show ai> Increase in Us intensity. This war has brought about many changes In the precon ceived ideas as to tactical movements, the most decided of which Is in the use of the artillery arm. It has been a generally accepted theory of war fare that artillery without infantry can accomplish nothing against an army in the field. Artillery has been used—and all military textbooks so prescribe Its nse—to shell the lines of the enemy, and when they have been thoroughly shaken by artillery fire, and not until then, the Infantry goes into action and completes the work. It seems that the allied command ers on the weetern front are attempt- 1*( to develop a new method that la- volvea the contlnnoss us* of artillery without exposing the Infantry to the ~r— extent a* formerly. In but few eases have any of the violent artil lery attacks of the past week been followed up by the Infantry. This method may have resulted In tho destruction of large sections of the semi-permanent earthworks which tho German* have constructed daring the peat year, bat ha* not pro duced nay advance worthy of noto. In fact. It Id difficult to see how it son. Infantry snpportad by nrtlllary la. of coaraa. asrssaary to hold any givaa point, and ia order to hold It most first get It. For the first time ia montha the French have been active against the salient at St. Mlbial. This town was taken anrly in tha war. and on taking It tha Germans established them selves on tha west beak of the Meuse, constructing emplacements for their heavy guns The French reported on Sunday the destruction by their artil lery of several of the bridge* over the Ms use near the town. This has resulted apparently in the retirement of the Germans to the east bank of tha river. This would natur ally be enforced through the loss of a large part of the means of communi cations belonging to forcee on the two sides of the river. From St. Mihiel the artillery Are extended west to Pont-a-Mousson. A glance at the map will show that the key to this salient is the railroad from Metz to Tblaucourt. Tbls road la, or was when the territory was oc cupied. the only direct road to Ger many over which supplies could be transported. It is therefore the main line of communications of the Ger man troops occupying the angle and consequently the constant objective of the French hammering against the sides of the salient.' Thiaucourt, the terminus of the railroad, has been the point toward which the French efforts have been particularly directed. The main at tack on this town has come through the Le Pretre Forest, the northern part of which is well within artillery range of the town. Unfortunately for the French, how ever, the railroad runs down a nar row valley with almost straight sides .—the Valley of the Mad River—so that Tlaucourt was practically guard ed from the French fire. Evidently, however, some point of vantage has been taken, for during the week the town has been under Are and the transportation of supplies seriously Interfered with. _ In the Vosges mountains, In the Argonne, and In the Champagne and Artois districts the artillery fire has also been vlto#ent. Northwest of Ebeims the French have crossed the lAlsne and apparently have secured a good foothold on the north bank of that river. If this can be retained it will be of great assistance In future operations. It Is almost Inevitable that at some time an operation will be begun against the German line Hiis line is an obtuse salient with Its vertex ht Solssone. A drive north from the Champagne country or a drive east and eouth from the Artois dietrict weald seriously tnvolvo the Qergnen oem muni cations and force s retreat of the troops to the west of the line of advenes. Not until tha British troops now on kt have keen strongly retn- nnd n great reeerve •f Munition neewn slated, he attnmnt be made The cost spendlngly great to Justify tho dlture Involved. The machine of the Tenton et- tdek oh Serbia and the mobilisation of the Belgarlan army haa thrown the Balkan States Into e ferment and has brought tho situation there to a crisis. It seems certain now that If Bnlgaria enters the war at all It will be on the Teuton side. This will in crease the difficulties of the Entente In the operations sgslpst tha Dar danelles, bat may simplify matters In other quarters. Rumania, sandwiched In between the central empires, Bnlgaria, and Turkey, will be the stumbling l>lock. In the event of Bulgaria’s entrince Into the war, Rumania can hardly re tain her status of neutrality,., and If she moves at all it will naturally be with the Entente. The Rumanians are Latins, and. with Italy engaged, there is but small possibility that they will decide otherwise than against the Teutons. Rumania’s position with respect to the present Austro-German line in the east is one of considerable Strategic Importance in that the flank of that line rests on the Rumanian frontier The Russians have shown consider able strength In their operations against this section of the Teuton line—in fact the past three or four weeks have seen a succession Of local victories of some magnitude, result ing In the capture of nearly a hun dred thousand prisoners. If the Rumanian army, already, of course, mobilized, were added to the Russian forces now operating along the Sereth river, it is entirely pos sible that the entire right flank of the Teutons woifld be 1 farced to fall back and the advance Into Russia brought to an abrupt halt. The Allies, however, are exhaust ing every resource known to diplo macy to revive the Balkan league, or at least to preserve the status quo Knowing the effect on the Darda nelles operations of the entrance of Bulgaria into the war on the Teuton side, it seems much more expedient to lose the assistance of Rumania, and probably Greece, than to see Bul garia lined up with their opponents. But it seems that all efforts to pre serve a Balkan peace are doomed to failure. «ln answer to the mobiliza tion of Bulgarin, the mobilization of Greek troops has been ordered and the Greek parliament convened. This may be interpreted by extreme paci fists merely ss s precautionary meas ure, but because of the