Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-20
Ambassador Gerard Arranges
for Release of EngIishmen
Over Fifty-Five Years Old.
WILL LEAVE FOR HOMES
BY WAY OF HOLLAND
U. S. Consul General Inspects Prison
Camps and Describes the Siege
of Przemysl.

BERLIN. via The Hague, October 10:
via London, October 20.-The Ameri-
can ambassador, James W. Gerard. has
arranged for the release and departure
of all Englishmen in Germany over the
age of fifty-five, including clergymen
and physicians. They will leave for
England via Holland.
Julius c. Lay, the American consul
general in Berlin. has returned here
from a visit of inspection to the ON
GERS prison camp at Torgau. Saxony
He says that the officers, with soldiers
as their servants, run their own mess,
of which the Frenchmen. with tradi-
tional Gallo culinary skill. have taken
charge. The officers play tennis anu
foot ball, but are not permitted to nave
liberty in the town. The general COM
manding explained that this was be-
cause the anti-English feeling was so
high he feared that the British officers
would be mobbed if they left the limits
of the fortress.
Have Few Complaints.
The captured officers have few COM
plants. according to Mr.. Lay. and are
chiefly anxious in regard to their
speedy return to their regiments. The
consul was able from various ohcers
of -repiments to learn the fate of
number of officers carried on the Brit
isb lists as missing. This one had been
seen TO fall: another had been buried,
while still another was known 10 nave
been taken to a hospital. ELEVEN re-
norted among the dead were found un-
pnunded among the prisoners at Tor
gau. .a tho
The German feeling toward inc
French is far different than toward
the British The consul withesseu an
ayamnle in a French surgeon who, Grip
MED from rheumatism and oVereNer-
ton. was being repatriated, VIA EWitZ,
erland While he was being carried
past the consul. under the escort OF
soldier an accompanying German OF
6cer stopped the soldier, ordered MIN TO
unfix his bayonet and said: Rememper
he is not your prisoner and thae you
are his servant. See him safeiy 10 tne
Swiss frontier and allow nobody TO
modest him.
Describes Siege of Przemysl.
CORRESPONDENT of the Zeitung Am
Nittag, who entered Przemysl after
motor ride of four days over unspeak-
able roads, learned the story of the
siege of that place. The first shots
were fred September IS, the city was
surrounded the goth and an unbroken
bombardment with many desperate
sorties ensued until October z, when
the Russians sent a white flag and de-
manded the city's surrender. This was
refused.
The attack reached its height October
g. The Russians seemed utterly con-
temptuous of death and stormed again
and again They seemed to nave learned
much from the japanese war, for they
attacked with great skill. The men
seemed especially trained for fortress
work. Hills of corpses outside OF the
works testify to the furious attacks
they made The Austrians estimate
that 10000 men fell and many prison
srs have been taken.
Reach Outlying .Fortifications.
The Russians succeeded in carrying
Temporarily one of the outlying works.
Eleven battalions succeeded in ap-
proaching the works without being de-
tected because of damage to the search
light and suddenly mounted the walls.
The garrison retired to the classmates,
from which it defended itself with ma
chine guns and rifles. The Russians
forced their way to the classmates, and
a hand-to-hand struggle with bayonetS,
gun butts and hand grenades ensueo.
When reinforcements, which had Deen
hastily telephoned for, arrived the at
lacking party was already retiring
leaving 800 dead and wounded in the
classmates and $50 co-pses on the wall
The Russians were still in contact
with the fortress on one side and can
nonading was in progress when the
correspondent left. Rockets. light
shells and searchlights Illuminated the
land before the fortress and the night
was made as bright as day. 1t was a
ma iestic sight says the correspondent,
as the troops marched through this
lighted zone.
Depart by Regular Trains.
LONDON, October 20.-A dispatch
TO Reuters Telegram Company from