Arizona republican., 1916-07-31
The Wars Third Year

The Wars Third Year
The third year of the European will be ush
cred in tomorrow 1t August l, 1914, that Ger
many declared against Russia. Two days later
war was declared against France. Germany had al
ready entered the Duchy of Luxembourg and had
French frontier. Russia had crossed the
frontier several points. Austria and Serbia
had already begun fighting. On August Great
Britain declared war against Germany and Belgium
had been forced in. 1t not until August that
there was a declaration of between Austria
and Russia Though Japan had proclaimed her desire
To remain neutral she had declared her readiness to
fulfin treaty obligations to Great Britain and
August Is had found means OF entering the war by
issuing utimatum to Germany demanding the
evacuation Of Kiao-chau 1t not until November
3 that Great Britain and France declared
Turkey. Within less than year Italy. which had
withdrawn from the Triple Alliance at the beginning
and had proclaimed her neutrality, declared
war against Austria, but until within the present
month had fully aligned herself with the entente
allies Bulgaria declared against the entente last
Portugal also aligned herself with the allies
hut has far taken other part in the conflict than
by the seizure of interned German ships.
Within a year the stage had thus not only
for the greatest in all history, but the
had itself already surpassed in magnitude and saugh
human conflict involving more than 25,000OOO
men-armed Though more nations have been
included the hardly be said that
a broader sweep of territory than any other
There is for instance, that conflict which Amer-
cans know the French and Indian war, though that
Of it very small part of the war. which
covered all of Western Europe, India, every point
where French and British interests into contact
this side of the Atlantic extended from Quebec
New Orleans
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was on September Of 1914 when Germans retired
after the battle of the Marine marking the end of the
rush upon Paris After they had reestablished them
selves the Aisne they have practically held all the
territory they then occupied and beside drove the
French of Peronne which IS still miles be-
hind the line of the Ango-Fr drive which
has resulted in the change of only insignificant
strip Of French territory.
On the eastern front the operations have been
more spectacular. resulting the conquest between
May and September of year of the Russian prov
inces Of Courland Kovno wilma, Grodno. Poland and
part each Of Minsk and Volhynia The present Rus
offensive has resulted in the reaking of Vohyna
and a part Of the Austrian territory of Bukowna and
narrow strip of Galicia-
The Dardaneles campaign has little other
influence the than to turn Bulgaria to the
allies and hasten the conquest of Serbia and Monte
negro. itself rather unmporant incident The Meso
potamia campaign has been of no influence than
the fighting in Africa.
The slaughter the western front the last
weeks counting that of the longer operations
about Nerdun has been terrible than that of
any other period Of the war. but it gives only fore
OF what will attend any serious attempt crush
the Germans II is quite possible that that might be
accomplished by weight Of numbers and resources if
the allies willing and able to pay the price But
they will probably not be willing. that may
reasonably expect that will be made
and entertained after few desperate efforts
exhausted themselves and in the end the map of
Europe will resemble very much its appearance before
June % Of 1914, when certain Austrian grand duke
worth the blood of the humblest Rus
sian German, Frenchman Briton, was assassinated
in Bosnian town.
But Europe will not be the Millions OF the
flower of all the nations will be gone. Tho countrie.
abound with sorrowing widows and orphans. with
the manned and the blind all oppressed by grievou
debt. there will be compensation. new
brotherhood of will enlist members in all thu
warning nations.