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NOTHER Important double bill —the fourth of Stuart Walker's season at the M\irat—will be revealed Monday night when William C. DeMille's melodrama of

political life in Washington, “The Woman.' 1 is followed by Stuart Walker** own most delightful whimsy, "Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boii.” This unusually generous combination will be the attraction at the Murat ail of next week, the twelfth of Mr. Walker's season a*

the Massachusetts avenue theater.

"The Woman," next week's long play, was produced in September mi by David Belasco and is by the son of that manager’s old time partner, Henry C. DeMUle It came at the bight of the public interest in "graft" and "muckraking ’ | and political scandal and wove its story ] around the efforts of a political gangf to push an unscrupulous biil through congress. That bit! is opposed by Matthew Blandish, a reformer whose private Jifs has been assailed by the gang. They j can not find the name of The Woman, j though, and after a fruitisss attempt to j bully the little telephone operator. J Wanda Kelly, out of this coveted fn- | formation, they awake to the fact that J the indiscreet missing link In their J chain of evidence against StandIsh is I the daughter of one of the gang and the wife of another. Of course, they I have to admit defeat and withdraw the

objectionable blH f

j The play originally attracted attention I very largely through Mr. Belasco’* realj UMic setting of a Washington <D. C.) hotel lobby, with telephone exchange desk and all. In carrying out the details of this elaborately realistic setting, the producer had the assistance of Stuart Walker, at that time his youthful stage manager, so Mr. Walker comes to his task of production next week with a

ready and sympathetic hand.

The play also attracted attention because of the work of Mary Nash as the plucky little ’telephone operator. Wanda Kelly. Beatrice Maude will have this exacting but coveted role next week. Another part which gave it* original player. John Cope, unusual opportunities is that of Jim Blake, head of the political gang, a part which Henry Crosby will play here next week. Taking advantage of the fact that "The Woman” is rather short as full length plays go. Stuart Walker will add after every performance of it his own most charming fancy, "Six Who Pass' While the Lentils Boll," which won the affection of every one who saw it in the Portmauteau repertory at the Murat in February. "Six Who Pass” is a fairy story for those of all ages. It tells the brave story of the brave boy who protected his queen from the headsman until the clock struck and then it was too late to cut her head off ami she was safe. Gregory Kelly will have his Irreslstibls role of the boy again and Mr. Walker will again be the

on discovering what the Germans were up to In Han Francisco away back

your servants, poisoning your w#H a rigging an Infsrnal machine under y< bed you feel somewhat as America fe

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Between Germany and England all was then sweetness and amity -that la on the surface, Between Germany and America the same geniality prevalledon the surface. Between America and England solemn treaty obligations were In force. Everywhere peace reigned And yet Germany even then was using American territory es a base for wari

like preparations « " ‘

man agents appear There they plotted will

In India It was done, bpenly. ■» war In Europe broke out. and

upon Germat Pacific coast srrx* foreign office

lik* preparation* against England Qsr*

agents appearsd In Hen Francist'O iy plotted with Hindoos for a

revolt In India

America declared herself neutral”Thereupon Germans visited Hindoos on the “ Iftc coast and registered all who

o take a hand In the revolt committee of the German Office In Berlin financed their

work and directed it. Zimmemiann himself gave it personal oversight. With money from Berlin the conspirators bought arms and ammunition. Recruits hastened to India. Munitions went by way of China and Japan, li was an organised mllitaryt expedition, recruited and equipped in the United States and sent out for service against a power with which we were at peace For their share in that noble perform-

Germans and

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San Francisco, us. One was

in Chicago, Other* were formerly Get

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dhers were formerly

Hindoos are now under Indictment In Francisco. The Germane interest ue One was formerly German consul

Use not so much In the fact of Its preceding the fight asjin the fact that Us tioftkequsheea perstgt long after the light and make reconciliation exceedlnglv dlf-

(Chicago Tribune]

There Is e * Id lira t Ion In a good fight •quarely fought After the fight you ran shake hands and be friends Deu, ,

