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Marshal Won Hindenburg captured 121
officers, c5,514 men. seven cannons, six
hGfnb throwers and fifty-two machine
guns. while the troops fighting under
Austrian command cIptured during the
same period 99l officers. $4,000 men,
ninety-threc caanonS. 364 machine
guns, so~enty-eignt munition trans
ports and 100 field railroad cars.
1t is true that these figures cannot
simply be aGcGd together, IS it may
have been possible that some items
have been counted twice But the fact
that the Eussian armies since the bat
100000 men. numerous artillery and
other army material in Ga!icia alone
points to the conclusion! that the vari-
Gus troop parts and the whole organl-
cation OF the Russian army must have
been smashed On Il large scale
Therein lies the Importance of the
Galician campaign up to date. If one
considers. Furthermore. the extent of
the immense losses which the Russians
have sustained in the battles in the
Carpathi21s as well as in Last Prussia
and in western Poland in their fight
against Hinden burg. il mist be real
material which is a Russia's disposal
the offensive strength of our eastern
opponent has been broken, for the time
being at least, and that there must
be a lack not only of trained soldiers
but also of officers ard Instructors for
the training and formation of new
troops. Many OF the prisoners who
have been taken recently only had a
training of TWO weeks and can hardly
be chara cteriZcd as soldiers.
The final decision of the whole cam
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enemies. The superiority in artillery
and in number is, of course, of prime
Importance.
The masses, however, win their de-
cisive Importance only when they have
been trained in discipline and capabil-
ity, are full of belligerent spirit and
are led by men who are thoroughly
aware of what brings results in war,
and who are masters of their profess
sion or, rather, art. Munitions and
technical war materials achieve their
full value only when they are used with
a purpose and with valiant, military
spirit.
What did it avail the Russians that
they pressed on with enormous superb
GRITTY against East Prussia and the
Carpathans" Their desperate attacks
crumbled under the superior leadership
of the German generals and the well
aimed heroic spirit of the Austro-Ger-
man troops, so that they had to surren-
der their arms by the hundred thou
sands to the weaker opponent
What did the enormous quantities OF
ammunition of the Frenchmen and the
British superiority upon the battlefield
avail against men who were led in dis
tinguished fashion, who used their
weapons with superiority and who
could not be shaken by anything in
their unalterable confidence in victory?
Or does any one believe that the Ger
man submarines, which are, of course.
superior to those of the enemy, could
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vantages, which were in most cases
taken awav from them again. me
Germans have maintained their main
line of defense. The enemy succeeueu
nowhere in achieving real success.
1nsuperable the German line IN It's IN
defies the Overwhelming
attacks of the enemy. On several polnts
it has even gained important aoVan-
tages. In general it waits with SET
patience for the time Wnen
it will be able to again assume Aieeh
AMI decisive offensive movements.
The powerful attempts of the ffencn
to break through the German mes at
Arras are apparently-as far as TINS
NAV be Judged at this time-to be re-
garded as the height of the French OF
fensive, while the main eforts OIL the
English may be expected at some 1u-
ture time.
But even if the so frequently an
nounced great offensive of our adVer-
saries is still impending, there is the
cheerful confidence in the German
ranks that this, too, will bleed to death.
1t is not to be overlooked that the OF
fensive strength of the French VIII ex-
haust itself in time.
In prisoners and trophies which were
taken from the allies the German con-
centration camps received up to June
30, 4,125 French officers and 262,SS0
men, 664 Belgian officers and 23,S13
men, and 62S British officers and 23.S13
men. These numbers have been mate
rally increased since then. In addl-
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hostile lines and to carry the attack
into the neart of the hostile country,
perhaps earlier than the British will
be ready with the creation of their
new army and the readiness of the
necessary ammunition. They may
have realized in the meantime that il
is not so easy to put an army into the
field which is capa BILE of defeating the
German troops.
Even at sea the British have had no
successes. In the fight in the North
sea they were even unable to nail a
victory to their flag, despite numerical
and artillery superiority. On the con-
trary, they suffered heavy losses and
terminated the fight by retreating.
