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faced by the "Alliez The particular course which commends itself to ua în these circumstances is written warr plainly on the map, and the only thing Mr Anderson Mr F. H. Kalos that will never be forgiven is indecision R. L. Atkinson Mr N. B. Karanjia Our Military Correspondent, writing in a situation which needs handling Mr E. Murray Eain Mr C. King in The Tins on Saturday, anid

both prompt and firm. The safety of Mr J. H. Boring Dr. T. Kuoderer The oficial reports of the past week our troops forbids us to pander any Mr W. L. Le Barkar Mr A. O Larkhi and do not leave in any doubt that the longer to political objectives which Drand Mrs Baker

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Baxter and child Van der Leeuw enemy complete, but at the same time though we feel them, do not materially Mr R. E. Bellios Mr and Mrs J.-J. they show that thanks to the fine affect the ultimate issues of the war, and Mrs E. R. Belillos Leiria

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Beswick central passes, the bulk of the Rumanian vistons, the assistance which our enemies MrsCE Bigelow Armies has been able to retire towards will receive from the agizure of the corn M. F. D. Risseker

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Dr G. W. Mackown escape he strategic envelopment which much less than is generally supposed Dr Mrst Black, Dr. Mrs O. Marriot was planned..

The average yearly botsumption of nurse and child fr F. B. Marshall Whether the retreating armies will cereals by Germany and Austria De M. Blais Me H. E. Maslin eventually stand upon the Serath, the about 80,000,000 tons, and the total Capt. B. Branch Mrs A McCrackin Frath-Danube lice, or the Dniester, or amount of grain believed to have been in : Mr R. 4. Brand Mr&Mrs McInnes whether they will again attack, must Rumanis last month was under 6,000,000

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Mr and Mrs E. M. depend upon the Russians, upon whom tons, more than a think of which at least Mr.S. 8. Carvalho MPB. K. Mahta

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D.E the direction of the campaign new is required for the consumption of the Miss Chisholm Mr G. Mellis almost exclusively rasta. We most Rumanian papalation Of the residue, MEW, E Chrke Mr J. Merocki assure that the Russian offenaire in the much will have been destroyed, a goodMrH. A. R. Conant Mr W. P. Miller Central Carpathians, which came much part has been shipped to Russia, and Mr GT Courtney Mr G. Mis

G. Miskin too late, will now be abandoned, and another important part, is stored upon MJ. D.

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Austria from abroad in a year of There seems to be no reasonable average crops, but we have also to re- doubt that this purpose ought to be member that the enemy's crops are not achieved Although the memy has the average now, that his people are hard constantly received reinforcements from pressed for food, and that of and his Danube Army in the south, and Rumanian com crops not a very large from the passes in the mountains as amount will remain for the enemy these were successively opened by consumption. Even if this amount is Falkenhayn's successful advance, we 3,000,000 tons, which may be taken as have no reporte to show that the total an outside figure, it represents only one forres of the enemy at present exceed twentieth of the total annual consumption some 25 to 27 divisions Russia can of Germany and Austria, so that we can meet them by an equal number, and well understand why the German Press though several Rumanian divisions have is made to publish a warning that the been broken up, and two have been people must but expect a double ration captured since the war began, some of broad. Indeed they must not. threequarters of the Rumanian Army, Neither the defeat of the Rumanian with the bulk of its war material, is Armies nor the seizure of Rumanian still in existence and makes up an supplies will influence materially the aceduntable force which should in dua result of the war. The defeats are course, with Russian Essistance, take its disagreeable, but the Rumanian Armies hava broken clear, and the chief gain of the enemy is moral and political.

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