Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-08-07
STATUS OF
THE WAR.

There is at present much upon the
surface which is not to be taken as
the true index of existing conaltlohs
in Europe. Germany has penetrated
Russian Poland, but has acquired
shell-only this and nothing more
The Russian army is still at large
and until this is rendered hors de
combat the capture of any place VIII
80, I'VE serious hamper to the
s,usc5 les. Napoleon captured MOS
COW ut, n the language OF juvenile
s. he caught "pizen cat.
when the last year of our civil war
made its advent it was apparent 10
most observers that the great TASK
of the federal commander of the Ar
nv of the Potomac was to destroy the
army of General Robert E. Lee. Inc
capture of Richmond would not &C
complish this. General Ulysses ,.
Grant, who had gained his spurs oy
capturing Vicksburg, the backbone Oh
the Southern Confederacy, was calico
to Washington and rendered the posi-
ton of commander of the federal
forces in Virginia. When asked by
War Department officials what course
he intended to pursue, ne replied IN
snbstanre that he would mass ali
men possible in Virginia and make
the Confederate army his objective.
He argued logically, stating tna'
* when he lost man he could put two
in his place, while General Lee had
none with which to fill toe gaps.
Grant determined to fight it out on
that line if it took all the summer.
The result is comparatively recent
history.
So long as the Russian army re-
mains in any way intact hordes OF
Germans must necessarily be kept III
Galicia. Russia is in a position to iii.
gaps, but it may not be so with Ger
many.
A dispatch from Rome published
elsewhere in the Gazette, states that
the apparent victors are more an$l-
ous for peace than their adversarieS.
Rome is probably the best view point
in Europe at present, and ooserVa-
tions from the city of the Caesars
especially those emanating from ths
Vatican are worthy of attention. Ger
MANY has made some successful drives
hut that the country cannot kee"
nm the same volume OF steam con-
family is apparent to her best wish
ers. The crust of the mighty Russian
empire has been but scratched. With
one hunderd and siXty-seven million
people, territory larger than Um'
ed States, Astounding in endless re-
sources, should the present contilc'
continue. must sooner or later weak
en- her warlike adversary, who mas
but sixty-sevea million OF SUBJECTS
Hence Germany, at time when she
could retire from the conflict IN honor
would only be too glad to 90 so.
A decade ago Japan, with all her
pugnacity, knew the war with Rus,
STA had proceeded long enough ane
while crowned with victory readil,
allowed the United States to sug'
gest peace times which were adopted
at Portsmouth. The Mikado knew
his tide would ebb eventually.
That Russia has no intention o.
throwing up the sponge is apparent
The Baltimore American says:
"Guns. ammunitions, these are the
great lacks of the Russians as they
have been of the other OF the Allies
Graft and Encouragement, the para
sites of Russian officialdom, nave
been part,r the cause of the defeat
of the Russian armies. The promise
has been made the Russian people
that grim punishment awaits all those
who have triied with the nations
resources. But the fact remains tina,
Russia is in need of munitions sue
cor as we'll as cf other supplies. II
this extremity Japan has been forg'
ing and fabricating munitions OF wa,
for it's former foe and now at the
moment of the Russian defeat at
Warsaw,.tfs yellow men are strip
ping their2forts of guns to send then
TO the Russian lines. The myriad bit
tie shops throughout Japan are bust
" engaged in the manufacture Of a!