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Show oo WHEN THE GERMANS COME BACK FROM RUSSIA. Continuing their aggressive campaign cam-paign on the eastern front, the Teutonic Teu-tonic allies are forcing the Russians back so rapfdly as to indicate that the army of the Czar is helpless, Its power of defense having been reduced to i condition of collapse. No explanations are made to account for the weakness of the Muscovites, except the opinion of military writers that the Russians are without the heavy guns and shells necessary to successful warfare against forces as well equipped in artillery ar-tillery as the Germans. The big battles, bat-tles, we are told, arc being fought, not by rifle fire and bayonet charges, but by a rain of shells, and the army without an endless supply of the death-dealing, wrecking, high explosives explo-sives in the form of shells, is hopelessly hope-lessly handicapped. The Germans either had great stores of shells prior to the opening of the war or they have outclassed their enemies In ability abil-ity to manufacture munitions of war slnco July 30 of last year. However, the Teutons clearly have demonstrated demonstra-ted their superiority over the Russians and have struck such mighty blows since May as to render Russia harmless harm-less as a menace on the eastern front Tho time Is near at hand when the Kaiser safely can draw off hundreds of thousands of his best troops from Poland and Galicia and employ them in a drive against either Italy or France. While the Italians are fairly well checked on the Austrian frontier, the Germans can bo thrown against the French and British in France. When the Kaiser orders his second attack at-tack on Paris or Calais, the war's greatest battle will be fought There are reports of large bodies of fresh troops being assembled In Belgium, but no mention Is made of reinforcements' reinforce-ments' moving In the direction of Sois-sons. Sois-sons. 70 miles north of Paris, where a deadlock in trench warfare has prevailed since last September. Sols-sois, Sols-sois, In our opinion, is the danger point for tho allies. A surprise attack at-tack from that direction might overwhelm over-whelm the French lines and bring the Prussian Guards once more to the gates of Paris. Capturing Paris is not so important from a strategic point as gaining control of the sea coast of northwestern France, but the fall of the city would have a moral effect beyond any other victory that might be gained by the Germans. More than once in this great war, the Teutons have shown a strong disposition disposi-tion to adversely influence the mental men-tal poise of their adversaries, without possible military advantage. Their Zeppelin attacks on tho English coast townB and the bombardment of Scarborough Scar-borough and Hartlepool were demonstrations demon-strations made for the purpose of alarming the English In the hope of causing the people to demand the retention re-tention of British troops at home and had no military justification beyond that indirect aim. oo |