The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-11
HALF MILLION MEN
INVADE GERMANY
RUSSIA EXECUTES SURPRISING
MANEUVER IN ATTACK
ON TEUTON.
PRUSSlANS ENTER FINLAND
Kaiser, Planning First to Crush the
French, Then Engage Russia,
Seems to Have Been Outwtted.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-Germany and Russia each
launched an army across the border
Saturday.
A full army corps of 10000 of the
kaisers fighting army invaded Finland.
landing at Ekenaes, and is marching
toward Helsingfors. 100 miles away.
Helsingfors. on the Gulf of Finland
was reported shelled and captured by
the German fleet.
From Helsingfors it is but $50 miles
to st. Petersburg, and there is direct
railway line.
Russia's blow at Germany, IL the re-
port be true, is one Of vastly greater
weight. The st. Petersburg CORE
spondent Of the London Standard ca
bles his paper that 100000 Russian sol
dlers with 700 heavy guns crossed the
border Friday at some point unnamed
and are now marching into the kaisers
domains.
To back up this great array, the mob
ilization orders of Russia include
pretty nearly every fighting man in
the empire and six million are called
20 arms. The war is intensely popular
with all classes.
If the size of the Russian invading
army is correctly reported, it makes
the situation grave for the kaiser.
There is no doubt that he has count
ed on the proverbial slowness of the
Russians in getting under way, and
had confidently expected by brilliant
stroke to strike his adversaries one
by one.
BY ignoring the neutrality of Bel
GUM he meant to swing an immense
force into unprotected France, crush
the troops thrown out to oppose him.
march into Paris and dictate the terms
Of peace before Russia could get under
way
Then, with troops flushed with vic.
tory, he could rush them back across
Germany and meet the Russians at the
border. or, perhaps, even anticipate
their slow movements and strike at
them on their grounds before they
were ready to invade his empire.
The mobilization of the Russians
has been a revelation to the world
Enthusiastic for war against TIE Ger.
mans, the men have rushed to their
posts and taken trains for the front
at rate not thought possible, and they
are ready to strike.
On the other hand, the hornets nest
in Belgium was Just as little exuect-
ed by the kaiser. and instead of max
ing quick work of France his army sent
to the west now has to face the COM
bined French, British and Belgian
armies, and will rather need help
than be able to give ii.
The suggestion that comes from Co
penhagen with the dispatch telling of
the German invasion of Finland is that
the Germans are actually setting out
for st. Petersburg.
Unless this force of 10000 is merely
an advance guard of an immense army
the suggestion is not to be taken seri-
ously. In that land Of vast distances
a single army corps would never dare
go so far from its base without a
strong force to keep open communica-
tons. But II the kaiser IL prepared to
back up this advance corps with sew
eral more, the invasion might become
a serious menace.
A third event along the Russian
frontier was the reported invasion of
NV hn Ctyi,
Petersburg announces that Austro-
Hungarian troops have crossed the Dor
der from Galicia, in northeastern Hun
gary, and are now near RadZiwille
This is almost eQuidistant from the
Russian city of Kiev and the Russian
uated by the Russians. The force
may be Intended to move on either
place.
The Austrian force along the. Rus
sian border now consists OF 10000
troops, of which $4,000 are cavalry.
Austria is assembling another $50, 900
men with which TO menace the Podo-
liam frontier. but IL IL not expected
that they will be in position to offer
battle for ten days at least. The
Austrians have blown up the bridge
over the boundary river, Zbrutch. near
Volotschisk. which is about seven
miles south of the Russian border.
Chief among the minor Clashes
along the Russo-German border an at
tack by a Russian cavalry brigade on
the Germans Mt Soluda, in East Prus.
sia. The Russians were repulsed