The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, August 12, 1915, Image 3
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^United states refuses tre
I british assumption
^ STATISTICS SHOW WRONB
Government Experts Intend to Contend
That Goods Going to Neutral
Oountrieo May Not be for Ger^H|
many?Figures of Scandinavian
Trade Being Secured for Use.
HH The state department has assem
bled elaborate statistics to refute the
British assumption that increased ex
IPvivbvivub nuui tuo uuuea stales to
neutral European countries Indicate
that some of these goods find their
way into Germany and Austria. The
figures will be included in a preliminary
draft being prepared for President
Wilson of the reply to the three
British notes.
The state department has made a
rtudy of trade conditions between the
United States and neutral European
countries and the department of commerce
has investigated Scandinavian
and Dutch trade.
A report on the foreign trade of
Great Britain for the six months ended
June 30, also has been received
from Consul General Skinner at London.
It shows that exports to the
Scandinavian countries and Holland
have increased since the war began
along the same lines as American exports
to those countries.
The report also shows that while
Great Britain's exports decreased in
tne lirst six months of 1915 as compared
to the same period of 1914,
imports increased. Re-exports during
June, tho first month during
which the British order in council
was fully effective, showed an increase
of $2,904,83 8.
In cotton, one of the much disputed
articles in the trade. Great Britain's
imports Increased by 1,314,592
V. centals of 11 2 pounds each. Of the
a porta of^otton Consul General
Skinner said:
"Holland and Sweden each took
about five times as much cottoD in
June, 1915, as in 1914,' and
,. ? -during the past half year Sweden received
14 2,543 centals and Holland
259,628 centals of cotton as against
18,642 centals and 1 7,785 centals respectively
in the same period of 1914.
Large increases in ail lines of cotton
goods and cotton yarns from
Great Britain to Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and the Netherlands during
the first six months of 1915 are
shown. Despite a general decrease
in expojts of manufactured copper,
Great Britain sent Norway 317 tons
,V in 1915 as against 48 tons in 1914.
Increased American copper exports to
X Scandinavian countries hava been cited
by Great Britain to sustain her
contention.
Encouraged by the announcement
from London that a purt or the cargo
of the steamer Neches had been released,
officials determined to press
informal negotiations to secure an
- agreement that would release all the
.ooi. i| uauiuicn ui rtlltTH'UII DOUIHl
commodities on -.otterdum docks.
-J- the British note in the Neches I
case set forth that if it is alleged thai
"in particular cases and special circumstances,
hardships may be inflicted
on citizens of neutral countries,
his majesty's government are ready
in. such cases to examine the facts in
a spirit of consideration of neutrals."
In line with tills assurance, the
foreign trade advisers of the state deJl
partment are forwarding to I^ondon
affidavits covering hundreds of individual
cases in which they allege that
hardships are being inflicted. The
state department is hopeful of results
in many ofthese rases.
POWER Ho'usV ENGULFED
Cement Plant Covering Three Acres
Falls Into Hole.
Carrying with it almost three acres
of hard clay, the Immense power
plant of the Knickerbocker Cement
company, near Hudson, N. Y., was
almost swallowed in what is supposed
to be a bed of quicksand early
Tuesday morning, sending five men
to death and injuring several others.
Just before six o'clock, at which
hour the laboring shift is changed,
the workmen felt a rumbling under
their feet, followed by a cloud of
uusi. Aimoai inaianny die immense
plant disappeared from sight, carrying
with it 40.000 tons of trap-rock
stored for winter use, the weight of
which undoubtedly served to cause
the disaster.
