Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-27
PLANNED TO GIVE UP POLAND
Russian Military Organ Says Intent
10 to Wear Out Austro .0srmans.


10 to Wear Out Austro .0srmans.
Correspondence of Associated Press.l
Petrograd, Aug. S.-The evacuation
of Poland was decided upon by Rus
STA in 1910. declares the Russky In
valid. the Russian military organ, in
a discussion of the general STATS be-
fore the-war plans for the defense of
the western frontier.
Before the war" says the Journal.
Russia anticipated that in the event
Of war Austria and Germany; because
of their rapid means Of mobilization
and immense technical resources,
would turn their attention first Of all
against Russia. To Illustrate this plan
1t was decided in 1910 that the Rus
sian territory jutting into. Germany
and the fortified places west of Brest-
Litovsk should not be organized for
state Of war. The region farther east
was chosen for the concentration or
the Russian forces.
1T would have been dangerous to
attribute too great an Importance to
and to have held on the Narew and
Vistula, with their fortified towns. 1t
is better to take advantage Of the
depth Of our theater of var to draw
the German armies far from their base
and to force them to exhaust them
selves. To this end 1t was necessary
to sacrifice the Polish salient. Three
months have elapsed since the Russian
army started to put this plan into ex-
ecution. Constant marching, fighting
and privations weaken the enemy.
There are already evidences that the
moral force Of the German army Is
weakening in it's attack, and prisoners
confirm that this weakening is not
only moral, but physical.
This war will be decided by the
armies in battle, and it is OF no i'm
portance where this battle will take
place. Thus our retreat assures us
victory, for our armies are only now
beginning to develop, while an album
dance of munitions Of war awaits us
in the near future, thanks to the mobi-
lization Of the national industry and to
the orders placed abroad. whereas for
the moment the enemy is in favor
able position in this regard.
"a glance backward shows that at
the beginning of the war the. Germans
threw the mass Of their army against
France This leap forward on their
part had happy results for us. for we
advanced into enemy territory notably
in Galicia: now the tables are turned.
However, it is impossible to hamper
the liberty of movement Of the Rus
sian army In any particular region or
on any particular frontier. and 1t
would be impracticable to waste gar
risons in defending fortified towns
which are none too SAFE as the Aus
TRANS did in Przemysl. That Is why,
examining, after year Of war, the
map of the Russian front. we see the
necessity for the living Russian armies
to maneuver and deploy on their base
line. This would be the most useful
object to aim at, especially In view OF
the situation which has prevailed since
the month Of April.
cat the present time we have against
US nearly all the German cavalry,
nearly all the Austrian army, and more
than half OF the total German forces
about seventy divisions-and the enc
my artillery has numerous guns OF all
calibers. The Russian army IL oner-
ing a heroic resistance; 1t is not only
standing UP under the most hellish
fires, but 1t is inficting countless
losses upon the enemy, and wearing
him out, Notwithstanding his technical
perfection We are getting nearer :"
our supplies of ammunition, by means
Of which we will correct our line and
throw back the enemy. If only for this
reason we can say that the evacuation
of Warsaw. the line Of the Vistula-
Ivangorod- Novo- Georgievsk will make
certain that the Russian offensive this
time will be definite and Irresistible.
cat the threshold Of the second year
Of war Russia has the most definite
plans for the issue Of the campaign,
while maintaining at the same time
the firm resolution to wage this fight
to a victorious end"