The Washington herald., 1914-11-11
Russia'S IOO-Day March
Causes World to MarveL
Cars Empire, Like France. Emerges From
Supreme Test mistaken and Strong =
Another Nation Than That Which
Lost Port arthur
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New York, Nov. I0.-The New York
Evening Sun prints the following:
Reckoning from the declaration OF war
made by Germany upon Russia, q hundred
days OF war have now passed. In this
time Napoleon ran his course from Elba
TO Waterloo. In half Of II Prussia crushed
Austria in 1885, France in 1870. Yet for
several days now, east and west the dis
patches from ali sides have recounted
German retreats. repulses.
II Is on Russia too that the attention
OF the world Is now fIxed-upon Russia
sweeping forward toward Berlin with
a lodgment at last on German soil, not
in remote East Prussia but in Posen, at
last squarely upon the road 70 Berlin.
while In Galicia her victorious armies are
again across the San crowding toward
the foothills OF the Carpathians. oncs
more closing In upon PrzemysL
Now II Russia In the great war had
been the Russia OF the Japanese war all
this would have been impossible. Kuro-
patkin could retreat As cleverly. IN a.
mastery fashion as the Grand Duke
Nicholas, but once committed to retreat
he lost the will 20 attack BernhardI
analyses this with admirable clarity. The
retreat to Mukden was a deliberate at
lCnpL 70 uEdN JhpdnCH9 On hIlAA
the Russians should have superior num-
bers at the decisive point. but this OBJ
ject attained, Kuropatkin could not at
tack-he, not his army, had been con-
.quered.
In the present conflict II Is plain that
the moral quite as well as the material
resources Of the Russians are tncompa-
rably superior 10 those OF the other war.
First Of all the mobilization was ac-
compiIshed with wholly Incredible rapid
tty. Before the German avalanche was
even in France the Slav hosts were in
East Prussia and Galicia. Before France
could be beaten down It was necessary
TO send army corps to East Prussia
berg had broken the spirit and the Of
fensIve power Of the Austrian armies
For the East Prussian, audacity Russia
paid dearly-an army larger than the
combined forces OF Wellington and
Butcher at Waterloo was more com
p,etely crushed than Napoleon's on that
famous field. But the defeat in East
Prussia was In fact q small price TO pay
for the victory at the Aarne.
Remnant of Army Rallies.
After that defeat to Russian military
skill, determination remained mistaken.
The remnant Of the army defeated at
Tannenberg was rallied and REINFORCED,
and a few weeks later, having stood
victoriously at the Eiemen, flowed west
again toward East Prussia and trt-
umphed at Augustown.
Meantime. In Poland, q magnificent
German offensive launched suddenly at
Warsaw was met and beaten. From all
directions Russia began a tremendous
concentration. Her victorious troops
came north from G1licia, from Buko-
vina. One Of the most colossal Of milf
tary movements. the transfer Of hun
dreds Of thousands OF men over hun
dreds OF miles. barely served by railroads
and worse by highways, was accomplish
ed, and as the Kaiser's army approached
Warsaw its northern flank was suddenly
decisively turned, and the offensive in
Poland checked.
Since that time for moro than two