The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-08-14
WARSAW EXODUS
WITHOUT PANIC
Residents Fled to Moscow In
Orderly Manner.
MAJORITY WISHED. TO STAY

Russian Government Gave Free Rail.
road Transportation TO All Who
Wanted 20 Leave, but Only IS Per
Cent Took Advantage Of the Offer.
Retirement Carefully Planned.
Hundreds OF refugees from Warsaw
are arriving at Moscow daily. Most
Of them are without money or means
OF sustenance and are seeking aid at
the American consulate, where an en-
larged stan is attempting TO supply
temporary assistance pending the or
ganizatlon OF Russian relief commits
sion.
The refugees state that. although the
population OF the Polish capital was
convinced that the Germans ultimately
would occupy the city, majority OF
the citizens elected TO remain, only ap-
proximately 10 per cent having depart
ed. This accounts for the comparative
order and the absence OF panic which
accompanied the exodus.
When German occupation seemed
imminent the government issued an
order that third class tickets to any
point In the interior OF Russia should
be given free TO all citizens desiring 10
depart. The only condition attached
by the authorities was that residents
so leaving would not be allowed 10 re-
turn without a special permit.
Residents Feared Famine.
Those choosing the alternative OF de
parture foresaw that Warsaw would
be visited with conditions similar to
those imposed on L>ods aud that the
town would be cut OF from the interior
Of Russia. whence all provisions were
obtainable, aud that Warsaw would
suffer from famine
The refugees compare the orderly and
systematic abandonment OF the city
with the panic caused by the first Ger
man approach last October, when an
attempt Of the city officials, institutions
and private citizens 10 all bolt ct once
resulted IN indescribsble confusion.
The retirement this time was 90 care.
fully planned and 30 systematically ex-
and an onlooker received the impress
sion that no more extraordinary phe-
nomenon was occurring than the ordi-
nary summer exodus. Sufficient extra
trains had been provided so that trav-
cling conditions on the whole offered
little from normal.
Provision Tickets Unnecessary.
An unusual feature of the present
abandonment OF the city was the fact |
that provision tickets were made un-
necessary.
The bulk Of the refugees Travelled on
foot or with wagons along the high !
ways. Most OF the refugees were I'M
able 10 proceed southwark and 10 Kiev, |
and, finding the railway to wilma mo-
nopolized for military purposes, they |
took the line TO the east, temporarily |
crowding Moscow. vladova and Brest- |
Litovsk. Many OF these lost their |
homes In the outlying portions of War
saw, the destruction of which became
a military necessity.
All the territory Immediately 10 the |
west OF Warsaw. containing large fac
tories, Polish estates and peasant |
dwellings. now present blackened and
areas.
Care had been taken that no subur-
ban factories should fall into the hands
OF the Germans and be converted, 10
their use. Chief among those destroy
ed was the 81 600. 900 sugar factory be-
longing 10 Polish lawyer, Eugene
Karaluk. with more than 1000 tons OF
sugar
The factories In the city itself. oil
though abandoned. had not yet been
destroyed when the refugees left the
capitnl.