The plant, built four years ago at
B| a cost of $250,000, was situated on
[ an almost level piece of land a mile
1 from Hudson; it employed nearly 600
L men. Many of tho workmen had
complained that the plant was sottling.
but their fears were laughed
^^^^at. Tuesday night the plant, one of
MB^^^he largest of the kind in New York
built of brick, steel and reln^^MH|^Br<'d
concrete, lay in a hole forty
deep, the huge power house
H Mril to dust and the heavy steel
into
buildings which vanished conH|^B
nlsfed of a large power house, an 80foot'
concrete smokestack, an elevaconveyor
with another smoke^^H^Bstai-k,
a concrete store},ouse, and a
frame barn which held three
and an nutomoblle, all of
fl^B||^Bbi(-h were buried.
^HHRRmU Ixwmh Admittedly Heavy.
HI l'firofrad reports Wednesday that
the UuAanJosses ic defending WarHH
Saw very heavy, but our troops
are makn a valiant resistance to
^^B the onmnlnn to deal a severe blow
BHP from themrew line.'
Illg llaln In New Vorlc.
wmmm New York streets were turned Into
H^^^Vyellow rivers Wednesday morning by
deluge of three inches of rain in
foor hours. Wires and traffic lines
^H^B sere badly damaged.
MS Ambassador's Daughter Weds.
B|B kiss Katharine Alice Page, daughHH
tsr cf the American ambassador to
London, was married Wednesday in
B^HB London'to Charles Greely Loring, of
Bo*toO.
London Pail km Foel tIA War.
^U DseroAsed roVenueha^aused the I
HH|H London newnpaperMB|^Bense their
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twenty miles in the last week. The
Russians, however, are retreating ni
through a country which Is a vast W
swamp at the best and which, owing
to the recent rains, has been made
impassable except by a few roads.
The forces opposed to Mackensen
are fighting desperately'to retard his pi
further advance and to give their r
comrades to the north opportunity to lji
withdraw with all their supplies. Lon- p,
don experts believe the chances favor
a withdrawal but it will take probably
a week betore the situation will
be* decided.
From the region of Ivangorod the
army of the Austrian archduke, Joseph
Ferdinand, is pressing forward
and the troops of Qen. von Woyrsch
are driving ahead from the Vistula
against the Russian lines of retreat, st
Large forces of Russians remain in So
Pragua, a suburb of Warsaw, apd be- fo
tween there and Novo Minsk. Rus- ca
sian artillery has been throwing in
shells into the Polish capital for the
last two days, the German movements tic
out of there being hindered by 'the on
destruction of the three Vistula Pr
bridges. ni
The resistance which the Russians Mi
have brought to bear against von ar
Mackensen in the south and von ad
Scholz and von Gallwitz in the north Ju
may have plugged the jaws of the f'
iray which uie uermuns were seeKing
to snap In central Poland but to
the wider outflanking movements of So
Ben. von Iluelow In the north con- 8t<
tinues a menace. lai
With more than seven army corps, M<
including immense forces of cavalry, br
he is pressing forward on a front
which extends from a point south of fr<
Riga where his left wing connects th
with the army operating against the an
Baltic port, to Kovno, which is re- re
ported being evacuated before the ad- ex
vance of his right wing. His center th
has already crossed the Jara river 2.
about thirty-five miles from Dvinck, he
at which it is striking to cut the th
railroad. pa
Ho is now entering a much more
difficult country, however, and must ph
proceed across a terrtain which is a lei
perfect maize of rivers, lakes and co
standing water, and which affords go
lines easy of defense. Between the th
Jara and Dvinsk tnere are great lfr
marches and between Kovno and Vll- ist
ja, his other objective, is the wide de
and rapid Niemen with its swamps th
? ph
PEACE CARRIED TO HAITI
WHEN U.S. MARINES LANDED ?
