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TACTICS SHOWN | BY ARMY MOVES Strategical Problems of Warring Nations Are Now Becom ing Apparent. KIEL CANAL IS 816 FACTOR Capture of Waterway by Enemlee of Germany Might Prove Turning ** Point of War—lmportance of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding the meagerness of details from Europe, tho strategical problems for Germany and France have become more apparent during the last few days. France must protect her frontier against German Invasion and at the tame time she must proceed as fast as possible towards the Kiel canal That canal is apt.to prove the turn ing point in the war if the triple en tente gets control of It, according to a military expert writing for tho Chica go Tribune. Germany, on the other hand, must protect her French border and the Kiel canal and drive her forces Into Russia a#fnst as poaslblp. The question now presented to Ger many and Franco la where to attack. The capture of Pari* alone at ent probably would hot bring about a cessation of combat on the part of the French, as the sinews of war have been well provided further to the south Berlin Is not Germany even to any where nearly as groat an extent as Paris Is France The straight line dis tancn from Namur (the fortress before which the Germans have established touch with thpir French antagonists) to Paris Is 160 miles; to Merlin, 400 miles; to the Kiel canal, 300 miles The distance from Mulhausen to Mer lin is about 400 miles; to the Kiel ca nal, 600 miles lint the distance from Pnrls to Mul hausen Is about 250 miles, and from Namur to Mulhausen Is 220 lulled, and almost straight south' by east Of it, therefore away from Paris. While a THE FRENCH FRONTIER BRUSSELS yADtuOttniu liKE \GCRKA.NY PELGI un ; 1 \ HATIUR j v_i. I I LUXEMBURG j • 1 •^rnA^JDuiv^' J.PARI3 ~yj- T --~ IrmHuooauCM '/ y . \wmcH * f )«aASXIT"- >^ I"3TAMLTC l "3TAMLTC * F R AN.C-.E /tf ,1J £+* /// .BERN ' /jg«WITZERLMn> \f& y\ march or line of operations directed on Berlin would involve a defeat of the German main army and such a great penetration of German territory probably would paralyze tho defetiso —the distance Is 400 miles. Every mile will be bitterly contested and every miles means thousand of lives and millions of money. Kiel Canal Big Factor. The Kiel canal Is the deciding fac tor in the Control of the sea. It is 300 miles from N'amur. Many of Germany's great supply points are In the interval between. An advance on this line would b p near the sea, where Englund could help with her a.hlps linn* the Kiel canal is captured annihilation of the German fleet might result, which would give command of the Haltic sea to France and her.allies and allow thg unrestricted' transport of Russian troops and material of war to the north German coast. It therefore would appear that the strategy of France will altn at the cap ture of the Kiel canal, because It Is the most Important point strategically which Germany possesses. By this line of action 1-S-ance would utilize to the utmost England's great sea power. In addition, by a direct Invasion In the direction of the Kiel canal France would cover Paris and her communi cations better than by any other route. An advance via Mulhausen and Stras burg would be. extfemely dangerous and just what tho Germans wonld like to aee France do. Hence we see why Germany seized Liege at the earliest HORRORS OF WAR TOLD BY FLEEING REFUGEES Holland has become tha asylum of Europe. People expelled from half a dosen counyies are pouring Into this country by* every route. Worn the ftutcb-Belgian frontier, from "Vise to Liege, the country Is a wilderness. The Tillages of Berneux and Mo u land were destroyed by shell, fir* and flames. A correspondent who traveled over opportunity and advanced on Namur, Mulhausen, Col mar and the little strip la Lorraine, which were not defended, as it might be possible that the en thusiasm and poputar clamor of the French would forte an, Invasion of their lost provinces of Alsace Lor raine. Hut it is highly improbable that dj determined advance in force will be made on this line even should popular clamor demand It. The German Plans. Germany on tho other hand has not only Frar.ce to attend to but Russia as well In considering her plans she also must take Into account Austria, j Should Russia be allowed to mobilize fully and concentrate, it Is probable i that she would be able to overwhelm J Austria, first attacking on the Lem berg liucharest line. It Is probable that Germany Is acting with rapidity against ftUHsla. - What press dispatches havo drlffed j through Indicate that 40,000 Germans landed some three days ago between Hango and Helsingfors In Flnlafid. This force in all probability consisted of one army corps and one cavalry di vision, some additional heavy artillery, engineers and aeronautical troops. From Warsaw to Bt. Petersburg there are 12 Russian corps, but as these are not fully mobilized fone Ger man corps Is probably as strong In men as two Russian corps just now. The German corps which landpd In Finland and therefore behind Bt. Pe tersburg Is undoubtedly designed .to hold the four Russian corps in that vicinity to keApUfifcih ffbm fcolng to the assistance of the other Russian corps further to the south. Again it was reported that the Rus- I slan government has decided to evacu ate Warsaw, which was ofllclally de nied at St. Petersburg. Weighing this J evidence, It seems probable that there has been a German advance from j Intersburg In the direction of Vllna to hold the four Russian coriw sta tioned In that district from doing any : harm or going to any other place_| Possibly three German corps, whose i stations are close to Vllna, are en- ! gaged In that operation, If the vigorous lighting of these four | German corps, the one In Finland and j the three against Vllna, Is strong j enough, eight Rumlan corps might j probably be Isolated and fully occu pied with their own affairs and not J able to move or concentrate anywhere | else. Austrian! Invade Russia. It Is reported that 160,000 Austrlans ' hud been assembled in Gallcla anil thn> •11,000 of these were cavalry. v Thts means that tho three Austrinti corps stationed In