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ft THE M UST WEEK RUSSIA HAS CHANCE TO FORCE TURKEY TO QUIT • v • ' . y MUST FOLLOW UP SUCCESS New York Tlmee Reviewer S*y» Re- treatlng Turklntt Army Fecee Oreat Danger of Extinction—Three Eaxtern Theatres Closely Oo- ordlnatM. * The war theatre 6f the Far Eaat v embracing Peraia, Mesopotamia, ahd the CsttiraHiis south of the Hlark Sea, has received but scant attention from the press as well as from the public. Only In the publications of the coun tries directly Interested throtiKli their status as belligerents have the details of the war In this distant theatre been In any way adequate. The result lias been that the neu tral public baa come to regard these operations as too Entirely minor and subsidiary to merit attention. This is emphraslzed by the natural prepon derance of publicity given to t he FTench and Russian fronts In Europe. The war will be decided in Europe and ojqi one of these two fronts. The^e can be no question about that. But that does not neces sarily mean that the Far Eastern theatre Is entirely a subsidiary field. It Is difficult to tell from the offi cial reports from any of the fronts whether a given movement is a major or a subsidiary operation. We can only wait until the results have been reported to form a correct.Judgment. With so many belligerents a major operation may be .undertaken which will vitally affect one without neces sarily having any decisive effect on the situation as a whole. As an exhmple, w it newt the cane of Aerbia. No military move could con ceivably have been more successful than thp combined Teuton-Bulgar operation against the Serbs. As a fighting entity Serbia was.absolutely destroyed. And yet the effect on the situation in other fields has been practically nil. If anything, the ronquerers of Ser bia are weaker now than before the campaign began by reason of the absolutely necessary losses. The Teutons may have staved off defeat: they certainly have not added to their chances of ultimate victory. In the same class are the Russian and British operations In the East. They are. however, vastly more Im portant. pregnant with much greater possibilities. It Is Inconceivable that the Russian successes. If continued, should cause the disruption of the entire Turkish empire end Sts parti tion through the enforced grunting of Syrian autonomy and force Turkey to sue for u separate peace on the theory that there Is very much to lose and nothing to gain hy fighting on. The Impression has been created by the detached manner In which the several operations In the Far East have been reported that there are three asperate and distinct fields of operation—one In the Caucasus, one In Mesopotamia, one In Persia. This Impression Is entirely erroneous. The Mesopotamian effort of the British is. It is true, detached physi cally from the other two. But In every other way the operations are all one Indeed, It Is more than pos- slble that hy the time another month has passed It will he oae with the others physically as well as In effect. The line In Persia Is a direct con tinuation of that In the Caucasus; is. In fact, merely an extension of It. Any discussion, therefore, of the sit uation created In the Far East by the more recent events must involve as - eauentlal factors'r«Terence“To These three elements. . IjK us begin at the Black Sea end of the Russian line and follow the events through. It must be realised at the outset that Russia is in control of the Hlark Sea and that this control is absolute, at least Insofar as her ability to ef fect a landing If troops from trans ports at any desired point Is concern ed. The operations show the master hand of a man who is skilled in tier- man methods, for the Russian moves against Kr/erum have shown a truly (ierman degree of. organization, of preparedness, and of general ability to utilize railroads and other avenues of transportation so as to secure maximum ‘results. The points of Russian concentra tion are not definitely known, but were probably Batum on the Black Sea, Tiflis on the railroad from the Black to the Caspian Sea, and Baku on the Caspian. At these points the Grand Duke Nicholas assembled and trained his army and accumulated his supplies of food. When he was ready he moved forward from the fortress of Kars, a railroad in Russia within fifty miles of the Turkish bor der, following the road, from Kars to Erzerum, the only truly passable road In the whole district. Just how gre»t the Russian force originally was, or Indeed Its present strength, is not known. Therp were probably about eight army corps, roughly 300,000 men, to Whom the Turks opposed probably two-thirds of that number. The resistance of fered to the Russian advance has been consistently swept asl^p almost without delay. . The rough mountain land between Erserum and the Black Sea Is any thing but a good military country, particularly for troops operating on the offensive, as the Russian troops were. In addition the weather at this seasoji of the year is atrocious, with blinding snowstorms, intense cold, and the thermometer register ing at times 2b degrees below zero. And there were the naturally strong positions of the enemy. Yet none of theee materially delayed the Grand Duke’S^rogreea. That an) thing at all ijaa arcon- ‘ ‘ • the conditioa* that are to remarkable. Only little oxer a year ago would have at tempted It. In an almost