Arizona republican., 1915-08-23
ALLIES OF CENTRAL
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been wounded or otherwise incapa-
 citated. Even admitting that the Rus sian armies who faced the AustrO- Germans at the beginning of May had a fighting strength of four mil lion men-a figure which is rather too hiGh-those armies lost in three months between twenty-five and thir- ty per cent of their effective re sources in men. Besides, there are hardly any officers left, a fact indi cated by the extraordinary dispro portion of officers to men among the prisoners captured. The ratio often amounts to four or five officers to a thousand men, whereas the normal rroportion would be thirty to a thousand men. The loss of more than One-third of Russia's guns, and the known lack of ammunition, are factors of vital value, which, taken with the other losses, leave no doubt | that the offensive power of Russia is broken, at least for the time being l It is not likely that she will be able to resume an active part in the op eratiOns before the beginning of next year. of possibly not until next 1 spring.
 A situation of advantage for the Dual Allies is presented in the Turk | ish theatre of events, as in the west ern and eastern regions. The Otto 1 man Empire joined the Austro Ger mans Cn vital considerations of self preservation. The Turks knew that
 Russia and her Allies were bent up on driving her out of Europe; that a Russian or a British victory would
 mean the end of Turkey The Otto- | mans, therefore, did not hesitate to attach themselves to their natural Allies, the Germans and the Austro Hungarians. How effective from the military standpoint has proved this combination of forces can be seen by d brief glance at the situation at the Dardanelles. The historic straits have proved a common grave for the Allies of the Triple Entente; powerful batleships have been sunk i'll Turkish waters; British and French regiments have been deci- mated. all to no purpose, the Dar- danelles have been made well-nigh impregnable even to the attacks of
 such formidable ships as the Queen Elizabeth. The glorious traditions of the gallant Turkish soldiers, this
 time reinforced by German efficiency al G DtlIlS NOiilIi bS lHSil heroic resistance to the desperate
 onslaughts of the Allies.
 Italy, forgetful of her pledges and repudiating her national honor, has been misled into perpetrating the
 most shocking act of treachery, under circumstances which soon will be explained in detail in this country.
 From a military point of view the
 Tt5
 mitted to be poor showing, despite
 the preparations which they had been
 carrying on for many months before
 their intervention in behalf of the
 Triple Entente. Austria Hungary
 was forced, however reluctantly, to
 the realization that she had been
 faithful for more than thirty years to
 an ally who was ready to ignore all
 her own obligations when the first
 occasion arose whereby she might
 benefit by disloyalty. The superior
 leadership and fighting qualities of
 the Austro- Hungarian troops, how
 ever, are once more asserting them
 selves against the Italian naval and
 military forces. The political con-
 sequences of Italy's unprecedented
 treacnery will be far reaching.
 Greece and other Balkan states
 which might have been induced to align themselves with the Triple En-
 tente are now more than ever in
 Clincd to maintain their neutrality The outlook for the Dual Alliance in
 the Balkans has improved decidedly
 since the first stages of the war, Bulgaria has reached an understand
 ing with Turkey, and Rumania is
 fro bor b c.
 eral oil to the Central powers
 Starvation Program Fails
 It has now become conclusively evident that the attempt of the Al lies to starve the civilian population of Germany, Ausria Hungary and Turkey has ended in complete fail ure. It may be conceded that the arbitrary interference with neutral trade in non -contraband goods on the part of Great Britain has caused much inconvenience and some suffer ing to innocent civilians of the new Triple Alliance; but the ultimate aim of this high handed policy has been frustrated, and Germany and Aus tria Hungary as well as Turkey have convinced the world that they are self supporting and cannot be starv- cd. The British insular idea that the British navy can effectively blockade the coast of the enemy countries, and thus ruin those coun- tries, dates back to the Napoleonic struggle and the civil war in this country. It is an anticipated con ception of the obsolete British Ad- miralty. This years harvest has been gathered, and the crops are so plentiful that Germany and Austria Hungary are amply assured of food supplies until the next harvest. The temporary discontinuance of the use of copper for electro technical pur poses has made the existing stock of the metal available for the manu- facture of ammunition and other war