The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-27
Fighting to Prevent Germans
From Shifting Troops to
West, Say Reports.
GERMANS CONTINUE GAINS
Fight North Of City-Decisivc
Battle Expected Between the
Narew and the Bug.
sp,cioi cable Drspdfch 10 THs srs.


LONDON, July 26-Late dispatches
from Petrograd indicate that Warsaw
is to be evacutcd soon. The IN
formation does not come so concisely
phrased. but II Is set forth that RUSSIA
Is now fighting only to prevent the
Germans from shifting a large number
OF troops from the eastern to the west
ern front. holding on until the Aii'es
can bring up sufficient ammunition TO
face a strong advance.
II IN said frankly in dispatches to-
night that the battle around the Polish
capital is of far more Importance to
the west than It is to Russia.
In the meantime It Is known that the
Germans are steadily moving south to
the east of Warsaw and that they are
now fairly over the territory between
the Narew and the Bug. Five or SIX
miles on the other side OF the Bug lies
the Warsaw -Petrograd Hallway. the
last adequate means of communication
from the city. II Is impossible now to
Use the Warsaw Ivangorod- Moscow
Railway There is. however. post
road To the south OF the Petrograd line.
but with tn fall of the railway that
would be threatened
A feeling of confidence. due to the
fact that the Government has made
| known the facts regarding ammunition.
has supplanted the anxiety over War
saw, according to the Petrograd cor
respondent OF the Daily Mail lie says
| in part:
Russians Less Pessimistic.
"a more cheerful feeling has prevailed
| for the last twenty-four hours. chiefly
due to the obstacles placed in the way
of the advance OF the enemy by the
splendid resistance OF the Russian
troops, but partly attributable also to
the frank admission. now publicly made
for the first time. tina, there will be no
counter offensive possible on the part
OF the Russians until the mobilization
OF industry bears fruit in a largely in
I creased supply OF shells and other re-
uuirements Of the army.
This taking the nation into Its con-
fdence by the Government has strength
clean sweep In the War Office and the
dismissal of those responsible for the
failure 10 realize how large quantity
Of ammunit Oh would be required. Those
in the sweep included VI Soukhomlinoff,
Minister of War. the Assistant Minister OF
War and others and their dismissal was
taken as prompt reply TO the natural
query OF who was to blame Now the
nation feels confident that the terrible
the country Is putting all its energy into
the task OF repairing them so that nc
further delay will he tolerated.
Gen. Ruzsky, who after his recovery
from Illness recently was appointed tc
the command Of the army at Petrograd d
his issued a proclamation declaring tha
he will not allow strikes. which IN wal
time are equivalent TO treason.
what Germans Hope For.
THE whole German plan is now clear
The Germans regard the eastern anC
western fronts as parts Of the sam'
battle-ground. The whole German hop,
o. winning the war lies in using thei
forces first on one front and then OF
| the other. They do not want to tax,
Warsaw for political or sentimental rea
sons any more than the Russian com
mander has any political motive 10
wanting to keep it, The Germans wan
the city because they are anxious t,
I hold the fortified line as soon as pos
sible and then transfer a number o
their army corps to the western front
| From the region of the fighting II
2 the Baltic provinces to Lemberg is
: straight line, Warsaw makes a bi
[ bulge in this line. Large armies are re
e qured to surround this bulge. II tn