unbelievably short space.of time his army had reached | the he.avily fortified town of Erzerum. The defenses^dr this town consist of a garrison of about Of thcHo , fin t* nine were constructed during the last few years under the direc tion of German military engineers, and were amusl with modern Krupp guns. Some idea of the strength of this position can be had from the fact that It was before It .that the Rus sians* were defeated In the Turco- Russlan-war. Since then the position has been greatly strengthened by the addition of ‘the nine forts-spoken of which were instructed on a ridge in front of the city. Yet in five days after the announcement of the fall of the first fort the other seventeen had fallen. i ' it was not believed that Russia had any heavy guns or could have them because of the almost insuperable dif ficulties of winter transportation. A well known British authority in fact stated positively but ten days ago that Russia did not then have any siege train in her Caucasian opera tions. That ’she did have Is now certain— and In view of the known strength of the Erzerum defenses, Russia’s vic tory can only mean that the Russian artillery has very greatly improved and that the supply of shell is" suffi cient to fill Russia’s needs. Otherwise Erzerum would still he in Turkish hands, as the Turks were rommanded hy, one of the most able Marshals In the German army, who was sent there especially to assist the Turks because of this very evident need of competent leadership. In deed. It Is supposed that he was shut up in Erzerum when It was Invested and consequently captured when the garrison surrendered. If so it will certainly give a comic opera tang* to the Teutons’ efforts to stem the tide of the Russian advance. Before going into the possible ef fects the all of Erzerum may exert on Die Eastern situation Its is neces sary to know the situation with re-‘ speot to the I'erslan o|iernfions, as well as those along tlie Tigris In Mesopotamia. The situation can then be grasped as a whole. The situation In Persia was at the outset rather disquieting to Russia, and was rendered truly serious by the British reverses In Mesopotamia, which resulted In General Towns- hend’s force being Invested at Kut- el-Amara. M hat Russia feared most was the stirring up of Uie various Persian tribes. Persia does not want war. In fact, technically she is neutra^ and has so notified the various warring power*. TTiere Is. however, a strong military party in Persia, consisting prinrtpslly of German sympathizer*. The only military force In the country that is sanctioned by the Shah is a native gendarmerie, offi cered hy Swedes, and controlled by the pro-German party. This force was organized. If we may believe the press of the Allies on this point, by the German ambassador tp Persia. Prlnc# Heinrich of Reuse. The Russians, whnae spherp of in I fluence extends throughout Northern Persia, became alarmed, and advanr ed against the cities of Ramadan and Kura, which were recognized as be ing the centre of the pro-tierman agi tation. This Russia was authorized to do without Infringing on thn rights of neutrals, inasmuch as there is an agreement with Persia entered Into both by Great Britain and Russia to preserve order in those sections of the Shah’s dlmfnlon to which the sphere of Influence of the two coun tries extends. After taking Ramadan tho Rus slans marched against Kermanshah. and that town alao was soon In their hand*. The strength of thla flank of the Russian line is not known, hnt it can not be large. There la no neoes eity for a large force, and Rirssta'R need for troops la too great In East ern Turkey to maintain any more men In Persia than are needed. The only occasion that would de mand large forces here would he an outbreak hy the various Persian tribes, as feared by Russia at the outset. There In no indication that thin has occurred an yet or, in fact, that it in likely to occur now that Runnia’s Influence through her mili tary nuccennes ia becoming dally more potent. The present military situation In Persia Is that the towns mentioned Ramadan, Kurn. and-Kermanshah- are In Russian hands, and the troops of the Grand Duke are pushing stead ily on toward Bagdad, the ancient city of the Caliphs. The object seems to be two-fold: first, to neutralize the efforts of ,tlie pro-German party, and, sec ond, to effect a junction with the British in Mesopotamia. The objects of the % B?itish expedi tion and the results that have been accomplished to date have been thor oughly discussed In former reviews. For present purposes It will be neces sary only to mention them briefly In order that their relation to the pres ent situation may be readily grasped. Just north of the Persian Gulf are the oil fields which Great- Britain ac quired by purchase and in which there has been made a very consid erable investment. To protect them, to maintain British supremacy in the Persian Gulf, and to preserve British prestige in the East the British ex pedition set out from the Lower Tigris for Bagdad. The vicissitudes of this initial ex pedition are well known. The end came when they were driven back after their victory at . Clesiphon to Kut-el-Amara, where they''were sur rounded and besieged. A second British force, under General Aylmer, was sent to their relief, and the troops are now somewhere on the Tigris below Kut, struggling with weather conditions and a superior