Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-09
Russians Are Tough Opponents
and Have LimitIeSS Re-
sources to Draw From to
Sustain the Contest,
SAYS RENNENkAMPF
LOST TANNENBERG
Cars General Should Have
Pursued Retreating Ger
Mans Instead He Allowed
Corps to Be Surrounded,
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10Y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisEi
German Army Headquarters, Po-
sen, Dec 10 delayed in transmission,
via London Jan. 8, II p. NO. Even
the occupation of Warsaw and of the
Vismla line would by no means sig
Nifty the end of the campaign. The
Russians, with their immense terri
tories, can fall back indefinitely. De-
feated at Warsaw, they can fall back
to Kiev. from Kiev TO Moscow and
eventually on to Vladivostok. OF
we cannot follow that far"
Thus spoke Gefmany's popular
hero Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
TO the Associated Press correspondent
in the course of a fOur-hour CONVEX
sation today. He explained how the
mld-wnter Poland campaign. in
which the Russian advance was
checked and rolled back. had involv-
I'd frightful blood-lctting. Never in
the days Of the battle Of Tannenherg
and the retreat Of the Russian Gen
eral Rcnnenkampfs army from the
Mazurian lakes. did The Russians lose
so heavily as in the sanguinary fight
ing around Wloclawek, Kutno, LODI
and Lowicz, the field marshal said.
Favorable to Germans.
He added that at least 100000
Russians had been killed or made
prisoners. The contest, according to
Won Hindenburg, had been proceeding
favorably to the Germans
and Austrians since the fall orr LODI
and the commencement of the Rus
sian retreat. Yet Field Marshal Won
declared that all the
fight had not been taken out of the
Russians
SO large of frame is the field mar
shall that he seemed under, instead
of over, the average height He has
"a large head and rugged shoulders
and wears a heavy sweeping mus
tache. less aggressive in curve than
the emperor's but equally characters
tic.
Would Visit America.
The correspondent dined with Won
and during the meal the
was informal. the cares
of the army leader seemingly having
been forgotten. In the work room of
Won Hndenburg was staff map of
Poland. Overlooking from the table
on all sides to the floor. Won linden
burg was inclined to switch the con-
versation from the war to the Unit
ed states, which he said he mad long
been anxious to visit He was not so
much interested in the skyscrapers Of
New York. he said, as in the country
west of the Mississippi valley-Cali-
fornia, the Yosemite valley the
Grand Canyon and other places of
scenic grandeur, of which evidently
he had read much.
The interviewer, with effort how
ever, turned the conversation to the
war. Won Hindenburg said that while
the situation was very favorable,
there was not much to justify the ex-
travagant hopes based on the an
nouncement of the collapse of the
Russian offensive.
Russians Tough Fighters.
"The Russians are tough opponents
and are not easily brought into mo-
ton" he said. They have prepared
a long series of positions All the way
from LODI to the Vistula they are fall
ing back slowly, with all the advant-
axe Of position on their side. Yet |
think they are hardly able to bring
on many more troops Of quality to
oppose us.
ITO raise army corps on this front,
the far east and the Caucasus have
been slipped Of regular troops and
undrilled militia, good onN for
guarding communications and othef
services are in the rear.
Asked as to the fighting qualities
Of the Russians Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg said it was hard to make
a general statement in this respect
as the quality of the men varied with
the different races and nalonaliues
Some of these. he said furnished IN
ferior lighting men, but the real tus-
slams we're of excellent material
Answering another question, Won
Hindenburg said
Fall of LODI Turning Point.
THE fan Of LODI was the turning
point in the present campaign. The
Russians fought desperately for pos
session Of this city, on which the cen
ter of their line rested The Russians
line was bent not broken, IN this bat
ne The Russian leader Ike wise
man, ala not wait for that bat Nhef
DEE saw how affairs were going, with
drew
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and saneulnary Of This war; ihe Rus
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