Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-20
Merely a Question Of How
Soon Polish Capital
Must Fall.
POPE DISAVOWS
LAPOTIE'S ARTICLE
10 Denial Of Interview Published in
La Libsrtie and 10 in Reply to Letter
From Cardinal Annette - Germans
Now Hold Virtually Al Of cour'and
and Russians Exposed to Disaster.

London, July 20.-The uppermoS
question concerning the eastern cam
paign now is when Warsaw will b
I, evacuated. rather than whether it viii
be given up. With virtually all o
Courland in the hands of Field Mar
shall Van Hindenburg, and with thu
Austro- German forces across the Bug
continued occupancy Of the Polish cap.
ital exposes the Russians to the danger
Of disaster.
Thru Copenhagen comes q report Of
the occupation of Windau by the Ger.
mans. This menace to the Russians
Of the north is paralleled from the
southwest by the advance OF the Teu.
tonic allies on the Lublin railroad, one
of the chief arteries Of communication
with Warsaw.
The wisdom Of abandoning the War
saw salient in favor of straight Rus
sian line daily becomes more definite
subject Of speculation among the allies
and Russian retirement from the cap
ital before it is invested completely Is
predicted widely.
From windau the Germans are re.
ported to be advancing towards Riga
with the Intention Of seizing that por,
and clearing the nearby seas Of mines
thus obtaining another naval base. AL
the glory has gone to Won Hindenbure
as his colleague, Field Marshall VoE
Mackensen Is credited with the cap.
ture Of Krasnoslav.
On tho west front the Germans ap.
parently are content to maintain 9
series Of sporadic attacks on various
portions Of the line. Paris claims the
Germans suffered severe losses ii a.
unsuccessful attack on the heights o1
the Meuse
Pope plsavows Article.
An autograph letter from Pope Bene'
dict to Cardinal Annette, Archbishop o
Paris. contains the following:
"we absolutely disavow Latapis'a Ar
ticls which reprssents neither oul
ideas nor words, and was published
without our revision or permission"
The pope repeats his various pre-
vious declaration that his views are to
be found in public official statement
and not In accounts Of private conver-
sations. To make his attitude still
clearer the pope enclosed copy OF an
interview given by Cardinal Gasparri
papal secretary Of state to the
Corriere DItallan Of Rome. and letters
OF the cardinal to the Belgian and
British ministers to the vatican. the
former condemning the invasion OF
Belgium and treatment Of the CLERGY
and the latter affirming that the pope
never pronounced against the legalities
of the blockade of Germany.
Pope Benedict's letter was In reply
to letters from Cardinal Annette, who
said the Latapie interview had pro-
duced painful impression In France.
La Liberte Of Paris published on
June 21 what was described as an in
teryiew with Pope Benedict obtained
by Louis Latapie. The article at
tracted world wide attention because
Of the sentiment attributed to the
pope. Among other things he waa
represented as declining to comment on
the invasion Of Belgium on the ground
that It occurred under the pontificate
of Plus x, as taking the position on
the question as to reports Of ALLEGED
cruelties on tho part Of Germans, thai
similar acts were said to have been
committed by other nations and the
vatican was not court to give 5udg.
ment on contradictory assertions and
as asserting the Italian government
had taken twenty, members OF the
vatican guard and that letters to the
vatican had been opened by censors.