The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-26
Russians on Ka1ser'S Soil;
East Prussia Is Threatened
Loss of Great Province Would BE Disaster to Berlin Not
to BE Compensated For by the Possession
of Belgium

line. II is plain t.tt 10. February. when
tho bulk OF klt,hrn,Js million begins
To- reach France, all cndVce Of this will
| be lost But what OF the genera! prus-
poet Of the war II the German IuWbers
IN the East are also showing similar
inability not only to defend the from
tier nut also to win a campaign. MAIN
tam an advanta.Ee. in hostile territory
1t is maHifestly early to talk about
German exhaustion. Yet more and more
evidence Is reaching THE EVENING SUH
which tends TO prove that in her first
great effort Germany expended far more
OF her military resources than Was sup
posed in the early day of the war Thus
"A fried OF TIE EVENING SUS writes TO
point out that i've or s.N German battle
flags captured by the French IN late
August or early September and photo
ErHphcI as they We're taken to the In
Nalidcs In Paris were Landwehr iiass
that is. belonged to tho second line a
second letter to-day makes the same com
ment upon banner belonging to the
AIlhalt- Desau Resiinent CIV Corpse.
But II Germany put her Landwehr as
well as her first line into the Marne
| campaign in August. her resources in
November are by just this much reduced.
Taking these signs for what they may
be worth, it is proper to emphasize the
rapid growth of Russian strength I'm the
East German official reports themselves
are beginning to refer to failure OF indl-
vdual undertakings. because OF Russian
superiority Of numbers with some fire.
qurncy.
II is equally reasonable to conclude
then, as Berlin reports have suggested
that the complete failure OF the latest
Of Won Hindenhurg's offensive "A failure
by no means here yet, will be followed
by the immediate recession Of the Ger
man line in the East That the Rus
| slams believe that it viii mean the loss
u! East Prussia Is plain from the fash
ion In which they continue to force their
Invasion there. for the moment Subor-
dinating their GaiiCian campaign
The loss OF East Prussia with West
| Prussia east of the Nistuia would be a
disaster for Germany not to he com
| pensated for by any possession Of Rel
! GUM East PRUSSIA is in a very real
sense one OF the most loyal and valu-
| able OF old Prussian lands won from the
| Slsvs by tho Teutonic Order 1t is in
| cuded IA the new Poland Russia prom
| lScs to create when victory comes II
| Is one OF the greatest OF the agricul-
| tural provinces and supplies some OF the
sturdiest OF German recruits. II was ter
| ribly ravaged IN August reoccupied or
even devastated again by a Cossack con-
| quest 1t would become liability 10 an
| empire now In a death grapple with three
| great nations,
The moral effect OF Russian conquest
Of East Prussia upon Berlin, upon Ger
many would be difficult to exaggerate
| In August the Kaiser riskrd his Marne
| campaign 10 save his East Prussia, and
| lost along The Marine to win among the
| Mazurian Lakes, A long series OF Allied
victories In the West would not nece.-
| sarily bring French or British troops to
German soil Russian troops now are on
German soil, and' "A decisive repulso in
! Poland might cost the Kaiser East prus.
STA for all time
| II the German armies have not vet
| reached their maximum II IL hardly 20 be
| questioned that they have nearly touched
that point. Many observers have already
| begun to believe they have passed IT,
| IL such situation failure in Poland
retreat in East Prussia and deadlock;
| IN the West. with the additional clrcum-
stance that neither in the East nor The
| West have the Allies touched their maxi,
| mum. these are circumstances grave
enough TO suggest hat at the least a
German recoil in the East and West ma,
be at hand.--From THE EVENING SUN o.
yesterday,