?? al
pll
I/eader of Successful Revolution An- ed
flounces His Forces Will t)f
Disarm Themselves. ?e'
by
Hopes for a poacoful settlement of to
disturbances in llnltl wore increased er;
Thursday by receipt of a message
from Rear Admiral Capterton, com- w<
nianding tho American naval forces at re
Port-au-Prince and Capo Haitlon, announcing
that the troops of Resolvo dli
Hobo, leader of the successful rovo- Mi
iution, would disarm on their arrival ra
at Port-au-Prince. Gen. Bobo's men tic
are reported en route from Capa Hal- H
tien and should arrive in six days. th
An abstract of Admiral Caperton's mi
report was given out which comment- of
ed on conditions as follows: "Al- ro
though Cape Haitlen is quiet, out- pe
breaks are reported at Petitgoabe,
Miragoave and Jacmel. The Haitlen ini
committee at Port-au-Princo has tele- fo'
graphed the authorities at those be
places directing them to maintain or- W(
der, and Admiral Caperton is of the ph
opinion that the order of the committee
will be effective." fo
Gen. Blot, who commanded the wc
military forces of the government w!
overthrown with the assassination of th
President Gutllaume, has left the th
country. Officials at Washington in- pa
ferred from his withdrawal from the mi
country that he had abandoned hope
of being elected to the presidency, an
? # ? n *
.^cnn unft'naiit'H nuiu ruri-uu-rriiice "?
Thursday said the National Assembly be
was awaiting word from Gen. Bobo as otl
to whether he der.lr.ed the office. Advices
early Thursday from Admiral be
Caperton said warning shots fired Jo!
by the survey yacht Eagle at Cape It
Haitien had kept the revolutionists ta:
out of that city. ed
AIRMEN ADD TWO NAMES
. sii
TO BOARD OF INVENTORS
_ Mi
ou
Hudson Maxim and M. It. Kellars are be
Nominted for Daniels'
co;
Naval Board. th
* ' in
The nomination by the Aeronautl- Cai
cal Society, at the request of Secretary
Daniels, of Hudson Maxim and CQ
Matthews B. Sellars for members of ge
the Naval Advisory Board on Inven- no
tion brings tlie membership of the tC]
board up to seven, the other members flr
being Thomas A. Edison, Alexander ?rf
Graham Bell, Orville Wright, Henry ^e
Ford and Charles Steinmetz. wj
The Aeronautical Society is the ws
first of the various engineering and mi
scientific societies to respond to Sec- co
retary Daniels' request that they
nominate from their membership for BU
places on the hoard. Other nomina- t)c
tions expected will bring the total up ^
to about twenty, and Secretary Dan- we
iels hopes to havo the board com- jje
plete and ready for work by Septem- jje
ber 1 f> at the latest. A meeting of m,
tho bojird will then be called In co]
Washington to organize. j1Q
It Is expected that an exocutlve gti
committee will then be chosen from vhi
the board membership which will mi
supervise its workings and will meet
In Washington at frequent Intervals (j0
to take up Important questions with _ri
naval officers and handle requests by
officers for advice or assistance on wa
any subect, referring such requests (je
to experts in that particular line. te|
* fa<
Three Children Burned. *>a
Three children were burned, eight
cottages were destroyed by fire, and *?
three othors dynamited to save proper'y
In a fire which raged at Lake nl*
Delavr.n, a cummer ffcsort near Del- im
avan, Wis.
Three Die In Fixponton.
Two soldiers and a civilian were lin
killed at the Frankford government re<
arsenal Tuesday when an explosion fot
occurred In experimenting with explo- att
sives. Pa
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Food for the Mexicans.
Americans In Mexico City gave the
Red Cross six thousands, which wes
used Thursday to purchase staple pla
groceries In New Orleans, where it gui
was shipped to the capital. lat
0 ACT TOGETHER ^
1LSON CALLS AMERICAN NATIONS
TO CONFERENCE
KIGO TO BE D1SCUSSEDM
-esident of American Republic
Turns to the Principalities of the
Two Americas?Conference to be
Held at Washington on Thursday
Event of Importance.
Announcement that the United
ates had asked the co-operation of
>uth and Central America in an efrt
to settle the Mexican difficulty
used widespread interest Tuesday
official and diplomatic circles.
