Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
ARMY DISCIPLINE \
BEING RESTORED.
Russian Forces Soon VIII Be
Ready for Another Offensive
Against Enemy. ~
NO THOUGHT OF PEACE.
Greatest Obstacle to Real Cam.
paign Is Disorganization of
Transportation System X
NO THOUGHT OF PEACE

BERLIN. July IA correspondent OF
a German newspaper writing from tho
front in Colhynia. admits that disci-
pllne is rapidly being re-established In
the Russian army. burt he declares an s
offensive is not feared on account Of,
the DISCRIMINATION of tho Russian
transportation system.
His dispatch. in part, Is az follows:
The soldiers of the central powers
arc leading rather easy life now
adays. but nobody Is able to say how
long the present practical arnn1stice
will last. .,4e
when the news OF The successful
revolution first reached tho Russian
trenches the soldiers were Wild with
enthusiasm. They climbed on thair
ramparts. executed dances OF Joy and
sang revolutionary songs. Tho oele-
brations were continued, many days
For weeks hardly shot was fired %
Whole Russian companies daily
came out of their trenches with :tha4r
officers to fraterndze with tho CIR.
mans and Austrians and to tel1A them
Of their newly won freedom. The Rns.
slams actually believed that t1re rcyo1
luton meant the end OF tho war. ana
they were much surprised when 10y
found the German and Austu-HE6a
garian officers sceptica1. ses9
Then the fraternizfng sudacu6y
stopped. the Russian lines too4r.on thefr.
I'D appearance, the cannon peEan tr
thunder once more here and there. and
small patrol engagements now occur
daily, where a little over a month AFRO
the soldiers used to meet In Dead Meme
Land to swap cigarettes and dehcac3oa
and talk.
DESERTERS TELL YARNS s
OF Observation-Disclosures
| NDescrters, VINO stn como to -
German and Austrian lines occastocAi-
~, tell all kinds of stories about t1,e
alleged Generalization of the Russian
army and report Wholesale desartfona
but their yarns are not believed be.
cause there Is plenty OF evidence That
the Russian discipline rs fast beinxre
established everywhere. tsliA
"a German general who con1u.zR,6s
a division on the Stok1od declared tie
other day:
Russia viii not nra,oe,peaoe. The
discipline that has been drilled into
the Russian nation through centuries
Is only shaken temporarily. Tho sol.
dicrs are already over their first ef.
uitnnt dreams OF peace and complete
freedom They have become sobsred
quickly and Will obey their new rulers
as blindly as they obeyed tho czar..
I have no doubt that a new Ras-
sian offensive will be started undeY
the pressure~o OF the western arfkea ara
the United States before the summer
ends. but we are not IN the least per.
turoed. We know that we have moth
ing to FEAR. because the Russian army
nh &
fui offensive campaign until its tra1fs-
port system Is completely reorEartxnd.
and that Will take at least a wear. ~
HAVE CANNON AND SHELLS.
BUT LACK PROVISruNS
Tho Russians probably have cannon
and shells enough. but they lack pro
VISIONS Bread is very scarce In tfefr
lrenchea' and instead OF meat they ret
dried fish, which is often unfit for coz.
sumption AS n result OF their fnsrfffs
e'eht nourishment many epidemtns
have broken out"
The surest sign Of the rpproarh4nr
new offensive of the Russians Is tho
Increased activity of their spiea Al
most every day several are caught H.
hind the Austro-German front. They
generally pose as deserters These
spies are trained for their work In =
special school in Lutsk. There they
receive from three to four weeks in
struction before they are sent through
the German lines in the swamps of tho
Stokhod and Turya.
The self-confidence and pride Of ina
Russian soldiers have unquestionabfy
oeen raised by tho revolution. The
prisoners hold their heads high when
they are brought in and proudly ten
how their officers, whom they no longer
salute have to address then, as mis-.
ter Citizen"
Tho highest ambition OF every Rus.
sion private OF noncommissioned ofa-
Ger now Is to be elected a delegate, to
one OF the numerous soldiers cofis
crosses. or 10 become n member OF one
of the control committees at tho front.