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The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
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Educators that the system of teaching
arithmetic is standard throughout the country,
but reading the predictions of campaign man
ayers leaves room for doubt
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Infantile paralysis has passed along and ty-
phoid takes its place in the serious mslsdes that
afflict Us. Diseases, like sports, apparently must
have their season.
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A hen who laid 3Is eggs in her pullet year has
died. Another argument for birth control per
haps
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The fact that Secretary of Commerce Red
held is prominent in the blower industry, does
not account for his demand campaign orator
his mention for a place on the new tariff
commission
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When 10000 turn out to sing songs in the
New York parks, it is time for John McGraw
to acquire singing instructor for the flock of
athletes performing at the Polo Grounds.
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With the Democratic Campaign managers de-
manding ginger" and the Republican campaign
managers demanding pep" there is not much
room for grape juice
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Shortly after being petted by President Will
son, a dog went mad and ran amuek. That's
just what happened in the of Villa.
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There is one matter which is worrying some
baseball magnstes that Washington officials will
not worry about-how to handle those world
series crowds
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An Austrian aircraft dropped bombs on a
Venetian church. We may expect to hear next
that the city hall of Venice has been torpedoed
by German submarine
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A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS

FiIst printing Of an original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The Big Push"

It is clear, then, that this Russian often
sive may well be the first step in the big
Push" that has been expected so long. The
Austro-Germans are heavily outnumbered
on all fronts now. They have weakened
themselves on one front to deliver two
blows on two other fronts. Both blows
have been parried and neither has resulted
in any military achievement of moment.
While some ground was being won in
France and along the Italian boundary al
a high casualty cost, a disaster has come
on the eastern front, and there has been a
partial and possibly a permanent collapse
On the part of several armies.
The Allies have always maintained that
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Dubno, German counter attacks have be-
gun, but they do not seem to have resulted
in any permanent check to the main Rus
sian wave.
To study what may happen it is neces-
sary to turn back to two parallels. AZ
the outset of the war two Russian armies,
one commanded by Brussiloff, who now
commands all the Russian armies in this
group, entered Galicia, one coming along
the Rowno-Lemberg railroad from the
fortresses of the Volhynian triangle, the
other coming northwest along the Odessa
Lemberg line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Brussilof Strikes.

What the Russians did remains some
what obscure. Apparently discarding the
now familiar attack upon narrow front
after long artillery preparation they at
tackled along a very wide front much
more than a hundred miles, as compared
with less than twenty in the Champagne
attack and rather less than ten IN the
verdun operation. Their general direc-
tons of attack were north from Rowno
along the Kiev-Kovel railroad, with the
fortress of Lutsk as first objective;
west along the Rowno-Lemberg railroad
with Dubno as an objective; northwest
along the Odessa-Lemberg railroad from
Tarnopol toward Lemberg, and, finally
south across the Pruth, with Czernowitz'
in Bukowina, as an objective.
We know that the first phase resulted
in surprising collapse Of the Austriao
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far as the line Of the San and the Car
pathians.
If the Russian advance in Galicia
reaches and passes Lemberg, then the eff
feet upon the German lines to the north,
from the Pripet marshes to the Gulf OF
Riga. will be unmstakable. Just as the
Russian armies along the Carpathians
were compelled to go back when the
Dunajec army collapsed; just as the War
saw army had to retire when the Galician
armies had been driven back upon Lublin,
the German armies will have TO retire
from the Dwina to the Niemen, and con-
ceivably to the Vistula, to avoid being
taken in the rear by the Russian armies,
which are advancing in the south.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The two black lines ncose territory reganed by the Russians
Before turning to examine the political

Before turning to examine the political
consequences of continued Russian sue
cess, | desire to mention very briefly the
situation that seems to exist now. Bear in
mind that henceforth the whole field of the
war in Europe must be viewed as a unit.
In the winter of 1915 Germany, having
failed to break the Anglo-French lines and
win the war could go east and build up
her campaign against Russia because she
knew that the French and British would
not be ready for many months to attack
her. This explains her great drive into
Russia. which had reached its maximum
of success before the Allied drives IN
Champagne and Artois could be begun.
But now if the Germans draw any con-
siderable number Of troops from the west
ern to the eastern front it is certain that
the British will attack from the Sonme to
the sea. They are now ready 10 make this
attack. They have not less than 100000
troops where they had little more than a
fifth of this number year ago; they have
big guns and ammunition. and they have
had a very long time TO prepare. Nothing
is more certain than that the withdrawal
of any number of German divisions along
the western front will be followed by a
terrific British offensive, exactly like the
present Russian drive. and delivered IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The Meaning Of Verdun