Their dominion at sea has been scri-
ously shattered. Although they sue
ceeded to prevent overseas imports
from reaching Germany they them
selves are suffering the hardest from
the submarine warfare, which will be
continued more severely from day to
day, and against which neither the
change OF flag nor the arming OF mer-
chant vessels will avail.
Even the aerial warfare against Eng
land has not reached it's height, and
our aerial fleet gradually gains the
upper hand in France. Thus the pros
poets at sea and in the air are not I'M
favora Bile for us, and German tenacity
and capa bility will succeed. as on land,
so in this respect, gradually to win
the upper hand
The German submarines have already
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in the east is such that while we may
have to count upon severe fighting
against the brave and tenacious Rus
sian army and its strong intrenchment
lines, we will soon be able to assume
an assured defensive movement, in or
der to utilize our forces again in the
west, or perhaps in the south.
1t lies in the nature of the thing that
we maintained in substance defensive
upon the western theater of war While
the big offensive movement in the east
demanded the participation OF large
masses of troops. Our troops were
forced to fight there against tremen-
dously superior forces. Realizing the
situat ton correctly, the French made all
possible efforts to penetrate our lines
and to relieve the situation for the
Russians by a timely victory; at the
same time they attempted to make the
most of the opportunity when the main
strength of the German forces was ap-
parently needed in the east to- force a
victorious decision, on their front.
Powerful forces were used to attain
this purpose. All parts of the world
had to give their troops to assist the
Franco British armies to victory.
Africans, Indians and Canadians are
fighting on the side of the masters.
Even the remnants of the Belgian
army participated in this fight. But all
efforts have failed thus far. The allied
armies may have won small local ad-
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Situation i'm War BEGINNING Of Jul

have achieved such brilliant results as
they actually did II they had not been
commanded by men like Weddingen
and lIcrsing"
And now the British. They want 10
force victory with masses OF men and
ammunition against the armies OF a
people who have been brought up in
fighting spirit and patriotic sacrifice
from generation to generation during
centuries of history. and whose men are
trained from youth on TO be soldiers.
All are drummed together recruits who
partly represent the moral scum OF all
the world and are certainly not changed
into soldiers by overwhelming forces
of artillery and a waste of ammunition.
1t is the spirit which decides wars.
the spirit of leadership and the spirit
of the troops. The moral factors to-
day, as always, are the deciding ones.
and as long our adverSaries expect
results only from material sources they
will never succeed to master the Ger
man spirit and the German people.
The intention to starve out Germany
and to deprive it of the things neces-
sary to life will fail We can raise a
sufficient amount of foodstuffs upon our
with the other. materials necessary to
warfare.
Our allies are standing Loyalty by
our side, determined. as We are. to
fight for victory to the last drop of
blood One spirit and one will DOM
mate the peoples of the central powers,
whose powerful. active idealism can
not be understood in the countries OF
material world vision. One belief in
the final victory of their just cause
lives in all, faith which could move
mountains.
i
May our enemies do their worst
They cannot oppose anything equal to
the hero spirit of our troops From
the beginning they have offended
against one of the most important and
decisive laws of the art of warfare
because they did not succeed to use
their forces simultaneously effective. In
this manner they have given us the
possibility to whip them one after the
other.
Belgium was conquered and a large
part of France occupied before the
French were able to use their main
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BY GEN. F. Won BERNHARD.

F1HE quick taking Of Przemysl
and the victories of the allied
German and Austrian forces at
& Grodeck and LemberE, at Zoi-
kiev and Eawa- Ruska. and the advance
of their armies across the Bug and the
Dniester on the one side and against
1.ublin on the other side--all these
achievements form uHdouDtcdIy an i'm
portant chapter in the present world
war.
The occupation Of Lemberg. the capt.
tai of Galicia. is il itself not of decisive
strategical Importance. although an
important railroaod center and COM
mercial center was thereby taken away
from the enemy. But it is important as
a visible proof of the brilliant yicto-
ries which the Teutonic allies have
carried away over the Russian army
IN a number OF glorious battles. 1t is
furthermore important through the
enormous moral effect which this sue
cess created everywhere in the world,
and that it gave proof that the Russian
army was at the time no longer able
to resist the hostile attack, let alone
to undertake anew 4 big strateglcal
offensive movement. But the real mill
tary success is to be found in the vic
tory itself and in the violent shock
which the Russian main army suffered.
