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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
No Sure Facts - to Russia

Meantime, it is essential TO keep in mind
how little real evidence we have yet 10
guide US as TO Russia. It may be weeks
or months before we know definitely what
10 expect. We have in the Russian often
sive only a promise, brilliant, but by no
means solid. We have in the Russian mill
tary achievement nothing but the evidence
that a portion of the Russian army can
fight and will. We may remember that
Vamy, on the military side and as battle,
was nothing but a prolonged cannonade.
Koniuchy was incomparably more than
this. Yet Valmy was one Of the decisive
battles of the world and Koniuchy may be
another.
We must reckon with the possibility that
Germany will now repeat her triumph
against Rumania at tie expense of Rus
sian armies, which despite all rosy reports
nave been terribly disorganized by the rev.
olution. We may see the Kaiser in Petro-
grad by Christmas, as we saw him in
Bucharest last year. / do not believe the
Germans have the men or the munitions
to risk it, but they may have. But, recog-
nizing the evil possibilities, we can the
more justly recognize the great gain in
hopeful possibility resulting from the Of
fensive which has made Kerensky the most
conspicuous statesman in Europe, one Of
the very few civilians who have earned
fame IN a war that has been so fatal 10
statesmen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15

but up to July the attack itself has only
minor military value.
An Old battle-ground
The point selected by the Russians for
their first attack after so many months
of quiet is familiar fighting ground. Along
the Zlota Lipa Brusloff began his great
advance in August, 1914, which led d.
rectly to the battles about Lemberg and
the first overwhelming Austrian defeat,
with the subsequent retreat to the Duna-
jec At the Zlota Lipa the Russian retreat
from the Dunajec the following summer
came to a pause, although finally the
Slavs made their permanent stand little
more to the east, about Tarnopol. On this
front Count Bothmer made his long and
desperate resistance last summer, when
his army, alone of all the Austro-German
armies between the Pinsk Marshes and
Rumania, held fast. The present position
of the Central Powers is but a few miles
behind the ground held when the 1916
campaign began.
The ultimate objective of the Russian
armies on this front is necessarily Lem
berg, forty miles to the westward. With
unequal intensity the Russian attack has
developed all the way from the Lemberg-
Tarnopol Railway to the Dniester River
at Halicz; it has even extended little
beyond the river TO the region northwest
of Stanislau. In this region the Austro-
German position is sem-circle drawn on
forty-mile radius about Lemberg. From
this city a number of railroads extend
westward fanwise. There is the Northern
Lemberg- Tarnopol line, the Lemberg-
Brzezany line, the southern line from
Tarnopol to Lemberg, which crosses the
Zlota Lipa just south of Brzezany and is
in German hands west of the river. Final
w. there is the Haicz-Lemberg line. The
only other railroad Of immediate interest
is the Lemberg- Rowno line, which comes
southwest through Brody, enters the Aus
tro-German lines few miles west OF
Rrodv and Joins the northernmost Tar
nopol-Lemberg line at Krasne, twenty
miles east of Lemberg.
The chief Russian success was achieved
lust north of Brzezany about the town OF
Koniuchy. which has no very great lmpor-
lance of any sort. Similar attacks TO tne
south of Brzezany we're not as success
full. Taken together, they suggest an at
tempt TO encircle Brzezany, to draw loop
about it and compel the Germans and Aus
trians to evacuate it. Such an evacua-
ton would mean the REIMBURSEMENT OF all
of the line of the Zlota Lipa, the SOUTH
ern portion of which has been IN Russian
hands since last autumn.
In 1914 Brusiloff did compel the Aus
trians TO give up the Zlota Lipa line, but
they withdrew in good order to the line
Of the Gnila Lipa, dozen miles to the
,vest. and there made their real defence
Of Lemberg. They were defeated on this
line because they were outnumbered and
Rrusiloff was able TO get around their rlght
flank and turn them out of Halicz' the
noint At which the Gnila Lipa enters the
Dniester.
No Present Military Gain
Rut IL is essential 10 recognize now that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-15
Last Years Offensive


