New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
'WARSAWEXODUS
CALM, UNHURRIED
QTYSWEPT BARE
Polish Capital Denuded OF
Everything of Mill
tary Importance.
FDIBIES ADVANCE
$50 p. c. IN PRICE
Half Population Entrains for In
terror Points-Half Remains
to Greet the VictOrS.

to Greet the VictOrs.
London, Aug. 5.-When the Tcuton
forces entered Warsaw they took over
a city denuded Of all things Of military
Importance. The capital Of Poland is
a she'll, nothing more. When the last
files of the retreating Russian army
passed through the streets, concluding
the most orderly evacuation of history,
they turned their calm, unhurried backs
upon a city stripped of all military
stores and denuded of at least half OF
it's inhabitants.
Not even German thoroughness could
have conducted more orderly retreat
than that in which the Russian de-
Tenders crossed the Vistuls to Praga, q
suburb. and took train for the new line
of defence IN the Kovno, Brest-LitoVsK
district. No hitch occurred at any stage
of the withdrawal.
Several weeks ago the government
had appropriated all the rolling stock
of the railroads for the use OF the ar
nv. When the army needed them they
were made up into long troop trains
Each regiment was assigned to GER
tain platform. Each arrived on '.nnu,
entrained and pulled out for the ne"
defences on schedule time. mere Was
mo confusion. The whole evacuation
800 II, N ,uall- oIlQd machine.
No Panic This Time.
Warsaw should have become used 70
Investment and capture by now. Inc
hind manic which seized her people
last October when Won Hlndenourg
came TO within nineteen miles oil her
defences was not repeated. Ferhaps
one-half of her population had le1t tne
citv before the first Germans entered IT.
Under the supervision of the army men,
women and children passed from tne
threatened town, were provided free
with third class tickets for any desuI,
nation in the itnerior of Russia, ana
started on their flight with the smoo1h-
ness of an American suburban railway
For weeks past the staff of the Rus
sian army has regarded Warsaw as
lost stronghold. Before the. SOUND OF
German cannon could be heard the
work of stripping the city nad Deguh
From the most outlying suburb TO IN.
centre of the Polish capital all ina
could be Of comfort to the Teuton h0sIs
was either destroyed or removed aT
tory after factory was roDoeu VI al,
machinery. This was either sent oy ran
TO the rear or broken up ana cast ,hto
tho Vistula. The buildings themselves
in many cases were shattered by dyha'
mite. .,.. ~
With the thoroughness OF locusts the
Russian destroyers swept through war,
saw. conscientiously deprlvlng ner OF
everything which could make capture
worth while. All military necesslCles
were confiscated. Even the post poNes
were removed. What food renamed II
the city was not touched, but TINS was
scarcely enough to support the iives OF
those who remained. Edioles nave az
yanced $50 per cent in price WITHIN Iht
last few weeks.
University Professors Leave
When the city had been swept bare
tn, army turned its attention 10 the
removal of all government institutions
Tho University of Warsaw was declared
transferred TO Moscow. All the PROBES
sors and instructors OF the institution
and as much of its equipment as couio
no moved were entrained. The Unlver-
sitv of Moscow, it was understood
would shelter its sister seat OF learn
ing. II. *,
lowed in the exodus, taking all thelr
funds with them. Ten days ago the
notice department departed, together
with the judges and all court ofclals
The managements OF the Russian state
theatres followed.
OF those whom the government was
pledged to bring away, only the Rus
sian priests remained. The latter stuch
firmly TO their posts, and vowed tney
would leave only at the last moment &c
avoid capture, Then the bombardmen'
of the city began. 1t is estimated tha'
at least five thousand bullt lgs IN thf
city have been more or less damaged
bv the German fire. Thirty non-com-
batants were killed in the hrst week.
Automobiles Requisitioned.
Orders were issued for all automo
hiles and horses 10 be brought over &c
Praga. on the east bank of the Vistula
and turned over to the army. All civil
ian males between the ages Of fifteen
and fifty remaining in the town were
pressed into military service. They
aided in the work of demolition, helped
with the transportation, repaired roads
and streets and dug trenches. Each
man received so cents day and MS
board.
As the garrison was driven in on the
city, all the suburbs through which
they passed were utterly destroyed. TIC
gain Warsaw the Teutons must have
marched through miles of blackened
uninhabitable land, covered with
smouldering embers and the rubble OF
overthrow buildings.
Most of those who remained to greet
the German victors were Poles, count
ing, perhaps, on the Kaiser's promise
to restore them TO nationality. They
for time assumed entire control OF
the civil government of Warsaw, denied
to them since the revolution Of 1853. A
citizen police force and Polish hos.
pital, together with the beginnings Of a
postal system, were in existence when
the Germans entered the town.