When you discover that, Ion* before <HgtjLutmn^f Tel W°V fight and whil* accepting your hospital- ■ ~ ' fM

tty, the othsr fellow was corrupting

and our eels

man consuls st San Francisco, Honolulu

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the German embassy at

to have Its effect. For many a long day after the war the anti-American spirit aroused by Germany in the United Htates will bear fruit abundantly. Social and industrial wounds heal slowly and H la conceivable that in certain dltectlofls our International affairs have b«gen tampered with beyond hope of swift recovery. There is a word for all this Meanness. By meanness the world designates th# doing of an Injury disproportionate to the occasion and the doing of that injury by foul tactics. They came as friends, those German attaches and consuls. They were enemies, and. whtls accepting our hospitality and flattering us to our face, worked in secret,to injure us ae lastingly as might* he. WhSt wonder that here and there an American Ih agklng, ’ "How can we

aver^truat .the Germans again?”

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SOCIALIST WILLREMAIN. Albert Thomas Continues to Support

French Government.

PARIS, August 4—Socialist deputies In th* chamber decided iast night, by a vote of M to »,• that Albert Thomas, minister of munltione and member of the war eooacil. shall continue as a

member of tffts government.

After M, Thomaf had given hta reasons for remaining in office, Jules Guesde. a former member of the cabinet, supporting him, pointed out that in view of p recent resolution inviting Socialists to abstain fsom entering cabinets, which are animated by imperialist designs, the withdrawal of M. Thomas might be wrongly interpreted and give the central powers a pretext to accuse the French government of pursuing a policy of con-

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Th* chamber of deputies has been prorogued until September 1. The cabinet met yesterday in the president's palace to discuss th* military and diplomatic situation. Mr. Fainisve has taken over the affairs of •the inlnlitry of marine, * pending the appointment of a successor to RearAdmiral Lacsxe. resigned.

Hose-Anna and Such Tunes. [Beaton Transcript) She— Do r«« Play on tho piano? ' Ho-Occasionally I am a fireman.

and Manna. HtiU attaches of the

Washington. How pleasantly they came? With what smiles, what bows, what pretty speeches! Ail the while

they were spies.

It Is possible to respect s spy—or half respect h»m-when he conducts himself as a decent soy. By common consent he is prtvttlffei to risk his neck finding out military secrete If he can. But when the German secret service uses its consuls and minor diplomats as spies end, instead of merely digging for military secret*, digs at the very foundations of our friendship* with other nattone. and, not content with that, *ow» discord and #edition among our own people, w* feel a resentment touched with loathing. The despicable side of such ,treachery

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ballad singer, while George Gaul fa HR heir to McKay Morris’* role .of the headsman. _ ^ For the week of August 13, Ona B. Talbot and Mr. Walker announce the comedy, “The Show Shop,” one of the

of James Forbes,

~ A y' , end 'The fore present-

author of "The Chorus Lady" end "The

Commuters." and never befc

cd in Indianappli*.

B. F. Keith’*.

John G. Sparks and three others constitute what is styled a quartet of comedy entertainers heading next week’s bill at B. F. Keith's. They call their apt "A Bit of New York Life.” Kipp and Kippe are comedy burlesque Jugglers. Mahoney and Rogers introduce a baseball flirtation. Earl and Sunsntne sing and dance. Walter Baker and com-

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f English’s. Automobile fans will find a skit ’made for them at English's next week at the head of the summer vaudeville

THE ROLES THEY WILL PLAY ‘ ! “THE WOMAN.” Wanda Kelly Beatrice Maude A Page .Charles Schlegel Mark Robertson, representative from New York...-. V. I* Granville Tom Blake * Gregory Kelly Tim Neligan, representative from Pennsylvania. J. M. Kerrigan Silas Gregg, representative from Kanoas Nell Martin Ralph Van Dyke, corporation counsel .....Edgar Stehlt A Odest ....' — ...Charles Morgan A Walter ....i Morgan Farley Matthew Standish. an insurgent..,.,...,.,.'... ............George Gaul Jim Blake, representative from Illinois......,., ........Henry Crosby Mrs. Robertson... Dorothea Carothers IN “SIX WHO PASS WHILE THE LENTILS BOIL.” —Persons Out of the Play— Memory ....Agnes Rogers The Prologue.. — — .....J. M. Kerrigan The Device Bearer Edmund Crenshaw: Some One in the Audience Henry Crosby Brnne One Else in the Audience. ....Dorothea Carothers gome One Else in the Audience. Beatrice Maude Still Another Out in Front E, ...Neil Martin ' Persons hi the J lay— The Boy ; .’..Gregory Kelly The Queen.., ^ Judith Lowry Tho Mime ....V. L. Granville The Milkmaid ,.«v Lillian Ross The Blind Man. ..Edgar Stehll The Hal!ad Singei* Stuart Walker The Dreadful Headsman : George Gaul . The scene is a kitchen. The time is when you will.

