The Washington herald., 1915-08-08
WAR ON 3 FRONTS
KEY TO SUCCESS
Editor Favors Concentration
Upon Dardanelles and
Balkans.
KILL TURKEY; THEN ON
Jeu.ons More Vulnerable on South.
Flanders Offers Most Stubborn
Line of Resistance.
KILL TURKEY; THEN ON
By j. l.. GARVIN,
Eii:or G; the Fall Mall Gazette.

EAl- u "a Gne al Mall Gazette.
London. Aug. 7.--Whatever NAV hap
keenest appetite for events is yet 10 b
satisfied in that quarter-the way to re
lieve Russia. neutraliZe the effect of tine
fall of Warsaw, destroy ell the hope.
of the enemy in the East, and speed
up the whole var is for the western
allies. and Great Britain above all, tc
concentrate thoir full energy and
strength upon the >Dardanelles expedi.
zion and upon the whole Balkan problem
There lies the sure key that will unlock
the gates OF destiny. Success in this
quarter would be salvation, and failure
would be Inforgivcab!e on the part OF
macy and a-Inics Of the allies.
There has been !amentabIc loss OF
precious tine through reluctance to
face sooner the necessity for steps that
were bound 20 De unavoidable in the end.
a good deal OF the Incompetent obstruc-
tion has been cleared away and we are
getting at the real meaning of the terms.
No one pretencs TO regard the Darda-
rellcs expedition any longer as a Sec
onda3'y undertaking. We must regard
il. however. not only as j major opera
tior. but second in Importance &c nc
enterprise whatever in any OF the fields
% war.
Fsc.Ie and shallow minds. which are al
ways taking the obvious for the true,
have tried 10 confuse us with their par
rot cries about Flanders being the prin-
cipal theater.
No one locality in the east or west can
be the principal tneater; the war through
out Europe is one war and We have to
look for the best l!le Of solution. The
best line solution Tor the allies IN the
first instance runs into the more vulner-
able of the central empires from base
formed by the Straits and the Black Sea,
by Constantinopie and the Balkans
Flanders. OF the other hand, is the line
of the most resistance. where any given
expenditure of effort on our part is like
ly to have the least effect until the whole
German plan for the war on two fronts
is fatally beaten by fall and deliberate
development OF the allies initiative on
three fronts
War on Three Fronts
But that is not enough either for US
or for our allies. Our common purpose
demands FOR its decisive issue a larger
plan of direct attack. which shall unite
all forces of TIE allies in a war on three
fronts. and. after disposiag of Turkey. as
sail Aus;ria-Hurgary from the south
In tackling the Gallipoli problem with
our full means and resolution We shall be
laying well and truly a foundation of
stone for an immense edifice: we shall
not only be establishing the military
power of the grand alliance upon the mid
lie front whence the enemy's positions
both east and west ought to be compro-
missed. but We shall enable concerted ac-
ton of all the allies to move upon one
vast 'ontinuous line stretching from Eng
anG to Flanders. through France. Italy.
ID the Balkans into Russia.
That conception is a mighty one but
Il is also practical. 1t is magnificent,
but il is also war.
Centering in Balkans.
Won Hindenberg is evidently work
ne with might and main to bring off
he idea Of his dreams, which hitherto
as failed. He hopes to turn the in
her line of the Nistula and the Bug, as
~ has now turned the outer line of
"e Vistula. He undoubtedly is throw
ng every man he car muster into the
Balkan provinces far above the Polish |
riangle. and means TO strike at the |
Grand Dukes railroad connections with
oetrograd. The chief functions aimed
1t are Wilma and Dvinsk. His main |
'orces are not within sixty miles of |
'ach The country is so shaggy |
;hodden and broken by lakes and other |
lInds of standing water that it is |
more dangerous than other sections |
he Germans have worked in.
Let there be no mistake. This act !
4 the drama is far bigger than any
hing that has gone before.
Warsaw is a bagatelle by compari-
on with the enormous military issues
till at stake. We may take il for
ertain that Won Hindenburg is work
ng the German frontier railways at
op pressure in hurryinE his battalions
md squadrons from other quarters
through East Prussia to the northern
most wing. where he still Graves, after
'eing baffled so often in the last
welve months. to strike the Grand
Duke in the flank with a thrust as
ear as may he TO mortal.