South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-29

BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
PETROGRAD, Sept. ga graphic
story Of the fan Of Lemberg and the
scenes attending the Russian occupa-
ton Of the city has just been given
10 me By an Ensi.shman, who has
just arrived here after Witnessing
those historic events.
Il am an engineer" said he land
with "a friend OF the same calling, had
business in Lemberg. We We're not
D~Olested In any way until about a
week before the arrival OF the Rus
SLAMS. when We were suddenly sent
for by the Austrian police, placed
under arrest and conveyed TO prison.
simultaneously all our money was
cOnhscated.
I'VE were kept IN cells for four or
five days, during which time absO-
lutely no food was given TO us. For
tunately we received "a small portion
Of drinking water each day or the
hunger strike would have been as
complete as any undergone by any
suffraget in the London jails. on
the fourth or fifth day We were re-
leased, but we were both so weak
from absence Of food that we could
hardly stand
Panic Breaks Out
Just about the time We were re-
leased word was received that the
Russians were advancing upon the
city and panic broke out. The entire
Austrian administration fed precipi-
lately.
Defense Of the city was not at
tempted at all. The Russians gave
the demOraliZed Austrian military
authorities three days IN which to
surrender and evacuate the city so that
he frakr NfN co. N.s Il ha
horrors Of a bombardment.
ION the third day toward the APP
preaching time, a Russian aerOplane
made its appearance over the city,
watching for the AuStrians in the
city.
''The Austrians fired upon the aero
plane but II returned apparently un-
injured to the Russian lines.
Make Show OF BOmbardment.
Then the invaders made some
show OF opening a bombardment. L
should say it was only a feint at any
rate no shells seemed 10 fall in the
city. Surely the Russian gunners
were not such bad marksmen as all
that. The noise OF the Russian artil
lery was terrific and it scared the al
ready panic stricken tOwnspeople al
most into Mysteries. Thirty-five
thousand persons, some of them resi-
dents OF Lemberg and others refugees
from the surrounding country, bOlted
heller skelter. The large Jewish
population was particularly frightened
as the Austrians had Systematically
circulated stories that the Russians
would massacre the Jews.
Families carrying few of their
most valuable possessions fled pell-
nell along the road. Some had the
advantage Of horse carts and a few
had automobiles. Weeping children,
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rushed about Wild-eyed with fear
Aged men and women, too old for
hasty flight. were jOstled by the
younger refugees in that fright-filled
mob.
Bankers skin With Money.
Bankers made their escape with
all the money belonging to other peo-
pie and even the savings boxes Of
poor people were broken open and
the money taken.
Nobody was allowed TO leave by
train for Vienna unless he or she
could deposit at the railway station
the sum OF 5000 kronen, which was
TO be returned when the depositor
reached the capital. The reason ad-
vanced for this decision upon the part
OF the authorities was that the money
was required as security for the abil-
fty OF the traveller 20 meet the rapidly
increasing living expenses upon reach
ing Vienna.
Some Burn Uniforms.
Numbers of them belonging TO the
Slavonic race, got into civilian cloth
ing and were TO be seen carrying their
uniforms under their arms in bundles
They said they were going TO burn
them.
THE utter DISCRIMINATION Of the
Austrian military organization and
chaos into which the Austrian COM
missariate degenerated are beneath
all criticism. The Austrian army it.
self proved 10 be disunited and an
unwilling mass Of men that fell apart
in the face Of danger. Many of them
were only too glad 10 throw down