The Republican journal., 1916-12-14

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her wheat meant much, took very little
part in the campaign, and 1t was disast
rons failure. January 9, 1916, the Allied
troops were withdrawn from Gallipolls
and later were said to be at Salonika
When the armies of the Kaiser invaded
Serbia these troops were expected to
come to the aid of the Serbians, but
neither then nor later do they appear to
have done efficient service anywhere.
Serbia was overrun, but the major por-
uon OF her army escaped, reorganized,
and have since done good service in at
tempting to regain possession of their
country. Then came Rumania's turn.
Russia was expected to come to her res
cue, and has rendered some aid, but not
sufficient to stay the advance Of the in
vaders
Then there was the complete failure
of the Mespotamian campaign. Novem-
Der %, 1915, the Btitis forces under
Gen. Townshend. 10000 strong, were
within II miles of Bagdad, their objec-
tive, but were met there by superior
force of Turks, defeated and driven back
100 miles to Kut-eI Amara, where they
were beseiged, and April 20, 1916, lack
OF food and munitions compelled the sur
render of 10000 men. The Inference
must be that 80, 600 had been killed. TAX
en- prisoners, died of their wounds, or
starved to death in Kut-el-Amara. What
became of Gen. Townshend and the sur.
vivors of his command, whether they
were massacred or are still held as
prisoners, has never been reported to our
knowledge.
Such are the conditions today as they
appear to a well wisher of what is now
apparently losing cause. 1t is realized
OF course that under the censorships and
with the conflicting statements and OBJ
vous untruths given the public it is diff
tlcuIt to arrive at correct conclusion;
and others may, and do, view the situa-
ton differently. Russia, from whose
many millions much was expected, has
met with some successes in the field, but
has accomplished nothing of decisive
nature and has lost part of her vast do
main. Germany has lost her colonies,
temporarily at least, but no invader has
set foot on her soil and she has acquired
territory of vastly greater value and i'm
portance, in the heart of Europe, than her
scattered colonies. She retains her hold
on northern France, has taken possess
sion of Belgium and large slice of Rus
sian territory, practically controls the
Balkans, and through her ally, Turkey,
with which country she has railway CON
nection, holds the Dardanelles, Greece,
so far as King Constantine and his fol-
lowers are concerned, is pro- German,
and IS FESTIVE over the methods of the
Allies. In this connection the Boston
Globe says; cit is well within POSSIBLE
tiles that the German armies used to
subdue Rumania may be sent to rescue
the harassed pro-German King at Ath-
ems, who will rot have any lack of eX-
cu8es or reasons for declaring war on
the Allies. By such a means Germany
will be able TO clean up the whole Balkan
situation and devote her time exclusive
ly to the major fronts"
These conditions do not necessarily
Indicate the early close of the war, with
Germany victorious, but rather its pro-
longation, with the final result prob
lematlcal. 1t is significant that all the
peace proposals have come from Ger
many, and it is widely known that she
has endeavored to induce Russia to make
a separate treaty of peace. But Russia s
end and aim in the war is the possession
of Constantinople and the Dardanelles
and she is willing to fight on indefinitely
to realize her ambition. The political
troubles in that country and in Great
Britain are not due to anti-war senti-
ment but to demand for increased eff
fciency in carrying on the war to VIC
torious end. ]. P. Morgan, who return
ed to New York Dec. 9Th from a finan-
cial mission to England, said that "people
In England are very optimistic about the
war, and some think the end is in sight
There is no doubt about the outcome. 1t
is certainty that the Allies will win!"
The local newspaper furnishes material
for the historian in its reports Of cur
rent events and the frequent quotations
from The Journal in the two volumes of
Williamson's History and the Annals of
Belfast by Gov. Crosby show that this
paper has been efficient in this respect.
Not only has The Journal faithfully re-
corded local history, but it has published
great many historical and genealogical
articles of real value. Many years sgo,
J. W. Lang, then of Brooks, contributed
to The Journal history of Waldo coun-
ty. Gov. Crosby's Annals were first
published in The Journal and have never
been printed in book form. The late
Freeman Partridge of Prospect wrote
for this paper many interesting sketches
of the early settlers and seafarers, the
churches, etc. Allen Goodwin of Mont