Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-23
Won Hindenburg Captures
Last Railway Feeding
PetrOgrad Line.
ENTIRE JAP RESOURCES
FOR OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS
japanese Government Believes
Time Has Arrived for Con-
certed Action.
DREADNoUoHT LOST BY
TEUToNS, SAY RUSSIANS
Official Admiralty Statement
Conflicts With First Report
of Sea Battle.
By the Associated Press.

TOXIC Aug, 23.-The Kokumin
shimbun says: Premier Okuma
states that Japan has decided to give
greater assistance to Russia to prose-
cute the war. He could not discuss
details, but allowed it to be under
stood that the assistance would take
the form of the forwarding of. greater
supplies of munitions"
The Associated Press learned that
Japan has decided to employ all
available governmental and private
resources for increasing the output of
munitions for the allies particularly
Russia The Japanese government
believes the time has arrived for
more concerted action against the
enemies of Japan and her allies.
One OF Russia's embarrassments In
her conduct of the war has been a
shortage of guns and ammunition.
Military writer's, while not discount
Ing the effectiveness of the enormous
ustro-German offensive movement,
nave stated that the extent of Rus
sian reverses in the last few months
it~S DSCi duC al part 10 1naQ6QudI6
supplies of munitions.
Russian Facilities Small.
Notwithstanding every effort to in
crease the domestic output, Russia s
facilities are still comparatively small
and entirely insufficient to meet the
large demands of such campaign as
is now under way. With the Baltic
Sea closed to her vessels from with
out, she has been able to import sup
plies only through the port of Arch
angel closed by ice during a large
part of the year, or over the trans
Siberian railroad. The attempt of the
allies to force the Dardanelles has as
one of its great objects the opening
of the straits route for the assistance
of Russia.
Large orders have been placed in
the United States by Russia and ex-
tensive shipments have been made
from Seattle and other Pacific ports
Japan has also forwarded war sup
plies to Russia,
Japan Sent Coast Guns.
Advices received by the Associated
Press from Vladivostok several weeks
ago said that great amounts of sup
piles were being received there for
transportation to the Russian front
Word was received from Toxic early
this morning that Japan had stripped
large coast guns from her fortifica-
tions on the northeastern coast and
had shipped them to Vladivostok.
Notwithstanding this assistance, the
Russian supply of munitions has
fallen far below the requisite amount,
and a fortnight ago the Russian duma
instituted a secret inquiry into the
condition of affairs. 1t was reported
that in this connection charges had
been brought against General w. A.
Soukhomlinoff, who resigned as min
lister of war in June
BY the United Press.
BERLIN, via wireless to London,
Aug 23.-The Russian fortress city
of Ossowetz has been captured by the
Germans. 1t was officially announced
this afternoon.
The capture of Ossowetz, which
has been under intermittent bonn
bardment by the Germans since last
winter, gives Won Hindenburg pos
session of the last of the Polish rail-
ways feeding the Petrograd- Warsaw
trunk line.
Ossowetz lies 110 miles northeast of
Warsaw. The swamps before the
fortress hindered the movement of
heavy siege guns for the German at
tack and enabled the Russians to re-
sist the German attack after Tomsea,
Ostoloenka, Przasnysz and other fort
resses of the Russian first line of
defense had fallen.
Gen. Won Gallwitz's drive eastward
through Bielsk and Won Hindenburg's
progress in a southeasterly direction
from Kovno threatened the envelop-
ment Of The Russians in the Ossowetz
district,