THE NEW SITUATION

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 82, 5 October 1915, Page 7

THE NEW SITUATION

GERMAN PREDICAMENT IN RUSSIA. SHE DARE NOT STOP NOW. (TIKES iND STDNET SON SERVICBS.) LONDON, 4th October. The Times says : — "The German plan on the western front trusted to a vigorous defensive organisation, while the German armies were turning all their available weight against Russia. "It is obvious that the German plan was to take advantage of the thoroughly bad Russian situation, to endeavour to round up the Russian armies, and to compel them to sue for peace. The wise Russian strategy prevented this, and the Tsar's assumption of the command of his armies negatives any hope that may have existed of obtaining a premature peace. The Russian strategy also promises a step-by-step defence of the^ Russian territory, to the Volga., if necessary, until the enemy has been worn out. " The German headquarters did not expect the Allies to recommence operations in the west so soon after the summer. Their offensive ha-s arrived, there--fore, before the Germans had time to alter their plans, and the German, com-mandei-s are now facing a. position of profound anxiety, knowing that they are deeply committed to the invasion of Russia, and are unable to abandon their plans without admitting that their cause is lost. They will probably continue their attack, at any cost, until the destruction of the Russian armies has been achieved, becaute the danger of ghinjt Rnssia time to recuperate would bo too •deadly a iiek to (see. . "Xh* Cf*>'m*na Joav<v caaatructfid Itttfr

after line of defended positions in the west, believing rather in the strength of their lines than hi the number of their troops. In the present general uprooting, it has been shown that the Allies are now so well armed that they are able to wreck the strongest defences. ,The changed situation may vitally affect the whole course of the war. f " We must create fresh armies to prosecute the 1916 campaign to a successful issue, in order to balance the disaster of the practical elimination of Russia from the contest."