Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-01

Is uue primarily tot lit FNltHA'iN du-
yauccmcnt that war Implements nave
taken in the Iast ten years. The
adoption by all the belIgerents Of the
new quick-fire gun. a gun which re-
cols in oil and the discharge OF
which does not JAR the guns aim
from its target, has made oper war
fare nearly a thing Of the past
To-day the armies in Europe have
but 10 sight their gun To the mark
and then pump shells in and fire al
their viii A resightine after each
shot Is no longer necessary. You can
place a coin on a wheel Of a quick
firer and during the discharge Of the
gun 1t viii not move a bit The re-
suit IS IN open warfare the guns de-
structycness has been so absolute
armies have been forced 70 seek COW
er, or 10 entrench themselves.
More High Explosives.
"But because OF the trench war
fare IN Europe a new factor has en-
tered into The fight. 1t Is the high
explosive she'll Hitherto practically
unknown, except to Germany, i has
been the one disturbing element to
trench warfare Shrapnol has prov
cd It's absolute destructiveness TO
lighting en- nassc. but in the sheltered
trenches Of today Ii is ineffective, and
the high explosives have taken their
place Before the war Russia con-
eidcred per cent Of high explosives
in her total ammunition supply for
staging war all that was necessary.
Today the figures Of high explosives
are 55 per cent Of the total.
"The acroplane has been q failure
as far as desiructiyeness IS concerned,
bur il has remained the biggest as
set 10 an army ia is ability to get in
formation. The dropping of bombs
had no effect on the morale Of the
Russian army or the population with
one exception. That was at Dvinsk
last September when a German aero
plane dropped bombs over the mar
kct place, killing forty people. IT
demoralized the citizens and started
an exodus from the city
Hate Of Germany Develops
Regarding the attitude Of the Rus
sian people toward Germany it has
chnngcd very quickly since the begin
ming Of the war The Russian soldier
is good natufed and kind hearted,
ana though At the beginning Of the
war there was a slight dislike for the
German because Of his having started
this holocaust, the Russian was ready
tn forgive him. Instead Of appealing
To the temperament Of the Russian,
however Germany launched cam
paiRn of poison gas against them.
This did not appeal TO the Russian
sense Of propriety and kindled the
fire Of indignation. The Russian to-
day il fighting as he never fought IN
Manehuria, ana the German casualty
list viii prove that fact.
Then. too, the Russian refugees
before the German advance nave
heard of the Germans barbarous war
fare, and are fleeing into the country.
each missionary, preaching hatred
against tho German. There is
lAearcely a house in all Russia or 81
IBERIA today IN which this bitterness
has not developed.
Gas Infuriatcs Troops.
The German campaign Of poison
.las has been worse than crime. 1t
has been the military hunder by
every excess they have committed
they have ncepsed the stubbornnoss
of the troops opposing them and the
deaths on their side have been some
thing enormous
For example, the Baura line,
where the Germans first used poison
gas against o division Of siberian
troops, the action 50 infuriated the
SHAY troops they made a counter at
tack and not only carried six points
on the German line but Uttered The
ground with German dead. At the