the bill

usual mo-

bill. It is called ‘The Automobile Broker," and it is presented by Otto Koerner and company. Other acts on the program will be: The Hayashi Japs, in equilibrist feats; James Teddy, said to he the world’s champion jumper. In an exhibition of his skill and prowess; the Archie Nicholson Trio, comedy musicians, and Landley and Hnec, in ‘ R. F. t>. No. 9."

PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK

/MURAT—Stuart Walker Company in “The Woman” and “Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil”—All the week. Matinees Wednesday; Thursday and Satiirday. B. F. Keith’s—-Popular vaudeville—All the week. ENGLISH’S—Populafr vaudeville—All the week.

Notes and Com' ment on Plays and Players

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T’S THE calm before the storm in the theater. July has been more barren of new productions this year than in any recent | season since producers took to vying with one another for the honor of starting the new season. August, however, will se* a number of new plays started on their way in New York. Most o^ them, though, are of the lightest kind tn keeping with the season of their birth. After an absence from the legitimate English-speaking stage for several seasons. Bertha Kalich will return to it next season in some of the plays of the late Jacob Gordin, the great Yiddish playwright. She has acquired the rights to six of his plays, some of which have never been heard in English. "Ties Kreuxer Sonata," with which Mm*. Kalich scored a success a few years ago, was from this source. Four companies will present the Intimate musical comedy, "Oh, Boy.v th# coming season for Comstock & G««t. Joseph Santley and Ivey Sawyer head the eew' Chicago company, which will probably come to the Murat later in the

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A posthumous work from the pen of William Winter, whose death robbed our theater a few weeks ago of its good gray dean, is Announced. The final revision is being made by the critic’s son, Jefferson Winter, and when completed St will be the first thorough study of the life arid elreer and work of David Belasco. Arthur Hopkins is to have a theater which he can call his own next season in New York. He has arranged with the Shuberts to have control of their new theater In West Forty-fifth street, adjoining the Booth theater. If there’s any luck In playing at a theater that has housed numerous successes, Booth Tarklngton's new play, "Th% Country Cousin," made over from the ground up from "The Ohio Lady," should have a happy lot when It opens the new season at the Gaity in New York, September 3, under the direction the new season at the Gaiety in New been the home of "Turn to the Right’’ for a year./

(By Frank II. MtmondN, Author of “Th* Great War,” "They Shall Not Fass/’J fCopyrighted 1917-The Tribune Aiwoclation (the New York Tribune)) NE WEEK ago In reviewing the military operations of the third year of the war I endeavored to set forth clearly the extent to which the year had been marked by allied failure. The high hope of August 1.' 1916, had not been realized, the Russian revolution had paralyzed the allied campaign of 191" and the Houmania collapse had terminated the last allied hope of success in the Balkans. These things I pointed out In their relation to the purpose of the al-

lies.

