Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-22
General Won HindenburE.


denburr the great commanding figure
% the var on the German side. was
recently interviewed a. the eastern
front by Paul Goldman. a Berlin cor
respondent What he has 20 saw Is OF
especial interest in view OF bis great
achievement Ga rolling back the big
Russian armies from East Prussia.
The -old man OF ;hc lakes" as be IS
known iu Germany. has made q life
time study % the problem OF de-
Tense against Russia. and when The
war broke out be- proved % De- the
man OF the hour.
With regard 20 the Russians. Cen
ersI Won HiudeuburE told the inter
vIsUers
They are good soldiers; they OBJ
serve discipline. Discipline finally
dsc.des the campaign. but the Rus
sian discipline is somewhat different
from that OF Germany and Austria
HlnEary- Iu our army 70 O. more the
result o. mental ethics. but IN the
Russian army 90 &C. a dumb. stupid
obcd.erce.
The Russians have learned much .
since their var with Japan. Their
strength is 60 their lutrsuchments; .
they know how 20 iutreuch them .
selves wonderfully. When the ground
f-u=a the dieEluE came 90 an end. That
is one OF the advantages which a win
ta-.e campaign against the Russians
brings 90 us. 70 fares badly with the
Uu- fans when they cannot burrow in
20 the earth.
We are not afraid % the superior .
their principal weapon. They we're
three times as strong as we were az 1
you see how much good .
10 did them Besides. the lack OF SUI
rs-.or numbers IS not always a de
Gliding feature. especially not at this /
stage OF the war.
The Russians cannot hold us down:
in fact they are weakening. All indi-
cations point 10 the fact that they will
soon be finished. They are beginning
10 lack arms and ammunition. They
are almost starvinE-sven the officers
lack food. The country l. in distress
LODI is suffering famine: Il IS pitiful
but 10 b. a good thing
one cannot carry on warfare with
The more pltiless the
warfare t.. the moro rnerciful II Is In
reality. for u leads 20 a more speedy
termination. II Is also apparent. by
he way that Russian soldiers fight.
hat they cannot resist much longer
The var With Russia Is above every
hing else n matter OF nerve II Ger
nary and Austrfa-Hungary have
stronger nerves-anI they have them
md viii endure-then the victory Is
heirs
IN reply 20 a question as TO hts eE-
lerieucs On cooperation With the
.ustro- Hungarian army. Won Hin
ieuburE replied:
The Austrians and HunEarians are ,
.picndid soldiers. men and officers are ,
undaunted- We night
.houIder 10 shoulder and place our .
highest hopes on the continuation OF !
his cooperative warfare We value
he Austrtaus and HunEarfans a. ex- ,
client comrades. The relations be
xrsu the chief commands % the com
lined armies are most pleasant At ,
,-sseuf 80 are IN active communica- ;
Ion with General Danki. leader of the )
u army CORPS. With which Se are in !
ouch. IN
Al the outbreak % the var. Won I,
vas living In retirement =
ut when the Russians began 20 look
Srruiaable. and the Germans suffered I,
ONE early rcverses. the kaiser de-
idcd 20 call upon the man who had
.sde the defense OF the Masurian lake
EXON the careful study Of lifetime
special train was fitted up 20 rush =
1s general 20 Berlin. and when ne b
sached headquarters. n high-po~ered U
ufomobgle vas ready TO hurry him 20 y
ss East Prussian front a
What followed will Eo into history u
=. on. Of the greatest campaigns the ;
Grid has known The battle OF Tan
euberx. resulting IN the practical
OF an entire Russian a
-rny. vas a triumph for the man D
no had been Iau<hted nj by younger q
-rny officers for hts hobby.
When Won Hindeubu{T yAs - m-2s