We are bound to say that this German advance, even
if it is as formidable as the Berlin reports allege, leaves us wholly unmoved. With the winter coming on, in a country of bad roads, the further the Germans penetrate into Russian terri- tory the greater their danger. If the Russians pursue their traditional policy of falling back the Germans maybe lured after them, and then they are only too likely to meet the fate which overtook Charles XII. at Pultowa and Napoleon at Moscow. An impetuous offensive is a very dangerous game to play with Russians. Another Petrograd telegram tells us that the Kaiser is expected to arrive very shortly at Czestochowa, and that great preparations are being made for his reception. Even if he goes to half the places which he is reported to visit, he must be as ubiquitous as a railway guard.