Yet it seems to me, looking the situation squarely in the face and accepting the statement of naval experts, that unless the submarine menace is mitigated materially, if not actually abolished, there must be an end to the war by October 191*. at tho earliest, and February, 1919. at the latest. There is still every reason to believe that before the end of the campaigning season of 1918— that is, by November 1—the military situation of Germany will be such that she will be compelled to seek peace on terms that will mean a clear and unmistakable defeat for her and for those policies which have roused the civilized world ^fn^e^'present article I am going to try to set down these reasons, because I do not share the present feeling of depression which has resulted from the Russian collapse. For, disappointing as this has been, 1 do not believe it has done more than delay the decision for a >ear Germany’s Huge Losses. First of all, the reasons why I am satisfied that Germany will not last until November L W18. ^ th® magnitude of f her losses. German casualty lists,

been put out by capture, disability and death, 2,200,000 are retained in necessary industries; the total is 5,000,000. and there are left 4,000,000, or, making still greater concessions, say 4,500,000. Of this number. 2,600,1000, at the least, are on the western front, 750,000 on the eastern front and 250,000 elsewhere in the Balkans and doing necessary garrison and guard work This leaves somewhere between 500.000 and 1,000,000 reserves. Now. the official German lists showcasualties of more than 1,500,000 in the last twelve months. For the next twelve months the Germans will have ,only a reserve supply of 1,000,000, at the most. And in the next year many hundred thousand American troops will lj»e added

to the western line.

Allies’ Superior Numbers.

By contrast the British and French, with their allies, now* have upward, of 5,000,000 troops on the western front facing the 2.500,000 Germans. In addition

years. I remember the Rt. Hon. William II. Hughes, prime minister of Australia, explained to me two years ago how German commercial influence, and particularly German control of the metal industries, had been routed out of Australia, w-here it was once strongly fortified. The same thing has taken place all over the empire. It has taken place in France, in Italy. It is beginning to take place in the United States, and w-il) go rapidly forward. It has happened in the far east, where Japan is the gainer; in South America, where we and the British profit. Growing Losses in Commerce. Each month the war goes on the process continues. Imagine what chance German agents and German goods marked "made in Germany” will have in Belgium after the war; in France; in Great Britain, after the Zeppelin raids; in the British colonies, where hatred of Germany is far more intense than in

Britain,

The German shipping and manufacturing interests are keenly aware of all this. Even the permanent possession of the Berlin-to-Bagdad empire would he no immediate counterpoise to the loss of the entente markets and the closing of the entente world to German products after the war. A war prolonged until the United States, having lost thousands of lives, was permanently allied with the other foes of Germany, and the American market closed by tariffs, would be fatal to German shipping and commerce, however successful in permitting Germany to occupy Serbia

and dominate Asia Minor.

The war has added nearly 916,0(10.000,000 to the German debt, and Germany i had no such accumulation of capital as

trian can be moved west. The truth is i Great Britain, France or the United that the eastern line has already been j states. If it is prolonged for another skimmed so deeply that the Russian?! year it will take a toll of the wealth were able to accomplish much before f ^reducing population far greater than their recent offensive collapsed. | that of any othqr nation. Today Now, given the figures which I have | Britain’s casualties are not a third of

es. wj....... ...se* forth I believe that before next f the German, and casualties mean the we now obtain them, show a total loss July the Germans will have to choose loss of the best of the productive elem kfiled captured and wounded of between a wide retreat in the west and; m «. n t in the population. 4 50&000 ‘The figure is too low by .half a a K.reat disaster-the disaster which i n ray Judgment, Germany can not.

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actually abolished, i the British still have more than 1,250,000 ‘ ‘ " of reserves, the French have practically

none, and the United States has whatever we can get to the firing line be-

tween now- and August 1, 1918.

It Is quite clear, then, that even if Russit quits the war Germany can not by bringing ail her eastern troops west, equal the French and British numbers. As to transferring Austrians, granted'it were possible, which is unlikely. Italy has sufficient reserves to send more troops to France than Austria. Bulgaria and Turkey combined. I dwell on this detail because in certain quarters and for obvious purposes, great importance

is being attached to this detail.

It is, In point of fact, unlikely that Russia will make peace. If she does not, very few German troops and no Aus

Wiiifion 1 believe, but, accepting it for carnei to Lee in 1864, when he remained : for these reasons, carry the war on un the moment, it shows this: One million s toolong in the lines about Richmond, j til November 1. 1918. | M one hundred thousand Germans have that she wU1 attempt

been kUled, 600,000 are missing or pris-| in etotern Germany after Dresden, United States sends half a million} ^VSatlon “Printed'' 7 *Sm^ raU ‘i ary cners Here is an immediate absolute in 1813. And a wide retreat must be. j troops to the western front before July j h P r^,rt’America does

great cost in blood and treasure of the

war. ,,

Ijj all thpse articles I have endeavored to confine myself to military phases. But today, when a deliberate and purposeful campaign la being made in this country to create the impression that Germany has won the war and peace should be made at once to escape the cost to the United States of continuing the struggle, I feel that I should emphasize what seem to be the falsity of

such views and arguments.

