Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-10-01
THE WAR

Russian successes in the east are
about the only direct results appar-
ent from the week y news from the
European war. On the Franco
Prussian side of the fence ter
rife battle has been in progress for
some two weeks or more and there
seems 10 be no definite results to re-
port. That this is the actual state
! of affairs can be CLEANED from the
fact that German sources deny all
reports Of Allied successes. but do
not advance any counter claims Of
German successes. They are just
about as near the point of fighting
to a standstill as can we'll be possible
between two such mammoth armies.
In Austria the Russians have prac-
tically subjuRated all of the vast
territory of Austrian Galicia. The
Austrian army is truly q ragged one
now and are unable to make any i'm
pressian against the hordes of Rus
sian invaders. German arms have
been dispatched to Cracow, the i'm
| portant Austrian military fortified.
J ton. Even to them it is evident
| that the Austrians are incapable of
even defending strong Notifications
| and German men and officers must
( take up the work. The Austrian
defeats are hard blows to the Ger
mans for Austrian subjugatlon al
lows the Russian a place of attack
on Germany proper over the Austri-
an border that has not been as
strongly prepared during piping
times of peace as is the case on the
frontier Of Poland. Even along the
frontier of Germany proper the Rus
SLAMS seem to be about to start for
ward again after weeks of compar-
alive inaction while waiting for the
army in Austria to place itself in
proper position. The German en-
peror is attending to the details
along that line in person which goes
far to show the Importance of the
conflict on Germany's east.
The Allies claim slight advantages
in the long engagement of the Aisne.
These claims the Germans deny. The
significant fact remains, however,
that the Germans have done at least
no better than keep even with their
opponents. Nothing more striking
ly illustrates the fact that the
initial advance so spectacularIy
through northern France almost to
the gates Of Paris of the German
army was not due entirely to the
perfection of the German war-ma-
chine. Instead, the strategy of the
defenders must have had something
to do with it, An army that could
retreat dozens Of miles per day for
weeks and suddenly fall upon its
pursuers SO hard that they should in
turn be forced to traverse half the
distance. is far from being inferior.
The speedy advance on Paris is be-
ing prolonged somewhat when the
Germsns are being held at stand
still in held fighting for weeks. if
not being outdone in some respects.
German strategy called for the COM
plete subjngation of France in q
period of six weeks. The time limit
expired some time since and they
are fighting for bare foothold on
French soil rather than attack
ing Paris. The earlier German COM
plant was that their enemy would
not stay long enough to be attacked
which would be equivalent to VIC
tory for the German. he appears
to have had bis fiji of fight by this
i time.
4 Through 1t all the German must
be given due credit for his superhu-
man endurance, and courage. But
what applies to the German also ap.
plies to his enemy. And there are
lots Of the enemy. No doubt the
German will go down to defeat
fighting to the last. But. as ap-
peared to be the case from the start,
defeat it nevertheless will he.
The views recorded here are per.
ilsps colored by partiaanship. Blu,
) the writer has talked with full-blood
Germans of Pruasian descent who
recognize the hopelessness of the
task mapped out for the German ma.
tion by the Kaiser and his advisors
i And, in the meantime, thousands
and thousands Of the flower of the
European manhood. mostly north Of
Europe, is being ground in the dust