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TO THE COOS BAY TIMES
HOW LONG WILL THE.
STRUGGLE LAST .
HOW Ioiik will the European
war last?
Military critics tliroiiRhout
the world are (HsimisbIiik that ques
tion.
Lord Kltcheiuir, the Kreat nilll
tnry lender of llreat Ilrltnin, says
It will Inst clKhteeu nioutlm and,
of fonree. thnt It will result In the
defeat of Germany.
The KiirIIhIi critics turn to past
uan in order to Rain hoiiio menus
of comparison by which the prob
able length of the present struggle
may be measured.
The battle front on which tho
(lerinan army faces that of tho nl
llos Is tho lonnest ever formed since
the dawn of civilization. The Ger
many army upon that front Is
more than twice tho size of the
Japanese nrmles which confronted
the Russians nt Llao-yanK and
Mukden, and It Is fairly argued
that because of tho masses now
engaged, and tho longer front they
occupy, the expected battle may
well consume more than six or
seven days throughout which fight
ing was continued In either of
those two grvat battles In Man
churia. Tho .Inpaneso defeated tho litis
fin us nt Llao-yang, but it took tho
victorious Japanese army six nnd
one-hnlf mouths to push tho retir
ing Russians to Mukden, only sixty
miles beyond Llao-yang.
The Losses Will be Astonishing
The critics point out that, liow
cvet bold and skillful may bo the
commanders of tho allied forces,
or of tho German host. If military
Mstory repents Itself, a long time
must bo occupied before the com
ing battle can bo stamped as de
cisive for one side or tho other,
because tho tusk of driving the al
lied forces from their defensive po
sition, if not beyond tho power of
tho Germans, must occupy much
t'mo nnd result In losses far be
jond nny ever beforo recorded in
wnr.
The battle front nt Mukden,
where some 700,000 men were en
gaged, was sixty miles long, ami
the buttle which boars the name
o Mukden wns really made up of
a scries of combats which extended
from February -fi to March 10,
whllo at Llao-yang on a front of
forty miles, tho fighting continued
from August -I to September ".
Thus, as ono critic observes, It
seems probable that tho great bat
tle now seemingly beginning may
renlly prove to bo n series of hut
tics, any ono of which may ussumo
tho proportions of tho combat nt
Mukden.
Tho fighting lino along t lrV
Krnuco-German border today Is r0
miles long nnd tho forces locked
in nwful combat on that battlo of
unprecedented dimensions nro var
iously estimated from two to thrco
million men.
Germany Needs u llaltle
Mllltnry men are convinced thnt
long before Germany can defeat the
allies on tho French frontier tho
Russians will bo swarming by tho
millions across tho eastern frontier
of Germany. One writer puts it in
this way:
"However, of ono thing wo may
ho assured. The Russian attack
will be huge, when It once begins.
It will require a correspondingly
huge defense Unless nil military
opinions nro nt fault, it will de
mand tho attention of tho bulk of
tho Germany nrmy, which would
necessarily imply the weakening of
tho western ndvnnco. That Is why
Germany must mnko that ndvauco
count decisively without loss of
time; thnt Is why sho cannot af
ford n defonslvo campaign which
Is nlwnys within tho resources of
French strategy; thnt Is why alio
must compel a great battlo within
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In view of the delay In getting
through Dclgium this observer
adds:
"Gormnny needs a decisive bat
tlo on her western front now or
In the Immediate future. Inde
cisive fighting prolonged over u
period of two or three weeks a
result that mllltnry experts do not
regard ns Improbable owing to tho
extent of tho lines, tho effective
ness of tho nrtlllery on cither side
nnd the volume of reserves avail
able for re-lnforceiuents would bo
only less disastrous to the German
campaign than u defeat."
The Ituxslun us a Fighter.
Tho English military critic, writ
lug lu the Manchester, England,
Guniditiii, says:
"Tho Russians, we are told In
these days, nre slow to get Into
action. It Is natural that this
should be said of them now, partly
because It has over been true, nnd
partly because so much depends
upon the lime which mny bo oc
cupied by tho czar lu bringing tho
weight of his striking power to
bear from tho eastward upon cm
battled Gormnny.
"Hut this Is n good time to re
call some of the striking facts that
r have been recorded concerning tho
nguting quality or tbe Russluii sol
dier and sullor. We remember thnt
the Russians lu Mniichurln were
badly led at times, nnd that the
war administration from St. Peters
burg wns bail; but wo remember
this, nlso, that the Russian soldier
discharged his duty well under nil
circumstances. Tho common sol
dier remained nt his post until ho
was told to go, although In many
Instances tho carnage was fright
ful beyond understanding. The
Russian fleet wiih ovoriuntched; but
while l( could fight, it fought.
A Dying Shin (,111110 to Hie Eml
"Lot us take it little evidence
on tills point from the Japanese
official count of tho great naval
battlo at Tsushima, where tho Jap
anese destroyed the Russian fleet.
The account tins to do with the
fato of tho Russian flagship Suvo
roff. Upon thnt ship the weight
of tho Japanego flro was directed
from tho first, nnd when flnully alio
wns 011 flro In u score of place,
when exploding shells had cnused
the very paint on her sides an:l
superstructure to burst Into flames,
tho ship, lying almost stationary
in tho water, mid slowly wqrklng
hor engines so ns to get on the
proper courso nnd follow tho fleet,
tho riagshlp still offered her bat
tered sides to the enemy, firing
wildly from tlioto of her guns
which wore still serviceable, nnd
dins! they wore few in number."