We begin to see the meaning Of Verdun
more clearly now. France once more took
on" the operative corner" Of the fight.
She accepted and fulfilled the mission OF
holding the final drive of the Germans 10
win a moral victory on the battlefield. Bv
holding Verdun for nearly four months
under terrific attack the French have sue
ceeded in preventing the moral victory for
Germany; their work is now about done.
1t must be for the British and the Rus
SLAMS TO bear the cost in lives and do the
main work Of the summer campaign.
France has fought and won another
Marine, even if the ruins of the old city Of
Verdun should ultimately fall TO the Ger
mans.
Verdun may easily prove 10 be another
Genoa and Petain may have rendered to
the Allies exactly the service that Mas
sena rendered to Napoleon when ne held
the Italian town until the victory Of Ma
rengo had been prepared. Genoa lnahy
ISL, but Marengo settled the war, a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
THE FIRST BLOW---THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIV]

lines, not everywhere, but at a number Of
points. The collapse of the Dunajec army
all the Russian armies, but in the present
operation there was partial or complete
collapse on the part of three or four
armies, with the result that the Austrian
line was transformed, to use the figure of
a map, from a solid to dotted line, the
dots representing portions of the line that
still held the breaks between the gaps
through which Russian armies penetrated.
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west and stood along the Dunajec. So
completely was this army destroyed that
the whole flank and rear of all the Rus
sian armies in Galcia were uncovered,
and it was impossible for the Russians to
make a successful RECOMMENDATION Of their
armies which could hold until they reached
their present lines, several months later.
Nevertheless, the Russian armies were
able to make temporary stand at the
San, less than fifty miles behind the Duna-
ice, and to draw the wrecks of their de-
feated corps and their artillery out of
Galcia.
It is too soon to say whether the Aus
trians will be able to make a reconcentra-
ton between the frontier and Lemberg,
although it is clear that German attacks
north of the Pripet marshes and even a
little south from the direction of Kovel
are already being made, with the hope Of
relieving the pressure upon the Galician
armies and recalling Russian troops to
the threatened points. BY the time this
article is printed it should be possible to
tell whether the Russian advance has
spent its force or not. If it is still going
on at the present rate, Lemberg will prob
ably fall and Galicia be reconquered as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Lemberg Next.

On this occasion the Austrian armies
endeavored to stand few miles west OF
the point that the Russians have now
reached and before the city of Lemberg.
They were defeated and routed; in the
weeks that followed not less than 100000
prisoners we're captured, and the Russian
hold On the major portion of Galicia was
not shaken for many months. II the Rus
sian advance continues for another week,
the two armies WILL probably be standing
on the old battle ground of September,
1914, and Lem5erg will be in deadly peril.
In the Dunajec campaign Mackensen
pierced the Russian army which faced
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weeks. One portion of the lines of the
Central Powers was so thinly held that
an attack could be made with every prom
ise of success. The Austrians had passed
the margin of safety, relying, it is clear
unon the marvellous system of intrench-
rents which they had constructed along
their front from the Pripet marshes to
the Rumanian boundary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The Decisive Period.

II is my own belief-and in this found
ample agreement in Europe-that the
present summer will see the decisive phase
Of the present war. Unless one side or the
other wins a substantial victory, unless
the Germans are turned out Of France and
Belgium, or such deliverance IS we'll be-
gun, believe the winter will see the be-
ginning of negotiations for peace on the
basis of status quo ante. do not believe
that if the deadlock continues any belliger-
ent will continue to desire war, provided
TO sacrifice of territory is asked Of any
nation. Nor do | believe that any sucn
demand will be made if there is no change.
But the eagerness Of Germany 10 make
peace before the summer campaign began,
the refusal Of the Allies and the astonish-
ing success of the Russians in the first op-
Grafton must combine TO give new hope to
the friends Of the Allies and afford at
least reasonable ground for believing. az
TIE French and British do, that they have
Allies to be the first move in the big
War and that after Verdun the outcome
Of the war is assured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The Greatest Allied Victory Since
Trench Warfare Began-Why the
Germans Stripped the Eastern
Line for the Nerdun Attack
The Russian Drive
On a Wide Front.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS,
Author of The Great War"
On a Wide Front.

three months Verdun is still holding out
successfully
A little later, having temporarily failed
at Verdun, the Germans persuaded their
Austrian allies to draw still more troops
out of the east and turn them against the
Italians. This explains the original sue
cess of the Austrian drive against the
Italians between the Brenta and the
Adige.
But the situation had now arrived for
which all the Allies have been waiting for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

Balkans it is certain that the Allies in
'Salonica will attack the Bulgarians, and
it is exceedingly likely that the Bulgarians
will very quickly tire of fighting the
British, French and Serbs, with a fair
prospect of having the Greeks on their
hands as well; for the first sign Of col
lapse on the part Of the Central Powers is
bound to bring the Greeks in and King
Constantine cannot prevail upon his peo-
pie to remain neutral once the fortune Of
war begins TO run markedly in favor Of
the Allies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Austrian Line Broken.

