The Denver star., 1915-12-25
DR.. YORK RussELL's VIEWS.
Well Known Physician Talks on Prob
able Outcome of European War.

able Outcome of European War.
By JOHN E. BRUCE GRIT"
New York.-The versatile and schol-
arly Dr. York Russell. the eminent New
York physician, Is close and accu-
rate student of history and ct world
politics, but he is so extrenie1y modest
and retiring that 1t is difficult to get
him to talk for publication. He does
not like notoriety nor the nmelight.
Since the circumstance am about
to relate has become part of the
contemporaneous history now ip the
making, 1 think violate no confidence
in repeating part Of conversation in
which 1 was a silent participant to
show the clearness of the doctors Vi
sion and the accuracy Of his Judgment
Exactly one month and fourteen days
from the date Of this writing (Oct
22) three gentlemen who delight to
hear the brilliant Barbadian, now a
full fiedged American citizen, discourse
sat in his cozy parlor in West One
Hundred and Thirty-frst street one
afternoon, and one of them, who is
also disciple of Aesculapius, drew him
out by asking questions as to the prob
able success of the allies IN their much
heralded drive on the Dardanelles. The
young physician insisted that the al
lies would surely overpower the Turks.
capture the Dardanelles and thus open
a pathway to Constantinople. He
couldn't see how 1t could be otherwise.
for 1t is SO written in the book Of fate.
etc.
DIR. Russell smiled one of his fetch
ing smiles and 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
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 If
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 will
be breaks in the cabinets Of France
and England resulting from differences
of opinion rs to the conduct of the
war, and some designations may fol
low This will not help the cause Of
the allies: it will raise a doubt amona
the people as to the fitness OF the men
they have chosen to bring this war to
a successful issue. This policy Of
'watchful waiting has been fatal to
the allies. and it has given the kaiser
the opportunity to checkmate their
plans. While they have been visiting
he has been wofS:ng. The die is cast,
and 1 fear that the doom Of England Is
about to be sealed"
Now, after the lapse of one month and
fourteen days, the news dispatches
from Europe tell us that German STRAIT
egists have really blocked the allies
in the Balkans. that the English are
fighting among themselves. that Eng
land is on the verge of dissolution.
that Carson has resigned from the
coalition cabinet, that Delcasse, one Of
the ablest Of French diplomats, has
withdrawn from the French cabinet
and that Premier Asquith is Ill and in
bed.
All this seems to indicate that Ger
many will soon be in position to make
peace on her own terms and Is irnpOr
tant If true. DIR. Russell has followed
these pyents with keen Interest and
fine discrimination, and his diagnosis
of their probable results show him to
be man of the clearest vision.