The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-26
Russia's Women Soldiers Put
Stacking Men to Shame in
Battle
LITTLE RUSSIA WITH THE
CROPS MAY BE CUT OFF
French Defeat Every Effort o
Crown Prince to Advance.
Taking Back Ground Re-
Gently Lost

Amsterdam, July 25.-For more
than $50 miles from east of Ziochov
to the wooded crests of the Carpath-
ians, Hindenburg continues to strike.
Three great Russian bases have been
here from Berlin The Wolff bureau.
semi-official German news agency. de-
clares Tarnapol Tanislau and Mad
worna have been taken.
The Russians are now at the point
of their greatest reaction. other dis
patches assert. Hope is held out from
Petrograd that the Germans will BE-
stopped that the new Russia Will
Withstand the newest and greatest
shock; that democracy Will triumph
over the old order. kerensky, man
of iron. is at the front desperately
exhorting the disorganized forces OF
the republic to be men and strike back.
Russias womanhood has set the
example for the men. 4 battalion Of
women-'the command of death
has held its line and rallied the forces
around 1t when trained soldiers were
quitting their trenches and Struggling
to the rear crying that the war was
not theirs. and that they would fight
no longer. The big question tonight
is: What Will happen in Petrograd
when the latest bad news from the
front reaches the public there? VIII
the present government sustain the
shock or will anarchy come into Its
own and the newest democracy how
to the standard bearer OF autocraey!
Win Fail of Complete Victory.
Every indication was that while the
Germans will gain more territory, they
wifi not gain their main objective
the complete disorganization of the
Russian govern nent and the eliniina.
. 49,. 80
The new government Is taking q
Arm hold of things and is directing
its attention for the moment to the
wtping out OF German intrigue within
its border The first move has been
made In the arrest of Nicholai Lenine.
principal paeifst agitator and the man !
who is said TO have been paid by the
German general staff to return to
Russia whence he was exiled and en-
barrass the new government By his
propaganda.
Lenine fed Petrograd several weeks
ago. He was caught after a nation
wide man hunt. finally being appre-
hended In Finland.
VIII Be Shot.
Petrograd dispatches indicate that
he will find his fate before a firing
squad. Treason will be the charge.
The Russian government officially
admitted the loss of Stanislau today.
according to word received here. De-
feat OF attachments south of Tarna-
pol also was admitted Neverth eless.
General Brusiloff, noted field leader
whose armies are now retreating FAST
er than they advanced in their great
drive Of two weeks ago. said today.
Il believe in a final victory for Rus.
sia If I did not would not be
worthy of living"
Kaiser at East Front.
n q nj e.
witnessed by the man who is most
vitality interested-the kaiser He Was
at the Tarnopol front when his troops
broke through. His pleasure at-efaa
developments is shown by the fact
that he has distributed orders OF merit
broadcast. Prince Leopold. OF Ba-
varia. General Hoffman. Prince Leo.
pold's chief of staff. and Major Frans
all are named as having received the
famous Pour lie Merite. with OAK
leaves and chain.
The capture of Tarnopo represents
the most easterly advance OF tho Ger q
man forces. 1t is on the Sereth. eighty
miles east Of Lemberg. The German
advance holds the gravest menace, II
threatens the Russian food supply.
Careful planning by Hindenburx
and Ludendorff is seen, in every move
so far made. The big. outstanding
tactics of the situation look to the
arriving OF wedge between the
Ukraine and Western Russia The
Little Russia" as 1t IL Low.
lngly called by its peoples the fer.
tile granary of the nation. The Ger.
man advance on the Dneister looks -
driving A wedge between these Nelda
of grain and the population Of con.
sumers.
The Russian retreat has not -
reached the stage where there i I'm.
minet menace. but conditions wtthfu
the army are such that the elerAant
of danger is ever present. Again,
there is great discomfort in thu
Ukraine, Much of this is directly
traceable to German gold. it IL be-
lieved.
The fact remains that the populae
ton has talked of complete severance
from Petrograd. as Finland has.
kernsky has his answer ready. His
words. In epttosne. are:
Yes, 1t was the cars war. And
we have overthrown the car. But
now II is the peoples war because Il
we do not tight and win we will have
the car back and will be worSe on
than we were before. -Tg-
We have our liberty, but we mus
fight to hold it because If GermAn1
wins 1t will be the triumph Of N.
tocracy over free peoples and our lfbss
erty could not last