Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-23
Summary Of the Conflict to
Date Published by Embassy
at Washington, Showing
Strong Position Of TeutonS.
ALLIES OF CENTRAL
EUROPE NOT SUFFERING
Financially InduStdaIIy and
From Military POintofView,
Empires Are Better Off
Than Opponents,


Wasbington. Aug. 22,--Thc Austro-
Hungarian embassy today gave out for
pubIlcation a review Of the first year
If tho war from the standpoint Of the
Teutonic and Turkish allies The mat
fer MS issued by the embassy was de-
scribed as "a Summary OF the Net Re
sulfs of the Conflict TO Date, and IL
came 10 the conclusion that the posi-
tion of Austria Hungary and Germany
is most encouraging from n military
economic and financial point Of
view" and that the second year of
the conflict had begun under the
most promising auspices for the allies
Of central Europe"
The full text of the matter given out
Is as follows
A survey of the most important
events of the wan at the end Of the
first twelve months of its widespread
operations leads inevitably to the cou-
cusiCn that Great Britain and her all
lies were the victims of an astounding
ly gross miscalculaiion when they en-
barked upon an adventurous under
taking in the belief that an easy vic
tory would be theirs The position
of France today is especially deplor-
able, in view of the fact that the crav-
ing for revenge i'm that country had
subsded with the advent Of genera
tion free from personal memories of
foqe. hu, tho efforts 0f the German
government to establish closer rela-
ti0ns with the westerly neighbor We're
frustrated by the growing influence Of
the English and the Russian lingoes
a far back as 19l9 the military party
IN the French republic openly inaugu-
it fatl { ifFl H.
ing the projects for bringing the col
ored troops Cf the French colonies
into line against Germany and for the
increase OF the standing army by the
hil known as the "three-year service
law which was enacted by the
French parliament i'm 1913.
Russian Attitude aggressive
The aggressive attitude Of Russia
was apparent even to the casual OBJ
server for many months before the
firing of the first gun The suhver-
siNe agJotion carried on by Russia IN
Austrla-Hungary. and especially in
Galicia the tariff war inaugurated
against Germany in 1918, the thinly
yelled military preparations dating as
far back as 1908, the guise Of the So
called trial mobilization" and finally
The conclusion of "A loan of two bill
hon francs for the sole purpose Of
Tile construction of a network of stra-
tegic railways directed against Ger
many and Austria-Hungary gave the
le TO The official assurances from St.
Petersburg that the Russian empire
was bent upon preserving the peace
OF Europe in the face Of German prov
ocauous
In anticipation Of the confederation.
81. u AL
peen employed to their utmost In an
ende1Vor TO secure the cooperation
of other countries against Germany /;
TO tamper with established loyaties
ana disrupt traditional friendships.
LNplomacy, press campaigns and the
IeNer of the powerful Franco British
financial groups were applied to the
task Of eneircling the rising German
thplre with ring OF enmities The
Idle King ed ward spared no efforts
70 tnuce Austria-llungary from her
treaty alliance with her western neigh
DOT with French support, financial,
political and other advantages were
olleied to the dual monarchy as un-
afdiilns Inducements to an act Of IN
teinatlonai treachery which finally has
peen committed by italy In the light
oil these facts. now recalled by tragic
eNen@ II would be futile TO deny that
pot To crush Germany had been
.aielully and teuaciOusy prepared by
the triple entente. and the protesta-
'i"hs OF the British, French and Rus
siAh governments that the war had
ueen forced upon them will not bear
scrutiny
Opponents Are Powerful.
august, 1871, Germany and Aus
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