Last Years Offensive
Arenewal of the offensive southwark In
Axust led to new successes and to the
rupation of the Bukovina and portion
Z Galicia south of the Dniester, includ-
~ the cities of Czernowitz and of Stanis-
au. In the first ten days of August the
russians on either side Of the Dniester
took nearly $4,000 prisoners and a vast
s.ore Of material and munitions. Finally,
between June and September the Russians
aptured nearly 100000 prisoners, together
with enormous numbers of guns and a
ireat wealth of war material.
All this great success was due to the
completeness of the initial victory. After
the first days in June the question be-
cane plain; it was a question of where
and when the Germans would be able to
stop the Russian food which had broken
through the Austro-German dixie and was
swirling forward toward the vital rail-
road point Of Kovel When they sue
cseded in checking it before Kovel and at
the Stokhod it broke out to the southwark
and, piercing other lines, rushed on through
Brody toward Lemberg. Checked at
last less than forty miles from Lem
berg. it broke through again to the south
Of the Dniester and engulfed new regions
Gains Slight by Comparison
Now, we can say at the very outset that
he new Russian offensive in its first days
accomplished nothing remotely suggesting
the clear and definite results of the June
attack Of Brusilof eastward of Lutsk and
Dubno. It gained ground, just as all Of
isnsyes Of either side in the West have
gained ground; it gained less ground, and
ar less important ground, than the Brit
n about Arras, than the French between
Soissons and Auberive. II resulted in the
'apture Of some 10000 prisoners and a
isT guns, but this was below the British
u French bag in April.
Conceivsbly, this original attack Will be
followed by others which will make great
ana perhaps decisive breaches in the Aus
u'Germsn lines; but such recurring at
Neks as have come up 20 July 9 do not
@sgest this; rather they point 10 sue
'ssiul counter preparation Of the Austro-
'sfman forces, such as has become ia
'illsr 10 al who have followed Western
'rfations since trench war began. In
''hs, 1916, the reports Of Russian sue
s grew with each hour; it was days be-
'fs psre was any suggestion Of the pos
@0s limits Of the Russian advance; in
guy 1917, we had halt in two days
TD'ny reminiscent Of the Aisne and OF
~ "versl Champagne affairs.
" 'eems 70 me there il very grave
anger a. this time that there will be an
"1sy'ration Of the military value Of Rus
"'n 'Oerstions. which may lead 10 dis
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
WHO DISCOVERED BAER

The Townley press is naturally devotine space to
siorfncation OF Townley's candidate for congress, j. M.
Baer. The people Of the district are being told ~ +he
splendid qualities Of the candidate, qualities, the. recos-
milton Of which resulted in the demand that he serve
his people in congress.
MI. Baer may have all the qualities Of all the worlds
foremost Statesmen, but nobody knew it until very recent
~. Suppose that the members Of the Nonpartisan league
IN the First congressional district of North Dakota mad
oeen invited to send into the league Headquarters by
mail the names Of the men whom they would suggest
a. good congressional timber. each member to send in
one name, without any canvass being made for anybody.
How many of, the letters would have contained the
name Of Mr.. Baer?
We venture the opinion that not one per cent of the
members would ever have thought Of MI, Baer in this
conhection. They did not know him. They had never
heard OF him except as a cartoonist, and while the max
ing OF cartoons is an interesting and honorable occupa-
ton. provided the drawing is good and the subject mat
ter decent' ability IN this line does not necessarily pre-
suppose the possession Of ability to make laws for +he
government of a nation,
II the league members intend to vote for Mr.. Baer
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
A SHAMEFUL SPECTACLE

