Evening journal., 1914-12-01
BRITISH-JAPANESE WARSHIPS
CHASE GERMAN SQUADRON IN
SOUTH ATLANTIC AND NAVAL
IS THREATENED
today 5 MOVES
IN THE VARZONE..
What THEY MEAN
BY J. w. Il. MASON.
Former European Manager of the
United Press.

tormer European Manager OF the
United Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. Iii a. m.)-
The failure of the Russian field army
to fulfill the optimistic predictions of
Petrograd. is now apparent There
has been no huge victory gained by
the Slavs and Field Marshal Won
Hindcnburg's army has not been split
in three parts preliminary to its an
Inhalation.
These highly -colored narratives
seem specially manufactured in Pc
trograd by correspondents who ap-
parently are at the mercy of highly
imaginative Slavs for their informa-
ton The Russians are paying lit
tie attention to the operations In
France and Belgium. The armies OF
the allies in the west are chiefly
thought of as being useful for divert
ing large part Of the Austro-German
armies from the eastern operations.
Petragrad, therefore. regards the Rus
sian field forces as being opposed by
numerically inferior enemies, thus
making victory for the Grand Duke
Nicholas certain at every encounter
The danger OF serious internal dis
turbances II the Russian armies show
no improvement over their form dur
ing the Japanese war, Is also an inn
portant factor In explaining the H.
logical optimism at Petrograd. II
would be dangerous TO the security OF
the present bureaucracy of the news
were allowed to spread throughout
Russia that Won Hindenhurg is hold
the Slav armies far from the German
/ frontier; II would be more danger
GUS If the conviction we're To gain
ground among the people that the
war may end without any German
territory in Russian POSSESSION. The
Japanese were outnumbered two TO
one when they defeated the Russians
! in the Manchurian campaign Since
/ then heavy additional taxes have been
| assessed on the Russian nation TO re-
organize the army and yet the army
once more is being held back by
small numbers, possibly as inferior
as during the Japanese war
These facts. quite apparent TO out
side observers are dangerous food for
reflection in Russia. The German war
leaders have always counted on
Slavonic revolutionary possibilities
coming TO their aid, in a war against
Russia. If the present war is extened
over a long period and II Slav inn
! potence continues against Germany.
internal disturbances are practically
certain to bleak out in Russia un-
less the Cars armies are able to
make headway against Turkey. The
lack of any serious Russian initiative
[ fu Il
ability of the Slays to retain the Of
] fensive in Poland suggests that Russia
may be suffering from the same fail
ure of equipment that is so seriously
hampering the allies in the west At
the outbreak Of the war. the unlimited
numbers Russia could put in the field
was a favorite dinner table topic.
Since then, II has become known that
soldiers do not fight with their fists,
but must have guns and ammunition.
Russia probably lacks these supplies.
Otherwise, what has become OF her
exhaustless millions of soldiers Why
aren't they in the field. overwhelming
Won Hindenburg and marching
victoriously across Asia Minor to
Constantinople?
Berlin now confidently asserts that
danger of a Russian invasion has dis
appeared. Do the Germans know that
Russia's limited war supplies make
impossible the equipment of large
part of the Slavs otherwise available
for tine battle liner This fact, to-
gether with the temptation of Con-
stantinople, and above all, the leader
ship of Won Hindenburg. are prob
alV the reasons for Germans sails
faction over the campaign in Poland