Oakland sunshine. [volume] (Oakland, Calif.) 189?-19??, 1915-11-06
Oh. YORK RuSsELL's VIEWS.
Well Known Physician Talks on Prob
able ousoame Of European War.
Nv John E. BRUCE GRIT"

able outaome Of European War.
By JOHN E. BRUCE GRIT"
New York.-Tbe versatile and schol-
grly DR.. York Russell. the eminent New
FORK physician. is close and aceu-
rate student Of history and of world
politics, but he is so extremely modest
and retiring that il is difficult to get
him TO talk for publication, he does
not like notoriety nor the hmehght-
Since the circumstance ! am about
TO relate has become part or the
contempOraneOus history now IN. the
making. I-think | violate no confidence
in repeating part of Il conversation In
which j was silent participant to
show the clearness OF the doctors vi
sion ana the accuracy of his judgment
Exactly one month and fourteen days
from lie date OF this writing (Oct.
ri three gentlemen who delight to
hear The brilliant Barbadian. now a
NH aedued American citizen, discourse
at in his coy parlor in West One
Hundred and Thirty-first street one
afternoon. and one of them, who IS
also a disciple of Aesculapius, drew him
mt by asking questions as to the prob
able success Of the allies in their much
leqalGed drive on the Darlanelles The
voune physician Insisted that the al
les woull surely overpower the Turks,
.apture the Dardaneles and thus open
| a pathway to Constantinople. He
.oulInt see how it could be otherwise.
FOR ii is 50 written i'll the book of fate.
&c.
DR.. Russell smiled one of his fetch
ng smiles aud said: My dear friend,
the kaiser in this war has shown him
self better strategist than the mill
/ tary leaders and advisers of the allies
While most of us hope that the allies
4 will win, we cannot ignore the fact
that they have not appeared to play
| the game according to rule. There is
| no dissension. no disagreement In Ell
| ther the general staff of the German
army or in the ranks Of the kaisers
personal advisers They are working
as unit, and working to win, and II
| Germany does not win in this war she
certainly will not lose-she cannot lose
for she has planned her work and Is
working her plans most successfully
IF Britain and the allies do not rise
to the seriousness and Importance OF
the present grave situation in the Bal
| kans and watch it, gentlemen, Ger
many will block their game, there viii
| be breaks in the cabinets of France
and England resulting from differences
| of opinion as to the conduct or the
war, and some designations may fol
low. This will not help the cause OF
the allies: 1t will raise doubt among
the people as to the fitness of the mer
they have chosen to bring this war tC
successful issue. This policy OF
'watchful waiting has been fatal t.
the allies. and it has given the kaiser
the opportunity to checkmate thell
plans. While they have been waiting
he has been working. The die is cast
and fear that the doom of England i
about to be sealed"
Now, after the lapse of one month ant
fourteen days, the news dispatches
from Europe tell us that German STRAIT
egists have really blocked the allies
in tile Balkans, that the English ar
fighting among themselves, that Eng
land is on the verge of dissolution
that Carson has resigned from TIL
coalition cabinet, that Delcasse, one o
the ablest of French diplomats, ha
withdrawn from the French cabine
and that Premier Asquith is i'll and i
bed.
All this seems to indicate that Ger
many will soon be in position to max
! peace on her own terms and Is impor
tant If true DR. Russell has followe'
these events with keen interest AM
fine discrimination, and his diagnose
of their probable results show him t
be a man of the clearest vision.