Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-09-10
I atest War News Indicate That
Tide Turns in Favor of Allies
oasAr VICTORY RUSSIANS PREPARE
FOE MARCH ON BERLu-ALIIEs CHECK GERMAN
ADVANCE PARIS

A the crisis Of the present fight
iue approaches, the activities of the
v.,;ous armies at the front are yelled
!, greater secrecy than ever. The on
= REPORTS which come in are those of
overwhelming victory for some of the
nations, as for example that Of the
Russians over the Austrians and which
resulted in the capture of Leiuburg, the
..pital of Galicia, an Austrian prov
;,ce These victories the victor an
,ounces joyously, but the vanquished
Yields acquiescence to the report re-
luctantly.
The reports abound with stories Of
heroism of officers, the valiant fight
| ina of the men, and the wonder cx-
messed at the immense number of
! Germans engaged in France against
the allies. News from London says
that the allies are ever hopeful and
that they believe that they can hold
| the Germans back from Paris, and
still the Teutons advance swiftly. The
removal of the French government to
Bordeaux from Paris indicates that
the Germans are uncomfortably near.
And although it is alleged that Paris
can withstand the German assault,
again we have the statement that the
city will be evacuated If the outer cir
Gle Of forts do not hold against the
expected attack Of the kaiser's war
nofs.
There is little doubt now that the
Germans are now at the gates Of
Paris and preparing for an assault up
On the city's outer line Of fortifica.
tions. Even if this was not true the
fact that the residents who can leave
and the government have removed to
Bordeaux indicates that an attack is
expected at any moment.
Just what the effect Of the great
Russian victories in the east over the
Austrians will have is not known and
the statements that q march ON Ber-
lin will be made by the Russians are
conjectures. The defeat Of France
would enable the kaiser to send his
troops to resist the Russians. Ger
nany has undoubtedly made q super.
human effort to quickly crush the
French before the Russians could
strike on the other side. So far she
has been successful in pushing the al
hes back on Paris but they are re-
s'ting as strongly now - they first
did and there is NO indication that
Germany will succeed in crushing them
y soon as she hoped for. os
The events thus far and their ef-
fect on future operations 10 interest.
Agfy discussed in the following state.
sent taken from leading daily paper
q recent date:
The German advance in France has
been made at the cost Of losses to the
aermans that no army, not even theirs
can endure and still retain command.
lAg effectiveness. The losses Of the
french and the British are dispro-
portlonately smaller. The strategy OF
taking the offensive and making at
JACKS can be justified only by the de-
struction Of the opposing defense, and
IN this case this object has not beer
ATTAINED. The French and British
armies are still intact and formidable
AaSe not once been routed, retain theil
morale and fighting edge unimpaired
ana take up stronger positions each re
'rement to the south. The German
attack has begun to lose the force Of
.ne rirst fierce onset, and its difficul
.,es continue to multiply. The Anglo
french strategy is that through which
remington triumphed against Napo
icons generals in Portugal and spair
ulore than century ago. Neither
'ne herman investment Of Paris mo-
sven the capture of this capital wouli
a.ah uermany much 90 long a. tn,
s''ies Keep the field. Meanwhile reen
.Vfeements for them are coming in
.ne French are making q counter Of
Iensive in the southeast and the Ger
ans have had to withdraw force,
rom the west for service in the east
ne success Of the English in tn
a iight made it clear that the Ger
!. n .ieet can not hope to compete witt
e Angio-French fleets. The British
o"ed that they intended To tax
aauces to force the Germans to q ma
engagement. England receive,
esa encouragement to fight to tn
. ' economically, morally and strs
'caliy the operations Of the Britis
se' have worked enormously to tn
usantage Of the allies.