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mans have some big maneuver in view,
for it is report
Teutons May Give ed that they
Up Rumanian Line. ,ha 80 ~ ~

Up Rumanian Line. the towns 'se OF
Baraila and Folkshani. on the Ru-
manian battle line. and. If this action
is as prophetic as similar ones on other
fronts during the war, then retire.
ment from this front is extremely
likely.
The Rumanian front as it stands is
more than 200 miles long, and unless
the Germans have plans of pressing
into Russia by the way Of Bessarabia
it is a dead weight to them. They
must not only expend huge quantities
of munitions. but an army of more
than a quarter of million men must
be kept on this relatively unimportant
front. There is every possibility that
the Rumanian armies. now thoroughly
reorganized and cooperating with the
Russians to the complete satisfaction
of both, soon will endeavor to drive
the Germans from Rumania. That the
allies are in fit shape to at least prove
worthy foes undoubtedly is realized by
the German and Austrian general STATS.
1nasmuch as the Teutons undoubtedly
have weakened their lines on this front
for the proposed offensive in the vicin-
lty of Riga. on the northern section of
the eastern front, or have released
large Turkish forces that Constantine
pie may better deal with the menace in
the near east or probably because the
Macedonian line needed reinforcement.
particularly after the Serbian capture
or Monastir, any aggressive action of
Rumanlan and Russian armies would
prove extremely serious Particularly
is this true in view of Teutonic di-
lemma in the west
1t hardly would be in accordance
with good military judgment for the
Germans to
Allied Drives pull their
Constant Menace. ioi.es from the
manian or Macedonian fronts for use
in the west. unless these lines be boil
stored up with reserve forces At no
time can the Germans tell when the
allies will drive forward on either of
the four so-called eastern fronts. They
must keep their armies up in these
regions. for reverses on any two or
three fronts at the same time possibly
would plungs Germany into a state of
chaos.
Owing to this inability to move large
forces to the west and in view of the
fact that further victories may be
needed to bolster German courage, it
would not be at all surprising to see
the Teutons abandon their present Ru-
manian line, fall back once more along
the Austrian border and center their
chief attention on Gen. Serial and his
allied armies on the Macedonian front.
During the past week Serrairs men
have been attacked in the Cerna bend,
At Irova to the west of Monastir. the
italians have repulsed an attack at
kontza in Albania, while Monastir has
been heavily bombarded. The British in
the region of the Struma have been en-
gagged in sharp skirmishes. Every
where the Germans and BulgarianS
have shown signs of renewed endeavor
and this may but preface a gigantic
effort to drive Serial back upon Sa-
loniki.
That the allied armies in this quar-
ter are well able to take care of them
revealed by reports which recently
have emanated from this region. that
Gen. Serial has his transportation
lines completed; has his men thorough
~ equipped and enough reserve stores
and munitions assembled to insure the
success of any offensive endeavor look
ing to the retaining of Serbia. Even
though the Germans should not drive
toward Macedonia, but should strike at
the Italians. there is no reason to be-
I lieve that they would succeed. for an
offensive of great proportions against
the armies of Gen. Cadorna undoubtedly
would be the signal for the allied drive
in Serbia.
On the Italian front, where there have
been reports of possible German and
Austrian aggression, Rome reports
Alps and on the Carso. Intense artil-
lery duels have been raging for many
days and there is every indication that
soon either the Austrians or the 1tal-