New Britain herald., 1915-09-17

cause Of their rapid means or mo- bilfzation and immense technical re- sources. would turn their attention first or all against Russia. To frus- trate this plan it was decided In I91O that the Russian territory 1utting into Germany and the forfeited places west of Brest-Litovsk should not be organized for state or war. The re- zion further east was chosen for the
 concentration of the Russian forces.
 Draw Germans From Base.
 .'It 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 the depth of our theater of war to draw the German armies far from their base and to force them to exhaust themselves. To this end it was nec- essary 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 weaken ing is not only moral, but physical.
 sThis war will be decided by the armies in battle, and it is of no inn portance where this battle will take place Thus our retreat assures us victory, for our armies are only now beginning to develop, while an abund- ance of munitions of war awaits us in the near future, thanks to the mo- bilization of the national industry and to tho orders placed abroad, where as for the moment the enemy is in a favorable position in this regard.
 Abandoned at Once.
 "A glance backward shows that at the beginning of the war the Ger mans threw the mass of their army against France. This leap forward on their part had happy results for us, for we advanced into enemy terri tory, notably in Galicia; now the tables are turned. However, it is inn possible to hamper the liberty of movement of the Russian army in any particular region or on any par ticular frontier, and it would be im- practicable to waste garrisons in de- lending fortified towns which are none too safe, as the Austrians did in Przenysl. That is why, examining, after year of war, the map of the Russian front, We see the necessity for the living Russian armies to man. oeuvre and deploy on their base line. This would be the most useful ob- ject to aim at, especially in view of the situation which has prevailed since the month o< April.
 At the present time we have against us nearly all the German cav- airy, nearly all the Austrian army, and more than half of the total Ger man forces-about seventy divisions and the enemy artillery has nu- guns of all calibres. The Russian army is offering a heroic re- sistance; it is not only standing up under the most hellish fire, but it is inflicting countless losses upon the enemy, and wearing him out, not his technical perfection. We arc getting nearer to our supplies Of ammunition, by means of which we will correct our line and throw back the enemy. If only for this rea- son we can say that the evacuation of Warsaw, the line of the vistu1u- Ivangorod- d-Novo-Georgievsk will make certain that the Russian offen- sive this time will be definite and ir- resistible.
 "At the threshold of the seconA year of war Russia has the most diff mite plans for the issue of the cam paign, while maintaining at the same time the firm resolution to wage this fight to a victorious end"