Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
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NECESSARY FOR ALLIES
Urged to Concentrate Full Energy
and Strength Upon Darda-
nelles Expedition.
BEST WAY TO RELIEVE RUSSIA
Surc Key That VIII Unlock Gates OF
Dcsttny-Iamentab Loss OF Pre-
cious Time in Facing Unavoidable
Issue.
BY J. l.. GARNIN,
Editor OF the Pail Mall Gazette.

LONDON. August 7-Whntever NAV
happen afterwards in Flanders-and
i, the kecnest appetite for events lis yet
to be satisfied in that quarter-the way
10 relieve Russia, ncutralize the effect
OF the fall Of Warsaw, destroy all the
hopes OF the enemy in the east and
speed up the whole war liz for the
western allies and Great Britain. above
all. TO concentrate their full energy
and strength upon the Dardanellcs ex-
petition and upon the whole Balkan
problem. There lies the sure key that
YIN unlock the gates of destiny. Sue
rcess in this quarter would be saliva
tion, and failure would be unforgiv-
able on the part of some who are re-
sponsible for the diplomacy and armies
of the allies
There has been lamentnble loss OF
precious time through reluctance TO
face sooner the necessity for steps that
were bound to he unavoidable in the
end. y good deal of the incompetent
obstruction has been cleared away, and
we are getting at the real meaning
OF the terms.
No one pretends TO regard the OAR
danelles expedition any longer as 81
secondary undertaking. We must re-
gard II, however, not only as a major
operation. bu, second in Importance
TO no enterprise whatever In any Of
the fields Of war
Facile and shallow minds, which arc
always taking the obvious for the true.
have tried to confuse us with their
parrot cries about Flanders being the
principal thcater
NO ONE LOCALITY
PRINCIPAL THEATER
No one locality in the east or west
can be the principal theatcr: the war
throughout Europe Is one war, and We
have to look for the best line of solu-
ton. The bcs, line Of solution for the
allies In the frst instance runs into
tho moro vulnerable OF the central en-
pires from base formed by the straits
and the Black Sea by ConHtantinople
and the Balkans
Flanders, on the contrary, Is the line
OF most resistance whore any given
expenditure OF effort on our part IL
likely to have the least effect until
the whole German plan for the war
on two fronts is fatally beaten By a
full and deliberate development, OF Tho
allies initiative on three fronts.
Blu, that Is not enough. either. for
US or for our allies Our common pur-
pose demands for It's decisive issue "A
larger plan OF direct attack. which shall
unite all forces of the allies in war
on three fronts and, after disposirg
OF Turkey, assail Austria Hungary
from the south.
In ;ackling the Gallipoli problem
with our full means and resolution we
shall be laying we'll and truly tounda-
ton OF stone for an immense cdifcc:
military power of the grand alliance
upon the middle front whence the
encmy's positions. both east and west.
ought 10 be compromised. but We shall
enable concerted action OF all the
allies 10 move upon one vast continu-
Gus line stretching from England TO
Flanders. through France, Italy and The
Balkans into Russia.
That conception is n mighty one but
II Is also practicable. II Is magnificent
but IL is also war
WORKING TO bring OFF
COUP OF HIS DREAMS
Won HindcnhurG evidently la work
ing with might and main TO bring off
tho huge coup OF his dreams. which
hitherto has always failed. He hopes
TO turn the inner line of the Niemen
outer line OF the Vistula He undoubt-
eddy is throwing every man he can
muster into the Baltic provinces TAR
above the Polish triangle, and means
to strike heavily at the grand dukes
main railway connections with Pctro-
grad. The hicfiunctions aimed ut are
wilma and Dvinsk His forces are not
yet within sixty miles OF either.
The country soddon
and interminable by rivers and lakes
and every kind of running and stand
ing water that II is in some respects
more difficult and dangerous than any
region the Germans have yet pene-
trated. But they are confident in their
transport their engineering corps and
technical resources of every kind and
In their cavalry. which they hope to
launch In an overwhelming mass and
speed the end.
Lot there be no mistake. This act OF
the drama is far bigger than anything
that has gone before
Warsaw Is a bagatelle by comparison
with the enormous military issues still
at stake. We may take II for certain
that Won Hindenburg IS working the
German frontier railways at ton pres
sure in hurrying his battalions an.
squadrons from other quarters through
East Prussia to the northermost wing
where he still Graves, after bo,np
bafflsd so often In the last twelve
months. to strike the grand duke IN
the flank with thrust as near rs
may be to mortal.