The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-08-25
SAYS OUR DUTY
LIES IN THE EAST
War Expert Hobson Declares re
Should Rally At Once the New
Democracies Of Russia and
China
Rr Richmond P. Hobson

war inventory of both sides. a GEN.
sus of the war elements. personnel
and material, methods and results.
up to date.
Only by looking facts in the face
can we make effective use of the full
resources of the United States in the
fourth year of the war just begun.
The Enemy Powers
The enemy powers. not counting
subject peoples, comprise over n
hundred and fifty millions contiguous
population. stretching like an iron
band without break across the heart
of Europe as well on toward the
heart of Asia. This vast population
occupies an interior position that
cleaves the allied populations in twain
and enjoys railroads Carefully con-
structed in advance) for concentrat-
ing their forces on one front or the
other and for quickly transferring
them. The facility with which these
transfers have been made constitute
one of the marvels of military history.
The allied powers whose popula-
tons have appeared on the front. not
including Asiatic Russia, or subject
peoples. count in population in the
ratio of eight to five. The physical
barriers make it practically impos-
sible to transfer allied troops from
one front to the other. The enemy
populations have maintained a uni
ted front from the start.
Cermany's Man Power
The birth rate in the enemy pow
ers is very large. An examination
of casualty lists shows that the en-
envy has carefully husbanded his
man power. The young men reach
ing military age since the war be-
gan almost, if not completely. make
up for the soldiers killed in battle.
From the standpoint of personnel
in numbers and morale the enemy
armies have not yet reached their
maximum strength.
In the matter of material the stu
alton is similar. The enemy lands
comprise large bodies of the richest
and best cultivated agricultural lands
in the world. Since the war the
enemy has taken over vast wheat
fields in Roumania and western Rus
STA. rich farming land in Belgium
and France. Throughout the enemy
has assembled and husbanded his
supplies with a thoroughness that
compels the admiration of the world.
The enemy's territory embraces
some of the greatest coal fields and
iron deposits in all Europe. Since
the war the enemy has taken ovel
the mines and industries of Belgium
about half the mines and industries
of France. agoodly part of the mines
and industries of Russia. the oil field.
of Roumania and copper mines scat
tered in the Balkans. The rigiC
blockade of the allies has imposed
difficulties upon the enemy indus
tries, but the success of enemy sci
ence in devising substitutions is al,
most incredible. We must admit
that the enemy powers have success.
fully met the war problems of main.
tanning for population at home and
soldiers at the front. food supplies
equipment, machine, motive power
artillery, arms and munitions.
Glorious France
For sustained fighting gallant
France in this way has set the high
water mark for all nations for al
time. The Battle of the Marine,
where the French forces compared
to the German were about as five to
eight. will stand out in history not
only as the most momentous of all
worlds battles but as the most bril-.
liant victory ever won by an inferior
force over a superior force. The
one blot upon that fateful battle
was the failure of the British contin