New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-09

W. Iteration OF INC NVt i.'N ~
pleW, in France has foreea .ns
q $40 ~ the allied eommahue ~
kanes rasterday indicated that tho
RsPoIS - English were taking INC
flsneh At several points alohS
esenssss a,nq battlefront Of upward
~, lies stretching from Crelt
Of lgy .i;s which lie Just north o.
lnd Sen .hoyt twenty miles distant;
RrN vi southeast 20 Nancy ana
ess, litter The two wings OF the
0erDe, n,.otecting France made sharp
army P.Vsrd the centre held its own
sdVshS.4 sicnifcant feature OF ING
Ihe nl;; Vnti in the estimation OF
rev 80 military observers, Is the
Ameil movement against the Ger
turhiAs -, wing. which has so long
s..insted the situation IN ~ M, ~ 80
~ Eastern France sHeceeS,lu Wy
s.S,sS by Sir John Frehcn ""t the
y-..rb supporting army uhue' ''''
fre..spd Of General d Amaze;
0cc.snsrsl Won Kluk. previously So
OsI in a series Of attacks on inc
es esq LETT is making q detensl.o
~ ,ow and giving ground resist
~" ,;Sorously, a. the alleo COM
ING vs. resisted his advance. Il
mahu'l,jb st The peril Of the vast en-
sesms movement By which the
yeioPlnb General staff evidently
SetmgsI. - surround the French ana
aoPse ard double them baek. on
bngl'ss -bt ginc has become MANIFEST
men scheme by which they eX-
Rna =. The beginning Of August
pecteo g.sv IN rye or six weeks
70 un, s+,,rire Paris abandoned. Inc
~. resistance Of the be!ElahS
s. ls!s-s and Namur made the deleSII
movement certain before u
o. tnat tbe success Of such q plan
S.Ssn5ed upon the rushing nv
yartbern France OF force SO W.
-,Ssiming &c would bear down ~
s.,;nn by sheer weight OF huInUeto
49,. 49, the French could moplilze
"a tbs English render eHec'lVe -
s;.4srce. While the German one.
80 campaign was meeting q So
snJt in Belgium early IN August
osCA the General staff at Berllh
"a not anticipate and were uhEPIe
olo for thc French War once,
S.Lird the enemy IN mobllizS-
sssembIcd the armies Whlch'
uoI' 70 IA of tho British forces
Wy Cir John French, have so
ul'u.a3;Slv defended Frances pollH-
tpi' .n,sgyity and preserved PARIS.
'' ~ ~. rsnorts from the front yester-
sissrlv indicated that the force
ooSSycsnersi Won Kluk had been weak
.,.5 and the troops taken from MN MN,
iced against the centre OF the
Trsncb line between Chalons anu
v.v3un. where determined enor'
- made 20 break through. ms
royement points 10 the conclusion
~. he offensive work of the hal
- army will for some time 70
80 no confined 70 an attempt TO
S,set the French line IN two at
- east of Chalons and west OF
tsTdun and isolate and destroy the
ssstsrn wing. which hitherto has
been uniformly successful unoer INC
command Of General Pau. But sucn
movement seems 70 have Ilttie
rbtnee Of ultimate success. The ag-
gr,ssiye activity Of the right wing
n he allied army indicates that IN
~ east IL d, AZ least as strong IN
rnmbers As the German force IN It's
Immediate front. and its morale is
high because IL is accustomed 10
victory. Moreover, the assumption OF
The aggressive by these widely sep
sfsted wings presupposes confidence
on the part Of the allied commanders
Of the ability Of the centre 70 resist
any effort the Kaiser may make 10
break through between Chalons and
perdun.
Il is proper 20 say that the hands
Of the allied commanders have Deen
forced by the vigorous efforts since
Sunday Of the German generals 10
win decisive victory, because the
allies had much 70 gain by delay
and nothing 10 lose. The longer
they put of the beginning Of their
general offensive movement the
stronger the forces with which they
intend TO push II will become. The
destruction Of the German army now
in France, or at least the GRIPPING
Of Il 10 such an extent that II will be
Of small further service during the
var, is the obvious object OF French
strategy. And the fighting must be
Gene in France, while the Germans
are far from their bases Of supply.
Beating the veteran troops of the
August campaign IN Northern France,
fenforced hy the LandstUrm which
he Kaiser IS preparing for war, on
f1ndly German soil would be an IN
certaking Of extreme difficulty. Nat
ufally the French and English com
nandcrs would prefer to begin the
campaign of offence upon which so
much depends with q force so supe-
nor IN numbers as TO leave no doubt
Of hnsl success.
The opportunity to turn the enc
nys formidable right wing north
and east of Paris was, however, too
tempting 70 be resisted, and the
s1ecess Of Sir John French and Cen
sral d'Amadc on Monday and Tues
Gay places them in a position to Sc
tlous!y threaten Won Kluk's rear.
That full advantage will be taken of
tals tactical advantage by the alert
british commander, whose skiltul
conduct has won the admiration Of
as many American military friends,
8 certain. Reinforced as Generals
french and d'Amade may be by part
81 the garrison Of Paris. now that
ne tide Of invasion is fast ebbing
nom the capital and its capture
comes no longer within the limits Of
Probability, the left wing of the
allied army u in a position to un-
eeftAke an envcloping movement Of
we hrst magnitude of its own, which
wi relieve the pressure on the
french centre between Verdun and
Vaalons and place before the enter
pnsng Jofre the opportunity of
efsahng the ferfnan lima Ethb mid-
V and iselWinG the ALREADY speFil-
Wy situated. right wing.P
Is believed now by American OBJ
tfi7sFs that the allies, with proba-
w million and a quarter Of troops,
I've greater force in the theatre
major operations than the Ger
st1n'. The strength of the German
pre- probably has been overesti-
s.teo II is unlikely that it ever
seeded million men. The Eng
contingent under General
french probably has reached $4,000