well known volatility of the Balkan temperament It Is almost certain that Greece knows #ar is Imminent and Is taking steps to protect herself from an active Bui garlan menace. Bulgaria's mobilization orders have called for about 700,000 men. Greece's orders for about half that total. Those are practically the max imum numbers that the two countries ran call to the colors. Rumania. In case she should Join Greece and the Quadruple Entente, can call about 6SO.OOO. At the first sign of actual hostilities between Greece and Bul garia. Rumania Is almost sure to move. ‘ Thus another million and half men will be thrown into the maelstrom. On the eesUrn front the week opened with the first Important Ger man success since the Kuaeians aban doned the Wnronw salient, namely, tha occupation of Vllna. For week! tbu Ruotlans had held practically to their llaaa on almost equal terms with voa Hladenburg The preesuru finally became too greet end the evac uation of tha Lithuanian capital fol lowed. At the tame time the Germane be gan n wide flanking movement, ualng large forces of cavalry, sweeping north of Vllna across the Vllna- Dvlnsk railroad.- then southeast to fiventsiany and Vlleikn. Very henry Russian forces occupying the triangle formed by the towns of Led a. Vllna. and Vlleikn were thus more than three-quarters surrounded, and It was evident that their retirement could be effected. If st nil. only with greet dif ficulty and probably with enormous losses Until the railway from Vllna to Dvlnsk was cut the retreat of the Vllna forces did not present such a problem But the crossing of this road by the German cavalry near Sventzlany immediately changed the face of the situation and threw these ^troops into a position of great dan- Tfev.' The road from Vilna to Minsk, one of the only two lines of retreat left, .was also cut bV the German cavalry moving south from VUeika at <Molo- dfechno. This left open only a single- track railroad running from Lida to Baranovltchl. Two days later this railroad was also cut by an Hinden- burg. who took Lida and advanced a short distance to the east of that city. It seemed then that the escape of this large section of the Czar's army was thoroughly prevented. There was a small outlet, it is true, but the railroads were all, in German hands and modern armies are very depend ent on railroads for transportation. The result was what was undoubt edly one of the most desperate battles of the war. The Russians fought for life and safety, the Germans to force the Russians into a decisive fight, After months of pursuit, of driving the Russians into ,one apparently deadly trap after another, only to see them escape through some unlooked- for and impossible avenue of retreat, a decision seemed nearer than at any time since last April. The oppor tunity was too good to be lost. Ger many could not rest. But again the trap was broken and the Russian escape made good with almost Inconsiderable loss. By the fiercest kind of fighting the Russian^ recaptured the town of Molodechnq on the Vilna-Mlnsk railroad, driving the Germans northward toward Vilsl- ka. This made available for the Rus sian retreat the railway line to Minsk and the country between Molodechno and Lida. The Russian troops occuylng the dangerous triangle then commenced to fall back eastward Instead of southward aa had baas anticipated, fighting heavy rearguard actions. Evi dently. serious ns their situation Wan. It was not as bad aa Germaa official had indicated cavalry which to Sveotsieny and thence to Yllelka yaa not _ ace to the retreat, they war* quickly thrust aside by the Rosa tans, and the way to retreat opened. In these ac tions the Russian cavalry played an important pert. Berlin can not bat be grievously disappointed over the ontcome. It Was expected and eagerly predicted by the German press when the news of the fall of Vilna was published that tt was Inevitable that large num bers of prisoners would be taken. On this point the German official reports are almost completely silent. The total number of Rnssians reported captured during the week ia but two thousand and most of these were taken in operations against Dvlnsk. These operations were begun when it became apparent to von Hlnden- burg that the Russians had made good their escape from his Vllna trap. His army, which had endeavor ed tp wrap itself completely around Vilna and encircle the Russian troops retreating from that city, was forced, partly by the successful Russian re treat and partly by heavy Russian counterattack* at carefully selected points, to straighten Itself out west of the railroad from Vilna to Dvlnsk. AlmdsL Immediately a movement was begun against Dvlnsk, which at first seemed to promise success. The Russians, however, heartened by their success in outwitting the Ger mans in the Vilna fighting, took the offensive and succeeded in neutraliz ing the previous German success. The sum total of the week In the north,'therefore, is the capture of Vilna, a city without guns, without men. The gain seems to be entirely incommensurate with the price paid for it. There can be no question that the German losses were frightfully large. A golden opportunity seemed to be presented to them to bring matters in the eastern theatre near to a conclu sion. The Russian Vllna army seem ed hopelessly trapped and it* forced surrender more than a possibility. With such an object in sight It was to be expected that every possible ef fort would be exerted regardless of cost to accomplish it. The character of the fighting noted by both sides in their reports Indi cates how fierce and Incessant it was. What the loss was is not known and probably never will be. but It cer tainly was more than Germany could afford In return for the emptied city of Vllna. South of this section of the battle line, between Lida and Plnak, no fur ther German advances have been made. There haa been considerable fighting, but It haa been altogether fruitlea. In fact, auch advantage as has been gained seem* to rest with the Rusaiant. who have shown un looked-for if not unaccountable strength everywhere. For an army that has suffered the many and aerlaus