Ail this sort of thing should be familiar to Americans. We had the same fan 18 /'Ih 186 ^ ai V 1 j lW5, when th « downfall of the Confederacy was but a few days off; exactly this sort of campaigning wa-s going on and the north was full ^copperheads traitors and faint hearts. Yet the fate of the Confederacy

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judgment, as I wrote here a year and a half ago. Verdun was a second Gettysburg, with the Germans playing the Confederate role. * ine

Had Russia been able to do this vear

what she did last this would prVabW have been the last year of the war If Russia can rally in time for next SDrlmr the end will, I think, come very swiftly. But even if "Russia does not rallv if the United States does wStTs in ^ power to do. I do not think ha? thl fourth anniversary of the war will see any survival of German hope-not“f

victory, but of escaping defeat

..3® of U ® tome - insensibly, to play thfc German game a little and to belie'e far too much in the infallibility of German generals and the invincibll‘ty ot p er ™ an armies. Yet from the Marne to the present hour every German offensive in the west has failed ana the steady deterioration of German armies has been revealed by the marked Increase In prisoners,, guns, ground

gained by successive attacks. No Cause for Pessimism.

In my Judgment/no small part of the depression we all fe>l about us here is due to a well intentioned but hardlv well controlled desire to make the ture black In order to awaken Americans. the theory being that they are not yet sufficiently awake.' I believe thn, because I do not see in the military Tiia tlAfT tmt n tori , ♦ a i . , ^

£T 0 f YtoXOOo! Of the iMO.OOT remiin- as Napolevn’s retreat alter i . HI pa , casualties, not more than 60 per confession of defeat. J crisis was largely fictitious, but It did ===3 * have been returned to the firing 1 So much for the question of men. Ger- serve to disclose a real undercurrent line and despite various claims this is man y ^ » ot reserves for another of unrest, a growing realization that a high estimate. This adds 1,100,000 to, 8 rea t offensive, .'■'he has not the reserves ; victory was impossible.

the permanent loss, which makes it ^ H st >*** 0 / suc , h Pounding as q'iq the last, and her western foes, with the

me western irom nerore JUiy hpr n „_, ~

The recent German PoUticatj f Pessimism what-

A deal of salutary information might be derived by American* if they would sit down and read the history of

Now France has, with extreme effort, succeeded in mobilising approximately one-sixth of her population. Germany may have done a little better—but not much Her advantage in this respect rould be due to her use of populations of conquered districts and prisoners. Grunted that Germany has been able to mobilize one-sixth of her population, this must be reckoned on the basis of nineteen vears ago; that is. the year in which the boys nowr nineteen were horn, for this is obviously tl?e year that is appropriate, German population then was not 70,000.000, nor even 60,000,000; it was nearer 55.000,000. Thus, at the maximum Germany has been able to muster

not much more than 9.000.600.

In th* case of France, we know that about one-third of the men mobilized have been removed by death, disability or capture. This would mean, in the case of Germany, 3,O00,0um, which corresponds roughly with th* calculation of 7,100,600 drawn from the German official lists, which are far behind the fact—that is. are slow in publication. Now. the French have., as we are told by their representatives In this country, 2.710.000 men left in the field- This means, roughly speaking, that 1.500,060— almost one-fourth—have been kept out of the army for munition works, transport and ail necessary labor. Apply the figures to the Germans and we shall get somewhere about *,206,000. Now. to recapitulate. The Germans had S,900,<M>0 men available, at most; 2,906,00C have

