South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-11


nand the same sympathetic attention is via
increasingly given to the operations
in France. Each has an equal significance 20
If one wishes TO understand Clearly The s.sniaoancs
what is going i'm Russia. must realize the
difference i'm meaning between military movements on
the western eastern fronts. foolish
the allies magnify the eneot of German al
fances iu Russia t Is Tor them 20 minimize The
Importance OF helping Russia
we must therefore. watch the Russian army While
ID has morale and material the Germans cannot crush
retreats less significance than those Of any
other army the world. the Russier morale s.
less ac+ef , disaster man that OF any oths- troops
have ever heengNih. The surrounding 81 territory
little 0ohine as long the army Seeps IN
There is always moment OF grave danger whs1
the Germans launch drive the Russian postions
Nothine difficult than 70 start IN retreat .
line 1900 miles Ions. When sudden break OCCURS
there is always possibility Of .he being csc
a sufficiently great portion o. ns IS de-
stroyed affect fatally the position o. the re-
mainder This is what the GerP7s have ever striven
To- accomplish have always failed 20 90
I'm The Galican drive I'm 1915, whole Russfan
army division was annihiiaieo and the gap ln ~
line 40 miles across. open for the German i'd
spite this the Russians we're able 70 re-
cuperae and present solid phalanX on the San river
which the Germans were able 70 force back but not
10 break.
The Warsaw movement succeeded ina capturing the
Polish capital The main objective which the de-
etrucuon OF the Russian failed OF achievement
within months the able 20 present
front hich checked the German advances in 1915.
The drive through Roumauia had the German in
tent aud broadly speaking failed in the same way.
Though the Russian and Roumanian armies were
obliged to retire the sine the sereth they we've
mot destroyed nor was their asht'ns capacity eia-
mated
COME BACK SUCCESSFULLY
This year have two German attempts 20
mann strol in 1iaica in July Drought about a italy
dangerous situation o. the Russians for their line
broken i'm most important sector in Galicia-
After four days the Russians were able 20 begin
system OF rear-guaId actions and once the Ger
hope a Russian disaster faded away.
Within the last few weeks have a drive
RIGA and collapse OF Russian defense. within ten
days again saw the Russians establishing rear
-uard actions and then definitely eounter-attacl1ins
and ut the present writing they have checked The
German advance
Nothing can be more unwise chan 70 prophess n
II is legitimate however. % judge the future
BASED the preoedent Of the past AS correspondent
of the London Times attached nrst 20 the headquar-
of the Grand Duke Nicholas and latterv 20 thai
of the former car have been in i3 ont or "a Rue
sian armies in the field and covered nearly 80 battle,
been all the disasters mp Decernher 1915.
with the exception Prussia
From May untn December 1875. lived iu uothins
aut the atmosphere OF disester. Retreats. ourning
IIages and roads c0ngested v!tn refugees became
the daily round Of my exstonce yet after every disss
which place IN those three years have
the Russians cooperate. make stand and ult-
nstelv back.
MOST or ARMY UNCHANGED.
There arc now new, political factor n rt, aar
which make estimates more uncertain THE greatest
tactor however. which made the recuperator the
Russian army possible during the ars three years of
chaos character the Russian soldiers them
selves and this has not Fundamentally changed u tle
last six months The miitarC misfortune OF this sum
have been largely due 20 weak links the chain
rather than 10 weakness tho lines whole. tn
losing of certain salient points held hy whose
morale had been destroyed by tac vicious German
propaganda brought about local disasters watch
seueral retiremcnts.
The fact that German advances up 90 this writing.
have jurue this period been finally checked 5y the
russians is sufficient evidence indicate that the
ulz army remains in morale and In charactsr
before. which political chaos the
tion discipline able elemental
lv. From evidence then the past can T be-
Iieve rely on the army 70 do during tne next year
what it has done three provided only tina.
be cd and md rrar
cial support be such enable maintain d TO
iticaI situation sufficiently strous ~ make the
-tuuatiou OF the war possible.
Americans must not attach ludue importalca
where ON ma, the Russian army stands gyc ,-
not view seriously retIrcments All that ree
vitality interest is thar u place in Russia pro
tecting strategic ceuterz. there are Two or
-hree Isu-siars lighting the the same
time that the allies attacking them the west
viewed broadly. H u imfnateriai % the allies ~
hole whether the army defending ITSELF in POLAND
the gates Moscow. Even u r. rale-
rne offensive. but can only remain - neiHs
IDLE hold euem. formations i1 Russia. .a-irr
aar 1y day thousands OF American lives
INVASION DANGEROUS To GERMANS.
must likewise 10 be remembered that the fartaer
Russia that the Germans forced 90 follow ard
light the Savs the greater the drain ga their .nsu
power Gncdentaly, the dangers 20 the Germans rom
Russian offensive become greater rho farther -1e~
enter into the spaces the eastern front.
Ny own observations nae been that the morale
defeated enemy decreases rapidly ir The
distance from ite base German defeat in
oC Moscow would J believe, a greater blow iu
and material and morale. than WOULD have been "a
German defeat in East Prussia in 1914. we not.
therefore, feel undue pessimism % movements o.
the Russian army this year. we must thank Cod
that there enough elemental virtues the
Russians character 90 have kept them sighting this
resrrgvithout discipline without morale
r. The duty OF every individual i- America
watch with solicitation and sympathy Struggle
ssia making 90 keep the ARMY intact ard
build up O. ztrous and effective government n IS lie
obvious and direct OBLIGATION every Ar1e-f-z-r