Turlrtsh force to reach their sorely pressed comrade*. Without going too much Into de tail these are the essential element* of the khree moves In Asia, all of trhlrh have been grouped, at least by the Germans, under the single cap tion. “raaeastan Onerat'ona TMs In Itsnlf shn«a that the Get mans anneeetote the stag'eBMB o' namoso o' ail tboae move*: aad be cause they are one they are all neces sarily affected hy any thorough .suc cess of any one tff these elements. With .the possible exreptim of Bagdad, no city in the East is as im portant in the success of the. com bined Operations as is Erzcriim. From a purely military standpoint; putting aside all questions of the political ef fect, Erzerum unquestionably takes first rank. Its fall, with the capture of a largo number of Turks, will completely quiet Peraia. and put In jeopardy all of the Turkish forces in Armenia. And not only that. The object of the entire Caucasian operations—to use the term ia the all-inclusive Ger man fashion—is the main channel of communication which is basically necessary to Turkish defense, the Bagdad railway, which runs from Aleppo to Bagdad. This railway is, as far as we know, Incomplete. At the time, the war broke odt the construction was being rapidly pushed, large crews working from both termini toward a junction. From the Aleppo end, we know it has reached as far as Ras-el-Ain-—a dis tance of 200 miles. It is not,known if it has reached any further. From Bagdad it has probably^.not gone ahead over 100 miles--to Samara, or possibly to Tekrlt. There is, therefore, a breach yet unconstructed of between 200 r and 250 miles. Nearly half of this, how ever, that l&f from Mosul to Samara, is not of vital Importance because the Tigris at this season of the.year is navigable and therefore an excellent line of communications. CERMANnREPiy CONCEDES ALL POINTS EXCEPT A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE .Along the remaining half t-here is n excellent road of which the IWrks fiave made a great deal of use. This ere an excellent road of which the ftlrks ,dg railroadls the sine qua mm of Turk- Isli defense—if Its continuity can- he broken the entire game is in Itussian hands. Not that there Is'any imme diate danger. The-ltussians are near ly l!tM) miles from the railroad yet, with the Taurus Mountains in he- twi-en. The point is. however, that there is no-fortified place between the Russians and- the Turkish life Une. . > Certain It is that since the fall of Przemysl just a year ago no such victory has favored the allied arms. The rani|»aign against Egypt, If there ever was such'a thing, must Ik- abandoned. The Turkish empire Is in danger of being forced into a separate |K-ace. In this case all of the fighting In Serbia will have hern for nought. Turkey, of all the belligerents, stands alone as the one with nothing to gain. She went Into the war be cause the Kaiser had the price in cash. But that no additional terri tory will come to her la sure. Site has. however, much to lose now. England, once Turkey's only friend In Europe, Is now her bitterest enemy, and If Turkey asks for peace, she will pay for Britain's Gallipoli' dead by retiring entirely from Knrope. On the other hand, she also runs an excellent chance of losing much of her territory In Asia due to the demands of Syria, the uprisings of the Arabs, and her own treatment of Armenia. , The-c. howexer. !*elong to the fu ture. , All that the fail of Erzerum Itself a< i-ompli'hc-t In to reniove the last and grealeot harrier to Itussian sun-ess on * truly large scale. In fart, the situation la a duplicate o( that created a year ago by the fall of Przemysl. In this rase the Grand Duke had'opened to him the plans of Hungary and the road to Silesia. In one case the barrier of the Car pathians stood in his way, in the other the strongly fortified town of Cracow. Nicholas chose the plains of Hungary as his objective, feeling that Austria wa* practical^.beaten and one more thrust would. If suc cessful. eliminate her completely and force a separate peace. The result of the operation is well known. The Armenian Taurus Mountains may ■*-repetition of rhe Ritswinw tragedy of the Carpathians. Germany, seeing the straits of her ally, may, as In the case of the Austrians, send the murh-m-eded succor. It is at least doubtful, if not impossible. Germany may send a leader to Armenia. • She can- not send troops because she has none to spare. One thing is shown plainly by the Turkish defeat. Only a part.of the Turkish army is efficient and can be counted on when the pinch comes. That part fought magnificently on Gallipoli. The Turkish army of the east has not measured up to tho same standard. Outnumbering the British three or four to one, they have been unable to defeat the British invasion, although they have arrested it. In numbers equal to the Russian arjny of the Caucasus, they have not. in spite of the most powerful cfefenses, been able to hold their own. It does not augur well for the future of the Teutons’ ally. . , On the other fronts there is little on which to comment. The western front lias again settled down to its normal state of quiet. The.wather has been -partly responsible. At the same time what seems to be the breakdown of the German offensive is to be recorded. Germany has ap parently lost her ‘‘punch.” The heavy bombardments of artillery were ap parently as effective 118 ever, bul the