Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-04
Official Admission Made
by Cars Hague Lega-
ton, It's Said.
PETROGRAD DECLARES
RESISTANCE UNBROKEN
Claims Teutons' Drive to Sur.
round Polish Capital Is
Checked.
BOTH SIDES SUFFER
ENORMOUS LOSSES
Germans and Russians Said to
Be Sacrificing Thousands
of Men.

Dispatches received in Berlin today
state that the Russian legation at
The Hague, Netherlands, has Of
fcially announced the evacuation Of
Warsaw on account of the lack OIL
ammunition. The bridges over the|
Vistula river, the same aldvices say,
have been ordered blown up.
The actual evacuation lof the Po-
lish capital was not referred to in|
the Russian official cornmnnication
issued in Petrograd today. and no in
formation OF the report has been re-
ceived from any other source.
Tighten Net Around iIvangorod,
a report given out by the Overseas
News Agency at Berlin says the in
vestment of the Russian fortress OF
Ivangorod is progressing. Eight oil
the outer forts have been stormed.
according to these sdvices, and theI
possibility of the Russian forces
within the citadel Escaping is con-
stantly diminishing
A Russian official statement fro,n
Petrograd claims continued and sue
cessful resistance To the efforts of tisI
German armies to cut off Warsaw.
There has been severe fighting and
very heavy losses on both sides. The
Germans in Poland have been rein
forced with troops brought from|
France.
F, This report refers to the .senor-
nous efforts of the Germans to dis-I
lodge the Russians from their POSI-
tions on the Narew rtv.ge north Sfl
| Warsaw, On the PISA and Skwa]
rivers, further to the northeast, the|
! Russians have been attacked by theI
entire German army" reinforced
with men brought from France. The|
Germans. however. met defeat in this|
sector. The battle for the crossingI
of the Narew near Novogorod hasI
not yet even begun.
Heavy Losses on Both Sides.
This official statement then relates
Russian success near the mouth oil
the Skwa. The Germans brought upN
further reinforcements. but all their +
efforts to make progress in this sec
ton failed. They are at present en-
deavoring to break through north
east of Ostrolenka
The German losses are described as
severe" in one case, and ''very i
heavy in another. while the losses
of the Russians also are set down as
very heavy
Attention has again been called to/
Greece and the part this power may
play in the war by q brief dispatch +
from Athens saying that the diplo-
matte representatives Of the allies,
Great Britain. France, Russia and
Italy, have been in conference with
the Greek premier concerning the
political situation
BERLIN, via wireless to Sayville,
Aug. 4.-The Russian legation at The
Hague has officially announced the
evacuation of Warsaw, according to-
dispatches received here today.
The evacuation was ordered be-
cause the Russian armies lacked am
munition to defend the city properly,
the legation was quoted as saying. r
The destruction of the Wstulaf -
bridges has been ordered.
Dispatches from the front received
here today say that the encirchng OF
the Russian fortress of Ivangorod Ia
proceeding satisfactorily. The Austrcs
Germans have stormed and captured E.
eight of the outer forts and are tight
ening their lines around the city This
possibility that the Russian forces
SdtDofcu dTOuuQ INdliBOiou WHs
escape is rapidly diminishing.
BY the Associated Press.
RIGA, Aug. 4 (via Petrograd arld8
London, 4:15 p. m).-In obedience tQt
orders for the removal of govern
ment institutions the State Bank 4, "
ready has been transferred from&I
Riga to Tula, to the south of Mos
COW. The other banks are being re
moved and the educational institu
tions are being mainly transferred 90
Dorpat. 157 miles northeast of Riga. r.
Owing to the exodus Of familiesh NJ,
shipping agencies are overworked 4 r.
are refusing further orders for Is M
shipment of household goods.
The departure of workingmen from
the city has caused an ernergenc e.
which the Russian government
meeting by establishing temporarl2
employment agencies here and ifH
interior places, W
Riga is me seat of the governor
general of the Baltic provinces. 1t III
the capital of the province of Livonia
and situated on the River Duna, abctia
five miles above its mouth, In the
Gulf of Riga and 312 miles southwesi
of Petrograd.
The principal edifices In the city ard
the cathedral, founded in the thir
teenth century and rebuilt in the SIX 81
teenth, containing one of the larges
organs in the world, and the Churci
of st. Peter, with a spire 440 feet irs
height At the head Of the educa M
tional institutions is polytechni
institute attended by more than 10y
students. &
Riga is the principal Russian sea
mort on the Baltic next to Petrograa
and is an important commercia
center Its industries embrace mhtl
ing and brewing and the manuracturs
of machinery, railway cars and topacT2|
CO. The city has popuiauon
about 100000,
BY the Associated Press. ~
PETROGRAD, Aug. (via London1
I11:50 a. MAN official statement givef
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