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Show FORTS USELESS WHEN BIG GUNS GET THE RIG1 Lieutenant Colonel Rouss Discusses the Lesson to' Be Learned From the Taking of Antwerp REAL SAFEGUARD IS AN EFFECTIVE ARM Rude Works of Easy ai Quick Construction Wil Replace Permanent 2 Fortifications PARIS Oct 11 6 3o a m The rr tary consequences of the fa 1 of Antw are not as great as the lesson to be lear there from the futility of permanent tifications This opinion Is expressed Lieu enant Colonel Rousset who saj w be nece sar to abandon entirely sort of defense and replace It wl h r vo ks of eay and quick construct wh ch can be placed an where acc ing to the need of the hour Then he says shells because of absence of res stance would cause small damage Never be declares ha country been saved by ts fort ficat while there are those whose fortre have been their ruin Bazames Failure Colonel Pousset cont nues To speak only of tnat wh ch cerns us it s permlss ble to affirm f Metz had been in 18 0 an open gaapa Ine would not ha e sent forth f thereThls magnificent army for the sequent loss of which he v. as cond err. to death and did actually suffer prisonment. 'Belgium beheed tself protected its triple barrier of Liege Naraur Antwerp Alas It was no No r-are r-are we with the Maubeuge -or the J trians with Lemberg and Przemvg real safeguard of a nation s an effec militarj force that can staj an arm nvaslon The obser a tions of Rousset which published tedav ha e aroused special terest, in view of the possfb 1 of hi - ege opera ons late n the campalg Refugee Problem The question of ar ng for efuzee becoming more d fficu for a he llgerents. Those from Gal a a e numerous n Bohem a hat as (Continued on Page Three ) FORTS USELESS M MDDE1 WARFARE (Continued From Page Two ) f na v dec ded it s sa d to bu d a tow n to o d 2 000 tempo arj nhab ants Th s town wi 1 be on the banks of t e B be flear Cho zen In F ance the prob em is se ous T e F enc m n ste of he nte or Lou s J Ma vj announces t at near y 1 000 000 refugees from Be g um and tl e north of France are now ha bo ed in d f ferent parts of this coun y Al how eve w be ca ed fo In Hun a y the nurnbe of refuDees f ora he Ca pa lians s increasing da y A ead the e a e 45 000 it is eported in Budapest a one T ey are be ng sup po ed by he s ate A the F enc and Is Ca ho c ecc es as cs taken p son e s a e rece ng &pecia t eatmen ac co d ng o tbe P uss a m n s er at Rome wo as no ed he a an that hese p sone s ha e sepa ate quar ers whe e he can f ee j exe c se ther re gous funct ons Painful Impression BORDEAUX Oct 11 3 i p m The occupa on of Vntwe p was d counted n gove ment c c es bu neve he ess the news of he t ump of the Germans . caused a pa nfu npress on It 1 as ong been rea zed hat t e Ger man 2 cen me er guns render mpos s b e t e successfu defense of any e s ng fo t T ose at A twe p s po t ed ou he d ong enoug to enab e the Be g an army o evacua e T e bes m a y op n on ere cons d ers the event of no s ateg c mpo tance t 3 stated It re eases the Ge n an bes eging force but as t s body num bers ess ban 100 000 men s add on w ave e inf uence t is de a ed upon t e great ba t e ne in orthe n France |