While there had been no expecta
)q oi any action by this government
l the Mexican situation pending
-esident Wilson's return from Corsh,
N. H., recent developments in
exlco, particularly in Mexico City
e believed to have prompted the
[ministration to immediate steps,
ist what those steps will be were
bjects of considerable speculation,
^resident Wilson's determination
seek co-operation of Central and
>uth American governments in rearing
peace in Mexico was reached
st June when his appeal to the
axican factlonists to end the strife
ought no results.
The invitation to the ambassadors
am Argentina, Drazil and Chile and
e ministers from Bolivia, Uruguay
id Guatemala to confer with Sectary
Lansing on the problem was
tended June 30. The statement to
e Mexican people was issued June
Announcement of the plan was
Id up until the diplomats received
e sanction of their governments to
rticipate in the conference.
All details of President Wilson's
an for settling the Mexican probm
have not, it is reported, been
mmunicated to the six southern
vernments, but their representees
have been given a general outle
of what the Washington adminration
will propose. iPrompt and
termined action, it is declared, is
e foundation of the president's
in.
It is believed the first step prorph
will hn n flnnl o nnoo 1 fn Movl_
n leaders to end hostilities and arnge
for restoration of constitutiongovernment.
A time limit for comlance,
it is thought, will be suggestShould
this be ignored by any facin
the plan is said to include produre
to promote the establishment
the other factions of u government
be supported by the American govnments.
An embargo on war munitions
>uld be imposed, it is said, against
fractory factions.
Demand will be made for Inlineite
relief of the food situation in
jxico City and the maintenance of
ilroad and telegraphic communlca?n
in Mexico City, it is understood.
Mexican leaders can not do this,
e Latin-American governments,
ly find it necessary to take control
the capital and the Vera Cruz railad
by force and hold them until
ace is restored.
Secretary Lansing says the sendg
of troops into Mexico City to take
od to starving foreigners could not
uuiinmureu uu uci 01 war. Me
>uld not say, however, that such a
an was contemplated.
The conference will be of an inrinal
and confidential nature. It
is believed in Washington by those
io have been most closely following
e Mexican situation, however that
ere would be some sort of joint
n-American action, even to Joint
ilitary action if necessary.
Attention was directed to utterces
by the president in which he
d spoken of "mutual helpfulness"
tween the United States and the
her American republics, and this
ve rise to the belief that he had
en thinking for some time past of
Lut pan-American action in Mexico,
is not believed, however, that miliry
operations are being contemplatas
a next step.
When the three ambassadors and
e three ranking Latin-American
Inisters meet with Secretary Lanlg
Thursday to hear President Wiln's
plan to ask the co-operation of
eir countries for restoring peace in
sxico, a course of action will be
tllned which all Latin-America will
asked to approve.
It contemplates the restoration of
nstltutional government without
e use of force, if possible, but has
view joint action of all the Araeri9
if necessary.
Although all officials surround the
nference with greatest secrecy and
cretary Lansing said that possibly
announcement might be made af ward,
it is known that one of the
a nlorn^nta la ? f? nvrtl.A w?/v *"?? "
ow viciucuio ad an cuiuai gw uii ai inn
>m all Latin-America to Mexico,
ntral and South America and Cuba
11 be asked to close their ports to
tr materials which provide the
;ans (or factional leaders in Mexlto
continue their campaigns.
Announcement of the conference
rprised agents of the Mexican fac>ns.
Carranza's agents, hopeful
at his course within the last few
*ks and his efforts to respond to
mands of this government to revo
Mexico City would lead to ultlite
recognition, did not attempt to
aceal some misgivingB, but were
peful that Carranza's showing of
ength would force the conviction
at his provisional government demds
recognition.
Villa's adherents believed Preslnt
Wilson will submit a plan for a
ovisional government, taking up
9 constitutional succession where it
is broken by the death of Preslnt
Madero. Vasquez Tagle, minis'
of justice, is In line. Should any
;tlon revolt, they propose an emrgo
on munitions of war against
9 revolters and that the American
vernment support the factions paripating
in the provisional govern- 1
>nt. Such a course, they admitted,
ght necessitate armed intervention.