help of the United States, have the men. Before the year is over I am satisfied the British will give us a new and convincing evidence of the real situation. As to guns, the Germans have been outgunned in the west for more than a year. Their own official reports have again and again conceded this. Fewer guns means greater casualties, and If this condition persists- as it must —It means the gradual breakdown of morale -a fact already proved by German surrenders—85. <W at the Somme. 28,000 at the Aisne. 30.000 at Arras and Ypres and 17,000 at Verdun—166,0® in four battles, together with more than 500 guns. On the material side it is exceedingly unlikely that Germany can be starved out. but another year will bring greater hardships, greater suffering, and a failure of crops w-ould mean ruin. Germany has suffered for two years more than Britain or France Is yet suffering, or will suffer for a year, and the moral effect Is Increasing all the time. It will not be a decisive factor, but it will

weigh

Looking to the commercial side, the fact is this: Every month the war goes on Germany loses more of her commercial establishment She is barred from British colonies and Great Britain for

Russian Collapse Not Fatal. The Russian collapse has enabled

those in conurol of German affairs to persuade their people that victory is possible. It has given them one more chance to endeavor to break the nerves of their opponents. But it has not given Germany a numerical superiority, or

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coincide with a German advance on this 'aweep southward, which would complete

front. The combination of the two *■ things resulted in one of the worst collapses of the whole war. When the retreat began the Russian army immediately affected was facing J-emberg, some forty-odd mile* away, Its front

the conquest of Roumaniu.

it is too early to forecast either if* great disaster or a Russian rally. But iC should be clearly recognizrd that IfGerC: many now possesses the troops and thes. transport to press her great advantage" which has come as the result of

extending from the Lernberg-Tamopol railroad southwest to the Zlota Llpa river, and thence across this river to the Dniester river. Now, after two weeks of the retreat, this Russian army is retreating from the strong position which it held on the Zlota Ljpa beyond the second strong position which it might have held, which was on the Strypa river, and beyond the third po-

sition, which was the Sereth river, on . *1 - A ~ . „

which Tarnopol is situated. Actually, to b * ! <lu » to th * fiijCt that Germany an< Judge from the latest reports, this Ruh- Austria now lack the reserve* for a sum*: sian army Is now either on the Russian i tafned offensive necessary tt> reach,, frontier or across it In Russian tetri- IKlsv or Odeasg. We can only recognize: tory all the way south from the Brody- If hat one of the greatest diansters in mile Lemberg railroad to the neighborhood 1 ,Ur y hietory has been made possible bJC of the Dniester river. It has evacuated th « collapse ot 4he Russian army i*.

Russian collapse, we may see all Rou— mania occupied and German and Aus*; trian troops reach the Black sea ports* of Russia. • *» On the contrary, we may see a Bus-'; sian rally, either at the frontier or be-; hind it, which will restore the conttn«£ ulty of the whole line from the Gulf of. Riga to the Black sea. This may be due entirely to a Russian rally, or It may-

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not merely ail the ground which it won in the recent offensive, but It has evacuated also aR. the ground won by the offensive of last year, and it ia. in addition, retreating beyond the limits of the great Russian retreat which followed the defeat at the Xjpnajec. in the

spring of 1915.

The effect of this retreat on the army immediately to the south, which had made the great success of two weeks ago, and had taken Halles and Kalusz, was Immediate. As far as one can now see, this army has not lost its morale, nor has Its retreat become a rout. Nevertheless, it has had repeatedly to draw back, first from the ground obtained between the Lomnlca river and the^Blstrttxa river, which represented the gain of the recent offensive, and then pra<v tlcail) all of the country between the Dniester river and the Carpathians as far as the Roumanian boundary and the city of Czemowitz, which has also been reported to have been evacuated. * Austrian Territory Evacuated. Actually, th# Russians have now given up practically all the Austrian territory which they held—something like lO.IWO square miles—including a considerable portion of Austrian Galicia and all of Bukowtna. With very slight exceptions, Austrian territory is now free of Russian troops for the first time'in almost

three years.

Austrian Galicia, and it will probahl*. be some weeks before It will be safg*

to forecast the outcome. . Reserve Power Lacking.

