Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-10

LONDON, August 10, 1892
p.m.-Although military opera
tions in Russian Courland have.
hardly reached the decisive stage,
the Germans who have been
smashing their way toward Riga
have been checked.
Almost simultaneously German
warships which attempted to
seize the Gulf of Riga Sunday and
attain a strategic position to as
sist the troops ashore were dis
ipersed and damaged. =.
German Fleet Was Large.
The assemblage of German craft was
the largest of any engaged in the naval
actions of the war thus far, with the
exception of the allied squadron at the
Dardanelles. 1t nosed its way toward
Riga much after the manner of the
British ships ranged off the Belgian
coast last fall
The fact that the German warships
were forced to retire is source Of
satisfaction to the British press, which
finds encouragement in the resistance
of the Russians in this northeastern
theater in contrast to their retirement
elsewhere.
British Advance in West.
The British advance in the vicinity
of Hooge, while not comparable with
the tremendous actions in Poland.
marked the most important engage
ment in which the British army has
figured since the battle of Festubert
in May.
The gain was small and still has to be
maintained against the almost inevita-
BILE German counter attacks.
Balkan Situation Chaotic.
The Balkan situation still is chaotic
Dispatches from Saloniki say that the
Austro- German plan to strike again at
Serbia already has found expression in a
concentration of Teutonic forces along
the Serbian frontier. 1t is said 100000
men have been massed near Orsova.
Hungary, which may be the forerunner
of the predicted campaign through Serbia
for the relief of Turkey.
Italy as yet has not declared war on
Turkey, but Athens reports that Italian
consuls are leaving the Ottoman en-
pre- intrusting their affairs TO their
American colleague If this be true, IT
probably means that impending devel-
opments in the Balkans dictated the
action of Italy.
1t has been rumored frequently that
Italy would send troops to assist
France and England in the Galllpoii
operations, but thus far such reports
have not been borne out, and the porte
and Rome maintain surface relations OF
nations at peace.
Peace Talk Deemed Idle.
For Germany's reported peace over
lures to Russia the British press finds
only sarcasm. Virtually all papers
iterate editorally what officials have
insisted so often, that there can be no
peace until the allies have gained VIC
tory.
1t is believed generally in England
that Germany is willing to conclude
peace as matters stand, but the burden
of all written and spoken comment is
that from the standpoint OF the allies
such situation would be impossible.
Ready to Evacuate Wine.
A dispatch to Reuters News Agency
from Petrograd says that the first
steps for the evacuation of Wilma
(about fifty-five miles southeast OF
Kovno) have been taken by the re-
moval of some of the public institu-
tions and the contents of the public
library and museums.
The railroad fro Wilma southwark.
the dispatch adds. has been the object
of active attention by German Zeppe-
Inns. Twelve bombs, five of which
were incendiary, have been dropped on
Bialystok, while simultaneous visit
was paid to the kovel railroad depot
the dispatch continues. The damage
done was slight, and traffic was not