Wait Report of V- Boat.
The American ambassador at BerWednesday
reported that he had
luested the German government
full reports concerning the recent
acks on the American steamer
ss of Bahama and the British ships
elanaw and Ibernlan.
Hydroplanes Win Battle.
Petrograd says a Russian hydro,ne
succeded in driving a German
nboat ashore near Windau and
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(Continued from first page.)
would almost certainly result In the
Isolation and consequent capture of
the Russian forces occupying at least
one and probably more of these fortified
places.
What has been stated repeatedly
in these reviews must be remembered
?the objective of the German army
must be not territory, but men, the
Russian army itself. Grant's victories
In the Wilderness, at Spottsylvanla,
Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, gave
him only territory and otherwise left
him empty-handed. It was only when
Lee surrendered at Appomattox and
the army of Northern Virginia ceased
to exist as a fighting entity that
Grant's "hammering campaign"
could be put down as a success. It
Is with an understanding and realization
of this fact that we must view
the German operations against Warsaw.
uermans Were Driven Hack.
During the week beginning July
4, the Germans threw an overwhelming
force against the Russian line on
the east bank of the Narew near
Rozan and succeeded in forcing a
crossing with a considerable force in
the neighborhood of Rozan. But the
Russians, reinforced at this point,
put a sudden stop to the German advance
by a severe counter attack,
drove back some of the troops that
had crossed the river, and held the
others in the heavy forest just east
of the Rozan bridgehead. Official
reports from Berlin have daily mentioned
this sector, and every report
emphasizes the severity of the lighting,
but no report was made of a successful
crossing other than that noted.
The fall of Warsaw will, however,
force the Russians to retire from the
Narew to their new line. The situation
is somewhat confused at present,
but the probabilities are that a strong
Russian rear guard is holding the
bridgeheads at the various fortified
points while the main Russian army
occupying the front is retiring. The
fighting will be desperate, naturally,
as troops engaged in such a rearguard
action will be entirely sacrificed,
if necessary, in order, to retard
the advance for a sufficient length of
time for the main army to muke good
covered with undergrowth, and across
It transversely run the French lines.
The part of the forest traversed by
the battle lines is included between
the roads between Varonnes and
Clermont on the east, and Vlenne-leCliateau
and Biaorvllle on the west.
It is along this front that the tierman
attack was launched several ,
weeks ago, and it was again attacked j
by the Crown Prince this week. The
total front covered by the last attack
was about six miles, extending from
the small village of Bagatelle to a ,
point on the ridge locally called La
Fille Morte, about four miles southeast
of Varennes.
The total net gain made by the
Germans was greatest along the road
from Four de Paris to Varennes. In "
depth it measured not more than 500
yards. Its importance, therefore, is
not great. The latest attack has
been along the same section of the
line, being supplemented by the at- j
tacks along the Meuse heights and
on the Les Rparges front.
It Is becoming more apparent every
day that the strong probabilities are
that neither the Allies nor the tier- j
mans can inak any hii|>or4ant headway
against the other on the French
front. The intrenchments that have
been constructed since the present
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Iiuvo nutc UCCli IUIVCU pui uuy UOC1"
sive action beyond the bounds of reason.
It must be a question of agreeing:
to quit or one side wearing the
other out.
It is very generally expected that,
after the campaign against Warsaw
has been concluded and the Russians
driven beyond the Vistula and the '
Hug, the Germans will fortify their
own positions as they have done In
the west, leave enough troops, and
only enough, to keep the Russians
where they are, and, strongly re
enforcing their western front, lnsti- i
tute a drive against some predetermined
point between the North Sea
and the Swiss frontier.
