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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. i B CAPITAL S0AL0FJE1ANS Approach by Land and Sea Out lined by Expert. DEFENSE LINE IS DESCRIBED Kaiser's Forces Can Advance Through Either Poland or Finland, Both of Which Arc Decidedly Luke warm to tho Czar. St. Petersburg would seora to be the ;goal of tho German military campaign in Russia. It can bo reached both by sea and 'by land. On land tho enemy could, but would not bavo to, pass through Poland, which, because of its importance, could properly bo tho object of a sepa rate campaign. Tho invasion of Poland was found not difficult In tho recent operations, Three years ago, , when tho whole system of national defense was reorganized, tho western line of de fense was moved back to tho east. Two army corps wero transported from Poland and Lithuania into cen tral Russia, to tho Volga region. Many Important fortresses, especially that at Warsaw, wero abandoned, writes Samuel N. Harper in the Chicago Her ald. Object of the Change. The object of this was to guard against tho situation that confronted Russia In 1901, when her foreign policy in the far East had not found a corre sponding adaptation of her military forces to tho new directions. Resorvists of tho eastern provinces wero tho first to bo sent out to I TROOPER TAKING LEAVE OF HIS FAMILY iwKMHntfe 'ant mL WsyiimiixivMttr wr'Tilnw1nttfm iT if IrnirT nrfn rrflT'fV TT l amrfXBmTi' Ksf ii tliiflTnMwiTBrr IP Tit 1 1 17 iiF M Q 'ii in t'th r MPT 4 tfSsb-SwHI f?jn9;((Kfliluf J SHKIBHraSP IBSKSmMWkU i J fills .Manchuria. This fact was largely re sponsible for tho defeat of Russian sarins in tho far East. This change In tho lino of defense on the west shortened tho length of tho .line. At tho time thoro waB much com ment to the effect that Poland had thus been left exposed becaUBo of the failure of tho Poles to show more en thusiasm for a united Russia, but this was mere political gossip. Reason Purely Tactical. Tho reason for tho change was pure ly tactical; it conformed to the gen eral plan then Introduced, of bringing tho cadres moro toward tho center of tho empire, in order to expedite mobilization when tho reservists should be called out. Development of railways had as sured rapid concentration to the west orn frontier. By the reorganization tho western frontier in Poland against Germany was, in fact, moro effectively protected. The last reports leavo tho German and Russian armies concentrating on Ladz, a large manufacturing center, about GO miles In from tho frontier, and about one-third of the way from tho frontier to Warsaw, though not on the direct line. Tho western line of defense was not altered with regard to Austria, but a larger force was concentrated at the Kiev center. To the north and northeast of Po land He tho Baltic provinces. Here. In tho neighborhood of tho frontier sta tion, Eydtkuhnen, tho Russians al ready havo taken the aggressive. Shortest Line to Capital. This Is tho. shortest line from Ger man territory to tho capital of Russia St. Petersburg Is well dofended from tho sea. Situated at tho head of tho Finnish gulf, more than 200 mllos from the entrance to the gulf, it can bo protected by defenses on tho main land on either side. Kronstadt, which lies within view of tho capital, has long slnco been aban doned as a means of defense. Across tho very mouth of tho Fin nish gulf Is tho new lino on which tho Russians rely to safeguard their capi tal from attack by sea. This is tho Rovol-Sveaborg lino. Rovel is just, around the corner on tho south and Is Russia's principal naval port on tho Baltic. Sveaborg Is near Helslngfors,, tho capital of Finland. Iclands Complete Line. There nro small Islands between, these two points, which ate used to comploto tho line of defonso. At no point In this lino Is tho distance bo tween batteries more than 30 miles. It will bo a difficult lino to cross. Almost at tho very mouth of the Fin nish gulf, a little to tho north, and ly ing betwoen Finland and Sweden, are tho Islands of Aland. RusBla wished to obtain these Islands somo years ago to complete her now plan of