Let us take from tho Japanese
official account those words de
scribing tho end of the Russian
battleship:
" 'In the dusk when our crulsors
uoro driving the enemy northwards,
they came upon tho Suvoroff
nlono, ut some dlstnuco from tho
fight, heeling over badly nnd en
veloped lu flames and smoke. Tho
division (Captain Lieutenant Fu
(1lmoto) of tho torpedo boats,
which wns with our crulsors, was
nt euro sent to attack her. Al
though much burned nnd still on
fire although hIio had been sub
jected to so many attacks, having
been fired nt nil tho fleet (lu tho
full sonso of the word) although
she had only 0110 serviceable gun
alio still opened flro, showing her
determination to dofoud herself to
tho last tnoinont of hor oxlstenco
so long lu fact, ns alio remnliied
above water. At length, about 7
p, m., after our torpedo boats had
twlco nttacked her, alio wont to
tho botttom.'
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"Wide lo Enter, Narrow to (Jo Out."
Mention of Jupanese commanders
nnd tactics recalls a statement mndo
by the Into Japanese Field Mar
shal Oyniiin who, nt tho close of
the Japanese-Russlnn war, was dis
cussing the Gorman system of drill
and fighting as compared with tho
Russian system and that followed
by tbe Japanese lu tho Manchurlan
campaign. He snld:
"We nre believed to hnvo mod
eled ourselves upon Gormnny. In
tho German army thero nre many
things Hint are good, but our opin
ion Is that however poorly you
may think of the Russlnns, wo nl
wnys believed that If they had
been Germans wo would have beat
en them lu half the time that It
took us (0 defeat Russia. "
Japan bent Russia lu Manchuria
nnd yet It made llttlo Impression
upon Russlu proper. Marvelous
fighters ns (he Japanese were, It
took almost the lasj ounce of their
stieiigth to defeat Russia, nnd the
real Russlu wns untouched mid
I'lishnkeu.
NAVAL HATTLE FA It OFF
It May lie 11 Year, Itiltlsh Nnvnl
Expert Says.
LONDON, Sept. 3. The Loudon
Times' naval export writes:
"Tho people should understand
thnt It mny ho a year or moro be
fore they hoar of a declslvo occur
rence at sea. What happened ono
hundred yours ago mny hnppcn
again.
"Wo mny yet seo enenmpod on
the opposite side of the channel a
forco awaiting to Invade us. Almost
every Invention or the Inst hundred
yenrs that can he applied to the
purposes or warfare Is to tho nil
ventage of the fleets.
"The wireless has given us a
menus of rapid communication of
Immeasurable benefit. Our ships
1 :.n move speedily Independent of
wind or weather."
Tho Gorman fleet Is reported to
hnvo token refuge Inside or the
Kiel Canal mid lu tho estuary of
the Elbe River, protected by the
gteat guns of Heligoland. - Tho
Geriiinii const is being protected by
dcstioyer torpedo boats and light
I rufi cruisers nnd so far the llrlt
Ish licet has been unablo to draw
nny or them out within battlo
dlstnuco.
News ngency dlspntches from
.Stockholm Hay that German and
Russian warships are reported to
have clnshed In the llaltle near tho
Gulf or Finland. The official bu
reau has no confirmation of tho
report.
lilHTISII CAPTURE APIA.
Gorman Seaport In Saiiiouu IslamM
SurrcmlcrH.
LONDON, Sept. 2. Tho ofMclnl In
foriuntlon bureau announces Hint
Apia, a seaport of Upolu, Samonn Is
lands, and capital or tho Geiinan pnrt
or the group, aurieudored on tho
morning or August 21) to n llrltlsh
forco from New Zealand.
When Japan entered tho European
conflict by her declaration or war on
Germany nnd before her explicit de
claration that her operations would
bo confined to the China Sen, the
appreliouslon Dial alio might seize
German Samoa nnd thus gain a foot
hold between Hawaii nnd hor own
const, guvo rise to much speculation
respecting Washington's attitude lu
such an eventuality.
ASK WILSON TO -NAME DAV
TO PIIAV FOR WORLD PEACE
CHICAGO, Sept. :i. A niessngo
has been sent to President Wilson
litter n pence conforouco of minis
ters nnd laymen or all denomina
tions held In tho Hotel LaSallo, re
questing him to uanio two dnya
Saturday and Sunday for dnya of
prayor for poaco throughout tho
world.
"Woodrow Wilson, President of
tho United States.
"RopresontatlvoH or religious
bu'lea lu Chicago or ovory ralth
and creed uiinnlmously Indorse nnd
approve tho request mndo by tho
Fuleral Council or tho Churches
or Christ In America thnt you ap
point two days, Saturday nnd Sun
day, respectively, upon which tho
American people mny unite In
prnyrrb ror world ponco.
"Ilisnop Samuel Fallows, chair
man "The Rov. W. II. Millard, Sec-
J ictary."'
NO AFFAIR OF AMERICA'S.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 3. Honry
White, formerly Aniorlcnn ambassa
dor at Paris, has made a formal de
ulnl that ho had said that Germany
was not to blame for the wnr. This
alleged statement has been widely
circulated on the continent. Mr.
Whltosald:
"It Is tho duty or every Aniorlcnn
to bo neutral In word ns well ns In
deed, No such statement was made
'by mo. I meroly commented upon
tho exeollont troatinont given Ameri
cana by Germana. This Iiuh been tint
formly good, though ssvernl Ameri
cans did run Into trouble What tho
opiibo or this was I do not know,
"I wish to lay emphasis upon tho
necessity ror a noutral bearing on tho
pnrt or Americans. This war Is not
their business nnd they should keep
out or It."
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