WAR JUST BEGINNING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 5

WAR JUST BEGINNING.

Til !•; SITUATION REVIEWED. /•.LUES’ VIEW QUIETLY CONFIDENT. DERM AX DREW ED A STEEL. (1 inus and SvdrtKV Sun Services.) LONDON, Aug. b. Colonel l'r!■[■/,, Russian military 1 (.■Xpert, in the newspaper ; 'Repch, ! I say.- : Eight months of comparative ! <|iiiet- on the Western front lias pel- ; mitted the Allies to regain their force j and greatly reinforce their armies. ' Tim war is only just beginning. i. The Russian armies are prepared for any sacrifice, despite temporary j cheek-, even if obliged to retreat- to j the depth of the enormous Eastern ! theatre of war. which is capable of j swallowing crowds of new linns, they j will boldly assume when necessary a 1 general victorious offensive, jointly i with our friends. 1

The German prows is confident and boastful in its review of the military situation. East and 'West. It declares that after the fall of Warsaw, a Russian offensive will bo impossible in the near future. The of the English ami French in the ''West will lie unable to save tile ,shattered enemy in the Fast, and before the new English army .is ready for use England will be swept out of Franco. The Kaiser, m acknowledging the King of Wuriembnrg's congratulatory telegram, .said: "Wo can see in tile fall of Warsaw a significant • step on the road along which the Almighty by His giace has led ns. and relying on Him, our glorious troops will continue to fight for an honorable peace."