Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-24
CLAIM L:.I||| \ RUSSIAN Il 5 | ]
DRIVE IS FAILURE:
Russian Prince Says None
Objects Have Been Ac-
complishsd

7 il i the declaration of Price Delnidoi
i the sDWke :of San Donate, who is in
eefs ;sl5 Russian .m nsts5 I; g
: alton in Russia, Prince pemidoif tol
b the Associated Press corresp ponder
\ that ne could not see upon what tn
D German claims TO victory over Ilu
!. sia Were based, and ne; developed
view ol ms own OF the sttua ton Whfc
8 lett file central M Mnpiressin perilou
/. rather than a satisfactory position
j following their successful drive on tn
! imperial: rial forces q Russia
rrince 81 sleemldons family is popt
lariy sipposed to be the richest i
4 J. II! huss Its foundations having bee
q lald ~; the time OF: feter the Grea
( Wy NiK1ta tl,emidon, WAC opened VI
l gone Immense ely productive mines "a
lNeylans ~ IN tnt n Ilflkafe l1nenDollr1
Il aaslElcIa OF the empire ~ l699. TN
lnrst s soI me lapns became In
! hrNpp 81 TINS day, na ying !Deen en
E trusted ils py Peter the Great With stila
manufacture OF cannon for the I'm
i perlal armies. i,.tt5 $. ~
Il, ~. IA j. !, 4 priXe allure. ts =.
I From every stand salc
Prince Demldon the German drive
on s'hnssla seems to nave lpeen AZ AZ
much OF q failure asstile German drive
on Paris a year ago. ~: mad two defi
nlte dDlec ects-to, crus A the Ell usslan ar
my IN a great Din0ers. and to ,. force orc
Russia TO- sue for a separate. peace.
Tie first has patiently failed. The
Germans have given It UPS They are
digging themselves in, as they did tn
france, and are preparing to trans
Ter part ofstheir troops elsewhere. i
1 Wasaa mad thing to attempt, anyloW
lyon might a. we'll call it drive on
1rkutsk as anything else, for all the
definite object 1t maybe said to have
had. Pounding at an immense Rus.
sian force, withdrawing WITH admira
BILE order across the Russian sterpesi
is like chasing a will$o' the Wisp
through 2 swamp-the farther You xo
the worse It gets, and the less chance
Iyol have to get. out safe and Sound.
Russia is IKE pilloW9:rIyel can maks
/ a hollow in it by punching it, with
| your INST; but when YOU take. YOU
fst AWAY, slowly. inevitably, 1t comes
;back H. 4, { |. s,..s @ I'LL s.so
q ..But suppose the fist is kept
there? iii 4..si &, a,., W &ifriaa ~
Problem, IN Mathematics. I'll.
"'How long do you suppose the, Ger
mans can do That :? IT'S simply prob
lem in mathematics. Remember one
thing: the farther an, army extends
its line, the more. men are required
to- hold the line: and tle farther the
line Is from its base, the more, men
are required to feed and cl1theS and
supply; 1t with mum ions. And the in.
crease is In. ,geometric not arithmetic
| progression; while at the same9ttme
the process OF extending the line. in
the face Of a series of dailyrrearguard
actions, itself reduces the effective
with which the movement Is made.
tForsthere tis no advance without its
price In men dead, permanently dis
abled, and those. taken prisoners las
well as in the freshness Of the troops
engaged. :.a ;sH
h tiNow with the Austrians and Ger
mans there is definite. known, maxi
mum number Of men ayaila5la. 1t
/ may be as great as you please, but It
lis fixed. Every German killed, per.
manently disabled or taken prisoner
| is one available German less. That
| is the key to the whole situation: 1t