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Southern Railway
In Effect February 18th, 1914.

LEAVES BIG STONE GAP
No. daily 9.05 a m. for Bristol ard =
termediatc points, Pullman sleeper
Louisville to Bristol Connects with
y " w for points East aud Sou X
for points south aud West
No. 8 daily. except Sunday, li:il a. n
for st. Charles and Intermediate
points
No. daily, except Sunday, 3:li IN. for
Bristol and intermediate pointa Con
meets with y. Il W. for points Fast
Connects at Moccasna Gap with
train No $ for Bulls Gap, Rogers.
willie and intermediate points
For additional information apply to
nearest Agent OF
W e. ALLEN,
Division Passenger Agent
Bristol. Tenn
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survivors were iceoound on Eiephan,
island.
AUGUST.
10 Steamer Admiral CLARK. from Fort
Arthur. Tex, foundcrcl. n lives loat,
- United States armorei cruiser Mem
pitts formerly Tonncsscc) wrecked
In IL hurricane Ia sAuto Domingo hRr-
Dor; 20 OF tho crew dead. IS injured
October
q Steamer Merida lost la storm on
Lake Erie with - sailors Tho James
Colgate also went down with u
sailors.
suvEMnLW
stcamers Retriever ana Conncmarn
wrecked on irish coast. g iNes lost
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Atolla niarstcdt
asnin won the
wo'nen's tennis
singles cham
pio over
Mrs y Il " "a + d
Raymond by
rcOres ot 60. 81.
Syracuse won
the varsity 4
nnilcs at pouSh-
keepEic, Tim {
ERrsi,yD-5 SYRIA
~,,s. aasT- az
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France reported
iFrenclituwns
and continues
deHtroyed by
war. &i towns
captured by
Germans 1869
houses DESTROY
ed and i5.lf
damaged
British attack.
led 10y Gen.
Halls centcrcd
around La I}ois-
sellc. aiming for
II o. a. ace
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German mer-
ciantsubuarins
ID Ell Inland
reached nalti-
more, i6 days
out from Iieigo.
land port Itor
captain. Paul
Koenis. stated
that his vessel
wan a pioneer
of regular serv-
ice.
II urnl credits
bill became law.
ParalS SIS eRsei
In New York
N.ufha
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lIoto 10y American
Cerneii. @;Ut's; Press Association.
c9iomela. ;nn "Cn,cKr py.ss
MIA. 0;Ss 80 Junior VARSITY SYRIA
euae, mas rs; Cornell. i0s-s. Co
lamois, I;Sa; Pennsylvania. ii.cs Is
Chick (Charlusl Evans won tho ma
,!onai open soIf championship. ono OF
the two greatest golf honora Ia tho
United States: the third amateur to
win tho American open title His to-
tai score was SO strokes fer Z? holes
record.
AUGUST.
Tho lawn tennis douhles champions.
w. ~. Johnston and c. J. Grimm. re.
tainsd their titles by defeating Nc
ioughlin and Dawson at Forest Hills.
n. Y; scores, ~ 81. IS
HErrENBsR
Welsh. lightweight champion boxo.
% the world. defended bis title at
Colorado Springs by defeating White
In - rounds,
Ntehard Norris Williams OF Philadei-
phia won the national teanis ehsIn.
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GfS. IiAIG. u,,,,,
French continued attacks toward Pc
rome. Allies claimed i1.nl prisoners
& Germans rctoolS Fort Tmnumoui
!. Germans made Cuuutcratpcks VA the
Sommo. OGt wr;c IcIu'sci also ucnr
Luncvilr Lorraine Fiourh and ilrit-
ihh We're also Tcpulscl ~ itardcCourt
and on the Ia ilolsscllc front
II. Brltiah attack on the somme covered
mile front including Ia Boissrllc
Contamination Wood % aiamet2 and
TrOncs woods
IL British captured Cou,aimaison. Ger
mans repulsed French south Of the
SommO
is Germans launched heavy attnck on
the British new positions east OF Bn-
Eeniin and Tecnpmrod Delvire wood
and l-ongueVal. British attacked at
Ovillera anu Pozicrea
n Allies attacked along the front OF l.
miles on tho Somme with al.cro men
tGermRn estimatc). At one point the
German nrst limo was pressed bnck so
yards and the salient ut Ncrmandovii-
lers penetrated: elsewhere rcpulsed
sErTENBER
is. Anglo French forces captured
ComOles. on the somme front,
n. French attacked on "a i-3 miles front
at Nerdun, capturing fort OF Dougu-
mont and $500 prisoners (Gerrnuns
captured Douaumont May e. 1870
NOVEMBER
j. French reoccupied Fort vauS, Verlun.
Is British launched new drive on the
Ancre line miles wide
DECEMBER
g. After prolonged homhardment and sue
cess!vo attacks AT Verdun tho Germans
captured the summit OF hili soI.
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SHIPWRECK