Thus north and south of Dubno the line
was broken, Lutsk fell and the Austrians
were compelled to draw out of Dubno to
escape being surrounded. The same thing
happened at other points, the Russian
wave rolling forward not evenly, but as
the tide sweeps up along broken shore
following indentations and hating before
projections.
This process Is still going forward. We
do not know whether the Austrans have
succeeded in drawing what is left Of their
armies out of the wreck and reestablishing
line. We do know that at several points
notably north of Lutsk and southwest of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Troops for Verdun.

When the Germans had reorganized the
Austrian armies and put German corps IN
each army group the Russian tide hrst
halted and then ebbed. But when the
Germans decided to attack Verdun IN
February. il is now clear that they drew
from the whole eastern front large con-
tingents. They drew heavily upon the
Austrian arnres south of the Pripet
marshes. The troops thus drawn were
not put in at Verdun Immediately. They
were concentrated in front of the British,
the German belief being that an attack
upon the French would provoke the Brit
ism into a counter-offensive.
At the time these troops were drawn out
Of the eastern lines the Russians could
not take the field because the conditions
of the roads and the weather made opera
tons impossible. For at least three months
the Germans could count upon rest and
safety on the east. But within that time
it was always necessary that they should
bring their Verdun operation TO success
ful close. In a small way this was to be
compared with the opening phase Of the
war, when the Germans turned their main
armies against France and left only minor
forces TO deal with the Russians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Thinning the Line.

So far they have failed before Verdun
as they failed at the Marine. But mean
time as the Verdun operation has contin-
ued 10 absorb men they have been COM
pelled TO draw from in front Of the British
those troops that had been originally
drawn from the east. 1t is clear now that
there is no such concentration in front Of
the British as there was in February.
Many thousands of troops have been used
I'D along the Mouse and. after more than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The German Map Destroyed.

This retreat would mean the surrender
of a clear half Of all the territory now
held by the Germans in the east; it would
mean that a balance between Russian
territory held by the Germans and Aus
trian territory held by the Russians
would be almost struck and the German
claim to make a victorious peace" on the
basis of the map would be destroyed. In
a word, the whole situation in the east
would be changed, and changed in a wholly
unexpected fashion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Lemberg Faces Deadly Peril-The
German Map Of "Victorious
Peace" May Be Wholly
Changed-The Field of
War as a Unit-The
Decisive Phase.
Copyright 10 6-The Tribune Assn.

at some time not later than this summer
the Central Powers would have to shorten
their lines or suffer disaster. II Is too
soon to say that the Galician fighting
demonstrates that this was an accurate
forecast or constitutes a great disaster.
Certainly it is tremendous defeat, but We
shall not have to wait long to see whether
the Allied prophets have at last been accu-
rate.
Accepting the Allied forecast FOR ths
moment, what should now happen is a
withdrawal by the Germans either from
France or from all the Russian territory
which they now hold, save only Russian
Poland. We may soon see the evacuation
Of France and even of Belgium or the re-
treat behind the Niemen and the Vistula.
Evacuation May Follow.
But the first will be accepted as a ire
mendous moral defeat all over the world
and will encourage France and Britain to
go forward; the second will be a plain in
vltation to Rumania and Greece to come in
on the winning side and a disbursement
to Bulgar and Turk, which may conceiv-
ably tempt one or both to change sides. for
so far both have suffered out of all proper
ton to anything they expected, and their
hope Of permanent profit is growing very
dim.
On the other hand, we may see that the
Germans will be able TO bring reserves in5o
Galicia, restore the deadlock, standing be-
hind the Bug and the Zlota Lipa and at
the same time beat off any British attack
in the West, an Italian offensive in the
South or Allied operations in the Balkans.
Yet even now it is not too soon TO say that
we are witnessing what is intended by the
Allies to be the first move in the Big
PUSH" their supreme effort TO win The
war.
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der conditions similar to those which made
the Russian drive successful.
On the other hand, if the Austrians
draw back troops from the Italian front,
as is reported to have been done, then the
Italians are bound to attack, not in the
Trentino, but along the Isonzo, where they
have been preparing for more than year.
Even a slight advance at this point would
take them to the rear Of Trieste and
threaten the whole waterfront Of Austria
Hungary.
Finally, if the Central Powers draw any
part of their slender forces out of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

