The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-08
FOUR YEARS OF THE WAR

of June in '63, a week previous to
Gettysburg and to Vicksburg.
And they also remember how in
the summer of GA the north was
tired, very tired, and again pessimis-
tic
And the thoughtful Confederate
also remembers that i'll spite of the
enthusiasm and cheering, after July
OF '63 there was little hope
And even in "a, as they fought
most desperately. all knew in the
south the tragedy would soon be
ended
Germany has hurt the allies during
the present summer. Trained Ger
man soldiers of three years have
been hurting themselves against the
western front During the last year
they have suffered greater losses on
this front than the allies in killed
and in wounded
The Germans swore to take Yer
dun The French swore that the
Germans should not pass. The Ger
man losses were two to one in that
sustained assault.
The Germans again had sworn to-
take a hill in the Champagne. and
the French had sworn that they
should not pass.
And The Germans have been beat
en-.
For every Frenchman killed prob
ably two Germans nave been killed,
because the Germans. were attackers
The allies are tired. hut the Ger
mans axe more tired
Russia-that mystic country Of the
east-ist on the surface, acting badly.
The Russians grew excited under the
fumes of the new wine of liberty.
On a front OF about so miles they
have been beaten back, but on a front
OF more than 800 miles they seem to
he holding firm. and are now and
then attacking.
And as the spirit of democracy
grows in Russia, and as the genius of
democracy is being better understood
the hatred Of kaiserism and autoc-
racy viii grow apace.
The thinking men OF Russia real
ize that RUSSIAN democracy would be
III great danger adjacent to a well
disciplined kingly-ruled country.
And this thought will permeate the
minds of the humblest of the Rus
sian people
While the Russian army in Galicia
is being driven back, geographically.
1t is ABOUT as great a capture of ter
ritory for the Germans as if the
MeXicans We're to overrun one coun-
ty in Texas, holding this to be
biz advance against the United
States.
The army at SaIonili no longer has
in its rear possible enemy. The
Roumanians are pulling with us to.
day; but little can be hoped from
Roumania unless Russia stands firm
err.
The Italians are holding on and
are hurting Austria.
On the aea the German submarines
are destroying ships but the sjibma-
rjnes are not destroying as many
ships as even a losing nation vita
an inferior surface water power hes
destroyed in the past.
It IS a fact that not a Single NOR
chant ship and not single #aI.n.a
OF Germany can go 20 miles from The
shore of the empire. Tie German
flag is or no sea
The German submarine fleet, after
ali is not doing more havoc than
the surface German fleet of equal
strength might 90.
The submarine is, of course, a ire
mendous factor, but submarines alone
cannot win for Germany.
Within six months half a million
American soldiers viii be on the
western front. and another million
viii ba ready to follow them.
Then the American air fleet VIII
make its presence felt, and this air
fleet will be REINFORCED Icy a greater
fleet. Within a year the American
air fleet, along with the English and
hreuCb air ShipS. will tremendously