Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-26
Petrograd's Hope Is That New
Premier May Soon Get De-
mofaIized Army Under Prop
er Discipline.
GERMANY HAMPERED
BY LACK OF MEN
Crown Prince Compelled to
Abandon Costly Attacks on
General Petain's Defensive
Positions,

Even the actual entry of women
soldiers into the battle on the eastern
front has been insufficient to imbue
the ranks of the recalcitrant Rus
slams with patriotism. They still ara
deserting In large numbers in Galicia,
leaving a virtually free road open for
fresh advances by the Germans and
Austro- -Hungarians.
From the Baltic to the Black sea
only at one point along the long line
in the southern Carpathians-have
the Russians risen to the occasion
and shown some of their old fighting
spirit. Here, fighting shoulder to
shoulder with their Rumanian allies.
| they have attacked and captured
several villages from the Germans
lana tdoRtd The 4eaei!y .6ftiff1i Teu.
,, ton line on Il wide front.
Russians Arc Running.
In Galicia, the precipitate retreat
of the Russians continues almost
foothills to the region around Tar
| nopol, the government apparently
not yet having had time to put in
force its strong repressive measures
which NJ. Kerensky, the head of tho
government, has promised to apply IN
order to stay the retreat Nadvarona,
in the fringe of the foothills, Stanis-
lau and Tarnopol and numerous
smaller towns have been taken by
the Teutons, who are approaching the
important railroad junction Of Buc-
zacZ, which lies some thirty miles
east of Halicz. The German emperor
was an observer of the battle on the
Sereth front and saw his men put
| down the only effort OF moment
that was made to hold them back
an attack by the Russians between
Tarnopol and Trembowla.
Desert the Women.
| Since the penetration of the Ger
man lines on a wide front near Kre-
| vo, in which the command OF
| death" composed of women, took q
notable part, despite which large
numbers of the Russians ignomint-
ously retreated to their old positions
without even the vestige Of harrass-
| ment by the enemy, the Russians
have not stirred from their trenches
to face the foe.
Despite this extensive retrograde
movement, covering virtually all the
front between the north Galician bor-
der and the Carpathian foothills, the
tone of both official and unofficial
dispatches from Petrograd shows
confidence that the organiza-
ttt
dealt with and firm front again
presented to the enemy.
Germany Short OF Men.
For one thing the Germans by their
own admission have not the men to
| spare for sustained offensive on a
large scale on the eastern front The
British and the French are keeping
them too busy and they are too APP
prehensive of some extra forceful
stroke in the west to transfer any
great number of troops from the
Franco-Beigian war area.
| For another, the Russians have big
reserves of men and Premier Keren-
sky. with the vast powers now in his
hands, will find it impossible, 1t is be-
| IleNeu, 10 Wetu Out tIc uiSioydt GIG
ments rapidly from the front ranks
and replace them with the hosts of de-
pendable troops which Russia still
possesses.
The hostilties on the Aisne front.
where for weeks the Germans have
wasted men by thousands in inef-
fectual attempts to break through
General Petain's front, have ceased
and only artillery duels now are in
progress. Early Wednesday morning
witnessed one of the last attempts OF
the crown prince to gain his objec-
tive. This was on the California
plateau. where an attack was re-
pulsed H
Germans Use Liquid Fire.
The Germans have been success
full in winning 200 yards Of trenches
from the British east of Monchy-le-
Preux, which they have bombarded
violently for several days past. In
taking the position the enemy again
used liquid fire. Along the front In
northern Belgium the heavy artil-