Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-31
EVACUATION OF WARSAW
BEGAN 2 WEEKS AGO, REPORT
$4,000 Civilians Said to Have Fled
City With Belongings.
CHICAGO. July 81.

CHICAGO. July 81.
The Daily News prints the following
from Bassett Digby It's corresponding
with the Russian army, dated Stockholm,
july sei
AFTER obtaining at the nghtlng front
authentic news OF the military plan now
being carried out IN and around warsaw
1 have hurried to Stockholm, as permis-
sion to cable the news was denied by the
censor In Warsaw and Petrograd
For some days the Russians have been
fightlng a tenacious rear-guard action
about Warsaw while the evacuation OF
that city was in progress. The General
stan is persuaded that the Warsaw TIL.
angle is no longer tenable. although the
Germans are battling with great deal
less determination than they did during
he-lons advance from Leriberg
WARSAW Is isolated from all but MILF
tary Communication. A week ago today
a train arrived In Moscow carrying the
British. French, Belgian and servian
Consuls and the consular archives The
American Consul, fernando de Soto, re-
tnained in Warsaw having laid In a big
stock Of provisions, with the intention Of
sticking to his post
"on the train were also the British
Anglican chaplain and the last remnant
OF the British colony, some riding Oh
most of the high officials OF the law
courts with their archives and 300000W
rubles (sl50O0,0OGJ OF court funds.
THE Journey from warsaw to Moscow
occupied three days, as 1t was around
by way OF Blalystok and Wilma, because
the direct route by way OF Brest was
ohoked with troop trains
Thursday evening July 10, the Russian
authorities announced In the newspapers
that the elty's official evacuation would
begin on the following Sunday. As mat
ter OF fact, II began Immediately. The
police vislted svery house and told the
stoosh,' or porter. 10 try to induce the
inhabitants in his building to leave az
once for Russia tas distinguished from
Poland).
Rolling stock. consisting mainly OF
empty freight cars, was Quietly aoeumu.
lated on the sidihss for a week, Until
thousands of cars were available. During
Friday, Saturday and Sunday trains OF
refugees we're dispatched eastward, the
cars being occupied by heelng men
women and children as closely packed as
possible
half OF Warsaw's ghetto thus departed
eastward, nearly another $4,000 q
peasants came troopins into the polish
metropolis from the nelghboring districts
Virtually the entire population or the
country from the north south and wess
came In ceaseiess procession day an2
night, the tired peasant famllies, VITA
their cattle and portable goods, throne'
ing the roads eonVergins on Warsaw IN
the city itself literally tens OF thousanas
OF homes we're broken up instantly.
know OF four cases OF men worth mois
than S1lo00,O0O last month who are now
nearly penniess..
"slmullansoasiy with the evacuation
ell property likely 10 be Useful 70 ths
enemy. especially metal ana maehineil,
was removed or destroyed, FACTORIES
we're ftvefishiy stripped and free trans
portation was granted to the owners e
the plants for what they could save pay
ana nisht one heard the periodical roar q
a dynamite factory that was imbeddea Y
concrete or was too oumbsrsome 70 as
mantle and tfansport
"Ths newspaperg of WARSAW made ihslf
last appearance with the issues en-
n8unolns the evacuation. Then the line
tgbs m6ohines we're rooted up from ths
iio6fs and carried Away Police and 50.
alsFs visited every printing sstahlishmenss
and every nbWsDaper Office. takin4 ths
tents df ty1e ard dlsmantlink the presses
Hardly a ton 9f copper fittings Was lsis
IN the city. All stocks Of copper IN fifs
factories ana pinmbins shops e2sR-
used for household Ware-noRper Of ever
Kind. wherever faund-Was removed
80 we're the stocks of iron men9efs.
hospital supplies and omcsrs kits Ah
The church bells, archives treas
ufsa. sdn-atudded riinalistie implementsl
seFssnsi vesimants ana IconA are nov ss
ins carried over fhe Viatai4 and aHas
q Russia
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