Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-07

omy to united Polish Kingdom. Inc
probability that Turkey win be drawn
into the conflict at the best of Ger
many is indicated by the dispatches.
AS already pointed out this act will
involve all of the Balkan Powers.
Turkeys entrance may be made
either by way of a declartion of war
on Greece or by one on Russia. II
Bulgaria comes to Turkeys assistance
as expected, Roumania will move on
Sofia. Also Roumania once involved
may not hesitate to cross the Car
pathians and TRANSFORMATIONS into
Hungary, where millions of Rou-
manians live. The past and present
policy of Roumania Is to incorporate
these Transylvanian Roumanians into
the kingdom. The French capital has
been removed to Bordeaux. to which
place President Poincare and his cabi-
net have gone. This Is as 1t should
be. Paris will soon be the pivot of
the hostile forces operating IN the
area of the West. and 1t should not
be hampered by a civil government,
Even the downfall of the French CAPT.
tai would not end these operations.
The line now held by the left flank OF
the allied armies in the valley or the
Disc runs diagonally from point
northeast of Paris to Compiegne ana
thence through Noyon fourteen miles
northeast by north of COMPETENCY to
La Fere. La Fere, one of the weaker
of the French fortresses, may be in
the hands of the Germans. Farther
east and north the allied armies ap-
parently hold their own in the neigh
borhood of Laon and Rethel, which Is
twenty-four miles northeast Oh
Rheims. The right of the allies rests
ON the fortified Franco German IRON
tier. One element of the situation
that has not received the attention
that its Importance warrants Is the
danger of famine in Germany in event
ola prolonged war. Germany cannot
live on the products of it's own soil.
Isolated by the prompt blockade es-
tablished by the British fleet; very
little foodstuffs can get into the en-
pire. Granted that Germany mas
great supplies stored against this mo-
ment, they cannot last very long. with
the bulk of the male population taken
from their fields and the work left to
women, boys and old men, normal
crops cannot be expected Scahoi-
nayia and the Netherlands can or VIII
do little to help Germany In TINS way
Austria cannot as she needs her own
food. and also is isolated from sea-
borne commerce. The Balkan states,
except Bulgaria, are hostile, and as
the latter is girding her loins for the
fray, she cannot help IL she would. II
was with a comprehension OF the pos
sibility of this moment that Germany
made such a determined effort to Gre
ate a navy of sufficient strength TO
keen her ports open to commerce. so
far the navy of Germany has been "a
fleet in being" There Is no question
that ii is over matched by that OF
England and Russia, not to speak OIL
the assistance that can be rendered
bv France. Nevertheless in the near
future the German navy, moving with
the audacity and preponderating power
that has characterized its operations
on land, may be expected to strike AT
some link in the intolerabfe chain
that the British have woven ABOUT IL.
To live-still assuming a prolonged
war-Germany must win the freedom
of the North Sea. Marshal Won der
Goltz. fourteen or fifteen years ago,
recognized this defect in the German
armor when he showed in a public
statement what a catastrophe 1t would
be for Germany if suddenly her sea
routes were cut off by superior meets.
Nor would the loss be limited to the
duration of the war; long ana last
ing setback to trade, manufactures
and prosperity would be necessary
consequence. In districts where Ger
man products would disappear for
months or perhaps for years, others,
perhaps English or American, would
at once force their way in. and seize
upon the empty place. To deprive
them of this advantage would certain
ly take many decades, IL 1t were ever
possible at all. Won der Goltz was OF
| the opinion that the war would be
long one. Bakhmeteff. Russian am
bassador to the United States. In
! calm and dignifed statement, shows
| the absolutely dishonest methods pur-
sued by the German Government
| through it's news" service, OF which
Bernstorff. the German ambassador, is
| the mouthpiece. The German am
| bassador garbled or gave currency te
| a garbied statement which made
| Russia say that her armies should
treat the Poles as enemies. The