The sun., 1916-11-10
ASSERTS RUSSIA
WILL SAVE RUMANIA
Gen. BrusilOff Says TcutOn Of
fcnsivc in the North Can
not Succeed.
DECLARES WAR Is WON
Tells Of Gigantic Army the
Gar Will Have by Next
Spring.
DECLARES WAR IS WON

Special Gable Despntch 10 THs srS from ire
London Times.
LONDON. Nov. 9.-Russia will save
Rumania from the Teuton menace this
autumn and winter. and next spring will
ave the strongest army che has had
since the war began, Gen. Brusilofr told
Stanley Washburn. the Times corre-
spondent, at Russian headquarters on
the Csrpathian front yesterday. Gen.
Brusilor commands all the Russian
armies that made the great sweep into
Galicia in the summer.
Il speak with authority when I say
that from the common soldier up. the
united sentiment Of Russia Is that Ru-
mania should be protected. helped and
supported In every possible way" said
the Russian commander.
f"The Rumanians must feel faith In the
great heart Of the Russian people," Gen.
Brusilon continued. "They must know
that in the efforts we are making to
save them this sentiment IL the domi-
nant factor. not merely a question Of
our " self-interest to protect our left
flank.
Pledges Russia's Help.
"Rumania IL now feeling for the first
time the pressure OF war and the bitter
ness OF defeat, but Rumania must realize
mat defeats are but incidents OF a
greater campaign. Behind her stands
great Russia, who will see that her
brave little ally who came into the war
Tor a Just cause does not ultimately suf-
Ter for daring to espouse the cause for
which We are all fighting.
The war is won to-day, though II is
merely speculation to attempt To esti-
mate how much longer will be required
hefore the enemy is convinced that the
cause for the sake OF which they have
drenchcd Europe In blood is ir%retrievably
lost.
Personally. never since the beginning
have ! believed that the enemy had a
nance OF winning. While they are able
to continue successful offensives II IL
dinicuit Tor them 10 realize that
they are not approaching a successful
peace. This summers operations mark
a definite period Of defeat. That period
dates from the time when the Allies CO.
ordinating their programmes. seized from
the enemy the capacity for continuing
the ofensives and debating their strategy
to US.
T-uton Efforts Futile.
~From the beginning Of the operations
this summer On the Russian southwest
ern front the enemy has los, control Of
the situation. In spite OF his superhu-
imam efforts TO regain the Initiative he has
utterly 1alIed 10 40 so. Again and again
on this front the eneiny's design TO block
our plans and throw us back on the de-
fensive has been ruined by the valor and
fortitude Of our heroic troops.
simultaneously our brave allies on
the west were beginning a summers
campaign which must by now have DEM
orstrated To the German high command
that with all it's material Il can construct
no defences which the French and British
cannot surely. II slowly. destroy. Italy.
too. has had successes.
III there remain any Germans who
are stu hopeful OF their cause let them
realize that to-day when the Central
Powers already have lost the initiative
and are finding difficulty in re.illing
their ranks. Russia has not yet reached
the zenith OF her power.
surely. no intelliSent German can ex-
poet victory. II il simply a question Of
how long they are willing to continue
the war. OF which the end is absolutely
foreshadowed to-day.
The entrance Of Runania into the
war changed tho situation. for II made