K
1t is true that it attempts to defend
itself with astonishing tenacity against
the onward press of the pursuing VIC
tors, and tries time and again 10 re-
sumo the offensive at least at certain
points. There are visible symptoms,
however. which show that the effective
state of the army has been severely
disrupted. During the month of June
alone the armies of the Gems. Won
LiuSingen. Won Mackensen and Won
WOyrsch have captured 400 officers.
140.6a0 men. eighty carncns and 26S
machine guns. The troops under Field
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paien has not been determined as yet.
The Russians are still preparing new
defenses at every opportunity III ia.
licia. and in South Poland, to the right
of the Nistula. they are still holding
their lines along the Upper Dneister
and along the left bank of the \lStula
in front of Warsaw and Ivansorod, and
are still occupying tho Bobr-Earew
line, and are fighting with tenacity for
the possession of Courland, but the
core of it's army is slumbering in eter-
nal sleep, or is in German captivity.
Up to June % there We're in German
concentration camps 3,55I officers and
535,307 men, exclusive of those who
were captured by the Austrians, and
may be estimated at 100000. In addi
ton to these, there are about 100000
prisoners which We're captured by the
Austro-Gernan forces in Galicia. More
than 1000 guns had been captured at
the close of 1914. This number has
been materially increased since then.
l have no official figures at my dis
posal. 1t will hardly be too high to
estimate the number of guns captured
in 1915 at between 400 and 500
More than LOO machine guns have
been sent to Germany from the eastern
theater of war up TO date. An equal
number has, however, been retained by
the victorious armies for their imme-
date use. Aside from these trophies.
large quantities of ammunition and in
Vulnerable war materials fell into our
hands. The number of the dead and
wounded is probably much larger than
that of the prisoners. SO that the total
losses of the Russians in their fights
against Germans and Austrians, in
elusive of the numerous sick and those
who died of diseases, may be estimated
C,,ol iS n M
to be replaced easily by full-fedged
soldiers.
In addition to this the Russian situa-
ton is made more difficult by interior
troubles. The revolutionary move
ment is becoming more and more
threatening. and has already resulted
in wild excuses, blood shedding, incen-
diarism and lootng in Moscow and st.
Petersburg.
Summing everything up, the situation
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A Happy Ending.

G IMEON FORD, in an address last
~ month to a class of girl graduates
in white. said:
THE average girl goes through a
metamorphosis the chapters WHEREOF
are clearly indicated in her name.
she begins as Mary. There comes a
time when she calls herself May:
Mavme follows. Then, at the height of
her coquetry, she is known as Mae.
But don't despair. The story has a
happy ending Only a year or so more
is required, and our heroine is called
ma"
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World WaOccuptn Lenbug Claimed
Railway
Defense-Powtu Used RuiLses
Decide Battles
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entered the war upon the southeastern
theater in a decisive manner and forced
our adversaries to abandon IN genera
the effective cooperation OF thelr
fleets during the attack upon the OAR
danelles. Voices are already raised
which declare the whole undertaking
as impractical, if the German suplna-
rnes succeed in dominating the seas.
This fight for the Dardanelles is of
high importance to the whole situation.
In the first place, it occupies large hghl-
ing forces and keeps them away from
Europe, and secondly, the stakes over
which it is fought are very important
If it should be possible for the quadrupie
entente to force the passage. and to take
Constantinople, Turkey would be aHected
quite seriously. continuance OF her
warfare would be made extremely d'fhcuit
for her The effect upon Bulgaria and
Rurl1ania could not be estimated and the
provisioning Of Russia with munitions
and other necessities "ouiu NC Sie''i'
facilitated.
