Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-10
By william Philip simms.

er getting within sight Of PARIS anu
when it seemed that nothing on earth
could stop their drive, the invaders
have been hurled back in disorder and
the capital is safe.
With reeklessness bordering on inn
{. pudeuee. the result of seeing fortress
after fortress surrender merely before
I the menace Of their approach, the Prus-
+ sians Ignored the reserves they must
have known were massed here turned
eastward from Paris expecting 10 crush
a weak and routed enemy In SO doing
I they uncovered their right and General
Maunoury struck. Surprised, 1azed al
most, they turned TO face the new en-
emy when again they were BIT on the
! flank, this time by General French. Of
I the British; Franehet Esperey OF th
Fifth; Foeh of the Ninth reserves, and
/ the rest
Won Kluek and Won Buelow, com
manding the German right, were stag
gered. They fought desperately and
tried TO rally their armies but F.
teacher Of tactics at ST. Oyr, the FreBc
West Point, outmaneuvered them. drove
a murderOus wedge into their lines and
sent them back almost in panic under
storm Of French 70 shells
The German "battle without a t0m0r-
row." has failed. The morrow is here
and with il signal defeat The Battle
of the Marne is over and the French
have won.
In Paris the news was hailed as the
I announcement Of q. miracle Each da
some 10000 or $4,000 people had been
abandoning the city, expecting the
mediate entrance of the Germans. il
was known that the kaiser's legious
were near and advancing twenty and
I thirty miles a day The French and
British seemed powerless 10 check them
and an irredeemable disaster appeared
I inevitable.
To the few, however, sharing the
confidence of General Joseph Joffre.
the French commanderin-ehief. the
| victory is gratifying but not surprising.
/ 1t comes as the logical result OF the
( plans made immediately after Charleroi.
4 When war was declared Joffre knew
he would have TO face What the Ger.
mans called 'brIssed attack. " Just
I where this would come be had no idea
I Adopting one OF Napoleon > mayims
"to engage everywhere, then see. 30 be-
/ spread out his mtu and endeayored 10
obtain contact with the enemy. The
mass move came through Belgium and
I Luxembourg, the point least expected.
with the result that Joffre ; reserves
we're long way off Greatly outuum.
bered and without sufficient time TO
bring up reint3IeemeutS, Joffre. who
had felt the eneuy's strength az Char.
ler1l. determined % iall back towards
his reserves while his reserves ad.
yanced to meet him Furthermore be
I profitcd by the lessons Of 1870 which
were distinctly 10 the effect that con.
; quered territory may be redeemed bur
a beaten army ends on hope. No mat.
ter what happened. be resolved 20 keen
his armies intact; 10 refuse all offers
or battle until such tine as he deem
ed the chances were iu his favor. Not
d even 20 save Paris would he allow him.
: self TO engage in a decisive struggle il
! be felt the moment had not come.
Hoping the favorable moment might
. come somewhere sloHg the Champagne
tahlelands, Joffre started the formation
b OF a new army az Amieus. This was the
. Ninth army, under General Mauuourv.
i1e 'lA'l' AN 'HH,,portng tins army
noESu SEl! ~ nisht and, am told by
staff Officers, the Germans were not
aware 0f its formation.
n9' 'nS "etmen advance was too
,eap.ai INC new army was not more
.H"u n4ti lo,Hea WAeu Amiens had 20
10 aoah1vne1' Lane Arras and most OF
lo''uc,u .c, rance was gverrun SO, again
y! 1,su', ,l' army et Maunoury hast
W. , oo'A 80 ans where its enrolment
was oem tetel.
9,p'enoeF ine Germans were in
Nsnt OK the capital Their right was
=, ,. lsN miles miles 10 'he north OF Paris while
NJ nns ,ohl''-tl pu southeastNard'
.1ss '1 Nalu I Sni northeast ward. lhlan pa
uos Iea,uel iae stl-e 20 the south
l oi t"r's ana within few miles
VI tne seine 10 tAe 1rthwest
.5Ae Ae u,,mAn general starr had 70 de-
eas whether they would take Paris i'm.
neulAtety or 20 follow up and crush an
, aIly aIy "llea @ ihey believed 70 be demor'
ailAea' routed and Incapable of seriou.
. w plo'i''ol- lhey chose the latter alter
/ us,,Nv-'ue ,,i.'v-'ue oAIy proper one from q
. ,., 4l9'Aty poih' of view. for with the al
utl m simY crushed i'afi' would fall like
) NJ ,,l' , ,ta'' 'n'' me FIRST hand that shook