This, of course, Is only on the political
side. On the military side, by retiring
the Germans would shorten their lines
very materially, and standing behind the
Niemen and Vistula and the San, and
along the Carpathians south of Przemysl
which could come back into the bulletins,
they would have an easier line to defend
and one which would offer grave Difficult
ties to the invader. There would be no
immediate, perhaps no eventual, peril for
the Germans of such an development as
threatened the Russians for so many
weeks last summer.
The Political Peril.
But for political reasons the Germans
must desire to avoid this recoil. They are
in the position of Napoleon in his last
in Germany; they are con-
demned to hold long and dangerous lines
because of the political consequences Of
retreat and the surrender of conquered
territory. Napoleon had to fear, what
happened, the entrance Of Austria; Ger
many has to fear complete change In the
Balkan situation, and the probable enlist
ment of Rumania, if she has to confess
defeat by any considerable REIMBURSEMENT
of conquered territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
The Allies Greatest Victory.

II can now be said that the Russians
have won the greatest victory on the Allied
side since the trench warfare began. 1t
is the most considerable success on either
side since the battle of the Dunajec, and
it is a final demonstration that trench
.'zes can be broken and the deadlock at
least temporarily interrupted under GER
tain circumstances. We have first to
examine these circumstances and then to
consider the possible consequences Of the
actual operation.
It is fairly clear that the Russian attack
was delivered at the weakest point in the
Austro-German line after there had been
a large and patiently unwise stripping Of
this line for reasons that are clear. Away
back at the beginning of the war we saw
that Austrian armies were unable to stand
up against Russian, when they were not
srpported and stiffened by German con-
tingents. We saw the Russians consist
entlv successful from the frontier to the
edge of the Hungarian Plain and over
period of nearly nine months.
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On the purely military side too little is
vet known of the great Russian offensive
10 estimate what its ultimate effect will be.
On June IS. when this article is written,
we know that the Russians have captured
some $4,000 prisoners, an enormous
amount Of arms, guns and munitions, have
reoccupied Lutsk, Dubno and Busaczs and
have entered or are about to enter, Ger
nowitz.
Measured by miles the Russians have
advanced in places above thirty-fve miles
and claim to have reached the Zlota Lipa
at one point. The taking of Dubno and
Lutsk marks the return to Russia of the
famous Volhynian triangle, of which
Rowno never was lost. From this triangle
the Russians in August, 1914, launched
their great drive, which in the first days of
August ended in the collapse of Austria's
armies and the fall of Lemberg. Not until
the Russians reached the Carpathians and
the Dunajec were they halted, and not un-
til the German offensive at the Dunajec, a
little more than a year ago, did the tide
turn.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
.SCANDINAVIANS PLAN
EVENING At LIBRARY
viii Be Testimonial Of AppreCia-
ton for Addition Of Their
Literature to Library.

AS a testimonial OF appreciation by
Scandinavians living in washington for
the recent addition to. the Public Lii
brary OF nearly a hundred volumes OF
Scandinavian literature, a public meet
ing will be held in the lecture room
at the library at 8 o'clock next Saturday
night. when q program chiefly in Dam
ism, Swedish. and Norwegian will be
presented. An agitation to have their
literature represented in the Pubic
Library was started by the ScanoI-
navians several months ago, ana re-
ceived the hearty cooperation of
Librarian G. F. Bowerman.
The following program is announced:
Autumn" overture by Grieg; MRS.
Jennie NJ. Lind and Carl Il. StunIer;
a speech in Danish by DR.. Hans Holm,
''Visan ON Smultronskar." written by
Hedge Malmberg for Miss BosUrom
Mar Jag Blef sutton Ar" by Aubrey
DE We're. Miss Hildur Z. Bostrom, &C
speech in Norwegian by DIR. TersJeIn
Jahr; "Polichinelle." by s. Rachmanl-
nom, Carl +. Stuhler; a speech in 5we-
dish by DIR. Carl o. Johns; My Lover,
He Comes on the Skee;" Norwegian song
by Clough-Leighter, and "Sylvelin," by
Sinding, Miss Ethel Noble johnson, ac-
| companied by Mrs. Jennie NJ. Lnd; a
| speech by DR.. Harold w. Fognt; q
| Swedish wedding march by Sodermani
Danish lullaby byNSchytte, and Hustle
| OF Spring" (Norwegian), by Slndlng
| somewhere a Voice Is Calling. by
| Arthur Tate, Mrs. &. f. Stuhler. and
Crispin Alexis. accompanied by Carl r.
Grieg, Mrs. Jennie NJ. Lind and Carr r
StuhIer.