My Judgment is that there Is lacking^ to the Germans and Austrians sufficient; reserves and material for such a sustained offensive as is now called for it thev are to profit to the limit from thq» Galician collapse. So far only ons Rug? sian army hvs really broken down*; North and south the armies seem to tugi retaining their organization. Further south the Roumanian army, supported by a Russian army, has actually re-fi conquered the Transylvania frontier and won material victories. Whether theaeP wllljbe sufficient to relieve the pressure* to the north or not is Impossible to^ say, but it seems hardly likely, (fenced forth the most that can he expected onS the Austrian front by the allies is thaf 1 th* Russian armies will rally in ttm& to preserve the continuity of their whole-) line and prevent the complete conauesl^ of Roumanta. If they do this the Russian collapse may prove of no grea*^ permanent effect, because the' German: and Austrians had already reduced tbel effectives *en the eastern front to th«e minimum, and very few troops ar«t; available to transfer to the, wentenc front, unless Russia makes a separatee?

peace or utterly collapses.

■ I have very often cautioned my iread-c ers against false hopes as to Russian

FOR NERVOUS CONDITION'S Hereford's Acid Phosphate. rebuilds impaired nemo forces, relieve* brain fatigue aad invigorate* the system.—Adv.

even a numerical equality-this she can i is no campaign of 1918. and I believe ev never have again unless one of the *ry American should be on his guard western allies succumbs, and of this I j against the battle that Is being waged see no prospect. • J in this country to prevent that camIn my judgment, we shall see another ! paig^j. i 3 it not significant that every heavy British blow this year-perhaps; German influence In the United States is two. We shall have one more clear: working to prevail upon this country demonstration of the superiority now . to make such a peace proposal as will

the campaigns" !he nf-n 0 ' of , 80 m ^ h for whal ha « actually taken ■

and after it Lincoln^ second Imiurufai g , ue ” t ‘ on , now arises whether! We shall doubtless have many morn-; address In mv judgment ’he ! f tm ^ ze<1 . r ® treat w ** ®° forward optimisttc reports like those of recentr consign of ira wTiT^e German? d? IqL^ U I 0 * 8 ',! 1 w ‘ n °P« n a **P the j month*"but the fact seems to b* that:' cisivelv beaten and I ?fo no®Think the ! h.T jn* rom ,he Brorfy-Lem-j the Russian army has been totally de-: submarine can' prevent thls‘ r.Tl ilTTT ht down , to thfc Dniester! moralized by the revolutionists and the■^marm^rar^reven^wi^efeg^n river, and this gap will threaten the German agents, and that as a militarvr

whole Russian line. Jt will open the; element in the situation R can not b«C , J*;’ for an enveloping movement j counted on for a long time—eertAinljG

toward Kiev and Odessa, or else a« not before next year.

that time.

It seems to me, looking all the evidence fairly in the face, that Germany can escape decisive defeat only if there

possessed by the British over the Ger mans in every detail of modern warfare. But I do not think there will be another French offensive until the American army is ready to take a hand. As to a German offensive in the west, the defeat of the recent effort of the crown prince on the Chemin-des-Dames —as expensive as the later phase of Verdun—demonstrates the folly and futility of such tactics As for an attack upon thaT^ritlsh—that is, a real attack —it seems to me out of the question. On the other hand, if the Russian breakdown increase*—as it may—we shall not Improbably see Germany seek, by spending some of her precious reserves, to create an atmosphere, as she did in the case of Roumania last year, and use this as an aid to another peace campaign, like that of last year—but a peace campaign intended to leave her with some profits as a result of the

save Germany and leave her with power for harm undeetroyed? If only It is left to the soldiers, I believe 1918 will be the victory’ year for the nations allied against Germany. I believe also that the war will be won on the west-

ern front.

The news from the eastern front remains so vague that it is difficult to measure the extent of the Russian disaster or to forecast its consequences. So far as one can now see, what has happened la this: The Russian army which had successfully advanced north of Brzezany, which is half way between the Dniester river and the Brody-Lem-berg railroad, was suddenly thrown into disorder and began a precipitate retreat eastward along the Lemberg-Tarnopol railroad and highway, opening s gap in the whole Russian front in Galicia. This particular performance seems to have been timed by German spies to

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