This will probably be the case, at
least in part. The doubtful element being
the number of troops that can '
be spared from the east. The eastern
front is very much longer than
the western, the country much more
variegated in its topographical features,
and the battle lines therefore susceptible
of much more mobility '
and consequent display of more acute
military strategy.
The Russian army is, as far as we
now know, still Intact, and, once its
supply of ammunition catches up, will "
have a striking power of great mo- *
ment. These factors will control tho
available troops that Germany can
detach for a western offensive. It is
almost certain, however, that some
reinforcements will reach the west, ~
and that as a result the Allies will be '
made aware of the fact by increased
pressure at some point?probably in
the Ypres section. The operations of
the next two'.weeks will therefore
have an added \nterest.
In the other war theatres but little ~
has happened tiering the week on *
| which to comment s
\ r
us retreat,.
Even when the advancing Germans
force the bridgeheads their work is
not done, and the Russian rear guard
can still make effective resistance by
reason of the marshes and deep forests
with which the eastern bank of
the Nnrew is fringed. Tlio only question
Is, and this applies to all the
forces in the shar|>er part of the
Warsaw salient: Knowing that ultimate
retirement was inevitable, have
the Russians common--'d the retrograde
movement in time?
Where Von Hindenberg Attacked.
In the next sector, that immediately
west of and encircling Warsaw,
von Hindenberg drove forword by
frontal attacks against fortified positions
along the outer line of defensive
works of the city. To the north,
in the region of Novo Georgievsk, although
continuous fighting of the
most severe character did not shake
the Russian resistance. But the fall
of Lublin and Chaten and the consequent
abandonment of a considerable
section of the railroad decided the
operations in the Warsaw sector
proper, and on Wednesday Petrograd
announced a retirement from the
Blonie-Nadarzyn position to the defenses
of Warsaw itself. This move
brought the end into plain view. It
was but a question here, as on the
.> arow, or rue Russians delaying by
rear-guard lighting, while the main
army retreated behind the Vistula.
Warsaw (Situation Confused.
On Thursday Berlin announced
that the Russians had retired across
the Vistula bridges at Praga and
Warsaw was occupied by German
troops. Here, as along the Narew
front, the situation is for the time
being somewhat confused. Reports
referring to the Russian evacuation
speak of the Russians still holding
the front along the Narew and the
Bug end pivoting on Novo Georgiovsk.
The situation that would be
created by such a manoeuvre would
seem too fraught with danger to be
possible.
Another salient would thus be created
with Novo Georgievsk as its
apex and only a few miles wide ut
the base. If this fortress Is still held,
the force garrisoning it must be a
small one, Intended only for temporary
occupancy In order to cause
delay.
Heavy Fighting to Continue.
Although Warsaw has fallen It
can not be expected that the fighting
will suddenly cease. On the contrary,
for some days, until the Russian
retreat in safety is assured and
until it can adjust itself to a new
position, the fighting may be Just as
intense as during the last three
weeks. Russia has taken a terrible
toll from the Germans in return for
the city Bhe has lost, and will doubtless
supplement her pound of flesh
before her retirement is complete.
Running southeast from the sector
around Warsaw la the sector ot the
Vistula extending along the railroad
from Ivangorod to Cholm It was
the successes along a section of this
line that, more than von Hindenberg's
activity near Warsaw Itself,
caused the evacuation.
Railroad's Capture Spelled Success.
On Sunday the Austrian troops,
who are sandwiched in oetween Gens.
Woyrsch on the went and von Mackensen
on the east, seized Lublin aud
forced the Itussiuns to abandon practically
all of the railroad between
Nova Alexandria and that place. The
absolute need of this railroad to the
Russian position at Warsaw has been
explained in former reviews. It will
therefore be understood that this success
sounded the death knell to Russia's
continued retention of the line
she then held.
Mac ken sen Ck>men to IJfe.
