New Britain herald., 1915-08-02
POLISH AUTONOMY
 PROMISED BY CAR
Russians to Give Up Warsaw to
 Prepare for Offensive

I
 Petragrad, Aug, 1. Via. London, Aug. ?, 1:So a. m-The first sitting of tho Duma, which opened today, holds out promise of work with the object or promoting the production of mili- lary supplies and meeting the military requirements, rather than oratory. re- crlmlnations or effort to discover those responsible for the failure to realize the earlier high hopes 1 inc temper of the deputies was moderate; party differences were | mlnlmized; there was an entire ab- l sence Of gloom or fictitious enthus- iasm. The speechs of the president 1 or the Chamber, M. Rodzianko, and the ministers were we'll received and rewarded with applause from both the right and the left. The Polish people, the Allies, the ambassadors and General RuzslSy, the commander in the Galician campaign, were cheer ed heartily.
 Offers Polish Autonomy.
 The outstanding feature of the ses- sion was the declaration made in the name of the emperor by the premier, M. Goremykin,/ that the Poles shall receive autonomy.
 Announcement that amnesty had been granted Vladimir Bourtzeff, the revolutionist, who returned here from Paris hos hospital service, put was inn mediately arrested, was we'll received.
 To Evacuate Warsaw.
 The war minister. M. Polivanoff, said:
 "At this moment the enemy is con- centrating enormous forces against Rissia and is successively enveloping the territory and military districts of Warsaw, the strategic contour of which has always been the weak point of our western frontier.
 Under the circumstances we shall, perhaps yield to the enemy por- ton of this region, falling back on positions where our army will pre- pare for resumption of the offen- sive.
 Give Up Warsaw,
 "Alrs we'll that end we'll; 1912 was proof of that. We shall today, per- haps. give up Warsaw, as then we gave up Moscow, in order to insure a final victory"
 Referring to the German methods of waging war, Foreign Minister Sazanoff said the Germans had stopped neither at the wholesale poisoning of our soldiers nor, at the extermination of women, children and peaceful cit ;zens whose cries could not fail to arouse sentiments of just repugnance in neutral countries.
 An Ineffaceable Blot.
 "These feelings the minister con- tinued, spread beyond the ocean to the Unitd States, where humanitarian feeluings revolted aga.nst such hor- A -1.- Lusitania which cost so many Ameri- can lives This attack, which has no parallel for cruelty or absurdity, Is an ineffaceeble blot to the name of Ger many.
 "It is difficult to say whether more l energetic measures will follow Presi- dent Wilson's note to the German gov ernment, but it Is already evident that | American public opinion is disgusted | at Germany's action in spite of the | efforts winch Germany IS making to | gain American sympathy"
 Russia Determined to Win.
 Michael vladimrovitcn Rodzianko. | president of the chamber. in conven- ing the session, said the more terrible the war became the more Russia was inbued by the firm and unshakable | determination to bring 1t to a success full issuA.
 This" said M: Rodzianko, necessi- tates complete unity of all classes and the development of the productive re- sources of the empire
 Italian Ally Thanked.
 M Rodzianko asked the members of the chamber to make suggestions to the government as to how this could be effected. During his address he greeted the diplomatic representa- lives of the triple entente powers, who were cheered by the members of the chamber and by the public in the gal Ieries. The demonstration reached it's climax when, in the name of the en- tire Russian people. M. Dodzianko thanked "our new ally, the brave Ital- an nation" He then spoke of ''our brave Polish brethren. who were the first to receive the blows of the abom- nable emmy"
 "Th army" said M. Dodzianko in ,onclu ding, "sets us a brilliant ex- lmple on how to fulfill our duty to the It is now our duty to work lay and night to supply this army with everything which it needs, but to Q that 1t is necessary 10 make many hanges. We will fight until the com ,lete ruin of the enemy Is accom- 'lisbed.