News from the Polish theatre of the war is not
this week so good as last. There is, however, no mystery about what has happened. The Germans were being hunted west by the central Russian Army—the Army which has Warsaw in its rear. Suddenly, as is always likely to happen in snob cases, the hunted turned and fiercely attacked the hunter. That was satisfactory for the hunted, and very unpleasant for the hunter, and is to be regretted, as it must have a con- siderable delaying effect upon the general Russian advance. At the same time there seems no reason to think that the main Russian force has suffered anything in the nature of a catas- trophe. We must remember also that the Russian advances in East Prussia and Galicia have been well maintained. Unless, then, the German force near Lodz is very strong indeed, it may be tempted to advance too far, and ultimately find itself cut off by the closing in of the Russian forces. Though the stories of the investment of Cracow are probably premature, it seems that good progress is being made in that direction. Fugitives from Cracow are indeed said to be actually entering Berlin.
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