The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
RUMAN|AN LOSS
DUE TO ALLIES
So Thinks Editorial Writer Of
Brooklyn Eagle.

Rumanld, whose fate Is sealed for thc
time being by the fall OF Bucharest has
not been fought for and lost m the
sense that Serbia Belgium. northern
France and Poland were lost Rumanl1
has been forfeited, her territory has
gone nv default. as surely as though
Ferdinand instead OF CRYING valniy for
help. had given Falkenhayn and Mack
cnSen the keys to his cites Had there
been conspiracy between friend and
foe a pact between the war gods them
selves. to destroy Rumania to make ,
military holiday. the dehdcle could no'
have been more complete
Allies Failed to Help.
Even more amazing than the cam
palgn OF 'he Teuton, has been the utter
failure. not only OF the RumanianS to
help themselves bat Of the allies to
give her effective aid. That is the ony
thing to- attract from the hrillianoy OF
he gcncralShlp aud the achievement oI
the armies ot INVASION But when we
read III the dispatches from the Teuton
headquarters IN the field OF the COM
plete decentralization OF the Rumanan',
OF their puny efforts at resistance. of
he stupidity o. their commanders, il
appears that the Teu,on> would have
been weak. indeed, had they failed to
yanQuiSh such foe
This. OF coufse. does not do the Ru
manans justice, or the Tcutons either
Rumania has been crushed. as was Ser.
ba, hy the superiority OF Teutonic gen
eralShip. the individual and collective
efficiency of the troops, superior artl.
lery. auxiliary factors, and. mos, i'm.
por,ant OF all. morale She failed to
make a successful stand because oi
costly initial bunders, the lack OF those
qualities and materials that modern
war requires. and the failure OF her al
lies to give the supper, demanded. In
this respect the enten,e'S failure is even
more conspicuous than that OF Ruma.
MIA, and both will pay for 1t,
Menace to Russia.
Immediate effects OF the conquest OF
Rumania are sure to he felt in les
sening OF the effect of the blockade or
general strengthening OF the Ieutonio
grip upon the near east, a growing me
mace to the southern Russian flank and
a positive threat TO the entente troops
IN Macedonia. In time, unless the los,
is discounted in other theaters, Russia
will pay heavily for her failure to rem
der effective assistance, although OdcS
Sa is a long way from Bucharest, and
it may be recalled ,ha, other Teutunlc
victories, quite as complete, have
proved futile so far as winning the war
is concerned.
lind IN the situation at present rests
that the Rumanian armies, although de
moraired and beaten, have not been
destroyed, Those who fgh, and run
away live to fight another day. An
other-great triumph has crowned one Of
the mos, brilliantly conceived and eS-
ecuted military campaigns OF which we
have any record, and still the central
powers have not won the war. The en-.
tente has not won IT, and the chance
OF winning il in the near future goes
aglimmering with this latest blow, but
it is significant that the effect OF the
Rumanian disaster in allied capitall
has been TO sound a rallying cry. a call
Tor new efforts and a renewal OF the
determination 10 go on with the war
Brooklyn Eagle