The Washington times., 1914-09-01

THE Russians are in Berlin" ex-
claims the Staats Zeitung this morning.
for $1,000 of them have been brought
there as prisoners of war. The paper
claims to have positive information to
that effect, and as the German ambas-
sador is in New York and in commu-
nication with the editor. it may be ad-
mitted that the report is. correct.
In connection Herewith the ambas-
sador. in an interview, makes some
pointed remarks that deserve ponder
ing over. To begin with he asks the
American public whether IL things had
gone the other way there would have
been such a great howl on the part oi
the vanQuished over the use OF air
craft of destruction? Each one Of the
belligerents has a perfect air fleet
France even pretends to possess the
best and most destructive in the world.
Would they not have used their
airships to make Berlin feel the heavy
hand of the victor. in case they had
had the chance?"
The truth of his argument must be ad-
mitted. War, as he said the other day.
is no O'Clock tea. and since all Eu-
why do the baby act, when things do
not 60 to suit the vanquished? From the
standpoint of any military power he Is
right.
Another thing. The Zeitung this
morning gives it as her opinion thai
Turkey undoubtedly would aid the
Kaiser, for very fear that Russia may
try to rush the Dardanelles and get
into the Levant. thing that would be
fatal to the Ottoman empire, land t.
England as we'll. II Downing stree
only would awake to the fact). How fal
the Porte would go. in her desire te
stem the Russian tide against Germany
and Austria, remains to be seen. But
at any rate. it Will have the whole
some effect Of keeping the Cars army
busy on the Turkish frontier and In
the Euxine. which in itself would be
no small help to Germany.
Kaisers armies are advancing toward
Paris in seven-shaped fan. The
farthest away yesterday was General
Won Kluk. who has the most northern
sphere Of action; the nearest, Duke
Albrecht. of Wuertemberg, while the
most southern army is led by General
Won Heeringen away down near Bel
fort.
In spite of the daily bulletins Of the
Paris war office telling of another
repulse of the Germans. (this time 1t
was the right wing. one can read be-
tween the lines that the Kaiser's SOL
diers are nearing their goal. Paris.
steadily. The latest report says that the
Germans are less than sixty miles from
the French capital. at La Fere, but that
the French, under General Pau, having
once more taken the offensive in the
southeast, aim to wedge themselves In
between the Germans in front of Paris
and the southeastern strongholds, and
thus capture or annihilate them
The French war office has given out
so many of these optimistic and hope
full b. lletins that II were best for the
French to face the truth without any
further circumlocution. says the Zei-
tUng.
The Journal takes Premier Asauith
to task for his attack on the London
Times for publishing dispatches tina,
tend to create fear and anxiety amons
the British" II adds that IL 1t is a fac,
that the English have anything to hide
as to the operations and losses OF the
British troops, the government should
not deny it: but on the contrary, should
tell the truth. so as TO arouse the pa
triotism Of the masses.
There can be DO doubt. no matter how
successful on the high sea in the at
tack on the German guard ships at Hell
soland says the Zeitung. the British
troops on land have received a thrash
ing and were decimated. In this con-
nectfon the German Herald says that II
were time for the allied press dispatches
TO stop telling the world that the de-
feat ~ the allies was caused by the
numerically superior German forces"
Germany. having in the field twenty
four army corps. some Of them in the
East. and France twenty-one. all OF
them operating in France. besides the
Belgian and British troops. how can