Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-10
VOL. 13 NO. SO
Short age Of Ammunition
Serious Handicap in the
Defense of the Allies


The Russian armies are struggling
heroically against overwhelming. com
plete disaster in spite of their tenn
porary successes here and there. The
Germans are letting other fields take
care Of themselves and making SUI
preme efforts to crush Russia so com
petely that the cZar will be forced 10
mako separate peace or at least TO
so smash the Siav armies that Russia
will be a negligible military factor
for the rest Of the war At present
the issue is in the balance and Will
remain so for iWO or three months TO
come. If Russia falls it will be sole
ly because she lacks muskctS cart
ridges. cannon shells.
These facts we're explained 10 mo
by a Russian officer Of high position,
who left Prtro%rad Just before the
beginning Of the present great Ger
man drive in Galcia. You in the
west" he said. do no, understand
our terrible position. Soldiers do. the
people do not. And Wc ar" criticized
in France and England for The fail
ure OF our march on Berlin. 1t is
CALLING. If the peoplH only knew the
truth! Let it be published in Am
erica where there is no censorship.
Russia should she 90 down. will fan
covered with impe riShahlc glory.
Never has such Il heroic. such an i'm
possible struggle been Wa@ed. Why
should | not say what the Germans
know so much better Than |?
One of History's Heroic Loyalties.
"You have seen how every factory
in France. in England. how so many
even in America are working day and
night making rifles. cannon, shells.
And you have heard how the English
and French have pleaded for increas-
ed production, have complained that
they cannot get enough munitions, al
though thousands Of cannon, millions
OF shells. millions of rifles, billions of
cartridges are flowing to the western
f. ont in a l4tver increasing stream.
And the Germans Even yet their
great factories yield them all they
need TO keen pace with their enemies.
It will not always be % hcrn in the
est
'.,n EN country. Think, how it
is thai she can oppose the central
powers with their ineXhaustible sup
rlicse |, is the miracle of the war
that she has done so as long as this.
But now We are in desperate straits.
History when Ihe truth is known will
rank among the first of heroic 10y
altics the loyalty of Russia to France
and England, when this sprlE2 my
impcrial master refused to discuss
Auslria's offer to mako a separate
soeac,. and 10 cede us part OF Galicla.
Little Hope From Turkey.
After this tho Russian officer start
ed to explain the way in which short
age had cos, Nussiu battles even a.
long ago as last autumn. Anxious
TO bring him to the main point
whether Russia is on her last LEGS
nov, remarked. Il think the lac'
that Russia is short of supplies II
generally undrr,tooI in England IL
nor in France. But can YOU NOT holu
out uutil The Dardancllc$ are forced
and are sou not getting great guam
til&.S q? ti,initions through Archah&rI
and r,,,r The Tran<S siberian rail
road
Ilc ~mi,~i wanly and remarked
'ThrG,. l. Oily on" clI;ti, :" that tn
Dar,l"irIh, Irny BE- opened Ill llln'
for nun! ions 10 reach uS.Fhc Turks
may rusl uu, u' guns and sl"llS. l}ul
am afraid tHc G"rrans Suppilco
them Wtl while there Was I"l llm
to get su"pli,: to Turkey. Io,' speak
of our lNu railroads which aiol" INK
MS with or allies. will xiv You
some facts in rOnt7lrnce.
Port Ice Bound for Months.
The Officer hen told me how IN,
1rains of SUPPLIES each day run Ire '
5archangel, wbict. pcr1 i must be It.
iTnh IL
~, the wear. although heavy CAnadlti
Ics breakers scn1 lh"r, 1his spring
.na, possibly add 'wo muE'hS to the
open season next faI. l.- ;t}"o tod
me how many trains, i'oin lh' ne
ginning of the war unlil ri.~ 1lrS' OF
Aplfl. n,rrp run over the SN'"r'il
ralroa1 &.hirh is not double tracked
The ruaC rrom .\rchanGrl is d "in2I'
track. un.tDW guugr line. re TX
ures sonf.ti.G large But ] fancy an
American 1rnffic manager cOui' Muy'
three times as many trains, under !he
same conditions.
"Y0u think great quantities OF arms
have reached nS over these two rhl''
roads?" he asked. by working Inc
Siberian road to capacity ten years
ago He were able ia maintain "3o."'"
men IN Manchuria. Mow we have I"
main,a;n, will not tell you how
maHy, TT enough to combat SO corps
or 1,44C.r 500 enemies, armed as we
.-T.. hr,.c to be Hrtl:t q.
Muniton Train Every 25 Seconds
~, f",."o. ,hc nueaiaH had given
showed that the Archan2el trahc vas
but Il small fraction of that earned
on the Trans Siberian. Russia's two
railrOds which can bring III arms can
not be supplying more than '9o'ooo
men. at The outside, if his figures are
correct. |, is said that every hve