Tuesday, June 5, was observed as a day Of speciai
signifcane throughout the United States. 1t was the oay
on which. in pursuance to a federal law, enacted after
the fullest publicity and the direst possible discussion by
almost the unanimous vote Of congress, the ten million
young men of the nation presented themselves for reg
tstration az persons Of suitable age for military service,
from among whom are to be drawn, when the proper
time comes, the men who will constitute the new nation
al army which is to do battle in defense Of the principles
on which free government is founded. The day was one
which naturally called forth expressions of patriotism
from all over the land. The dominant thought was that
of conservation to a noble ideal, and the spirit Of serv-
ice and Of sacrifice was everywhere made manifest.
On that day, one A.. c. Townlsy delivered an address
at Devils Lake. It was similar in most Of Its matter to
the addresses which he was in the habit Of delivering
before he left the state. But MI. Townley has varied his
program Of late. In the earlier stages Of his activities
as an organizer Of discomfort he declared that the time
was inopportune to enter into the broad field of national
politics. His activities, and those of the league which he
founded, were to be confined to state matters. He has
suddenly discovered that the time is opportune for an
entrance into national politics, and as a step in that d-
rection he has dictated the nomination OF a candidate for
congress from this district.
That, apparently. has been made the basis of discus
sion of national affairs, and Mr.. Townley used the ma
tional registration day as the time for sounding the Key
note of a national campaign. While other men talked
patriotism Townley talked treason. That is a blunt, but
very accurate statement of the fact.
The portion of Townleys address which was devoted
to the subject uppermost in the minds Of all Americans
consisted of a denunciation Of the war which the Ameri-
can people have found it necessary to wage, and an effort
to create sentiment against the subscription OF 1unds
wherewith the expenses Of that war are to be paid. II
that is not treason we do not know what treason is.
The news story of the meeting says that some per-
sons applauded the utterance of these seditious words
Shame on mon who will listen to treason and applaud it.
Shame on the governor of a state who will consort with
q man who makes public attacks on the government OF
his country. shame on the candidate for congress who
asks for the votes Of his fellow citizens in order that he
may carry into the congress Of the United States the de-
testable doctrine which is preached bodily and impudent-
Nv by his employer and sponsor. And it will bring both
shame and sorrow to the state if its people do not real
lie In time that in giving heed to the reasonable utter
ances of this man they are delaying the successful clos
ing Of a war in which their own sons and brothers will
be called to serve.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
Food Sale.
OUR CHANCE TO excel.
tFro.n chtcaxo tsrn,

a ~
In the present Wal eavaIrv ~..A
well be used ~1ffActivNly Naoss,.. - HSaM0s
trencn hehtins. For the ntst tdnsa II
nistory tA*alry u faced ~ q sSS1f,as
deadlisr, more mobile arsa-.4N~ ~.
Hut the airplans itss,f. .n.o4+,. i.
It has proved, has been tssH No.
sefiee. With European oonssr,,A ~.
TO be sure, the 1mbAttied asnn,.s xa&
nave their Thousands Of All srn,,v. ~
air cruisers. but one ventures 81 ~
iieve that were Z Napoleon a. s
- charge OF the operations he tyoIiS;
aeveiop the new factor as NAnnSsnr
developed artillery and az Lee SsvsIl
oped cavalry. The time %apnarsrt,s,
Y coming for the tise Of airni:ss.
clouds, IN hosts, in Armies. - =
n extraordinary usefGinas. !.
eir tighter has been nnnci,..s,, ~
demonstrated. It 10 ~ pnssskiH tSszz
= American mind, With it, ranSs,. w !
d~iscardins the old and ~devsicnsMn. &
new, will txalt the aeriaI S.otHp g
% sne desres Of y. highest potentisii.
sae q, anc,snns ass!ds. the strugsis7
~ v1eW 0f the backwaf6n1ss ~ ~.
nation IN levslopins IL m ssr,,c. q
|tne nas tflcist1oy Of the ErsS.h "
eviattoh, etich . ~sugeestf0n / ss.aI
Y let the posaibiiity sri.t.sSnas
!urfner amazing dsmonstratinn. y
1scsavene ~ Mr. operations. sNA M.
posssbility .is worthy ia rs4ssv9 ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07

"a bakery. And. besides. it is helping
to send wheat to Europe.
Talk about what the legislature is
doing, too. Ask Jenkins II he really
thinks relaxing the labor laws is. go
Ing to increase output. Get into a
discussion with Wright about the adj
visibility Of letting children out Of
school so they may work on the
farms. Does he suppose the farmers
teen years of age? What is the truth
Of the matter?
Get Fisher, who always has held
that the government should 70 slow
In dealing with individuals, into d dis
cussion Of government ownership of
munition plants. Try, for the sake
Of argument, to convince him. Point
out the success Of England's $500
CONTROLLED" and rs government own
ed plants. If he remains unconvinced,
stop of at the public library ana get
facts.
Do your best to keep public opinion
active. That is the Job Of a good
talker. Argue hard, and be sure you
have the facts. Remember that ships,
money and food are to be our biggest
contribution to the war; think about
them, talk about them. write to the
papers about them.
Try 1t tomorrow. "say, Jim, have
you heard about the new canning pro-
cess? Say, Bill. what are we going to
90 with u child labor Legislation?
Say, Henry. you ought to see Moliy's
visiting nurses aid certifcate-she's
times come" And other tunes to the
eame motif. q
Prepared by the Division of INTEL
ligence, Columbia University.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
SECTIONAL LINES OBLITERATED>