But such a success is hardly to be eX-
pected for our ally's adversarles. Inc
forcing of the Dardanelles, II possible at
all, can only be attained by making me
heaviest possible sacrifices, which might
seriously threaten the dominion OF the
Mediterranean by the allies The at
tack on land, moreover, IN order 10 DE
successful. demands such large podles OF
troops and such a decisive cooperation
of the fleet that it is hardly possible
that the allies are equal to TINS task
Human quantities alone are hot sum
cient. Improvised militia troops AUS
tralians and other drummed tosether
folk win always find their masters in
1t may. therefore. be confidently eN-
pected that the Dardanelles Will De held
by the Turks.
This. however, will not only have a
favorable influence upon the Batkah
states, whose interests would pc men
aced by Russia and British DOMINION
of Constantinople, but it Will also en-
able the Turks to reap new laurels
upon the other theaters or war
1t only remains to speak OF the ltai-
ians, who saw fit to enter the Triple
entente at a time when Russia heaF-
lest defeat was in process of prepare :
ton In Germany this participation OF
Italy in the wax created curlousiy
enough. little, IMPRESSION r tv thst 3hs
success of the Italians would not pe
equal to their own expectations ana 10
those of their allies.
AS a matter of fact tnese exp , :,
tons were quite large 1t was hopeu
that Italy's entrance into the war
would at once release the pressure
upon the Russians and Wouid pe ueIi-
sive in general way. III IldIs INC
war party expected easy victories,
while the mass of the people was not
in favor of the war. HOW dlIerenlis
everything turned out. Up to the pres.
ent time the Italian armies have not
won a foot of territory, unless 1t was
conceded to them voluntarily. On the
other hand. they have been severely
defeated along the Jsonzo front Even
it's fleet cannot maintain control at sea,
and in Tripoli they have already lost
the largest portion of their colonies
through heavy defeats by the tribes of
the interior, or else have deserted their
possessions
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ton to these $4,000 British and Bel
gian soldiers have been interned in
Holland. The bloody losses of these
prisoners The British themselves re-
100000. At the close of 1914, 1900
guns had been captured on the western
front. Their number has since been
much increased. Three hundred and
thirty-three French, los Belgian and
II British machine guns have thus far
been sent to Germany. An equal num-
Der has been retained for use by our
troops, SO that the total number of
captured machine guns from both thea
ters of war amounts to a round 5000.
1t is difficult to estimate what the
losses in dead and wounded have been.
But it is clear that they must be large,
owing to the many desperate attacks
which Were made, especially by the
French, and that they must surpass our
losses many times.
The total losses of the French, which
can, of course, only be estimated, may
reach about 100000. if not more. Sew
enteen-year- boys are already called
to the colors in France to fill the gaps
in the ranks. AS consequence we
can await the development of the sit
uation upon this theater of war, too,
with quiet confidence, and shall find
means, when the time of the great Of
fensive comes, to break through the
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sian armies are now being annihilated.
while the French are bleeding to death
defense. and the British cannot coop
crate owing to defective military or
ganization.
If they appear. at last with strong
forces upon the battlefield the French
will have been finally disposed of. and
the Italians have, as things look now.
no chance at all to take a decisive part
in the war. They will hardly climb
over the wall of the Alps.
Owing to this disconnection of war
fare, which cannot be remeded, the
allies will reap the final defeat.
Copyright, 1915, by the New York Trbune)
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Austrian front is too small to permit
of the development of the whole Italian
forces. thanking movement around
the Austrian positions is absolutely out
of the question 1t is a matter of
frontal attack under the hardest condi-
tons. which could hardly be productive
of great results. An attack on Austria
upon the Balkan peninsula, on the
other hand. again offers great difficult
ties and cannot lead to important deci-
sions within the near future.
IT appears quite impossible to defeat
Austria upon this theater of war. The
decision will undoubtedly be fought out
upon the French battlefields. However
this may result. Italy will under all
circumstances be the loser. If the
central powers are victorious there
cannot be any doubt that Italy will
have to pay its share of the bill. If the
quadruple entente is victorious, on the
other hand. Italy Will become absolute
ly dependent upon France and England
and must relinquish for all time to
come it's dominating position in the
Mediterranean.
