New-York tribune., 1915-03-26
Victorious Army Takes
Over Municipal Offices
and Starts Relief Work.
CITIZENS TOLD
TO CONTINUE WORK
Story of Surrender Shows iha'
All Austrians' Terms Were
Refused by Foe.
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Petrograd, March as,-In the streets
Of conquered Przemysl stand buriy
Russian soldiers, In long gray coats
each With a sheaf Of handbills, printed
In several languages, which they give
away TO any one who will take them
They contain the proclamation OF the
Russian general. "The civil inhaoi-
tants of Prsemysl are invited to con-
slider themselves under the protection
Of the Russian Empire" IL says, and
goes on to advise the citizens at once
to recognize that Russia has come not
for q time, but for ever.
In the public Offices Russian officers
ara already taking hold Of the lie OF
the place and carrying II on so tnat
in civil affairs the surrender OF the
town from Austrian TO Russian nanos
has been no more than an INTERRUPT
ton Of a few hours. The inhabitants
who remain are almost exclusively
Jews. Immediately after the surrenoer
thousands Of them poured forth IRON,
the town along the northern road ana
endeavored to mako their way py
broken bridge and new trestie briggs
which the Russian engineers had yus'
completed. The Austrian commsnosh.,
In his notice. to them OF the impenoins
surrender, had expressed regret t',a'
he was forced to hand them over oe-
fsnceless to the Russians. lhey were
turned back before reaching tne hue
sian lines and were told to 90 10 tnsir s
homes and resume their ordinary H4e
Food for Starving.
Already feeding and relief statlons
are st work supplying their necessities
and tranquility is entirely restored;
The town itself is very little damaged
after the long siege. The outskirts OF
the place have been converted into
vast cemetery, with the graves OF more
than forty thousand men who were
killed or died from disease during the
siege. Nearly every house IN the Town
contains a lumber Of sick or WOUNDED
men-more than twenty thousand IN
aIl--for whom there existed no medl-
cal comforts, or even dressings
Austrians Demand Terms.
The reoeption Of tho Austrian par
Iiamentaries who came 10 arrange for
the surrender took place only after inc
commander Of the town had communl-
Gated by wireless with the Austrian
outborities to the south OF him. FOR
some time the Russians had prevented
communication by interrupting mes
sages with their own wireless, but ior
more than g week this had been dis
continued and the doomed fortress was
allowed to signal its hopeless condi-
tion and ask for orders.
The Austrian officers, hve IN numpeI,'
including two generals, brought win
thew a long written list OF conditions
Tor surrender, including provision Tor
the release Of all officers who would
undertake not to bear arms. Inc Rus
sian general stated briefly that he was
ready 70 accept unconditional surren-
der and nothing else. No truce was was
agreed to, and an answer was hnaiiy
promised. A.. Au
On the following morning the Aus,
TRANS had already begun the WORK OF
Sestroving the forts and burning stores
snd soon after daybreak explosions
were noted in the defenees OF the
northeastern fort, close to the oe-
stroved bridge. There was no shoot-
;rg however, and the Russians IN TINS
sector advanced and entered the ioIt
1r;.bopt resistance. At other points
tho seme thing was taking place,
Some of the higher officers rode out
~ the nearest point in the Russian
lines and gave themselves up, All ON
cars who were taken were allowed 10
keep their swords