The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-08-25
RUSSIAN BORDER
I. IS UNPROTECTED
Germany Capable Of Sending 800
Troop Trains Daily to Cars
Unguarded Frontier.

des Sciences Militaires, the French
service organ. II.
A common cause against Germany
has evidently been considered for a
long time, and the closest harmony has
existed between the French and Rus
sian governments on this question.
The French were not satlsfed with the
ability Of their Russian ALI s to mo.
Billie on the western border with Dry
degree Of rapidity. since the division
Of Poland, says this paper, Russia was
so certain of the friendship Of Ger.
many that until late years no effort
was made to properly fortify the 73s
miles of territory open 10 the Germans
along the border. Germany, having
felt less certain Of her security, prob
ably by reason Of the alliance between
France and Russia, has not neglected
any measure of military preparedness
and is in a much better condition t.
withstand attack than Russia. .
Germany well Prepared.
Germany has seventeen lines of rail,
way leading to the frontier, oyer which
she could send FIVE hundred troop trains
daily, while Russia has only Ave such
roads. Unable to travel by rail, the
Russian reservist must proceed by, the
roads, which are bad, says the French
journal, and while France or Germany
can mobilize and concentrate within
thirteen days, II win take Russia n
month and half to take the field
ready to fight.
Just how much this contention has
been borne out by facts would be hard
to tell at this time. Although the
French believed the Russians far be.
hind Germany in taking the field, the
received so far indicate that
the armies of the Kaiser have entered
Russian territory, and that the great
Russian army was on the move and
engaging the invaders less than a week
after the opposing army was engaged
with France on the south. In view of
the total absence of all authentic in.
formation regarding the size and num-
bers of the opposing armies on the Ger
man.Russian border, II must be assumed
that the Russians made the most of
what time was at their disposal prior
to the declaration of war to eoncen.
trate all available troops near the Ger
man line. -.
France, in addition to urging the
Russian government to improve its
military resources on the German Dor
der by the construction of railways,
telegraph lines, good roads, purchase
of railway rolling stock and the like,
arranged to lend Russia FIVE hundred
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under the condition that q portion of
this money be spent for the purposes
described above.
~ Russians Are Reorganized. ...
Since the war with Japan, Russia
has recognized and strengthened her
army, and the Russian minister of for
eign affairs announced last spring that
this was due to the increased arma.
ment of Germany. At the same time
the Russians, like the French, decided
on the adoption of offensive tactics in
future campaigns, abandoning the ma
tional policy of fighting a defensive
war.
From this information furnished by
the Paris journal, it must be inferred
that Germany, foreseeing the approach
of war, sought to obtain an initial ad.
vantage by striking the first blow, in
stead Of waiting until the Russians had
perfected their arrangements for mo-
Utilization to the point where they
would be on an equal footing with
Germany.
AS to the developments to date, the
German army advanced from Lublintz,
Silesia, about August 3, and captured
a large town and two smaller towns in
Russian Poland. This was met by the
proclamation of the Russian govern.
ment that Poland would be restored
to it's former geographical and autOno,
nous state as an Independent country
If the Poles rendered loyal support to
RUSSIA in the war.
Warsaw Goal Of Germans.
Military experts figure that the Ger
man objective in this campaign is the
possession of the Warsaw district Of
Russia, and possibly q part of the
Wilma district on the left bank of the
Dwina.
The frontier between Eastern Prus.
sin and Western Russia is wholly ar
tificial, and gives Russia place lying
between Germany and Austria to mo.
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ON Berlin, two hundred miles from the
frontier, or Vienna, two hundred and
thirteen miles in another direction.
The Russian capital, st. Petersburg,
lies five hundred and thirty-three miles
from the German frontier and nine
hundred miles from Vienna.
Austria has eight railroads running
TO the Russian border, the Russians
having but half that number on their
side. Using the intrenched camp at
Galicia as base, Austria is supposed
to be able to concentrate 100000 men
on the 760 miles of Russian border.
This, however, does not contemplate
the sending of a large army against
Servia, which has been done. Thus the
Austrian forces sent against Russia
will have to be materially reduced in
numbers. From consideration of all
the conditions and after weighing the
information available, military experts
believe the initial advantage lies with
Germany and Austria against Russia,
and that this belief was one of the
causes of the action taken by those
two countries when they embarked
upon this war. 49,.
On Saturday, Judge William J. Rob
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