4 review of the whole situation will
reveal a favorable situation for the
central powers. so much the more as
the states of the Quadruple entente
have conception relative to military
successes Wnlcn can De DdSeu heitiei
upon the history of the war nor has a
foundation in the nature of this war.
1t is constantly said on the other side
that the success in a decisive manner
depends upon the quantity of mum
lions which is available, and that, aside
from the superior masses. the techni-
cal means We're instrumental to success.
1t is constantly emphasized that, in
contrast to former wars, these factors
are today determining.
How little have men who hold this
belief penetrated into the real spirit of
the war,
Munitions in sufficient quantities GER
tainly are essential in warfare, and the
technical means of warfare are GER
tainiy an important factor to success,
and it is surely not of little Importance
that just in this respect, in the tech
nique of war. we are in advance of our
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Even If it should be possible for them
to gain territory in the Tyrol and along
the Isonzo their participation could
never become of decisive Importance.
The space which is available along the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-02
BUSINESS COLLEGE
OPENS WEDNESDAY
AMERICUS BUSINESS AND TRAIN
ING SCHOOL READY FOR STU
DENTS-WILL GIVE THOROUGH
COURSES

The Americas Business and Train
ing school will open Wednesday, Aug.
4th in the quarters formerly occupied
by the Bell Piano school. The building
has been remodeled and put in first
class shape and everything is ready for
the opening.
The faculty of the Americas Bust
ness and Training school is made up
of expert teachers. Only the best
methods will be used and young men
and young ladies who want thorough
business education, now have the OPP
portunity right here at home.
On page ) of this edition of the
mes-Recorder is an official an
nouncement of the opening of the
Americas Business and Training
school. Read it through and then meet
Prof, Garrett or Mr.. Read.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-02
LIEUTENANT BRAGG
IS RA|S|NC HOUNDS
FOR CITY POLICE

Lieutenant Bragg, of the city police
department, has two fine bloodhounds
that he is raising for the city police
department. Mr.. Bragg bought the
two young puppies himself some time
ago and has been working with them
for several weeks.
The young dogs are only four months
old, but already show signs of making
valuable track dogs for the city Al
ready they will strike a trail and
within a short while will be eady for
duty helping the local police run down
suspects.
Mr.. Bragg is valuable member of
the police force and is always interest
ed in helping improve the facilities of
the department The city will have
two fine track dogs when he finishes
training these pups, dogs that will be
valuable in running down criminals.
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CHARLES BECKER
BURIED TODAY
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Charles
Becker was buried here today. The
church was filled to overflow and
carriages were lined up for several
blocks waiting for the procession to
the cemetery.
Many pretty floral offerings were
sent, including huge cross with Sac
rificed to Politics" woven in it. Many
policemen in plain clothes attended
the funeral.
A silver plate on the casket read:
Charles Becker; Died July Thirtieth,
Nineteen Fifteen" and takes the place
of the first one placed there by his
wife. which read: Charles Becker;
Murdered by Goverlor Whitman"
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Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $26, 154 ~
The following annual report of the
Clerk and Treasurer was read and
ordered spread upon the minutes and
filed:
DR.
Balance in banks and on
hand July 1st, 1914 $S,S20.69
Less amount deposited in
defunct Americas National
Bank and written off by
audit, December 2Sth, 1914. 4,19O.j7
$4,S3012
Current years taxes .....$50,946.
Previous years taxes ...... 7,115.47
Interest Observation-Disclosures. 54S06
Street taxes .......... 3,507.CC
Special licenses .......... 16,996.5O
Police fines ............ 3,S39.75
CURLING Observation-Disclosures. 1,542.65
Sewer connections ........ 1,O79.09
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-02
CITIZENS EATING GRASS,
LEAVES, ROOTS, AND EVEN
HORSES IN MEXICO CITY
(By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 2-On-
cial confirmation of the re-occupation
of Mexico City by Carranza was re-
ceived today from Consul Silliman at
Vera Cruz.
A message received from Red Cross
headquarters there states that people
in Mexico City are dying from star1a-
ton. Most of the inhabitants are
| living off of grass, leaves and even
dead horses and mules.