Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-28
lSpcciui 10 the Times pispa,ch.

\ OF Europe IMAM lhcS lclG on AUGUST
i !. 1918, the HrSt anniversary Of the
! star, OF the great conflict.
This is practically the only respect
/ in which the situation is more favor
able 10 them Russia. her vast man
! power 1t las, organized. and furnished
/ with implements az destruction In
/ plenty. is hatter!ng tho Tcuton lines
F., on the east and already has won In elk
! $500 square miles. Great Britain
boasts 100000 men in her ARMY and
navy. France fights as strongly as
erc=. Italy * increasing her cornid-
ahleu"ss. Austria appears TO DO los
/ ing heart and efficiency. Bulgaria re-
| fuses 10 send endorsements 10 the
west or Russian fronts. Turkey shows
slight offensive power.
The British navy. following the
much disputed naval battle or Jutland,
SIM shuts off Germany from use or
the seas one merchant suama ri e
has reached America. hut tho supplies
which can be brought over 10 the be-
sicGcd nations In U-boats will he OF
lit;le account,
Germany and Austria both feel the
pinch OF hunger. Their armies arc
sufficiently fed. hut their industrial
workers complain Of lack OF nourish-
mont The present harvest Is watched
with anxiety. and II Il fail or is only
uf fair size. famine will stalk into the
situation next spring. or earlier.
The German Chancellor three times
in the RcichstaE has offered peace to
tha entente. On account OF this for
midRblc opposition has arisen 10 him
At home. although he is the Kaiser's
other self" His friends nre rallying
10 his defense. and on August l begins
the curious country wido lecture cam
pH.au 10 prepare the minds OF tho
hitherto docile German people for "a
Reasonable peace"
Will. TIGII'r UNTIL
GERMANY Is CRUSHED
Meanwhile. with the sky brighten
ing the entente allies rcnttirm their
resolution taken In the dark hours of
last winter never to cease their efforts
until Germany IL crushed. The leu
tons not only must be beaten in war.
according 10 the allied formula, hut
must he depressed economically FOR
many years after tn. signing OF "a
treaty OF peace.
ON August |. the Germans and Aus
TRANS were in tho midst of their bril-
liant campaign aSains, Russia. Tho
"p!ncers' were closing In irrcsist IDLY.
That day, Lublin, an important city In
Southern Poland, fell. Nou Macken-
sen. with Gaiicia conquered. was press
ing uorthwaTd. while on the north side
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,u September ). car Nicholas tool;
command of all his armies in the field.
sending hts cousin. the Grand Duke
\tcAoias. =" tho less important com
uuuJ or the Caucasus operations.
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