Evening star., 1914-10-01
Russians and Germans Con-
tinue Terrific Engagement
Despite Conditions.
AUSTRIAN PEOPLE TOLD
OF VICTORIES OVER FOES
Educated Glasses Said to Be Show
ing Dissatisfaction and Women
Demand War News.

LONDON, October 1.-The CORE
spondent of the Telegraph at Petro-
grad, telegraphing regarding the opera
tions in Russian Poland near the East
Prussian border, says:
The triangle formed by joining
Stshutshin. Augustowo and Ossowetz
is little more than a vast swamp, maxi
lug military operations difficult even
in the best weather. Rain has been
falling heavily for the past two days,
but the Russians nevertheless are push
ing on determinedly.
1.-The recent fighting has been san
culinary, two German divisions having
been destroyed in the battle Of Drus-
keniki. In the west of Russian Poland
the brushes between the advance
guards continue.
Peasants Bitter Against Germans.
THE Polish peasants are extremely
bitter against the Germans, and this
feeling has been increased by contact
with German humor. AS an instance,
the Germans everywhere pretended to
pay for supplies with documents writ
ten in German, which the peasants 10
not understand When transia.ea' .nS
peasants found that these papers hao
inscribed thereon that Whoever pre-
sents this at the end of the war Will
be hanged
There has probably been sniping
by the civilian population, as the
bodies of six peasants were found
hanging to a tree in a Polish town
few days ago. Their fellow-toWnsmen
vowed to have revenge, ana Two Gay
later German scouting party found
the bodies of twenty-five German SOL
diers hanging from the same tree.
a letter received here from Rus-
sian officer who is camping on tne es-
tate of Emperor William at fohiineeh'
East Prussia, says:
Williams estate is magnlhcentiy
. equipped and we have everything at
our disposal which we could wish w
are enjoying ParuGuiiaIM eaiss aeaic.ous
His park swarms with rare AMI
mails and birds. We are teaching ms
parrots the Russian language and they
are learning to address their imperial
master with compliments l shouio
blush to repeat in company
Alarmed by Russian Invasion.
VENICE, via Paris October 1.-The
news of the beginning of the Russian
invasion of Hungary is exciting the
greatest apprehension throughout the
monarchy despite all official assurance
that the action is without Importance
and should give no occasion for anxi-
ETY..
The work on the Notifications around
Vienna is being hastened and an off,
ciaI warning has been issued to the
public against entering certain areas
on penalty of arrest and danger OF
being shot by the sentries.
The Asiatic cholera is spreading
rapidly, cases being reported daily in
Vienna and in various districts Of
Hungary. Scores of cases already
have been found in Galcia. whence the
disease has spread to other sections
The Vienna papers daily are publish
ing reports OF German and Austrian
successes in the eastern and western
theaters of war.
The Neues Weiner Journal declares
that the German troops are going on
from victory to victory and that the
great French army soon will be forced
to retreat before the resistless German
advance. In the Austrian provinces
the press is even more optimistic es-
peciaIly in southern Austria, where the
Slav journals print such extraordi-
narily growing reports that the peas
ants believe the Germans already are
in Paris.