University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-06
THE NATIONS AT WAR.

O1 tne IlSnt, SeOSTapnlcally as well rs
otherwise. is straining the hardest.
Her great fighting machine, which
since 1870 has been preparing for
this final struggle, has met odds too
great. She does well to hold her own.
True, she is in a measure, beating
back the Russians On the San and the
Allies on the User. But her winnin ngs
are trivial compared to her losses and
the real loss is yet to come Her
great feet lies idle behind the Kiel
Canal. blocking the Baltic and wait
ing for a chance to make the rush
across the Channel. Her submarines
have put terror into the most daring
seaman's heart and have called down
upon her the condemnation of the
world. Neither of these. it appears,
can win for her.
Austria has proved herself incapa-
BILE of so great a war. Even the kai-
ser's generals have been unable to
hold her men in line, with Italy on the
top of the Alps and the great Bear"
with its paws on the Carpathians, shs
appears doomed. Franz Joseph MAJ
live to be even second in Vienna.
England, slow and ponderous in
war, but always as determined, really
just now, is entering the struggle. Her
fleet has not been hurt, though it has
far from ruled the waves" She has
got her troops quicker from Canada
and India than from the British Isles.
This summer she will open up"
When the final rush is made, England
will be in the lead.
Russia has showed herself a great
er fighter this year than in the wa:
with Japan. Her arms have sur
prised the world that they could do
anything at all with Won Hinderburg.
1t seems, almost, that each time she
is reported completely defeated, she
takes a stragetic city. To her this
war means a seaport, perhaps even
the coveted Constantinople.
France has redeemed herself. A
general has risen up from her ranks
at the needed time. Her soldiers
have shown that they can fight with
the best of the Teutons and true
Frenchmen believe that Berlin will be
theirs before the summer is over To
France, this war is more than a war
it is a proof that she is still lead
er in the arts of war.
Japan may have been drawn in By |
her treaty with England, but she really |
wanted in to get more territory. Her |
part in the war has been insignificant.
She has damaged Germany but little, |
and aided the Allies practically not at
all. Hers has been indeed a selfish
conquest.
Turkeys days are numbered. Even
Constantinople is doomed to fall be-
fore the conquering army of the
cross. German generals can not keep
the Allies out much longer. Land
forces supplementing the navy will
take the city. Turkey, sick for cen
tury, will die.
Servia is nothing in this great
struggle, except the fuse that set off
the powder house Her part has been
too insignificant to get in print. When
the war is over, her dream may be
realized Albania may be hers.
For nine months Italy has prepared
for the struggle, prepared to enter on
the side that offered the greatest bar
gain. England diplomacy saw that
she got all she desired and today she
will add her weight to a speedy set
tlement of the war. No nation on the
face of the earth has more efficient .
army than she. Her soldiers hav,
some African experience behind them :
and years of Austrian hatred in their
blood Once through the Alps, Aus ,
tria will be Italy's. On the sea she
has her feet and Luigi, Duke of the
Abruzzi, which to every Italian spells
victory.
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