Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-21
GERMAN SUCCESS IN THE EASTERN
"a CAMPAIGN.

0ermany's victory of strategy, energy am
sheer courage in the Galician campaign shine
brighter day by day as the broken Russian arm
les are forced over the border upon their owl
soil and the collapse of their great invasion
becomes complete.
Not since the great German drive through
Belgium aud into France that opened this wa
Of giants has there been such victory as tina
Of the Austro- Germans in Galicia And though
Austria has supplied much of the weight o
men and artillery, to Germany goes the credit
for the Germans have turned an Austrian dis
aster into an important victory for the Teutoni
Allies.
Four times now Grand Duke Nicolaievitch'
hordes of Slavs and Mongols have been thrown
back in terrible defeat. How much longer cal
the Russians stand this horrible battering
How much longer will they continue to be ;
menace to Germany and Austrias
IL the Russian soldier did not have re
markable powers of endurance, if the Russian
mass broke under decorating punishment a
menless phlegmatic and stole break, Petrograe
would indeed be forced to recast the entire plaI
Of campaign and enter upon defense iusteat
Of an offense But what Frederick the Grea
learned in 1853, Wilhelm ii is learning in 19l!
that the characteristic of Russian troops i
their imperturbablity, their stubbornness il
the face Of. disaster that would smash to flinders
The troops Of any other European nation. Re
Gently Edward Foord, writing of Napoleon I
Russian campaign pointed out as a parallel fol
the great Corsican' IS experience that inthe bat
lie of Zondorf Frederick the Great broke boil
wings Of the Russian defenders but the center
stood up and fought back through the day ant
until night gave them chance to retire slowly
and in good order.
In this Quality Of the Russian lies not only
The hope0f Russia today, but the hope of the
Allies for an early termination Of The war y
Russia can turn again, bring up reserves and
new armies and start another southern inyas
ION, the Austro- Germans cannot detach man.
hundred thousand from the east front 10 repe
Ne Italians ON the south, orr to throw at Tx
|ftncli. British and Belgian lines on tile west
And speaking of the vest the May campaign
has been keen disappointment to the Allies
K has failed to produce any great results. IN
|Ict the German slash at Ypres was the feature
of the month s fighting on the west. And de
matches last Friday indicated that the Ger
mans at Labassee are sending their human bat
Iering-fams against the opposing lines witt
<nth dauntless energy as to dispel at once an.
'1ca that the strain Of the winter and spring
las exhausted them.
AS the first year of the great war draws neal
rs close, the Teutonic Allies have disproved
most Of the theories that critics voiced when
<on Kluck S dash ito the west was halted &c
niles from Paris Thrown on the defensive
nenaced in East Prussia, in Galicia, in the Car
rathians; their commerce severed; their raw
materials and supplies from abroad cut off
heir navy bottled up-the Teutonic Allies have
|nund within themselves remarkable strength
and devotedness that is not less than consecra
lion to the cause. Their organization; years
az preparation; unity of national feeling, al
have given the Germans not only means and
vest. but to rebuild the Austrian armies and
furnish military brains as well as several hun
bred thousand soldiers.
An illustration of German devotion to the
chrse IS the preparation Of the nation against
shortage in food supplies All over the Father.
land lawns and parks never before under cult
tafion have been ploughed and narrowed and
s6wed with grains and planted with vegetables
Ia the cities every vacant lot and many by
streets and alleys are being cultivated With
oassionafe energy the Germans are turning to
|ho soil "a save them from the effects of a sun
7e,ed commerce As result, Germany S cereal
.;eld may be doubled this year though two
...:Il;on men have been Withdrawn from agri-
culture Women and children are tilling the
Las. oxen. cows and even old men are drag
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