Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-17

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Herman
Rider proprietor of the New Yorker
Stats Zeitung, prints, in English,
under the caption THE War Stu
alton from Day to Day" as follows:
1.-THE hour is at hand when the
prophecies and expectations OF many
years are to be put to the test We
are shortly to deal with hard facts
The voice of the big guns will silence
idle conjecture. In Belgium, the
scene of so many great engagements,
the armies are preparing for the
greatest of all battles. The history
of Europe depends upon the outcome
1.-THE German general staff, when
face to face with the desperate stu
alton of fighting Russia and France.
decided promptly that an invasion OF
Belgium was an absolute necessity
under the circumstances. France had
prepared for similar step. 1t is true
that Germany violated the neutrality
of both Belgium and Luxembourg.
Bismarck, who welded the German
Empire together with blood and iron.
maintained that treaties and COM
pacts in the hour of danger we're not
worth the paper they were written on.
'Das viele Blut wischt die Tinte aus
(The plentitude of blood wipes out
the ink), as we say in German.
1.-THE keystone of the Whole plan of
the general staff against France Is
the occupation of Belgium. The Ger
mans could not have anticipated the
desperate courage with which the Bel
gians entered upon a defense OF their
frontier. But. nevertheless, the plans
have been carried out with grim de-
termination. Belgium has won the
admiration of friend and foe. but the
German advance continues step by
step, day by day with irresistible
force. The lines have been drawn and
the first engagement of the long series
of battles will be fought to determine
IL the way to Paris via Mauberge or
Lille is open to the German army
1T is apparent from the reports
from Brussels. Paris and London.
mis- eading and biased as they gen.
orally appear, that the Germans
have massed an enormous army for
its offensive operations in the north.
We assume the concentration of the
Army of the Mouse, which operated
against Liege, the first army of the
Moselle. which operated against Lux
emburg, and the second army of the
Moselle. which, passing through Lux
emburg, headed directly west into
Belgium, shows that a combined army
of French. Belgian and English
troops has been gathered to oppose
the invading forces. 1t Is difficult to
explain the failure of reports of vic
tories of the English troops except by
the assumption that they have not as
yet arrived on the scene.
LIT has been reported via London
that the Germans will attempt a
turning movement around the left
flank of the enemy, in order to force
their left wing back upon Brussels
and Antwerp However the cavalry
screen thrown out by the general staff
would effectually hide their plans. 1t
cannot be definitely stated that such a
turning movement is under way.
1.-THE German front extends from
Liege on the north to Mulhausen in
Alsace in the south. Against this ex-
IRENE left wing of the German army
the French started an offensive move
ment from Belfort for the purpose of
seizing and holding the passes through
the Vosges mountains. The French
were turned back in two battles
fought near Mulhausen. Coincident
with the advance on the part of the
French from Belfort, an attacking
army. with headquarters 2: Epinal.
marched through the Saales passes in
the Vosges and another from Nancy
had Strassburg as its objective. Paris
has reported a number of victories
in connection with the advance of
these troops. In all probability they
are nothing more than skirmishes.
The events along the French border
will await the outcome of the Belgian
campaign
'.St. Petersburg will await the re-
suits with the keenest anxiety. The
whole problem is contained in the
question: Can Germany invade
northern France and attack from two
sides before the Russian army gains
sufficient impetus to make such plan
impracticable%
''The next ten days should give us
very clear idea as to the probabilities
of such an undertaking. A victory in
Belgium assures an advance on Paris,
a defeat along the line Namur to
Louvain would place the German
army in desperate straits.
1.-THE reports that the Russian army
has been modified and is prepared to