RUSSIA’S TRIAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7916, 9 August 1917, Page 3

RUSSIA’S TRIAL.

THE SITUATION AT THE FRONT. GRAVE OUTLOOK. GENERAL BRUSSILOFF’S DISMISSAL. Times Service. LONDON, August 7. Mr Wilton, the “Times’ ” correspondent, writing from the headquarters of the Seventh Russian Army, states that he fears that the enemy will succeed in surrounding the troops remaining in Roumania and in the Carpathians.

The failure to restrain the AustroGerman tide between Kamiroc and Czernowitz was most unfortunate. The newest Russian line is unstable, and the situation suggests that it would have been well had General Korniloff’s suggestion for the abandonment of all offensives and a re-group-ing of the armies been promptly heeded.

The boldness of the enemy’s movement was based upon the assumption of Russo-Roumanian inability to deliver a strong counter-blow from the Carpathians. This proved correct, owing to the Galician blow imperilling the Russian army’s front.

The Germans are now secure from interference from the Carpathian and Roumanian fronts in carrying out their plans for the conquest of southern Russia. Mr Wilton interviewed General Korniloff, who said the signs indicated that Germany had decided to transfer her main pressure to the Russian front and it was therefore hopeless to rely on methods that availed against the inferior Austrian troops. Russia is full of men, splendid fighting material. Ten millions have been already enrolled, but are scarcely trained. They have been too busy 1 * attending meetings. ’ ’ These men must be trained by British and French officers.

It is a bitter disappointment to have to carry on the war for another year. The burden is heavier upon Russia than on the other Allies, but unless Russia wishes for national suicide she must bravely grapple with the task, remembering that the enemy is in a worse case than even Russia, and is only able to flaunt victories over a foe grievously sick, though not incurable. General Brussiloff’s dismissal is irrevocable. BETTER NEW?. ENEMY FORCES THROWN BACK. Reuter Message. PETROGRAD, August 7. It is reported that the enemy wbb thrown back from Khotin, on a front of fifteen versts. BRITISH HELP. IN COVERING THE RETREAT. LONDON, August 8. The “Morning Post’s” Petrograd correspondent states that British naval armored cars are still actively aiding the Russians retreating on the south-western front.

During the whole week they punished the enemy infantry who followed the Russians with rifles slung on their backs. The Gertnans, enraged, threatened to shoot every Englishman caught, and offered rewards for prisoners. But the British, though they lost a dozen cars, have not lost a single prisoner. The Germans then sent a few cavalry screening light guns in an effort to knock out the cars, but did not succeed. Commander Loeke-Lampson’s cars were the last wheeled vehicles to leave enemy territory, crossing the Hnsiatyn bridge five minutes before it was blown up. STILL RETREATING. THREE MORE TOWNS EVACUATED. United Service. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) PETROGRAD, August 8. The “Novoe Vremya” states that the Russians have evacuated the towns of Kementz, Podolsk, and Proskuroff.