The Elbert County tribune., 1915-08-06
FALLS IN GERMAN PLAN TO
CAPTURE FLEEING RUS
SIAN ENEMY.
WARSAW MAY Be SAVED
POLISH CAPITAL SAFE IF 1T
HOLD OUT THIS WEEK,
SAYS LONDON.
western Newspaper Union News Service.


sistence which the Russians are offer
ing to the Austro-Germans and the
slowness with which the forces of the
invaders have been able to move dur
ing the last few days leads to the be-
lief in some quarters that the German
supply of ammunition is beginning to
feel the effect of the protracted strug-
gle and that Russia may vet save the
Polish capital. Dispatches from War
saw dated Aug. l say the governor
general of Warsaw is still at his post
and Russian authority there is intact.
There is talk in military circles to the
effect that If the Russian lines hold a
week longer the city will never be
abandoned.
Approximately 100000 people have
left the capital for the interior; other
wise normal conditions prevail
dispatch from Zurich says the
Russian defensive has proved much
more effective than was expected by
the Austro-Germans, and has necessi-
tated complete change in their orig
inal plans of campaign.
London, Aug. 3.-Warsaw is ready
for the evacuation, which was inti-
mated by the Russian war minister in
his address in the Duma.
For days there has been an exodus
of the population. Factories, govern
ment institutions and hospitals nave
been moved, and the city has been
stripped of everything that might be
of military value to the Teutons.
The Germans captured Mitau, the
capital of Courland, and are now with
in striking distance of Riga. the seat
of the Governor General of the Baltic
Provinces and Russia's greatest port
on the Baltic.
With the taking of Mitau and the
favorable progress of the fighting east
of Poniewesch, according to the Ber-
lin statement, it would seem that
communication by rail from Courland
and Kovono eastward has been sew
cred by the Germans in their plan to
cut off the retreat of the Russian
Grand Duke.
With the ports of Memel, Libau and
Windau already in their hands should
the Germans be successful in their
quest of Riga they would shut Russia
off entirely from the sea by way of
her southwesternmost governments.
The British steamer Clintonia of g..
SIS tons. was shelled and sunk by a
German submarine. Eleven men were
killed on the vessel and fifteen were
injured.
The British steamer Benvorlich,
which left Manila May LIST for London
by way of Marseilles, has been sunk.
Sixteen members of the crew have
been landed.
The British steamer Fulgens, OF O.
051 tons gross. has been sunk. The
crew has been landed.
The British Admiralty announced
that a British submarine had returned
and reported the sinking of German
torpedo boat destroyer, believed to be
of the G-196 class, on July 26. near the
German coast.
American travellers arriving at Zu-
rich, Switzerland, Saturday, from Ber-
lin, report that there were serious
anti American disturbances in the
German capital last week. A large
number of students in front of the
American Embassy hooted and yelled
until they were dispersed by force
of police summoned to protect the
building. The police, according to the
travellers. requested Americans in Ber-
lin to refrain from wearing the Stars
and Stripes as badges or scarf-pins,
the sight of which. they say. irritates
the Germans, and often exposes the
wearers to insults and molestation.
The Leland liner Iberian was sunk
by a German submarine. Six mem
bers of the crew were killed; two
died aboard rescue boat and sixty
one were landed safely.
Eight more Lowestoft trawlers were
sunk by a German submarine The
crews were saved. The fishermen sent
to the bottom were the Quest. the
Strive. the Achieve. the Athena. the
Coriander and the Fitzgerald.