Gallcla, or a little loss than 100,000 combatants, with nine di visions of cavalry, about 44,000, have gone Into Russia, but just where Is left to the Imagination. Six corps, throe German and three Austrian, and from 50,000 to 70,000 cavalry are probably advancing to wards Brest-Lltovosk. By the time these arrive there It is difficult to see how the Russians can have more than three full corps and 10,000 to 20,000 cavalry. Austrian troops have ad vanced along the eastern frontier .that Is just rorth~of~Kouman la. It seems probable that on the French frontier at the present time Germany has nine corps of the active artny, assisted by one Austrian corps on the German extreme left, near Vh« Swiss border. There probably are nine more corps of the first reserve and nine more of the second reserve also on the French* frontier, which with all their auxiliaries amount to well over 1,000,000 fighting men. It appears that if these million Ger mans care to remain on the defensive on the French border It will take a pretty goodly number of attackers to get them out of their lntrenchments, if they ever can do it. Providing Aus tria and Germany are directing their main attack against Russia. France to reap any advantage must strike quick ly and hard on a line as short, in a mil itary way, us possible toward the Klol canal. the battlefield In an automobile found evidence of a desperate defense on the part of tho Inhabitants and sav age vengeance meted out by the Ger man soldiers. The correspondent saw seven bodies of civilians »n a ditch. An old man with an umbrella still in hla grasp was found dead' on a road. Arm/ wagons had passed over him. The bodies-of scores of-German sol diers lay along the sides of the road. All their household goods had ; . been abandoned by the fleeing inhabitants. THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA BRITISH INFANTRY CROSSING A PONTOON BRIDGE J f- ~ * FHg^fT.TlTr^f, 'w^^B COMMANDERS OF FAMOUS COSSACK REGIMENT iL»Tb • T : y YOUNG SERVIAN INFANTRYMEN ■Hp* itt [ iV\ * HumiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiii STUDYING THE WAR MAP Kaiser Wllhelai, on iho left, looking over a war map with his commander in-chief. Gen. von Moltke. The kaiser has now gone to the front to command personally his armies that are trying to inVade France. MIGHTY MONARCHS ALLIED IN WAR ■L^ii tftßß The king of England (rtxht) and the czar of Russia., photographed to gether nt one of their rocent meetings. COMMANDEERED BY THE BRITISH ■fp / i \ • i fi ft- Thi« ('at.adtan-Paclfic liner Etnjirwa of Asia, fastest steamship on the Paclfitlc, commandeered by the British admiralty and armed at Hongkong u a cruiser. 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Ark. nil*P Mort'h'">Pa*;faocl.*tbfr«4ln«, PllaVotuMunl iDditidunu: pnil.no t>r»d«ni; Mf I iUO upokind. A. C. I'ntUips, Watertuwn. 1W i L ... - ■ - I!—!B5gS~ In Blberia. "Pleasure party?" askisd the first COB sack. "You might say so," answered the I other. "We're going for a knouting." You ran safely place faith in Han? I ford's Balsam of Myrrh. Adv. Not From the Burns Collection. "Where did golf originate, Sandy?" "It waas furrst spoken in Scotia, i lad."—Philadelphia Ledger. Let's Be Charitable. The inventor of the first player pi ano is dead at eighty-five. Peace to hla i ashes. Let ua forgive him. He never | knew what his device would do to , nervous folk in our noise-ridden Araer j lean cities. -* • i ■ Unreasonable. George Bernard Shaw is one of the j few vegetarians who have remained | true to the .faith, and In a recent letter j to a woman, reproaching her for her j fight against the aigrette when she still ate meat. Mr. Shaw said: "The lack of logic prevails every j where! We call the tiger a ferocious I and ravaging beast, but what would I you lad lea be called if, for example, the lamb chop had a voice?" Couldn't Comer Him. "Count," said the lady to the for eign noblejnan at the charity bazaar, "won't you buy this rose. It is only | $5" "I am very sorry," said th© Count, with a courtly bow, "but le price Is a leetle too high." The lady kissed the rose. "And now. Count will you buy It?" "No, mndame," he said, with a still deeper bow. "Now ze rose Is price less." Well Meant. On one occasion when the king and | queen of Great liritaln visited togeth ! er very elaborate preparations were I made for their reception. The city was lavishly decorated and ; one enterprising tradesman, desiring j to display his loyalty, had the words, j "Heaven bless them both!" outlined in j paper flowers across the front of hla i sljop. Unfortunately he forgot to re- I moVe a large busiuess sign that was I Just above. The result read: "Ham and beef sandwiches." "Heaven bless them both!" DISAPPEARED Coffee Alls Vanish Before Poatum. It scemß almost too good to be true, the way headache, nervousness. J Insomnia, and many other obscure troubles vanish when coffee la dis missed and Postum used as the regu lar table beverage. The reason is clear. Coffee con tains a poisonous drug—caffeine— which causes the trouble, but Postum contains only the food elements la choice hard wheat with a little mo lasaes. A Phila. man grew enthusiastic and wrote as follows: , r % "Until 18 months ago 1 used coffee regularly every day and suffered from headache, bitter taste In my moutb, and Indigestion; was gloomy and Irri table, bad variable or absent appetite, loss of fiesh. depressed in spirits, etc. "I attribute these things to coffee, because since 1 quit it and have drank Postum I feel better than I bad for 20 years, am less susceptible to cold, bave gained 20 lbs. and the symptoms have disappeared—vanished before Postum." Name given by Postum C& Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to "> Wellvllle," in pkgs. Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum —must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum —Is a soluble pow der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water and, with cream ' and sugar, makes a delicious bever age instantly. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds Is about tbe same. I" 1 » _ "There's a Reason" for Postum —sold by Groceim.
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