The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10

Reckoning from the declaration OF war
made by Germany upon Russia. hundred
days of war have now passed. In this
time Napoleon ran his course from Elba
TO waterloo In half OF II Prussia crushed
Austria in 1866, France in 1870. Yet FOR
several days now. east and west, the des-
patches from all sides have reoouh'eu
German retreats, repulses.
II is on Russia too that the aueh''o"
OF the world In now fixed-upon RUSSIA
sweeping forward toward Berlin Win
a Judgment at last on German SOIL not
in remote East Prussia but In foset' AT
last squarely upon me road to beri"'
while IN Galicia her victorious armies are
again across the San crowding toward tne
foothills OF the Carpathlans' ohco "'o''
closing In upon Przemysl
Now II Russia in the great war han ueen
the Russia OF the Japanese war AL 'h's
wo,ld have been impossible. kuropatKlh
could retreat as cleverly. In as mastery
a. fashion as the Grand DUKE Nicho'a''
hut once committed TO retreat ne 1851 tne
win 10 attack Bernhard analyzes this
with admirable clarity. The retreat W
Nfukden was a deliberate attempt TO draw
tho Ianan.se on until the Russians should
have superior numbers at the decisive
,o,nt hut this object attained, kuropathln
| rould not attack-he. not his army hao
| been conquered -,,. ..o,
| Tn the present conflict II 10 plain that
the moral quite as well as the Iilh.el'a'
| resources OF the Russians aro
rahv superior TO those Of tho other war
T,rrt of all tho mobilization was accom-
nIished with wholly incredible rapidly
p.,ora me German avalanche was even
in France the Slav hosts were IN Ehs.
! prussia and Galicia- Before FRANCE cou'u
/ bo beaten down Il was necessary 10 senu
army corps TO East Prussia Beiore she
sa,,i. =, the Narne Iernbers had broken
the spirit ana mo o"e'D"
Austrian armies ,,.
For the East Prlssian audacfty RUSSIA
paid dearly--an army larger tnnh 'ns
combined forces OF Wellington anu
alu-.her at Waterloo was more com
pletely crushed than Napoleons on WA.
,s,nons held. But the defeat IN Fast
,.r,,s.,a was in fact a small prioe to pay
for tho victory at the Marine
n.mnant of Army Rallies.
.o.r That defeat too Russian military
AN Determination remained mistaken
The remnant OF the army defeated AT ian
nenb.ry was rallied and REINFORCED ana
n few weeks later. having STOOD V'ctorl-
ously at the Niemsn. flowed west "snln
,oward East Prussia and triumphed AZ
Augustowo. n,oo.r,
,,.rnan orrensive launched suddenly at
Warsaw was mot and beaten from All
directions Russia began a TREMENDOUS
concentration Her victorious troops cams
north from dalicia, from BukoViha' ono
10 ~. n,nst colossal OF military move
,,.,ts the transfer OF hundreds OF thou
.and. Of men over hundreds or miles
sadly served by railroads and worse by
b,yhways. was accomplished, and AS the
Kaisers army approached WARSAW nr
northern flank was suddenly. deosiVeiy
TURNED. and tho offensive IN roia"'
checked. -
since that time for moro than TWO
,ys.lf, Russ,an armies have been flowing
west over the whole grandtos~ bauio hhe'
from the Baltic TO che Carpathians, Every
German and Austrian effort TO stand has
failed To-day tho advance mas re'cnoo
Posen. passed the Wharf.-The River. conceiV-
nm, The nrst line OF German defence. and
driven Austrian armies back on Cracow.
In viewing tho present phase or the
] treat war IL is no longer possible 10
reach satisfactory conclusions by minute
examination OF day 10 day operations
In tho west the campaign has In fact al
most fallen dead, as spectacle. become
terrible but concentrated struggle FOR rods
and miles hamlets and hills, on whioi
: the opposing lines sway back and for
ward.
; To such a condition II is wholly prob
able the Eastern struggle may now sink
There has been no rout OF the Germans
They will PROFESSIONALLY be as strons
, on the defence IN Silesia and Poland a
, they have been In Champagne and Al
, SAGE Bloody and terrible checks are tn
l natural thing to expect now that Russil
Is on the margin Of Germany herself
Yet, east and west, II 10 possible 70 per
ceivs certain unmlstakable and who'll.
l vital circumstances, In tho east II II M
|, longer to be doubted that there Ia real
efficient. powerful Russian army. wei