The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-21
WARSAW SOON TO FALL TO GERMANS
GERMANY

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BE N (vIa Tho Hasue) July Fl.
20 3 an shells are falling on the
ov defenses Of Warsaw and teuton
60 are within fifteen miles Of the
~ Dispatched from the front TO-
.eAy predicted the fall Of the Polish
.apltaI within fortnight. The Rus
SLAMS are expected to evacHate when
the rapidly advancing German armies
break through tho outer chain OF dc.
fensive works enclrcling the city at
q distance Of seventeen miles.
Tho kaiser has arrived at the head
quarters Of General Won Hinderburg.
The kalserin will leave for Posen on
Friday and Il 10 understood here that
she plans to enter the Polish capital
with the emperor whom Won hinden'
buro's triumphai sweep carries the
Germans Into Warsaw.
Berlin 10 Wild with excitement over
the sucesssion Of victories that 10
sweeping the Russians from Poland.
Not since the drive on Paris last fa''
have the bulletin boards been sur
rounded by such eager erowdA The
popular belief here 10 that Germany
10 striking a tremendous blow that
may bring speedy ending OF the
war.
Both north and south Of Warsaw
the jaws Of the great German fighting
machine are slowly crushing In upon
the Polish capital. Pressing south
| ward near OstroIenka, Won Hlnden.
burss' left wing was Within two
miles Of an important railway leading
to Warsaw when the last dispatches
| were filed from the front.
| General Won GaIlwitz 10 closing In
| upon the fortress Of Pultusk, thirty
miles north Of Warsaw, and the last
Russian stronghold barring the sweep
southward to the Bug. News Of the
fall Of PuItusk 10 hourly expected here
Twenty miles northwest Of the oapi-
tai, German gunners have opened the
hombardment Of Novo Geor9ieN~sk
the key to the outer defenses Of the
! city while German infantry are AZ
taostinr -faeEousIy In ts,es angie be
tween the vistula and vkra rivers.
| South Of the VistuIa, 4 desperate
battle is raging on the railway be-
tween BIonIe and Jozefof, where the
| German advance guard 10 less than
fifteen miles from the heart Of War
saw. The Russians are stubbornly
resisting the German advance from
behind the most intricate system Of
wire entanqIements and trenches yet
faced by the Germans In their move.
ment against the capital.
Along the front south and southeast
Of Warsaw the advance on LubIn and
orojec continues Satisfactorily, ac-
cording to meagre dispatches from
the front today.
The vossische Zeitung estimated to.
day that since the beginning Of the
new drive on Warsaw, the Germans
have captured 175 officers and $1,000
men, remarking that "this is a nice
start"
PEACE WITH RUSSIA.
BERLIN (via wireless to SayvllIe)
July 21.-Poiitical circles here today
took the view that the success Of the
German drive on Warsaw not only
may mean a separate peace with Rus.
sia, but will remove the possibility Of
any Of the Balkan states entering the
war on the side Of the allies.
AdvIces received here say that the
peace sentiment In Russia Is growing
rapidly. France, too, 10 said to be ut
tery unable to undergo second win
ter campaign.
ExcHANGE>o >oF PRISONERS.
BERLIN (via wireless 70 SayviIle)
July 21.-"Thanks to American Am
bassador Gerard, negotiations be-
tween Germany and Russia for the
exchange Of invalid war prisoners
have finally succeeded" said a semi
official statement today.
German prisoners coming from Rus
sia will be received at the karunei
railway station. Russian prisoners
will be sent through Haparanda.
An agreement has also been reached
for the inspection Of German and Rus.
sian prison camps by a committee Of
three men chosen By the Danish Red
Cross.
HE NEVER SAID iT.
BERLIN. (via wireless to SayviIle),
July 21.-OffieiaI denial was made to.
day Of report circulated in foreign
countries that the kaiser told a dele.
cation Of German financlers that the
war would end by October.
Is Called a rrust.
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