Following close on the caDture of
Lublin, von Mackensen, having the
week previous, In the battle of Krasnostow,
forced the passage of the
Volika and seized the heights between
that river and Cholm, advanced
against the latter city, drove tho
Russians out, and occupied it. Thus
practically the entire railroad from
Cholm to Nova Alexandria was In
German control.
Nortliweet of Ivangorod the Ilusilani
have occupied a lino considerably
In advance of the Vistula. They
are being gradually forced hack, hownver,
and partly because of the pressure
on their front and partly
through the danger of being flanked
by reason of the Oerman occupation
af Warsaw will soon have to fall
back behind, if not beyond, the Vistula
screen.
Should the Russians elect to give
battle behind the Vistula on this
front the Germans ar3 apt to And the
forcing of tho river a serious opera-1
tton, for, as explained In other reviews,
the steep banks, the depth,
width, and the swift ourrent combine
to make the Vistula t>"t strongest defensive
barrier In c ..tern Europe.
Unsingen Holds Down the Right.
On the rest of the front, from Sokol,
along the upper Bug, the Zlota
Lipa and the Dniester to Bessarabia,
there has been but little change. Von
Linsingen, who is in command of this
section of the Teuton line, is playing
a role similar to that of von Buelow
in the north. His function is not to
attack, but to hold, so that the German
right flank and lines of communication
may be safe. This he has
succeeded in doing while his fellow
leaders north and west have driven
their attacks home.
Warsaw's Significance.
As to the significance of the fall of
Warsaw in its relation to a possible
peace, no one can Bay. It depends
lororolv ?? *
.... F,c.j nun UUI OJ Ul |Jil III ICS lit} tttt lO
what conclusions we draw. At the
same time an event of two years or
more ago may be appropriately recalled
in this connection.
About that time a friendly protest
was lodged w'th Russia by France
over the fact that, in constructing
her main line of defense against an
attack from the west, Russia fortified
the Kovno-Grodno-IlialostokRrest-LitovsTi
line, apparently being
willing to concede the impracticability
of the defense of Poland.
France contended that, with the
Russian line of resistance so far removed,
an overwhelming force could
crush her before Russia could offer
any diversion. The correctness of
this reasoning has been amply demonstrated.
Russia therefore advanced
her line of defense to the Warsaw
line of the Vistula, the Narew
and the Niemen.
It is evident that, whether correctly
or incorrectly, Russia does not ,
regard Poland as being an essential
part of her defensive plan. If correct
in this belief, Warsaw, provided
the Russian army escapes, simply
means so much more territory for
German occupation. If incorrect,
only time can show the result.
French Active in Fecht Vulley.
On the western front the French
are consistently maintaining the offPI1
r!Va in tho Vnccna mnimiolno
they initiated several weeks ago. The
principal line of attack is along the
Feclit valley from Metzeral to Colmar.
Although the Germans claim
to have regained some of the posi- .
tions taken from them last week, it
seems that the more important of
them are still in French hands, those
under French control commanding
the most important avenues through
the valley.
At the same time this French
movement is not of sufficient volume
or importance to indicate that there
is any idea of turning the German
left and following it up the Rhine. .
On the contrary the impression creat- |
ed 1b that these operations are merely
a continuation of Joffre's efforts to
wear the Germans down.
Germans at Yser and Verdun. !
Along the Yser canal frQiit the
Germans launched a spasmodic attack
in the vicinity of Hooge, using
fire projectors in advance of the attacking
force to clear the trenches.
The attack, however, was short-lived,
and this section of the front settled *
back to its usual more or less quiet
state.
In the Verdun section, both in the
Argonne and along the Meuse
heights, the army of the Crown
Prince has blazed out against the
French Verdun position. As this section
of the battle front will probably
receive considerable attention in dispatches
a brief description of the essential
elements of which it consists,
together with a resume of what has
been accomplished there recently,
may prove of interest.
The Positions Around Verdun.
The principal feature of the Argonne
is a clay ridge about forty
miles Inn c Tills mi A or A <o ihUI>u
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