defense, but has not been ablo to do so. It was hero that the naval encounter, took place In which tho Russians wore driven back Into tho Gulf of Fin land to their main lino of defense. The Germans now hold tho position In the Islands, which furnish cover and pro tection to them. From this position thoy could land forces In Finland, along the Gulf of Bothnia coast. But, Finland is a difficult country through, which to mako progress on foot or by rail. Why Llbau Is Important. Another objective point of tho Ger mans has been tiro Russian Baltic port of Llbau, although the reported bombardment here was merely a re connolsnnco. Llbau is ono of Russia's most Im portant iort8. Open almost tho year round, being frozen up only In oxtrcmo frosts, it has become the groat port oi export for all the central as well a& tho western regions of Russia. It 1$ ono of tho most important cities of th$ Baltic provinces and is an Industrial center of considerablo size. Any Gorman advance on Russia's capital must first pass through ie glons tho population of which is non Russian Poland, Finland nnd tho Bal tic provinces where tho population is composed of Lithuanians, Letts, Es thonians, Jews and Germans. Tho nationalist movement in Russia has been directed against nil these Its motto was something Uko "Rus sla for the Russians" thoso Inst years non-Russian elements of tho empire A short-sighted policy of forelblo Rus slficatlon has not tended to arouse much loyalty among theso various na tionalities. Germans Largo Landlords. All of them, with ono exception, have Joined tho opposition to tho gov ernment in Internal politics. Tho Ger mans are tho exception; they aro tho large landlords of tho Baltic provinces and have given manmen to the high er official world, which accounts for the number of Gorman names ono finds in lists of Russian ministers, ambassa dors and other officials. The Finns aro very bitter against Russia. Many of the measures by tho Russian government in Finland, which havo caused this bitterness, havp been taken In order to strengthen tho de fense of the capital from that quarter. Perhaps the extent of tho Finnish protest corresponds to tho extent and offoctiveness of theso measures. Fin nish protests have been hoard all ove.' tho western world, even over hero Id America. NEBRA8KA IN BRIEF. Carolina, daughter of Mrs. Paulina Behn of Lyons, dlod of dlphthorlu, J. T. Burkholdor, a prominent buel ness man of Arapahoe, dropped doad. Alford GusUifson or Hyannls wai seriously Injured when a. horso which ".ic was riding fell, crushing him. Mrs. L. C. Erwlu sustained a dlslo cated right arm when she fell In tho yard of her home at Hastings. The Iioubo or Carl, Gllmoro of Friend was destroyed by lire and most of its contents wero burned, Rev. S. V. Wlttonrncker of Hor ton, Kan., has been elected pastor of tho Baptist church nt Nebraska City. Tho Plattsmouth Steam Laundry, owned and operated by E. C. Harris was damaged by ilro to tho extent of Lloyd H. Jordan, a grnduato of tho ntverslty of Nebraska law school In 1914, hns ffled for the oflico of county judge nt Gordon. Miss Mnbol McDormott of Colon was painfully lnjujrbd when run down by an nutomobllo driven by John Hul stedt at Wnhoo. Georgo S. Dick or Cedar Falls, la., has taken chnrgo of tho State Normal school at Kearney, the school having been turned over by Dean M. R. Snod grass. Tho 4-year-old daughter or Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stownrt, living on a farm three miles cast or Tildon, died from swallowing a pin, which lodged In her throat. Carter lake 'nt Omaha claimed Its sixth 1914 victims by drowning when Herbert Larson, 1G, boh of Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, drownod In fifteen feet of water. Stato Engineer Price has an nounced that the new bridge across tho Platto south or Fremont nnd North Bond will bo accepted and paid for on August 10. John Cannot, jr., nineteen years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cannot, who llvo seven mllos northeast of Spencer was Instantly killed by lightning In ono of the worst elecstiic storms that over visited this nectlon. Albert Wood or Falrbury, fifty yearn old, shot and killed himself near his homo after tolling his wlfo that ho was going out to cut weeds. It Is be lieved that ho was mentally deranged by tho heat. S. C. Whltakor, a farm hand, has been sentenced to servo sixty days in tho county jail at Fremont on a charge of attempting to assault ten- year-old Hnzcl Owen, daughter of a Fremont police officer. Principal L. 