Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-03


cred in $500 Russians in the Car
/ pathians, but the number was not
sufficient 90 arouse iubilant comment
In GERMANY
The feeding of these hundreds of
thousands Of adults must be an enor-
nous burden for an empire that is
urging upon even the children the
counsel that not to waste is truly to
I serve the fatherland in its time of
trouble.
Thinking of that, asked German
officer why Germany had made no
advance in the matter of a general
exchange Of prisoners. He winked
eheerfully and said. 1T is not worth
while"
A million prisoners and the num-
Der ever growing undoubtedly are
going to prove no negligible factor
! when the warning powers begin to
discuss terms of peace.
Only certain prisoners of the Mo-
hammedan faith have been released,
so the gossip runs, and they have
been cent back to the east on the
strength Of their plea to be allowed
to Join the Turkish army
Capture of Governor Is Dramatic.
The most dramatic as well as the
most unexpected Individual capture
made by the Germans was the capture
OF the governor of Warsaw, who rode
serenelv TO his fate in an automo-
bile with footmen in livery and pro-
claimed himself as "excellenz' when
he rose FROM the back seat and hand
ed his revolver over TO Prnssian
lieutenant Of dragons
There have been two versions of
this capture BY chance during my
wandering along the east front hap
nened to hear third account which,
II is now pretty generally agreed, Isl
the correct one. / CLEANED il from
soldiers who had il first hand from
dragoons who PLAYED part in the
capture.
II happened on the road from
Kutno to Lowicz. and the governor
was not travelling under the protec-
ton Of the red cross. nor was he tax
en- from train Of automobiles byl
an Austrian private after a hand to
hand fight
Kutno is a typical enough Polish
Russian town Of $1,000 inhabitants.
A pretty good road connects 1t with
Lowicz, which is twenty-five miles
east by a little south Along this road
the governor of Warsaw was riding
eastward in an automobile on the
morning of his capture, confident, of
course, that the whole country was
IN the hands Of the Russians. Butt
the fact was that the hest part of the |
Russian force supposed to be holding
the Kutno end Of the road TO Lowic2l
was safely locked UP in the big white
church at kntno and had been there
for more than three hours.
Early IN the morning German cav
airy had dashed into kutno, captur- /
cd the town, sent the Russian soldiers
to church and cut the telephone and
telegraph lines running to 14owicz.
Then detachment of cavalry was
sent forward along the Kutno-Lowiczl
highway.
Realizing that they might be fred
on at any instant the men We're NOV
ing cautiously along--at a slow trot, |
an now agree.
Suddenly q large automobile hove /
into view from the east Knowing il I
could only be the enemy the detach- !
ment broke into gallon and soon
bore down on the car. on the back /
scat We're Russian general in fun /
uniform and his adiutant The chauf- !
feur and fuotman were wearing gar
mems more ike Il ilNelN lHun a UNI L
form The general turned a pale yell I
low when, after evident effort, he
crashed the fact that he had ridden /
straight. into detachment of Prus- /
sian Dragons.
The soldiers agree that he did not I
lose his self-control hut moved and /
spoke like a man in dream. When
q lieutenant refined up his horse be-
side the automobile the general rose
and handing the lieutenant his re-
volver, which had lain on the scat /
beside him, said IN German
Baron Koeff, excellenz governor
OF Warsaw"
dispatch rider dashed back to II
the colonel Of the regiment of which I
this advance detachment was d part
When the colonel appeared on the
scene the governor stood up again.
unhuckled his sword and handed il
over TO the colonel
What did he do then?" one Of the
caNalrymen Nas asked
Well he did nothing inst got al
shade yeslpwer and seemed very nm /
happy and nervous
Tis the fortune OF war;