New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
WARSAW LIVELY
WITH POLAND'S
EATEIN BALANCE
Rattle Line Only Thirty
Miles Away, People
Are UnconCerned.
wOUNDED MEN AND
REFUGEES FILL CITY
c,nrtry Vast Graveyard-With-
mt Coal. and Disease Epi-
demic Expected.

w..,.w. March 5-The city Of War
wh;,b is nearer 30 the actual
So zone ,han any other city of ITS
-, Europe. and which has lived for
..,A. under the continued menace Of
occupation, wears the aston
'.,,rs aspect Of disinterested OBJ
-, for whom the fortunes Of war
-, INIT 8 casual interest. This is
!. ,,,i.al Of the country whose sons
80. equally divided. arc fighting
~ an tho Russian and half on the
,s,,ro-Germsn side.
W,r.aw is within thirty miles OF
:. fe-ce. persistent and apparently
..,inr German offensive against
- large part Of the entire Rus
=, army has been maSsed' ana is SUP
=. "a ali the ills which follow in the
y. Of battle. such as dearth or pro
,ssns and fuel. congestion ana dis.
Wv" The best farms and estates Of
81 have been turned into vast
81 grounds. her people are home
80 starving. and every day seems
ss-ten the prospect Of that reGen-
-, a. the Polish people into an
es...n5ept nation which is the dream
- - Pole. whether he is Russian,
csrnsn or an Austrian subject.
The accumulated filth of the
...-rbes from the thousands of shall
- c,.yes where Russian, German and
s.g,b soldiers have been hastily
..,,d. cholera. typhus and typhoid
.,T,r are said to be spreading. and IN
!. opinion OF military doctors, when
4, Softening Of the ground and melt
i. Al the streams begins, in early
..,;,s disease will run like FIRE
trough Poland.
=, have thrown themselves upon the
- ~ the various committees o.
,,r.s relief in Warsaw. have brought
-, ,be CITY FIVE known cases OF
I.l.,. The cases have been promptly
.s,,sd and all who have been sub
,...s8 20 the contagion have been de-
80 INTO the country. Warsaw Is at
..s.,nt suffering from a lack Of coal,
r,,e the supply from southern 70
,-S IN the CheuStokovau region mas
~ cut of by the German INVASION:
mo then. is entitled 10 q feeling OF
,-,,snent AZ the undiminiShed spirits
Il .he arparcnt.y normal life which
ne. in this city. which. one reasons.
~, 70 he trembling on the verge OF
s',rrophe The streets are gay with
/ ,s,i,sr and song. the cafes are filled
l ,,l late a. nigh. and the opera and
4 an, are PLAYING 20 full houses. IL
4 ,urious indeed 10 see these audi
,,.,s giving way TO the imaginary
-gges Of the actors on the stage,
r.le real trouble awaits them beyond
1 u door o. the theatre. ON the Tor
~ German advance upon warsaw
I rtitr approached within seven miles
n d ihe citv. one theatre continued Its
rrorrance without interruption
l riile the booming of the enemy'S guns
l ys6 be distinctly heard over the
woes Of the actors.
Il Club life goes on as usual. An
i l-sriean cores pondent was In the
! ,oors Of one Of the best known war
l ~ clubs on the occasion OF d recent
aroplane raid -Four men were play
Il Y auction bridge. Two bombs were
1 .,cpped. one within two hundred yards
q The club. Two E the men stro!ICd
artlessly 10 the window ana "atchSu
l he Two German Taubes volplsne rech-
H;ly from an altitude Of about hVe
,Ousand feet 20 q distance OF approx :
l -s,ey two thousand feet, drop bomn
l ,pisce and circle upward and westward
l 9TH two Russian aerOplanes IN close
/ insult. Russian shrapnel was directed
! the two German aeroplanes from
/ artery on the outskirts OF the city
l p; the speed Of the aeroplanes was
l great that the gray bursts OF smoke
4 ~ harmlessly i'm the rear. Inc oIheI
Hon men in the bridge game we're more
,isrested in their hands. These aero
lane raids have indeed become Sucn
ganonplace occurrences that lnsIead
l hgrrying indoors. as the residents
& he city used 10 do when the appear
re Of the German TauDes was an
Earning novelty, the streets are no"
Iosded with mildly interested SPeC'
aiofs, who If they have no other puSI'
''ss on hand, make IL q point 20 De
q the streets on clear afternoons al
O'clock, at which time the German
tiop.snes appear, weather permitting
rA unerring regularity. III,
Before We have tea says tlmlu
'sting Polish woman, Tets plan to 80
uisnd see the aeroplane raid. one
'ght almost think that il was sport,
z event Of the season which 1t mao
Hsne fashionable 20 attend.
Meanwhile the wounded are brougn'
a's from the trenches, and contlnu-
2! Inc Of soldiers, infantry, mounted
,lsn,ry, cavalry and long provision
ans file through the city 10 take
a.lF place in the firing line. But the
ocess activity, the countless episodes
ny one Of which would in ordinary
mes provoke anxiety and alarm, seem
~v TO act 8s a stimulant upon the
uvrought nerves Of this remarkable