Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-24
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l<oeniesburg. East Prussia, April =.
thousands of persons homeless.
/ thoupands OF buildings burned 20 the
ground and hundreds Of thousands Il
I no, millions of dollars worth OF dam
/ age done -%uch is the toll of the RUS
sian invasions OF East Prussia. which
eliminated recently m q raid on the
/ little city of Me,ncl W The northern
most corner OF the province.
4 Hard on the heels 90 the most re-
cent invaders, an Associated Press
correppondent recently toured East
I pruasla--or that part OF n Witch Of
one time or other had been held by
the Russians- had opportunity
ta see the effects of their forward
march and of their retreat as they
wered nven back into their own
country
Almost Desole,e Waste.
From the German- Russian border,
which ia fifteen mites 70 the north
ward Of Memei, 10 nialla, which II Tar
10 the south, and fnf inlies invhfn
: f,e,n the rurvina boundary ine, there
! asu lies hi plsee Of one tiinc pttias
peruns agricultural seetion an almost
Z iesolate waste, punctuated here aiid
there with haif-rulhed communities
tass Than seeeniy.tuo hours after
thp Russians had wrecked tho town
: ~ MemeL only 10 leave it-and III
! ~ their number dead WHEN uerman
teinfofcements arfivS. the Assoeiat-
ed Press correspondent reached the
isolated community 60 find Il 9 YER
lihle city OF fear only partly heart
enea by the presence of strong mill
(, tary forces.
Whole country In HmIns.
Ainne every road within miles Of
1 a. Cal
az fueltlves hurryine with what they
I had bean able 10 save from their
homes before the Invaders crushing
, into the arpe centers of population
Is tba santh and the westward Their
numbers we're added 20 the thousands
who earlier had fled IN similar fash-
! ION and new are uuartered al over
, Ciermanv. until the time may be ripe
for them to gn baek 70 the ruins 0t
their homes
Along line of i50 miles. as the
crow files and for distance varying
lrnm flvp tu fifty miles inward from
: the Russian border there now remains
only succession Of ruins
8O0,o00 People Homeless.
!. After painstaklug efforts the East
! pfussIan authorities have been able
tB estimate the number Of fugitiyes
/, driven out NJ about 100000, the utrnt
: ber OF horses taken AZ 100000 and
I. the number Of cattle at $4,000. The
extent 81 the property damage, how
ever II ~ as yet impossible even 70
guess THAT Il will run into the MIL
liuna Is altogether likely.
These same authorities appear to
I have proceeded with epnservatism-
Wild tales Of atrocities which can he
{ henrd on every hand have been dis
counted from first to last and In many
: eases have been proved to be the
4 products Of excited imagination, Gare-
J ful investigations nevertheless. has es-
g tablished beyond mitch doubt, accord
! Ing to German statements, that thou-
= sands of women and children have
been carried off 10 Russia and that, IN
addition to the maranding that Is pat
!, ent 20 the casual aibnee, civilians
l have been killed and outraged.
1 Bleak easteru East Prussia TODAY
q presents. not thu appearance Of Bet
. Rium with its ruined towne. but
succession OF devastated towns all but
!, devoid 90 inhabitants. The extent OF
! tho damage varies only In degrees
from schirwindt, the city OF the dead.
I Co Memel, the city OF fear
q BeeIns Investigation.
+ The tour Of East Prussia began ut
Instorburg which has felt the Rus
( sian invasion virtually not AT all, ana
& extended 10 Cumhinnen, which IS
8 iingeh about with battleiields where
. III the fall the Russian invasion was
il combnttea desperately The town has
suffered but negligbly IN comparison
E with those nearer the border
n Through a waste of partly ruined
lvillages the way led TO Tilsit once
: held by the Russians under Grand
6 Duke Nicholas, the Russian com
: mander -in-chief. Evrn the most bit-
1 tier anti-Russian. however admits
n that the troops which FIRST came were
3 soldiers, not marauders, and behaved
s themselves
W The invasion of Mcmel had IN
Is measure cast it's shadows before, IN
Il til even in Tilsit the effects were
& felt Hundreds OF wagons poured IN
u to the city The occupants had not
II the slightest idea Of their ultimate
: ldaetination. They travelled plinuiy,
D aetuated by d terrible fear Of the
i Russians and the one desire 70 save
themselves
e Every Store Window smashed
IS Though noninaliy a city. Memei y
II really large town, with the one
l. main street common 10 towns every
lwhere. That street bore the traces ol