'C Rusml.sel of tho Omaha school of commerce has been exonerated of charges of Indiscretion, after an exhaustive hoarlng. Tho school board nnnounced that the charges had been without foundation. Jnck Anderson, who was recently found guilty of robbing a Burlington box car in tho yards at Beatrice, was sentenced to from ouo to ten years In tho stato penitentiary by Judge Pemberton. The veterans of the Spanish-American war, residing in tho western put of Nebraska, met at North Platto and organized a voterani' po3t to bo known ns Harry E. Brown camp num ber 1, department of Nobraska United Spanish war veterans. , Tho stato university alumni vote on university removal, whicsh was count ed at tho admlnstration building of tho stato university at Lincoln, showed a majority ngalnBt removal of 142 out of 2.SG4 votes cast. Twelve hundred and forty-two votes wero cast for re moval, and 1,381 against it. s Excavating for tho basement of the now Burr & Ely hardwaro store at Gludo Rock has been finished and tho masons will begin laying tho founda tion at onco. The building will bo one-story cement brick, 100x50 feet with basement under all. Three-year-old Tom Manstasso, son of W. K. Manstasso of Omahn, is In a critical condition as tho result of in Jurio? sustained when he fell from a third floor window. Word has been received at Fre mont that Miss Helen Harbaugh of Ethan, S. D., Is 111 at Sioux Falls. She had started for Fremont nnd when she failed to arrive alarm for her safety was felt and a search was started. Almost five thousand people attend ed tho annual picnic at Dunbar. Gov ernor Morehead dellverod an address. George C. Glover of Madison has sold his bakery and confectionery business to James Miller of Scribnor, who has taken charge. At a convention of rural mall car riers of Stewart county at Soward on August 4 resolution!? woro adopted urging that changes bo made In tho salary Bchodulo for carriers In com pliance with the postoffloe appropria tions bill recently passed. A window screen probnbly saved tho llfo of two-year-old Margaret, daughter of Mrs. Bart Stratton of Hastings, when she fel head first from n second story window, a dis tance of twenty feet to the lawn. Tho child was slightly bruised about tho head, but tho scueen, acting as a parachute, struck on the grass and took the force of tho fall. Phillip Bush whose homo was at Oxford and who was employed by tho Burlington railroad as a bridge car penter, fell rrom a wlnd-mlil tower nt Oberlin, Kan., nnd was Instantly killed. Edward Buss, residing near Bluo Hill, claims the championship or Cen tral Nebraska on big wheat yields, having threshed 504 bushols from eight acres, nn averago of slxty-throo bushels per aero. Tho land was an old timber claim cleared threo years ago. Fred Huppert, n neighbor, re ceived nn average of fifty and one half bushols from a ten-ncro tract. GERMAN DIRIGIBLE H0VERIN& OVER GERMAN'YS ': ...&. uSSji" ' &. iZS&Zr.-- SsxZZ l?Sw-SSS?iitaCiiilBJH'aiW'l ;rtWJn)Mii9h ftfSSmTZR SERVIAN INFANTRY MARCHING TO THE FRONTIER AUSTRIAN CADETS BEING SWORN IN jHEl RT&iSMI Btw Star Vi-. wvMSJmHxiwb " ivl Jfmt I AH f '? 1!Y t 1H S an SBBIbI K't, t 1 r fv t 4 v tt'HIVHi JH 'sBivW' Jk.m&wRtp jK Twit IflBMnHw, IHttii9lHBBHHHHHHK JRHH i. iBI -fl &wb 4WJH8nR&- iflKfar)SBMH jHBtH ' iMF 9K wf'&iMstiMP vB SMniKlKKKVSR9MH4iHHHmmHbMIBHHIMMHWmti41MrsRHKH ROLAND GARROS, l,j'j'Ji..r.Ju..,..L.Jy1 flJlliuffl (.till ItsS ' y.- xsv. x tfm "l Kywltffi .Sfilk&NN.Vv ft Ono of tho llrst Incidents or tho European wns was tho heroic act of Roland Garros, famous French aviator, who hurled his ucropluno against a German dirigible, deotroylng it and Us 25 occupants nnd lcs'.as his own llfo. 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