The Morning Post, whose news from Petrograd has been throughout
the war exceedingly trustworthy and well- informed, pointed out on Friday that three weeks ago Germany planned to occupy Poland up to the Vistula, wintering in Warsaw and Ivan gorod. They brought reaping and threshing machines with them to get the Polish crops in, and there were many other indications that they had come to stop. The plan apparently was that they were to remain established on the Vistula till the Austrians had recovered Galicia, and then the Allies were to proceed hand-in-hand in a triumphal march through Russia. Let any one compare the present situation with this forecast. The Morning Post correspondent evidently thinks that not only are we to look for big things in the main 31ussisat advitnce, but also that the invasion of East Prussia will become more than a mere local incident. Of course, the Russians may get another hard knock in East Prussia, but if they do it will not affect the main issue. If they are success- ful, Danzig may very soon be threatened.