infantry seemed unable to .follow matters up. The losses during the offensive were unquestionably great, much greater than Germany could afford without a material • betterment of position. The result has been utter ly negligible. At no point on , the western front is Germany one whit better off than she was two months ago NEAR FINAL SETTLEMENT Diplomats of Central Power to State That Empire “Recognizes” liabil ity and That New Note is in An swer to Lusitania Note and In cludes Arabic Assurances. Berlin reports: Germany’s reply to the American government's latest representations regarding the sink ing of the steamer Lusitania was for warded to Washington Monday. The reply accepts one of the two changes suggested by Secretary Lan sing. hut proposes a new wording for the other. Washington repo'rts Wednesday: Germany is understood to have agreed to the suggestion of the Unit ed JStatea thpt - she substitute the words “recognizei liability” for the words "assumes liability” in the ten tative draft of the communication designed to Settle the Lusitania case. The revised draft was received late Wednesday night from Berlin,. Several other changes desired hy the United States and described as being of minor importance also, are said to have been made. In one stance, however, Germany is under stood to have proposed a change in the language suggested by the.Amer ican government. From high Teutonic authority comes the statement that it was ex pected the Lusitania case would be finally settled to the satisfaction of the United States and Germany at the conference between Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff. American officials, already have said the two governments were "sub stantially in accord.” The ambassa dor is understood to be prepared to make the tentative communication a formal note setting forth the instruc tions given him by the Berlin foreign office. , It also was stated that the one modification made in Berlin waa not material ahd that German officials here did not consider that the state department would object to the change. ^ Teutonic officials seemed most confident that in agreeing to the American request to substitute- the wtn-d '‘recognizes” for the word "as sumes** preceding the mention of lia bility to Germany to make repara tion for injury to neutrals the Berlin foreign o(fice has removed all cause of possible difficulty. Last week when the tentative pro posal of the German government was rejected after being considered by the cabinet It was stated the difference of opinion regarding the words "n-c- ognizes” and "assumes * was chiefly responsible for tho fatt that, as a high administration official said, the Lusitania case was "substantially” settled, the negotiations were not ended. It is said that the document now is just as the United States suggested it he with the one ezeeption, but the nature of this ezeeption was not'dis closed. It was believed, however, that the wording used lor connection with refernce to the conduct of re prisals had been modified, — Germany also is understood to have authorized Count von Hern storff to state specifically io.the com munication that it is in answer to the last American note on the Lusl- tani;} .and direct attention to the as surances which have been given pre viously in connection with the Arabic case. Insertion of the provision was in formally requested by Secretary Lan sing. When included in-the formal document it will in itself be a com plete record of the essurances given the concessions granted and the agreements made. Officials and diplomats said that if thq communication as submitted by Count Bernstorff contains the state ment that Germany recognizes lia bility for the lives of neutrals lost in the commission of an act such as the sinking of the Lusitania probably the last cause of contention had been re moved and the administration could well proclaim hiking achieved recog nition of all the high principled for- which it has contended.. CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE Yorkshire Pigs—15; sevr> weeks old.. CabtMige Plants—Shipped from coast. S W Hayes Lenoir, N. C. 75c, per 1,000. L. M. Pooser. Orangeburg, S. C., White Leghorn Eggs—$1.15 per set ting. Ten chicks guaranteed. , Gel- zer- Sims, Orangeburg, S. C. For full blood bird pyppies, four months old, Apply td J. R. 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Monday, via London: Im- portaht successes for the German* In two engagements were reported Mon day hy the war office Northwest o' Tahure positions over a . front of «even yards were captured, seven of ficer* and three hundred men* being made prisoner* In ths rexlon of Veersept. near ths French frontier, tiled positions four hnadrod yard* loag war* captared Senate 'Passes I<aw -Punishing Act With $100 or Three Months. The Senate drpve another nail Into the prohibition structure by passing a bill Tuesday making it unlawful for a person to act as the go-between In securing whiskey. The bill prohibits any person In this State with or with out compensation Therefor, to act as agent, intermediary or messenger for either the purchaser or sel’er of alco holic liquors or beverages, with or without compensation therefor, to re* ceive, accept, have in possession, transport, deliver, order, procure or purchase from another any such li quors or beverages for an unlawful purpose. 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