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neither tresty Dor 50 alliance. he avows 'hsS
it binds Austria to nothing at all. while it forces

the Western Powers i1to An alliance % 'ns,gr 1l'
defensive with Austria i ,he .7oni choose 20
/ declsre ws- % Raiss, sDi o5h,as them bAsfes
70 propose T. R1.sia, before tee end Of t,@ y@ar
conditions Of peace 90 tie bass Of rh- T. q 'ls
four points. After 81 Ausria mse- :aen.
"sitbout breach Of is.tl " sls- 1er.e from
tie alLsl,e BY saying. " a. tael,.s moment she
did not con W IN tae Interpretation pq1 81 tia
four point. by tie Western Powers. Tae -esalt
Of LORD John Russell's exp ila-ioa Of tue slor
OU, treaty of December , va, az immediate fsu
Of tLefsDds. both 81 London aod =; Paris.
4 year ago, tie co.ition pre- .eniei 20 have 81
lowed the massacre of Siuope 10 TAX psce in
order TO obtain tie alliance Of the German pow
ere Nov, sham treaty WIKI one Of these pow
eF. Is held out IS the equivalent for the loss Mt
Of Turkish fleet but of British army We
are even assured by SIC latest German papers.
that the opening Of the British Parliament has
given tie sigma. for the temperance of the spec
ter Of TIE Vienna Conference wh'cd wsI ab n.
once more TO set Il. c1nbrous ola ,hnery st work.
However, as Austria, according - Lord John
Russell, declares it possible toassae mas b. driv-
en- 70 war with Russia, al / IS The position taken
BY the Russian army on the Austrian frontier IN
ocstes tne same n ng mAy suppose, FOE
moment. hat Austria and tn. rest Of Ger many.
even including Prussia, are 10 )n the Western
Powers. How far would Russia be prepared -
NEE. such 81 eyentualiy
II IN 1912 toe Continental force launched
agsn't Russia, was far weaker shan th,S
which she may perhaps see On her frontiers in
April or May; it then Eng aud was Der silly in
stead - her foe Russia may console herself Si.l
the reelection that the more numerou. ,h- irnies
Gre which penetrate into her interior, the more
chance j: there Of their speedy destrl ton snd
that, on the other hand. he has nov three times
the troops under arms ~hica she hal then.
Not that y G think Holy Russia, Una .silable.
ON the contrary. Austria alone consider fully
Der equsl az 20 military resources. while Austria
sDd Prussia united are quite -bl~ fmerely milit.-
~ chances are tsiep into account, 20 force her TO
al ignominous pesce. Any forty millions OF men,
concentrated upon = couutry of the size OF Ger.
many proper. viii be abe to cope III cessfiy
with the scattered sixty Millions OF Rlssisn SUI
jects. The strategy of an attack upon Russia
from the west has BEEN clearly enough defined by
Napoleon. ard had be not been forced b. circuu-
stlpces OF Dol Strategic nature to de'iare from
his ploD Russas supremacy aud integrity were
seriously menaced ia lSl2. That pla1 was to adj
var &c 10 the D~ioa and the Dnieper, to organize
defensive position boh AS to fort &c ,ti lns. de
pots aud communications. 10 take her i'rtresses
on the DIVINE. and to delay the march to MoscOS,
until the spring of 1913 He wis induced to
abandon this plan, ate in the season. from polit-
cal reasons from the query II his officers against
wilter quarters in LiihuAuia, and FROM bind
faith in b.sirviDci5ility. He marched to Moscow
aud the result i. known. The disaster WIS i'm
mensely aggravated by the nal dm'oistr ton OF
theF.encl Commi.sariat ADD the want Of warm
clothing for the soldiers Had these Thugs beel
better attended to, Napoleon, on his retreat
nigh. have formed himself a. wilma A. the head
Of an simy twice in number, that which Russia
could oppose 70 Inn. HIS errors are before us
tbty are Zone Of them of nature lrremel'able;
the TACT Of his peuetra'ng to Moscow. The march
Of C0erie. XII - Pa IOWA prove that p com
thy is accessible thong difficult o. access; AID
as to maintaining yctorous army IA IT. helct,
that OIL depends upon the length OF the line ofop
bases. Nspoeons line of operations from the
Rhine 20 Aylsu aud Frieilani, If we consider
long lines Of operations in sher capacity Of draw.
backs upon the active force Of army, will be
about equal TO lire Of operations from Bres:
Litoy.ii (supposing the Polish iortresses to be
tsken in the first year to Moscow. AMI 10 this
suppo-i'ion no account is taken Of the cir,gn n
stance that the immediate base Of operations
would have been advanced 70 Wi'ebsk, Ns5oy
AMI SmOeDsk without which preparaDry scsa
march On Moscow would certainly be hazar iods.
Russia is certainly thlnly populated; but We
must rot forget that the ceutrI pro'inces--the
tie very hear; of Russian nationality and strength
have population equal 70 THAI Of central tu-
rope In PolaId-that il, the FIVE governments
constituting the Russian kingdom OF Polsni-the
average j. about the same The most poonlou'
district. Of Rus.is-Sloscow, Tdl7, RAsan kJai
NoygoroJ. Kalusa. Varosisf, 5moensk, &c.-
are tie very heart Of Crest Russia, and form
compsct body; they are continued, ou the south
BY the equally populous Little Russian Provinces
f Kew. Poltoys, Tchernigof Worone-t, &c.
There are, in sll, - Provinces or Govern nen.s
IN which the popula hon is quite half az dense IS
that Of Germany Ii 5 only the eastern and
northern Provinces snd tae steppes OF the south
where population is very thin: partly also the
nrmerly Polish PfoTipces Of the wesr-MinsA'
Nohilef and Gfodno-on account Il extensive
.wamps between the Polish b. ani Dnie'ter.
But sn advancing army having in iEs rear the