Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-09

sexHritten on every face. The long Rus.
Ef&ian retreat eliminating in the fall Of
has touched the lethargic TEN.
ferament OF the Russian nation, anc
MIDDAY the war has the support OF tne
d fntire Russian people. There Is not
~ss{he vaguest suggestion anywhere OF
4 1eace without q decision.
~ The Daily Mail quotes from the Ber-
'..s9lner Tageblatt an account OF the SIT
i Aation In Warsaw the day before its
rA&All. written by an eyewitness. VINO
q says: THE main fight has ended; and
q cEhaos was left. A chastity silence
=. feigned in the city. broken only by the
= 1Aunder of cannon. Shops were shut
fS9ered and barred: Theaters were closed
- 4ut moving picture houses were crowd
s,sed. In some places mobs were plunder-
ing empty homes and factories. Rus
sian secret police still were busy IN
,eevery corner, and executions frequently
&~Seere conducted from the citadel. AS !
sieded, i passed thousands of wagons pied
stEith wounded"
asv Russian Line Is Split.
!. - HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUS
.TfRIAN ARMY IN POLAND. via Lon
don, August 9, IL a.m.-The defeat Of
the Russians Sunday in the fighting
on the line between Lubartow and ME-
resulted in driving the troops
apart, leaving a large gap between
Russian troops fighting north OF Luz
barlow fed northeast across the Vlepr1
at Lessekowice, about twelve mlles
AIiechow fled northwest to reach the
Vieprz by way of Baranow.
. 1t is impossible at this moment TO de
termine how serious danger LOT the
probably they are amply protected
against dangerous inroads upon their
line of retreat by troops wlthora~lns
from Ivangorod along the highway
running parallel with the north, oanh
Of the Vieprz to Radzyn.
) In resisting the Austrian advance the
Russians made desperate attack at
Mechow. The retreat OF their Ie.e
wing over the Vieprz at LessekoWlce
was a rout of pronounced character
ut is known that the number OF prison.
ers considerably exceeds the 6,0OO men
toned in the official report.
Feeding the German Troops.
BERLIN. August 9, by wireless to
sayvile, N Y.-An account of the
conditions under which the German and
Austrian armies are advancing through
the districts of Poland devastated by
the Russians before their retreat was
given out by the Overseas News
Agency. 1t follows:
1.-THE colossal scale on which arrange
-nents were made to supply the armies
caused a sensation in towns evacuated
by the Russians. Hundreds OF tnou
sands of troops between the Vistula
and the Bug are being fed as well as
II they were at home. The men re-
.&eive three warm meals daily. Great
herds Of cattle are driven Denh hott hns
Of mineral water are distributed among
4he men.
1.-THE railroads were reopened speedily
BY the Germans and Austrians, sowing
the problem of restoring facilities for
forwarding troops by rail. The FUR
Wishing of supplies to the men has been
accomplished. Notwithstanding the 1act
that the Russians removed all such
Applies and set fire to the villages be-
s140re they retreated.
~ Eight Cartridges Per Day.
"An oficer of the Russian general
stan said that Brest-Litovsk Con the
Bug river east Of Warsaw would be
unable to resist such a charge as that
made by the army under Gen. Won
Woyrsch. Russian prisoners at 1vango-
rod say that for some time they receiv-
I'd only eight cartridges daily.
'The only representatives of neutral
countries remaining at their posts at
warsaw are those OF the United STATES
to organize bands of marauders from
the lower classes. A correspondent OF
the Tageblatt at Lemberg. Galicia, re-
ports that q man VINO SuCCccuSu fA
escaping from Warsaw before its cap
ture says that Notwithstanding closest
surveillance on the part of the Rus
sian authorities proclamations were
circulated appealing to the people TO
oppose the military and pay on old
scores against the Russians.
Ovation for Prince Leopold.
prince Leopold Of Bavaria received
q tremendous ovation when he entered
Warsaw Citizens of neutral coun-:
tries. particularly American newspaper
correspondents, participated in the cele-
bration. Crowds Of people greeted the
Germans as liberators. The people dis
regarded orders to leave the town be-
fore its evacuation. Families Of peas
ants driven by the Russians into War
saw already have been sent back to
their homes.
There were similar scenes Of popu-
lar rejoicing when the Germans occu-
pied Ivangorod and Lublin. where
large stores Of flour and other ma
terials fell into the hands of the con-
querors. The generals commanding the
first arrivals of troops were greeted
formally by representatives of the
cities. The Germans promised that the
new regime would be mild, provided
the people obeyed police regulations"