The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-26
EVACUATION OF POLAND IS IN KEEPING WITH PROGRAM
 RUSSIANS MADE YEARS AGO
Russian Military Organ Elk plains Strategic Signifi- canoe of the Withdrawal of Forces From Western Battle Line of Russian Empire.


 'Petrograd, Aug. 26-The evacua- ton of Poland was decided upon by Russia in 1910, declares the Russky Invalid the Russian military organ, in a discussion of the general sta,ff's before-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 wot91d turn the attention first of all against Russia. To frustrate this plan it 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 further east was chosen for the concentration of the Russian forces.
 tIt would have been dangerous to attribute too great an importance to and to have held on to the Narew and Vistula, with their fortified towns. It is better to take advantage of tie depth of our theatre of war to dra W the German armies for from their base and to force them to exhaust themselves. To this end it was necas- sarye to sacrifice the Polish salient. Three months have elapsed since the Russian army started to put this plan into execution. 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 weaker ing 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 the battle will take place. Thus our retreat assures us victory, for our a1rnies are only now beginning to develop, while an abund- aance of munitions of war awaits us in kthe near future, thanks to the mobilization of the national industry and to the orders placed abroad, whereas for the moment the enemy is in a favorable position in this re- gard.
 "A glance backward shows that at the beginning of the war the Gerptans 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, nota- bly, in Galicia; now the tables are turned However,, it is impossible of the Russian army in any particu- lar region or on any particular iron tier, and it would be impracdcabIe to waste garrfsons in defending pforttf1ed towns which are none too safe. the AustrfanS did in Przemysl. Thttt is why, examining. after a. year of war. the map of the Russian front, we see the necessity for the living Russian armies to manoeuvre and deploy on their base line. This would be the most useful object to aim at, espec- ially in view of the situation which has prevailed since the month Of April.
 At the present time we have against us nearly all the German cavalry, nearly all the Austrian army and more than half of the total Ger man forces-about TO divisi sions-and the enemy artillery has numerous guns of all calibres- The Russian army is offering heroic resistance; it Is not only standing, up under the most hellish fire, but it Is fntlicting countless losses upon the enemy, and wearing him out, notwithstanding his technical perfection. We are getting nearer to our supplies of aplmuni- ton. by means of which we will cor rect our line and throw back the enemy If only for this reason we can say that the evacuation of Warsaw, l the line of the Vistu1a-Ivangorod : l.Georgievsk will make certain that the Russian offensive this time will be definite and irresistible.
 'tAt the threshold of the second year of war Russia has the most defi- mite plans for the issue of the cam pafgn, while maintaining at the, same time the firm resolution to wage this I fight to a victorious end.''