The sun., 1916-10-08
DimcuIties Of Campaign.

OF Y uutDou8U
Or. Dillon. after laying stress upon the
immense preparations IN guns and m
nunltion which the Germans have made
against Rumapia. says
Conducting a campaign Ia the Car
pathians involves redoubtahle difficulties.
and the wonder IL that Rumania has
achieved az mnc, as she did H. reas-
sun1lrg the offensive 80 soon after her
retreat from Petroseny. The same holds
good oc the operations in tho Dobrudja.
and more particularly of the rsmarksb le
feat Of Transporting troops to the Bui-
ga-ian side OF the Danube.
AT IN" risk ~ being accused of pes
slrnisin. however, ! cannot help laying
stress upon certain facts which have
also struck my military friends, The
positions occupied at present by the Rus
Stars and Ruman!ans Ia the DohrudJa
are generally deemed strong. and the
number Of troops defending them liz con-
s!dered sufficient. In his cas.. one
would naturally inquire why they need
r.inforcemerts.
THE question arises, how can the Ru.
monians hope 10 defeat Won Mackeu.en
In the Dobrudjs and simultaneously. the
much more formidable enemy in Tran
syl>nnia. which already has snatched
Petroseny n ~Hermanns,sd, from their
eitF rIu rs cent Ol An INVASION OF fielr
country" The A-ustro-German numbers
under Won Falkenhayn give u. the meas
IRE Of the ,astness and moment OF the
struggle that Is now about 10 be waged."
Contradictory Views.
NJ. Naudeau SAYS:
1T goes without saving that hence
forth all the operations in Galicia and
Nolhynia directed hy Gen. BruslloN are
unavoida bly, IN close connection with the
position OF the Runsn,an armies Two
contradictory opinions have been cx-
pressed lately ny people equally we'll
qualified to speak with competence re-
garding the Rumanian positions.
Tho hrst opinion IL that tho ra'n Ru
nanian front is u~nouestionably 'hs
Transvlvaniau. while the events in the
pobrudja are only n strong diversion IN.
tended by The enemy 10 mislsad the
R%urna man staff. The second opinion IL
that from now or the main EFFORTS OF
Rumania and her allies must he. first. "a
crush Bulgaria, overw helm her and I'm.
ish her and seize the Constantinople rail.
way. thus separating Turkey from Ger.
many and Austria.
Which OF those views has prevailed
IL a secret strictly guarded. but Il 1,
quite evident tina, tho whole strategy OF
. l"V ihuFtsah ii'iAN b'h" ~ w
considerably by The fact tina the DO.
brudja and northern BULGARIA. will o,
will no; he the scenes Of huge and de-
cisive battles"
strain wearing I'M Germans.
Col. Remington. military exper, OF ;h'
Times, writes OF the Somme battle. say
ing tina; the captured memorandum o.
Gen. Count Won Arnim. admitting no IL
tie allied superiority. shows that th'
German army In wearing out from th'
constant strain of two years war on I'm
mcnse fronts
The steady exhaustion OF man powe'
and material. the constant call upon IN,
troops to axht first or this front. the,
on that. are exercising influences whicl
these excessive demands upon huniai
endurance are bound TO EXERCISE h,
writes. W have nothing better to IL
thar to go on. assured h a We har'
adopted cooperation with our allies. tn
best strategy ard the best tactics I
s!cken the Germans Of heir war and :
make them tame