Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-23
MUT|NY REAL CAUSE Of
DOWNFALL Of PRZEMSYL
Starvation and Exposure More Deadly Than Russian Bu
ets---Unrelentmg Enemy Daily Presses Closer To Be-
eagured GarrisOn-After Last Desperate Sorte Fails
With Loss Of 5000 Men Austrians Give Up FIGHT As
Hopeless


Petrograd. March sy-Mutinv vos
tbe roai conso 90 tho e,u 90 p....,,.a,
N,
! NC 'ru'h Vi the last "a hours of terror
within the walls of the great fortress
became known today.
Human endurance had roocbed ;ts
,..,.a.,~ So. ~ " "
''arV'ns, nuii'sick ana
cold, the miserable victims Of the six
months siege at last revolted and
turncd like bunger. .cro,od wolf.horrds
-, - wa '''N'
'Po' '"oii ii'"s'Vls'
Oniy when he raced destruction from
wlthn ana General kusmanek, the val
lant defender ot the fortress, succumb
to the reienting iron ring Of enemies
without Probably never in the his
tory OF warfare mas there been enacted
more herolcally desperate or dramatic
scene than witnessed the last hours of
the siege OF Przemysl.
a new page mas been written into
the history OF human fTtltude and suf'
ferlng,-a story that viii take its place
WIN the great events OF the wars OF
the world
III was IN the late afternoon that
husmanek gave the order for final
dash Tor ilperty' lie summoned gOOOo
men TO prepare Tor desperate sortle
against the Russians az the south, IN
the fWlorn hope OF cutting Their way
through the besiegers and enabling al
least a part Oh the garrison TO iight ~
way TO freedom u was the iast p0io
pan OF the commander, VINO knew ms
sleNehe, ana starVing men couIu NOT
mold out longer
lue llrst oHl,h'us news 70 rcacI t"g
soner", Was wv IePui. tnat soN oiu'
uhltS hau liatly refused 10 opey tne
oruIers'
rem theIh, husnehef rePl,eu,
that any man VINO reisues 10 oDey
Gnly orutls snul' pe eNccuSeu' , !" '"i'
eNlre"ltF, we cannot P"rley' o
10 ms astonlshment, inc threat OF
death had no erect Whatever ~ seem
eu that thc desperate men rather We'
eoheu tne Iuen' Many ol thci', nau
gwen up nope ana dea'n aV the hun1s
OF ielioW eouhtrymeh was PrelerapIe
10 lalllhg INTO the hahds Oh tne enemy,
lhe mutlheerS were qulchiy Jolnou
ny ot9er groups ana us nlgnt lcll !t, ucn,
eral Nush'aneh laceu wno'e gaII'so" sou
IN open, sulleh hu,lny nc cul.eu ",
set"'f MS cor'''unIgrS il @ anu us .hy mqny a ",
'he olllcers as coulu sVahu WlIhln Wv
soui'u ol MS No'ce III tho cl'au1l W '"'
i"tress Inere, III tne nalI 1lI ,1ul.DO.,5' aurNncs5'
nc au1resseu ms army, pruning 's'
antly Dut III vain lor the hohoF Oh n''
country ,,
: heroes OF the austrian army Nv
crled, J no" announce 10 you my 'oS'
summons A..
'Ihe honor OF our army ana the
amor OF our country demand that !
lead you against the enemy lhuV sur
ROUNDS usi that we 20 lofth anu g'to
Dattle Blorlously ana cut our way W
liberty
Iheh we sna'l marcn on uh,l VIZ
JOIN the new Austrian army, una reln'
forced we snail return aBain ana re-
capture TINS strohghoid'
NY heroeS' we nave snare1 s,,t, oll
last PROVISIONS we nave divided our
last crust OF oreau ana our lust sup "
wine rms rs our eAlremley anu !
call upon you III tme hanc VI "ou ""u
our country TO Io"ow me ,.,,
- we must open inc "ay-"c sn"''
open the way
The SURFING Words " 'ae neroic con.
mander tell upon ears, ueaaeneu VIZ"
hunger ana neat's S'eheneu WIN uls
par ms eioquence cuu'u uV, roIa' ,I,'
the men from tnp lclnui By W .igi, VIZ
tress' Those VINO hearu t%hls % 1,lunigh.
oration ana 9uoteI II 10 tne huss,uuo l'.',',,''
ofiicers say 'naV '"e scono WIS u"'q"'
IN history ,,s ,., ..... ,,, II,
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