New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
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/ being made. The military situation
/ must be considered as omnous and
| fraught with great possibilities in the
/ few remaining weeks Of fighting wealth
/ CT. Everywhere a tremendous physical
transition is apparent, but an equally
/ profound mental change has come over
| Europe
II is difficult to put ones finger on
this or that event and say; Here is
/ proof that Europe is viewing life and
war differently in September, 1917,
I than il did even one year back" All the
belligerent peoples have been disap-
| pointed; Germany, which began hos
! ility with high hopes Of an carly de-
! eiSion. has seen one victory after an
other lead only to greater effort; Eng
land, confident in her navy, expected
France. the Russian steam roller
and finally, Kitchener's army to break
down the Prussian military machine;
France believed that the invader would
be driven out and her lost provinces re-
gained many months back. Russia
never expected three years war and is
wholly impotent.
Last winter all the soldiers and
statesmen promised big victories, and
now that late summer sees them un-
fulfilled the disappointment is keen
the greater the promises, the greater
the disappointment Dissatisfac ZION
runs disappointment a close second.
The people protest against the prices
of food. fuel, clothing, against the
regulations governing conditions OF Ia
Dor and against hundred and one
other things.
Sugar Ration a Necessity
Saws The Daily Mail: people talk
Of rationinE in sugar as though II were
an exceptional measure. almost, indeed,
a fad on the part of the government.
II is nothing of the kind. Ii IS neces-
sitv forced upon US by the situation,
and the causes which have produced
this necessity will not only continue to
operate. but will spread TO other ar
ticles Of food, like bread, milk and ba-
con, the consumption of which at pres
ent is only partially controlled or not
controlled at all
Through the politicians the peoples
attack their governments. according TO
the success or failure Of the nation
military or diplomatic operations.
Early in the summer, when the Ger
mans faced a gloomy military outlook,
came the Kaiser's promised conStltu-
tional reforms; then. came the Relchs-
tag majority resolution and the IaII OF
Bethmann- Hollweg. In Russia, with
DISCRIMINATION of the army increasing
daily, Korniloff, backed by the reaction
aries, started counter revolution; but
Russia is infinitely more interested IN
peace through democracy than through
a military dictator.
In France, when RIbots government
fell. Painleve formed new ministry
without a Socialist member, and Albert
Thomas has given II his blessing IN
statement which promises further livery
political developments. In England the
Labor organs are talking about new
government composed largely Of labor
leaders, while the Tory Morning Post
and other Conservative journals are ue-
claring that national patience is wear
ing thin" and threatening TO find IAN
other leader
Debt TO America
"The Morning Post" says: Our debt
20 America increases day by day, and
not the least for the deadly effective
ness with which she lets light into the
dark places Of German diplomacy ana
world policy. America lifts the stone
and Immediately obscene shapes are re-
yealed. scurrying. like guilty things sur
prised, TO seek refuge IN their native
darkness. II is characteristic OF the
methods Of the German that his &C
complices could not have suffered a
more damaging exposure, ana II
America had done nothing more as an
eIlv. her services would still be sub
stantial enough TO give the enemy
cause TO revise his contemptuous estl-
mate Of her belligerent capacity.
Europe has come to the point where
the people begin to distrust even them
selves. Labor distrustS capital; So
cialiSts distrust Liberals, who IN turn
distrust Conservatives; parhamehts
distrust governments and some govern
ments apparently distrust each other,
though it would be unwise to specify
Squabble Over Russia
81 don't think any one who believes
in the revolution writes A. U. Osrol-
ner in "The Daily News" "can have
watched the attitude of this country in
regard TO Russia as reflected IN the
press this week without Indignation
and concern.
with few exceptions the newspapers
have declared definitely for General
Korniloff and against Premier keren-
sky. The Lord Northcliffe organs have
fed their readers with scandalous rdl-
Guile of the Soviet and the Premier, and
the mad dervishes on The Morning
Post have openly adopted the cause
of the rebel general with as much en-
thusiasm as if he had been a tariff re-
form candidate. They were certain 1t
was to be a walkOver for the military
dictator and their glee was undls-
Guised.
But their hour of gloating was
short-lived. The expected coup hasn't
come off. Premier kerensky and the
revolution survive, and don't envy the
task of the mad dervishes IN. trying to
( explain away the fact that they have
backed the wrong horse"
The Manchester Guardian has TINS
70 saw in Commenting on the situa-
/ ton:
GLOW has this great transaction,
/ this struggle of nation for Its life,
! been viewed in this country? SO far as
tho government is concerned, in silence;
/ so far as the press unhapplly, with
far too scant attention. The Times
which is still taken abroad as the
/ soni-oficial organ Of our Foreign Of
fec so recently as day before yester-
/ dav took il upon itself TO scold these
very newspapers, ourselves included,
{ We have differed from II in not deslr-
| ING TO see the ruin of the established
government of our great ally and the
3 triumph of military revolt against