Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-30

tiess OK DRbno, also Czernowitz, and
were marching upon Lutsk and Kovel.
But about the time that Lloyd-G George
voiced bis optimism the Russians found
themselves checked on the river Stok-
hod and on the Dniester. south.
Greatest of Naval Battles.
Lloyd-George also had in mind the
naval battle of Jutland, which took
place ON the last day of May. This
has been called the greatest naval ac-
tion ia history. 1t was the greatest to
date In this war The British claimed
a great victory which amounts to n
confession that the German navy is
by no means negligible factor. The
Germans ventufed to sea seeking bat
tie. They overca1ne the advance Brit
ish column and were not checked un-
til the heavy British battleships ar
rived on the scene.
Both sides lost heavily in battleships,
cruisers. destroyers and men. In
tactical sense the. action was a draw.
but it demonstrated that the German
navy is not tbottled up"
Early in the spring the Italians re-
sumed activities on the line of the
Isonzo, particularly at Goritz. In April
the Austrians suddenly began an Of
fensive against Italian positions in
Trentino, which the latter had invad-
ed May, 1915. This move was com
plete surprise and forced the Italians
into hurried retreat. At the end of
May Austria reported $4,000 prisoners
and 200 cannon as the spoils Of two
months operations. BY the middle or
June the Italians had turned on their
enemy, and the great offensive was
checked
The Austrian movement was evi-
IDENTIFY timed to affect Italy aggressive
movements In the south. where the OBJ
jective of the Italians is Trieste.
Goritz stood in the way of progress
toward the coveted citadel 1t fell
Aug. 8. Since the fall of Goritz the
Italians have made slow progress TO.
ward Trieste.
Something was needed In the allied
camps at midsummer to pun up wan
ing hopes. hopes dashed by the aban-
donment of the Gallipol expedition
early In January. the surrender of Kut-
el-Amara with 10,000 British soldiers
In April, the snbjugation Of Seryia and
Montenegro and the menacing situa-
tion in Greece. The allies infantry
from Gallipoli had been transferred to
Salonflii with the evident purpose Of
marching northward and taking the
Bnlgar forces in Servia and ON their
own borders In the rear.
Serious Outlook For Germany.
In some respects it seemed as though
the allies had unIoaded a dead weight
by abandoning the direct attack upon
ConstantinOpIe. The Russians almost
from the beginning Of the war had
been coming down into Asia Minor in
"a direction which wonld bring them
into junction with the British column
moving up the Tigris river toward Bag
dad. In February Itussia captured Er-
zerum, Mesopotamia, from the Turks.
This was followed two months later
by the capture of Trebizond, on the
Black sea. Russia's southward march
from bases in her own home territory,
backed up by her feet on the Black
sea, really strategic prolongation OF
her line in BukowiBa and Galicia, con-
stituted a menace to German ambition
IN the near east.
The elimination OF Seryia as factor.
which was made certain in the winter
Of 1915, and the certainty that Turkey
could be relied upon for troops and
supplies. coupled with the apparent diff
hculty OF the allies In launching a
stroke in the back OF the TeutoBIe