Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-22

than two months cut the ezemyss haea
Of communication from Metz and
threatened the capture Of al his
forces left In Trance.
when Russia's vast man-pcwer
gets into action Germany win be
crushed as under a steam roller" said
everyone In, 1914, and for time this
prediction bade fair to be realised.
The Russians invaded East Prussia
and were making fine progress there
and in Poland, which was kept up,
with some reverses, until early in
1915, when Won Hindenburg admins
tered to them a succession Of terrific
defeats. These were not due so much
to the military supremacy Of the Ger
mans as to the shameful betrayal OF
the Russian armies by corrupt officials
who left them almost destitute Of
arms and supplies. From that time
on Russia's main successes were won
against the Austrians and were tenn
porary. Decentralization steadily
spread through the cars dominion,
fostered by German agents, and the
outcome was the deposition of Mich
olas and his dynasty and the estah-
lishment of confused semblance of
government by the soviets of the sol
dters, workers and peasants-a condi-
ton that remains to be cleared up,
though the power of the bolsheviki is
rapidly waning.
Italy, Once Defeated, Triumphs.
Italy, declaring that the terms OF
the Triple Alliance had been violated
by Austria, entered the war on the
side of the allies on May D, 1915.
Turkey had gone in with Germany be-
fore the war was three mOAths old
and Bulgaria cast her lot with the
Teutons In October, 1915. The for
tunes Of the Italians were spectacular.
They won over the Austrians for a
long time and invaded the regions of
Italia Irridenta along the Adriatic,
threatening Trieste. Then subtle
! Teuton propaganda, coupled with de-
| featist work at home, brought disaster
on them. Helped by German divisions,
| the Austrians made q tremendous
drive and forced the Italians back to
the Piave river line. There the con-
test stood for many months, until the
middle of June, 1918, when under Gen.
eral Diaz, the Italians not only stop
ped another offensive, but turned il
into a great defeat and rout which
eliminated in the surrender of Aus
tria. This was FASTENED by the fall.
ing to pieces of the Austre-Hungarian
empire, the states of which were es-
tablishing their independence. follow
ing the lead of the Czecho-SloyakS.
Turkey, with the aid of Germans
administered to Great Britain two set
backs that were rather humiliating
The first was at the Dardapeues
which the British tried to force, first
with navy alone, then with land an6
sea forces. Both attempts were disaS
trous failures. The other defeat By
the Turks was in Mesopotamia, where
General Townshend and his army
were captured at Kut-el-Amara. Boil
these reverses were more than com
pensated for by the later conquest o.
Mesopotamia and the Holy Land AMI
the consequent surrender of Turkey.
As for Bulgaria, she was beateI
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army, which had great assistance from
the French, Greeks and British. Ser
bia had been wholly overrun in tn,
first few months of the war, but he
spirit never died out and in the lat
summer Of 1918 she not only regainet
her own, but forced Bulgaria to he
knees.
Roumania kept out Of the confiic
for some time and then Joined the al
lies, though they would have prefer
red that she remain neutral. She in
vaded Transylvania and at frs
threatened to give Austria grea
deal of trouble, but Germany came +
its allys aid, Russia collapsed an,
Roumania was forced to give up.
Warfare in the Air.
The most picturesque side of tn
great conflict has been the war in tn
air. It was quickly seen that the ali
plane would play big part in tn
war, and every belligerent nation 500
had powerful air fleets. The machine
were enlarged and improved beyon
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vation planes became fighting an
bombing machines of vast Importance
Except for observation purposes, tn
lighter than air craft were utilize
only by Germany. She pinned he
faith to the great dirigible Zeppelins
but these on the whole proved dis
NAL failure. True to her. savage po
icy, Germany waged unrestricted wa
from the air as on land and sea. He
Zeppelins aud planes repeatedly a
tackled London, Paris and innumerahl
other unfortified cities and towns, an
her airmen made practice of bonal
ing Red Cross hospitals.
Long before the war closed tn
!, allies had established their supremac
!. in the air, and equal to the best {
their flyers were the gallant Amer
cans who entered that branch OF th
service.
2 Another novelty Of the war was tn
!, | tank. This machine, based on a
American invention and first develop
!, ed by the British, came as a complet
: surprise to the Germans and they fie
/ in terror from its brfstling guns an
, it's crushing weight. They tried NAL
t ing tanks for themselves, but neve
j caught up with the Improvement
S brought out by the allies.
S The net results of the Great W.
e cannot be stated yet. But they il
:, clude, first and foremost, the dow
e fall of irresponsible autocracy ar
: militarism and the beginning Of
r spread of democratic rule that wi
g embrace the world. The fallen mo
t arehs include the kaiser, the czar
(; Russia, the kings Of Bulgaria, Bav
e ria, Wuerttemberg, Saxony and Mo
: tenegro and King Constantine