A picture recently published shows a group Of At
lanta women sewing on a flag which was to be presented
to a Georgia regiment Of the National Guard on its
entry into the active service Of the United States. In
cddents Of this Kind are SO common that they scarcely
excite comment. It seems now no more strange for a
Georgia regiment to 90 to the front in the service Of the
nation than for a regiment from any other state to do
the same thing. And it seems natural and appropriate
for the women Of the state to bid their young men God
speed as they enter upon the discharge of their patriotic
duties.
The nation has Travelled far in sixty odd years. I'm
til the civil war 1t was an open question whether or not
we had a nation here. Its founders had intended that it
should be one, and it had performed the duties and ex-
ercised the functions Of a nation. But always. in the
background, there had been those who believed that we
had here a voluntary and limited partnership Of indie
pendent states rather than a complete and indissoluble
union.
The civil war demonstrated that ours was a real
nation, with power to perpetuate itself. But the wounds
years the nation was divided in spirit. and the two Sec
tons regarded each other with suspicion. That is all
over. The Spanish war gave US the first conspicuous
demonstration Of reunion. and men who had fought un-
der the flag of the confederacy were glad to fight under
the flag of the union. That spirit has become more pro-
nounced, and nowhere in the country is there to be
found a more hearty spirit Of loyalty than exists south Of
Mason and Dixon's line. Atlanta's wives and mothers
preparing a nag Of the nation for their loved ones to
bear in defense of the nation. and its ideals is an incident
typical of a new birth Of patriotism.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
CHURCH UNION

Three Of the great Scandinavian churches. with con-
sregations numbering some $500, are arranging to unite
The preparations for the act Of union have been under
way Tor a long time. and 1t is expected that the process
Will be completed at the meeting which is now being held
in st. Paul. There a great body of representatives of
are assembled, and as the work thus far done has re-
ceived the approval Of the membership generally. there
~ no reason to expect any interruption in the program
which has been decided on.
The reason for the union is the recognition by the
vast majority Of the members affected that tho differ
ences existing are not sufficient to warrant the main
tenance Of three separate church organizations when.
without violence to the conscience Of anyone, they can
be merged in one which will be able to perform the
work much better.
No two human beings think exactly alike. No
matter how nearly Identical their views are there are
always differences. Yet, with these differences of opin-
ION human beings are able to unite for Joint work. and
10 get along harmoniously and to act effectively. This
10 done by the subordination OF non-essentials ana union
on essentials.
A group OF men undertake to operate q railroad
They are OF all sorts of beliefs on all sorts Of subjects
They belong to different churches, to different political
which come before them. But they take up their rail-
road work and act in harmony on that. Not one of then,
sacrihces his religious convictions or his political be.
Hers. But he realizes that these things are not essential
to the operation of a railroad, and, during railroad hours
these things are forgotten,
Church people have found in many cases that in
their separate organizations they were emphasizing things
winch were not essential, and 1t has been found possible
in q good many cases, by concentrating on what were
duplication Of effort and. to direct to the work Of max.
Ing the world better the energy which had formerly beer
dlsstpated In squabbltng over things which, however in.
teresting, are not of prime importance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07

because Townley tells them to do SO, II they are willing
to turn matters over to him as members Of tho house
caucus undertook - turn over the MANAGEMENT Of the
legislature to him. that attitude 10 at least easy to UNDER
stand. 1t may not be easy to understand why men will
abdicate their citizenship ana waive the exercise Of their
own reason. but when they do take that stand. and make
the fact known, it simplihes a good many matters.
Hence the man who accepts Townley as his law will vote
for Townley's candidate, and both question and argument
are useless. But the individual who intends to retain
for himself the right of indpenedent judgment and ac-
ton will decide some other assurance Of the fitness OF
the candidate than Townley's say so. He will wish to
be informed, If the candidate possesses the qualities
which fit him for this position, what evidence Of this
fact has been afforded in the past.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07

