New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-07


and ,Carfare.
The passage Of the right wing OF
the Germany army TO the east OF
Paris indicates that the directors Of
the movements Of the invading
forces have no intention Of investing
city defended by the strongest
Notifications and 100000 or 100000
men while the allieds French and
British armies remain undefeated in
the field. No such defeats as were
inflicted upon the French armies in
1870 at Vionville, Gravelotte and
Sedan have marked the progress of
the German armies from the Belgian
frontier since the early part Of Au-
gust. And the employment of
force OF more than half a million
men for the investment of Paris
could only be justified by such tri-
umphs in the field. The capture OF
Paris would give Germany no dis
tinct military advantage in n war
with nation in arms battling for its
territorial integrity, if not its indie
pendent political existence. Paris is
supplied to withstand years block
ade, II is questionable whether the
German Empire, shut off from all
sources of outside supply, which in
the course of the last ten years has
been changed largely from an agri-
cultural to a manufacturing state,
could feed its vast armies in France
and in Eastern Prussia during the
length of time it would require an
investing force of 100000 or $780,
600 men TO reduce the ancient French
capital
The retention of Paris by France is
OF sentimental interest rather than
military or even political impor-
lance. The mchinery Of government
has been set up at Bordeaux. The
manufacture of cannon and small
ordnance and other military supplies
is conducted elsewhere Unless the
Germans evince a disposition to place
in front of the Notifications of Paris
containing force at least as great
as the garrison, sound military pol
icy would dictate it's abandonment
and the throwing upon the battle line
the garrison intrusted TO General
Gallieni for its defence.
Victory Of a decisive character Is
becoming increasingly essential to
the success Of the German invasion.
if not, indeed, to the preservtion OF
her invading army. The eXigencies
of the campaign in Northern France
have drawn the enveloping right
wing Of the Kaiser's army TO a peril
Gus distance from its bases of sup
ply at Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne,
and entailed upon il the maintenance
in the face of an active and we'll led
enemy Of a long and difficult line of
communication. The defensive tao
tics of the French and English COM
manders have been murderously eff
fective in the infiction of punish
ment. Apparently authentic reports
indicate a loss to the Germans in
killed alone Of $1,000, and such a
loss in killed presupposes a loss in
disabled and captured of 100000 or
225000. No army can sustain such
losses without suffering in morale
and aggressive energy.
Already American military observ-
ers who have followed the course of
the war in Northern France with
keen professional interest detect
diminution Of vigor in the German
punch. The steady reinforcement Of
the armies in France cannot CON
tinue indefinitely in face of the in
creasing menace Of the Russian in
vasion of East Prussia The destruc,
ton of the Austrian army in Galicia
puts the Dual Monarchy out of con-
sideration as an aggressive power.
Austria must keep the Servian
armies out of Bosnia and Here
govina. which are ripe for insurrec-
ton, defend Budapest and Vienna
from the threatened Russian attack,
and maintain OH her southwestern
frontier an army of half million or
more to meet possible invasion from
Italy, whose neutrality the govern
ment at Rome is maintaining with
extreme difficulty in the face of the
strong national hatred of Austria.
The defence of East Prussia and the
route TO Berlin must be accomplished
by German troops unaded and in
the face Of the surprising aggressive
energy developed by Russia that
work alone will tax the empires
hitherto unemployed military re-
sources to the utmost.
And of grave concern to the Ger
mans is the reported landing of a
Russian army, brought from Arch
angel around Lapland and through
Great Britain, at Antwerp. With Rus
sia's comparatively unlimited supply
oe trained soldiers and an English
transport service which the Germans
cannot modest the msssing Of force
of 100000 or 100000 men ready to