Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-11-10

Recently reports from allied source
have asserted that Said Hahn, n
Turkish grind vizier, has been missin
for more than year, and that he
believed to have been murdered at IN
instigation of someone IN the party Z
Enyer Bey. This may, OF course. b
merely one Of the picturesque rC
mances such as those which had III
German crown prince suicide. IN
sane or assassinated dozen times II
the early days Of the war. Again
there may be truth In IL. The In
trigues Of various parties In Constan
tinople have been effectually covere,
up In the last two years.
The major military operations on al
fronts have been detailed with con
siderable fullness for the last year
but early In the war the censorship
particularly that of the British and
French, was so strict that there was
little chance to supplement the bare
narrative Of the progress Of events
with any descriptive stories of the
things that were actually taking place
The French offensive In Alsace-Lor-
raine and the Ardennes In August,
1914, for instance, must have offered
great amount Of picturesque materi-
nj, particularly In the districts where
the French forces were welcomed as
dellverers, the vanguard Of revenge
for 1871. But the disasters to the al
lies at Namur. Mons, and Charleroi
and the resultant retreat to the Marine
took up the public interest to such an
extent that even yet few persons out
side OF French and German military
circles know much about the other
French offensives of the earlier weeks
of the war, except that there were bat.
ties ranking with those of 1870 that
have since become world-famous, and
that the French were everywhere driv-
en- back.
Germans Silent on Victories.
All the warning nations, as matter
of policy, have said more than was
necessary about their defeats; but the
Germans seem to be the only ones who
have suppressed Information about
glorious victories. This is particularly
true In the case of Tannenberg, where
annihIlated the first Rus
sian armies invading East Prussia, and
won his fame and popularity with a
single victory. Tannenberg was one
Of the few specimens of the old-fash-
loned battle-a conflict between two
armies, neither of them a part of a
long line. but maneuyering lndepend
entity In the open field and finally COM
ng together for a fight to the decision
IN ground unhampered by any but the
most temporary intrenchments-that
his war has seen and II was probably
he largest. Yet next TO nothing is
Known about the details of Tannen-
,erg. outside of stan circles; the sto-
les that have grown up In Germany
Il Russians driven by thousands into
where they drowned In mlre
nd stagnant water, have been pro-
Iounced mythical In great degree by |
10 less an authority than Hlndenburg |
imself. On the first anniversary of |
he battle, an American correspondent |
'rote 5,000-word story of II, but
resumably on account of the restric-
ons OF the censorship. he devoted all
Is time to descriptions of the teg-
ain. reflections on the historical coin
dence SC a great German victory ON
he ground where the Poles defeated
he Teutonic knights In 1410, and pro-
erman rhapsodies on the turning
side OF the Slav peril. OF the men
gagged and the men lost at Tannen-
'rg. of the strategy and tactics of
lie encounter. of how the battle was
'tually lost and won, there was al
ost nothing.
Tannenberg was a battle as extern
We as Sedan, and as decisive so far
the effect on the particular cam
iign was concerned. And yet almost
that is known OF Il. after two years,
that the army of Samsonoff was an /
hilated and that of Rennenkampf
dly beaten; that the Germans took I
isoners in numbers unprecedented {
TO that time. although since they I
We been far surpassed. and that by &
me sort of maneuvering Hlndenburg q
reed the Russians into a position 5
lere the swamps placed them at b
nsiderable disadvantage and con- [
buted to the German victory. 4
Disappearance OF Won Rintelen.
Even this country has furnished its a
are of mysteries that will perhaps a
YER find solution. There was II
pt. Franz Won Rintelen. whom ru- a
r has credited with royal blood, and 81
ose whereabouts have been one OF c,
} vost yuinly guessed-at mysteries al
the war. IL will be recalled that
captain fied from his residence. the n,
" York Yacht club, his social :,
ints. and his prominent friends in n,
" York. when passport frauds and n,
er deviltry In which he was the 50
me factor were about TO be exposed. II,
was taken on the high seas by a
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