We appreciate the value Of the leg.
islati6n restricting the number of
hours Of work in the industries. Each
occupation has q limit beyond which
labor -is not profitable. No ma could
be expected OF required to donate his
leisure time to his employer: The
man who has his labor to sell has the
same right to restrict the amount Of
1t as the grocer has to weigh the
sugar out to his. customer: But the
man who 10 working ON his own &C
count IL not 50 restricted. He Is free
to increase his efficiency without
lowering the standard of his occupa-
ton. One who is vitality interested in
his work and believes in its import
ance cannot be shut of by a time
clock. Yet the slackers Of industry
than at the bottom.
through, take your work home with
you at night. Sit up witty it, sleep
conscious mind is tired out. turn
over the unfinished business to your
subconsciousness and let that solve
your perplexities. Some Of the great
est work Of the worlds history has
been done down in this dark cellar OF
the brain. It was there that Kekule,
S1AS SAO0I 1OA 11l01A CAACIIlIoSp uAoSONSAS
the formula for the benzene ring. 1t
was in this way that Poincare, the
Great French mathematician, worked
out his most difficult problems. 1t was
the s~ubconscious part Of his mind that
supplied Stevenson with the plots Of
his tales. Herbert Spencer said his
philosophy grew" while he was
asleep.
Look about you ana you will see
that the men who acquired the habit
Of knocking of work at four to play
golf, or to sit in the grand stand for
the benefit Of their health have most
~ knocked off their life work at forty
or fifty, while the men who kept
pounding away until eleven or twelve
at night are doing great things at
sixty or seventy. A professor could
grade his Students. better than
through examination, by going out or
the campus and noticing how late the
light burned in the dormitory win
dows, provided he could be sure that
the current was kept on for purposes
Of study instead Of for poker playing
Live . double life. not one of work
and m of dissipation, but both OF
work, preferably of different kinds
Self-indulgence is suicide. Sparine
yourself means wasting yourself.
He that saveth his life shall lose 1t
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
Help Win the War
The Man who Can Talk

Suppose you are a man who can
talk convincingly.
You can do a great deal to help the
war; you can aid conservation by
talking 1t.
Instead Of discussing the weather
or the baseball eason or business
with your friend when you meet him
on the street or in the subway. talk
conservation.
Ask him II he has planted his vege-
table garden yet. Express surprise If
he hasn't. Point to the latest news
about the food shortage, and tell him
he should be ashamed Of himself. And
don't forget to promise to show him
your garden the next time he calls.
Make the subject. Of discussion
something constructive Tell friend
Jones about friend Watkins wife,
who has been studying food values in
q book and serves her family and
friends balanced rations that are Just
as delicious and satisfying as heavy
meals and far less expensive. Inform
Smith, who is fussy about his food,
that the corn and whole wheat bread
that YOU Huldah makes is far better
than any white bread ever put out Of
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
(By John Ersk1ne of the v~ieilantes.
The country needs ships.

How great the need is at the presen,
moment, most citizens are beginning
to realise. Unless vessels can be r
vided Immediately. in a space Of time
almost miraculously short, whether OF
not the val lasts we shall feel the
pinch Of hunger and the utmost incon-
venience in other directions. The
average man in all countries is now
awake to the fact that there. are no
enough ships for the worlds needs.
It IL not so clear to all of us, how
ever, that We have needed ships fo1
some time. and tina after the immedi.
ate danger Is past we shall still need
. steady encouragement of shipping
interest lGr..
The fact that it costs more for the
United States to undertake its own
shipping than to employ the vessels al
other nations ought not to count In
any thoughtful consideration Of this
problem. II the commerce between
nations 10 only a matter Of the ledger
then no doubt 1t would be cheaper
for us to let any nation that can carry
our goods for us; but commerce
whether we wish It or not, II more
than dollars and cents.
ships that go to foreign ports
are In some ms ambassadors Of the
home country, conveying inevitable
Impressions AZ to the character Of the
people who sent them forth, and
bringing back certain inevitable i'm
spressiofs OF the nations which they
visit. II the United States II, to de-
sve1op relations with South America,
- can hardly hope TO Impress the
iS0reat republics IN that part Of the
world with u imaginative vision 81
Nth any ee111e OF our enterprise o.