Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-08-10

New York.-Germany's situation at
the end Of three years Of war appears
less favorable than II did either N
year ago or two years ago.
She has TO her credit In the last
t~welvemonth the crushing OF nl-pre-
pared Roumanla and the conquest OF
two.thlrds OF that nations territory.
But In the principal thenter Of war,
the west, enst and Italian fronts, the
entente allies have shown, on u
whole, q decided superiority to h
central powers.
In the materials Of war the nations
lighting for democracy clearly have nm
increasing advantage over the kaiser's
leglons. They have denlt the enemy
blow after blow which have told heav-
lily In lives, II not In territory.
Germany More Desperate.
Gerrrnny's plight Is rendered more
desperate than II was on August J.,
1910, by t,ie accession Of he United
States and several minor peoples to
the renks Of her enemies. Almost the
whole world Is now lined up against
that nation.
Every b~elligerent breads another
winter OF war, but Germany most OF
all. She hicks many things to face the
rlgors OF n cold cnmpaign-not only
shells and guns, but wool for warm
clothing and sufficient coal TO run her
rapidly de%terloratlng railroads and
her factories and keep those at homo
comfortably warm, not to speak OF the
famine In the food fats 80 necessary
10 those facing zero weather.
Looking back on the long truce OF
the spring on the eastern front, II Is
hard TO realize that the Russians just
one year ago were In the midst of a
splendid offensive much like that
which has surprised the world In the
present month. In the 1915 drive Brus-
siloif pushed far within Bukowlna and
Galicla and crossed the borders OF
Hungary. lie took about 100000 prls'
oners, mostly Austrians, and forced the
enemy to concentrate masses OF rella'
BILE German troops, aided by a few
Turks, 10 check him.
The real reason his drive came to Q
halt, however, we know now was laci
OF ammunition, failure OF transport
treason within the czar's armies ant
wretched bureaucratic ineficiency
These nandicnps seem to have been re
moved from the courageous Musco
vites, perhaps for all time.
Unfortunate Roumanla.
Roumnnla declared war on the leu
tonic powers August q and immedl
ntely invaded Pennsylvania, where tn,
weak Austrian guards were easil!
pushed back and the important citle
OF Hermannstadt and Rronstadt wer'
soon 10 the invaders hands.
The kaiser sent Won Fnlkenhayn,
splendid strateglst just displaced b,
Won Hindenburg, as chief OF the grea
general stan. to command on thl
front, while Won Mnckensen heade'
the Germans, 3ulgarians and Turks
who threw themselves on Roumanl
from the south.
The Roumanlans proved no mate
for the combination Of foes. Skillfu
work by German spies, or the treacl
cry OF certain members OF their ow
nrny, put the Roumanlans' plans q
campaign in the Teutons' hands, II
now divulged, Bucharest fell Decen
Der o, and ten days later all Walachl
was lost. On December IS Russia
troops took over the whole Roumania
front, and n few weeks later the Tel
ton advance was checked along IN
line OF the Sereth and Danube river
somme Battle Continues.
In the west, however, Germany WI
facing a far different problem frol