The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-13
RUSSIA KEEPS ON

The late Colonel Mosby, who wal
great admirer of the efficiency Of
the mounted arm Of the service, sale
that IL he could have a sufficient cav.
airy force he could defeat any Of the
European belligerents. General Bru
siloff is credited with similar esti.
mate Of mounted forces and his ad.
vance against the Teutons is said tc
be largely contributed to by the Cos.
sack commands which are at his dis.
posal. ..
The daily dispatches from the
Galician front tell a story Of con.
tinued successes for Russian arms
that must be most alarming to the
German war Office. The total Ger
man and Austrian losses during the
past ten days are estimated at
300, 900 men, more units than have
been lost in the three months fierce
battling at Verdun.
Won Buelow's epigram has proven
true, but not just as he meant it. He
said that beating the Russians was
like pounding a pillow. He intended
to convey the idea that It was a
simple and unhazardous thing to ac-
complish. What he SHOULD have
borne in mind was that the pound
ing does little damage to the pillow.
Russian military history shows
that she is frequently bent but al
most never broken. Unknown in
her resources Of men, of officers, of
equipment, and Of ammunition Rus
STA has been from the beginning of
the war an almost unknown guam
tity. She opened the campaign with
a surprise by mobilizing in much less
time than was expected and forcing
Germany to bring two army corps
from France to resist her advances.
She achieved the first allied victory
Of the war by defeating the Aus
TRANS and occupying Lemberg be-
fore the battle of the Marine was
won. She successfully defended
Warsaw. She tallies even with Ger
man arms in having won Galicia
twice even though Teuton soldiers
have twice overrun it. And now she
bids fair to make the score three to
two by the wonderful campaign she
has just started.
1t has been said of Russia: "She be-
gins, but she does not finish" A re-
cent visitor to Washington was
Philadelphia physician who has since
the beginning of the war been with
the Russian Red Cross forces. He
was we'll acquainted with the condi-
lions surrounding the sweeping of
the Russian forces out of Galicia
and Poland. He said that at that
time the big field guns Of the Rus
sian forces were limited to three
shells per gun per day. In the mid
die of April when he left the from
tier he said that the new supply of
Russian ammunition was arriving
and on every case was stenciled in
Russian "Use as freely as you WISH"
the establishment of re-
sources which required no husband
ing of food for the great guns. This
may be the secret of her early fail
ure and her present success.
Russia will not be burdened with
her prisoners as are the other allies.
Untrammeled by any ultra humani-
she will dump the German
and Austrian unfortunates who fall
into her hands into that vast tract
of Siberia which offers an outdoor
prison 5000 miles long and 1900
miles wide.
The Russian offensive is the most
event Of the war up to this
time. It means more, potentially,
than hundred Verduns, whichever
way Verdun should result. II the
logical is carried out the Moravian
gate will open to Russian soldiers
for an advance on Vienna, and Ger
many cannot stop them except she
weaken to the point of danger her
resources and her forces in other
vital spots.
Russia has boosted that her Co.'S
sacks would yet ride ten abreast
down Inter den Linden. They may
not go that far, but they are riding
fast and furiously.