The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-02
BERLIN IS WORRIED;
PEACE TALK REVIVED
AUSTRIA AND TURKEY SAID TO
BE TIRING OF STRUGGLE. EN-
TENTE PRESSURE GROWS.

The military and economic press
ure of the entente allies upon the
central powers continues, and from
Berlin and the neutral Scandinavian
countries come rumors and reports
that the German leaders are worry
ing over the new turn of affairs in
the great war of Europe. This un-
easiness, it is said, is not due so much
to the military situation, for Ger
many, during two years of successes,
has established her armies on lines
that will require many months of
work and many thousands of lives for
her enemies to break. Berlin's fear
rather has to do with the growing
weakness of at least two of her al
lies, Austria and Turkey, and the
worry is over the possibility that
either one or both of these countries
may seek separate peace, or that,
even if they do not take such dras-
tic step as this their weakness may
hang them like a milestone around
Germany's neck, thus proving a him
drance rather than an aid to the kals-
er's cause.
Austria firing of Sacrifice.
The Russian successes in Volhyn-
ia, Galicia and Bukowina have de-
moralized the Austrians, and from
Franz Josef's kingdom have been
coming rumors in increasing numbers
of a separate peace pact with Rus
STA. These same rumors appeared a
wear ago, when the Russians were
sweeping southwark through the Car
pathians and threatening the fertile
Hungarian plains. But the Germans
suuelched them at that time by rush
ing German troops to the aid of the
Austrians and then counterlng with
Won Mackensen's great blow on the
Dunaiec river, the breaking OF the
Russian line and the summer-long re-
treat of the cars forces through 20
land and Courland.
Won Mackensen's successes enabled
gasping Austria to regain its breath,
but the dual kingdom had been hard
hit, and now that her new armies,
recruited. trained and sent to the
eastern front, again have been bat
tered into a state of decentralization
by the Russians the peace propaganda
has been launched in Budapest and
Vienna in greater volume than ever.
According to Swiss and Italian re-
ports the statement was made recent
lv in the Austrian parliament that the
Austrian offense in the Tyrol, the
Italian counter-offense, and the great
Russian drive in the east had cost
Austro- Hungary 100000 men-about
100000 prisoners and the balance
killed or wounded These losses are
known to have reduced Austria's eff
fective fighting strength by half, and
the question is, with the army age
limit raised to As several months ago
where is Austria going to get the
men to fill this gap?
It was manifestly impossible to I'LL
the ranks Immediately, so Germany
rushed hundreds of thousands of her
reserves to the east to hold up the
mad Russian dash. But Germany,
hard pressed by the French and Brit
ish in the west and by Russian actlv-
itv east of Kovel and north of the
Pripet marshes in the east, has not
the troops to take over Austria's sec
ton of the battle line indefinitely.
Therefore. Berlin worries over the
blow dealt their ally and over the
latter's ability to recover from 1t.
Turkey, Too, Dissatisfied.
Then there is Turkey, too, causing
more uneasiness. Everything was
lovely in Constantinople while Ger
MANY. Austria and Bulgaria were
sweeping through the Balkans or the
Turks were driving the British and
French from the Gallipoli peninsula,
but that has been almost year ago.
Since that time Turkey has been left
largely to her own resources, and the
Turks have proved unable to stop the
slow progress of the 'bear that walks
like a man" coming westward in Asia
Minor over the Caucasus mountains.
The continued advance through Ar
menia of the Russians under Grand
Duke Nicholas has brought to the
surface in COnstantinople a consld-
able peace party. Then, too, Iur-
kew has for years been more friendly
with Great Britain and France than
with Germany, and the attempt OF
the kaiser's emissaries to rule Tur-
kew as they have Austria has aroused
considerable opposition among the
Turks.
But it is the growing Russian men
ace that is calling forth most peace
talk in Turkey just as it is in Aus
tria.
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