The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
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r RUE to the doctrine, of Ponyanna We can Away, find something to b, glad
l believe 5SSsy s, E1' E5sar@ fS Ra %SIf't v S5 pictured %aay q t is' United ss e' S sas v" a, g S. "13
on the ,M,, o, the bttomie,, pit already of IS balance and bound 70 i,i
Russell was n a blue funk over the bo'heykfs declaration for Russia that
There ire 10000 German prisoners in Ru.d., together with .
tossA.r With Il ~ division, Of II German lighters VII b, I.is.:sa. f :.
like an svs.acss and nd d. 81 " the %SS d.f %,s and line. of Of ou % sastsa y
ts 10 u OF , W. 'a.,, mt They ., W. t oSiH"T a.lm any possible 20, 1, fore, Of :Sdi,s
tl h sweep over northern France and drive tn. I.m.inur portion Of the
Ga S1.1 them :s, y d.:s,.""@
Russell was a member OF the Root commission to Russia lie IS a socialist
4 great student and a great speaker lie knows the value Of de 'ueratye
s.. !? THERE ss first rs. g Ds n@ o. "a, are g @S@Ss a like 5000 og,s,! German 2" sS Si,.n, (. i s,i Rus.
i q the R p.'E"s nt,. 1s m5 As', a ,g.,t and ea, : og S!yr SSSr IT IT, Of Il, is 5ig,T %, .at.,. 4,
we're always against Austria Most Of her Austrian prisoner, have been in
enough sSouss fo feed . G'i S.l,s gI', %mR ana # moss b aSI tor 3T1S n5ss yei 4, ,c sa hasn't had
.P91T tic. a, eager sm to get ample and nutrition, food 70. theit enemy prisoner.
this year it will be a wonder Even If they were in fair condition physically il
into consideration is the Oft repeated report that the Au,uians in Russia would
ar pI so S,S TO ,i tS, 1T tTy n. a a., chance ass5d It .. would AZ he a G fine days T ss, from
troops r ~ infected . with the 9oshe!ik virus Of international'm and world peace
Russell has no exact basis for his statement that there are l7 division, Of
bloand. Troop movement from the eastern front was begun n August 1917. and
has been contnuou, The Germans have MIXED that eastern front Of all first
cause any immediate appreciabtc difference in the rate Of nux Of troops from
''' If Z the Ss Gol,be %3 ' maintain a%%oy tb %3'% attitude as !I Of throwing %f %a asay a. IA arms S%S without %%
the thousand mile front a she could with a treaty binding Russia to peac,
Over i the s German front a state Of 'hao, prevails , The S %hoh cannot sanno' speak
Any week may find a new movement with a fighting purpose launched The
mus, tn hold the the line in" in ioFcs. wit ' second rate gSs'f men en- ' and r,d"e;d number, Of Of
course, but m any event, She must keep the iron and watcnd developments TO pro-
tct her hand.
Armies do not sweep down IN avaanchc any more and military men in
Washington calmly comment that their opinion IS the western front will hold
against any force that can he thrown against It,
In all estimates the German man power IS figured at the absolute maximum
The most pessrmisic anticipate a army OF 100000 men under German flags
in the west and say 1t is a bigger number than the allies an muster under any
circumstances.
| refer you to Andre Tardieus statement Of last week, discussed at length in
this column The French high commissioner said the French have nearly
100000 men in the fighting rome What about the Brish' What about the
United States and Bakers million and half this year,
We forget that in GermanyS army as well as ar own, every man in khaki
does not go yer the tor. There are four men in support 70. every ne who
charges
As for massed formanons-we say the Hun whitfield down to our size at
Ypres, at Verdun and IN the Chenhn des Danes, where the French mnraieue
and the British tpewnters, the Nckers and The Lewis guns built mountains of
German dead.
findenburg may strike at one point, or he may smash at five Everywhere
he will find us waiting with men, guns and ammunition to make his every for
ward step a shambhs-W NJ II.