reverses that have been Inflicted by the Teutons, that has retreated almost without pause from Western Galicia to Eastern Po land, the Ruaeian army certainly shows % truly remarkable ability not only to hold but to otrlka back. This has been shown particularly In tha sector between Plash and tha Rumanian frontier—that Is. against tha Teuton right wing. North of the Prlpet marshes. In the neighborhood of Flash. Mackensen. who Is In com mand of the German right centre, re ports that he has been compelled to withdraw his line somewhat to avoid the same sort of a trap which nearly caught tha Rusaians In tha Vllna sec tor. Ha had pushed forward a little east of Ptnsk. and ns his line to the north and south of Plnak was unable to advance with him, the result was the creation in hit line nt Plnak of n sharp salient. Succeesful Russlnn at tacks against tha southern aide of this salient threatened to cut off the troops nt this moat advanced point, forcing n retirement. Still farther south, in Volhynin end Galicia. Russian successes have been ■till more marked, so marked. In fact, f-at they can be accounted for only on the theory that the Germans have weakened their southern front in or der to reinforce von Hindenburg in the north, whose operations are con sidered much more important. Among the most important of the Russian successes Is the recapture of life fort ress of Lutsk, which practically clears the Volhynian triangle made up of the fortress of Lutsk, Dubno, and Rovno, of German troops. In spite of the loss of Vilna the general situation on the eastern front is more hopeful from the stand point of the Allies than at any time since the fall of Warsaw. Along the entire line von Hindenburg alone has been able to advance, and his pro gress toward Dvinsk is very slow. The Russian losses have naturally been great, but the Germans, too, have been terribly punished. The difference is that Russia’s man power is so enormous that she can absorb her losses while Germany can not. Russia’s successes in the south just at this time take on an additional importance because of the situation in the Balkans. No one of the Bal kan States can. without sacrificing its independence, if not its national ex istence, go into the war on the losing side. With Russia temporarily, at least, in practical control of the sit- -uation in Galicia, and with the cer- "■tw* Hubway Chases Disaster—Water „ and Gas Plpae Bant. . Seven persons were reported by po lice to have been killed and more than fifty others seriously injured in New York Wednesday when h dyna mite explosion in the excavation of the new Seventh Avenue Subway caused a cave-in which engulfed a surface car and numerous pedes trians. The accident occurred short ly before eight o’clock and more than half of the injured were women and girls on their way to business. There were sexenty-elght passen gers on the trolley car which dropped fifteen feet into the subway excava tion when the entire block on Sev enth Avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets' collapsed. Although the car remained upright, it was partly buried under an ava lanche of concrete, rails, timbers and earth, and many of the passengers were severely crushed. Persons who were In a large office building nearby said there was a great roar as the pavement and por tions of the sidewalks sank. This was followed a moment later by the cries of the partly entombed passen gers and of pedestrians who were either thrown into the excavation or knocked down. Men and women smashed the car windows with their bare hands In an effort to escape, eye witnesses said, while pedestrians who had been thrown Into the hole strug gled to avoid the falling debris and regain the street level. Police reserves were called out, two fire alarms were turned in and fifteen ambulances with thirty sur geons were rushed to the scene. The hospital corps of a large cloak and suit house nearby turned out. The cave-in broke water and gas mains and within a few minute heavy flows of gas and water threat ened the lives of the one hundred or more persons in the excavation. Prompt work by city employees In ■hutting off the flow in the broken mains put an end to this danger. HARDING LOOKS FOR COTTON TO Sat AT TWELVE CENTS tainty that Rumania will follow her, but on the other side, Bulgaria may hesfltate before lining up with the central empires. Memlier of Federal Reeerve Hoard Hays Foreign Demand Will Cause Increased Value. W. P. G. Harding, member of the federal reserve board. In an address delivered st the aaniul banquet of the Raleigh. N. CL, chamber of com merce Thursday night, declared that “H is bo longer n secret that there Is a broad foreign demand for cotton Estimate* now range from ten million to twelve million brie*, and a price of twelve cents looks lacs Impfob than tea ceat* did a month ago. "For tha drat time the crop move ment has begun with an abundance of cheap money available for So era bankers, and upon their Ji meat, advice and co-opemtjon de pends, to a large degree, the q lloo of whether or not farmers shall receive intrinsic vnluoa for cotton this season. The financial emanclpn tlon of the rural South is no longer an Iridescent dream." WAR LOAN HITS NEW SNAG; MAY RESULT IN DEADLOCK Anglo-French Commissioner* Con fronting Heightened Difficul ties in Securing I/oan. Opposition to the proposed « loan to the Allies has cryatallzed to such an extent that negotiations may have to be reopened along different lines. That the difficulties confron the Anglo-French credit commiss are have heightened within tho past twenty-four hours and that a dead lock is threatened was evident. The three chief obstacles were the following: 1. The unfavorable financial post tion of the British government as revealed in the budget speech of Reginald McKenna, British Char lor of the Exchequer. ^ 2. Opposition to Russia's partici pation in the proposed loan. 3. Attitude of western interests that have been antagonized by the seizure of fifteen million dollars worth of meat cargoes owned by American packers by England. Greece Seeks Transports. 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