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Show 1 U. S. To Send j Millions Of Soldiers I To War Theatres Washington, July 25. No attempt at-tempt Is made here to minimize tho seriousness of the situation lu tho war theatres in Europe. The United , States is in the war and will go through with It; but any hope of a short struggle has gone glimmering with the apparent almost complete collapse of the Russian war machine. The development was notunexpect-ed notunexpect-ed by many army officers. When the offensive' of 'July 1 was started by the Russian forces, the most frequent fre-quent comment heard here was that It was probably the 'dying kick of the old' Russian' machine. For the United States 'the Russian collapse may have an Immediate and direct bearing. It will, ir'the German Ger-man general staff presses ltfi 'advantage, 'advant-age, release additional German force? to bolster up tho western front,, whore Amorlcan troops are to be engaged. en-gaged. The German lino In tho west has not been seriously Impaired at any point, officials hero bellove. Ceminns Improve Weakest Front. It has been noted, In fact, that tho one strategic advantage gained in recent fighting was gained by the Germans. Many officers hero be-'fl,'o be-'fl,'o that when a small sector of the ' Witlsh line In Belgium waa overwhelmed over-whelmed tho Germans Improved their weakest front materially, That view Is based on opinion that tho onI' hopo of (leclslvo attainments for tho allies In the west lies in rolling up the Gorman right flank whero it reaches tho nca in Belgium. If that could bo done, It is argued that tho U-boat bases could bo stamiJ- ed out and tho only offonslvo Instru- , lnont, of tiio 'Germans bo eliminated entirely or mado Inof foctlvo. It would require combined army and navy operations, 'for it wouldjyj necessary to forco a landing behind tho German line and force the whole right flank back from the sea as a result. The .price of such a victory against the U-boats and German shore batteries bat-teries probably would be appalling, and there is nothing to indicate that the effort is being seriously considered. consid-ered. Allies Can Hold Line. Reports from France, official and unofficial, bo far as known, give no cheering picture of what must be done. There appears no doubt that the allied line can stand against any force Germany can bring against It, evon the Russian disaster does not affect that situation. But to gather the necessary strength for a successful success-ful offenslye will take time 'and ample sea transportation facilities If the United States is to furnish the needed surplus of men, airplane1), munitions and food. f Tho transportation problems bo-fore bo-fore ,tho United States, both on land and sea, are constantly Increasing It Bcope. It seems certain now that wholo railroad systems will havo to bo set up In Franco to glvo tho American Ameri-can line tho flow of war materials and men that It must have to presi homo an nttack. Must Attack In Hear Thcro Is an old military rulo that a fortified position cannot bo taken by direct attack, but must bo turned or Isolated. Some observers hero say the allied offenslvo has consisted only of direct attacks against fortifications forti-fications stronger than any fort of former days. In effect a fortified bolt from tho sea to tho Swiss border that Is perhaps moro than 100 mllw wldo. ' ' j It Is 'the belief of some military men here that no breach can be made foro many months through the German Ger-man line of sufficient width to per-mlt per-mlt such operations in the rear as would forco a rolling up of tho entire en-tire German front. AIllM Morale Excellent. Secretary Baker, announcing tho return of American army officers sent 'to France to study technical questions, said tonight that the mission mis-sion "1b unanimous in praise of the splendid morale of the allied force on the western front, and while It hares the general realization of the gravity of this war, It has returned without any pessimistic opinion whatever what-ever as to its final outcome." The secretary said there was no truth in stories published today purporting pur-porting to quote the party as saying tho German lines are Impregnable |