/ spsnish steamer Principe do Aus,uriar
sunk on San sebastlo; over 40
drowned.
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Steamer IS II. Kirby wrecked on Lake
Superior on Eagle river. % drowned.
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b - ! u en- a u .
aTmyrecapturcd
q rso va Il n i
reached Alt riv-
er. Won MASK
snsen's troops
crossed tllODan-
ube above Ger
navod1.
4. Austro German
column OF Fall
K N hayn and
ILL ..-. -
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cuss the milf Photo by American
tary situation Press Association.
alons tho Dor ~
dor. btS' oDaEuoS
The United Statee and Mexican con.
fereor at JuarSI were dcKdlockeA over
tho withdrawal OF United States
troops ficm Mexican coil
NAT.
Maj X. l.. How're. nth cavalry bat.
talon. routed bandits near ojo Asules.
killing q
Mexican bandits ra!Jei Glen Springs,
Tex
Militia OF Texss. New Mcrleo and
Arizona ordered TO Mexico
United States again warned AmeT4-
cam 10 Leave Mexico,
Conference at 81 paso. on Withdrawal
OF Uailei States troops from Mexico.
was suspended; no aSreemen, reached.
CasTanEa's government asked for i'm
mediate withdrawal OF all United
States troops from Mexico, allie King
bad faith and the violation OF MeIi-
con sovereignty.
JUNE
Anti-AmericAa riot In Chihuahua City.
AeNto; protest against the pres
<ree OF American troops.
hexiosno bcrned unitet e.stas con.
sulats at Durango City. Duraaao. ai.-,
inraitsd the Gag.
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Resignation ofDr.
Duubh. Aus
trtan nnnbaESS-
dor. recalled at
the request OF
tn Q U nited
SintcE, wgs ac-
ceptcd by tho
Austrian einper-
or.
Woodrow VII
son re. elected
president Elcc-
torpl vote: VIII
ron. ~. Hughes.
rs ropu a Z
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Autirsr


hulsSars and Germans captured bridge.
mead % Tutrakan. on the Danube. IA
miles from nulSharest
Teuiouic allies defeated Russians ii,
Dobrlc, in DobrudJa.
on t"ihenhayn's column surrounded
we hoHinanians near Red Tower pass
and destroyed their army.
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Italians opened counter offensive
In the zone OF Aus;rin's maSiinum
effort. May 20 and 81. Result reported
disastrous to the Invaders"
Humans began an offensive movement
IN Trentino Aus;rians reported In
general retreat
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Austria and Germany proclaimed Po-
lnnd an independent state
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New United States army reorganira-
lion law In efecf
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Events of the Year 1916
Reviewed and Classified
Death Record of Noted Peo-
pie - Personal, Political
and Sporting Events.
Mexican Situation.

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-06
NllCHAE,L.lS HAS
FIRM HAllDO.lV'ER||
GERMAN APERS
His Word is Absolute
Does not Want Criticism
of Government.

Copenhagen, Sept. e.The Berlin
press is decidedly non-committal as
to the promised blessings of the press
bureaus which are to be established
in connection with every department
Of the government.
The system of Chancellor Michaelis
is based upon the idea of enabling
newspaper reporters to obtain news
direct from the information bureaus
of the various ministries, all of which
are placed under direct charge of the
chancellor's press chief, Baron Won
Braun. The baron explained to news
paper men that the chancellor had
not thought of attempting to influence
the press and desired merely to guard
against unfounded criticism under
which the government had suffered
often in the past and to keep con-
troll of the whole publicity organiza-
tion in his own hands.
The chancellor. was responsible, the
baron explained, for the entire policy
Of the empire: and, therefore, was en-
titled to demand that all the press de-
partments of the various ministers
should instruct the press along the
lines of his policy. u VIZ; lssi y
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GERMAN AGENTS FOLLOWED u. S. COMMISSION
ALL THROUGH RUSSIA AND TRIED TO WRECK
THEIR WORK, DECI ARES CHARLES E. RUSSELL

= = W. r
kultur were obliged to take the job
in their own hands, resulting in the
burning Of the bridge at Vitaca and
the attempt to burn the train, Of
which the world knows the whole
story. n IS tl;;3 Az
You see, therefore. that we had
hardly set foot on Russian soil before
we began to learn what kind Of a
up and how 1t works subtly and eff
fectiyely in every country in the
world .jss Sss & \, s5 ;ls1 81 q \
1t is run by men that know their
job and have no end of money for 1t.
They know how to appeal to the altru-
istie dreams of the Russian and the
lgood nature of the American and get
away with both.
They know that the greatest thing
in the world. IL you want to influence
public opinion and get results from it,
Is to have millions Of people repeat
ing the same thing at the same time.
They have therefore n organized q
system by which at q signal German
agents everywhere begin to parrot the
same catchwords. IS
81 1t Is like huge fists that holds ten
Thousand strings The fist gives q
pull and ten thousand men at the
other END hop up In washington, New
York, Milwaukee, Petrograd, Buenos
Aires, Pelsin and the rest, shouting
together, Let us have peace by nego-
| tiation.', or compel the allies to
Estate their ternns!s
The whole thing was as plain as
! day before isa.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-06
By Charles Edward Russell.

Copyright, 1917, n by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association
!, The night before we landed at
Vladivostock a crowd OF German
agents In that city, most Of them re-
cent arrivals from America, held a
meeting to denounce the commission,
its aims and Its embership.
We were coming, they said, as the
advance agents of American capital
lists to seize Russia, enslave its people
and oyerturn the revolution. If the
Russian freemen, wished to save RUS
sia and the precious revolution they
must arise and never let that commits
sion leave Vladivostock. n v
The soldiers. Of livestock heard
OF this amiable gathering and took a
little hand in 1t. They sent down
word that they; would be on the spot
the next day and would shoot the day
lights out gof anybody that made any
attempt even the slightest to inter-
fere with the commission III
ls So we got through in peace, the
committee which governed yladivo-
stock giving us a most cordial well
come. But the German agents were
on our trail neyerthe eless. ss ~
They followed on the next train all
tiaeS way to Petrograd, alighting at
every available platform to tell the
people we,S were a band OF financial
come tot grab the country
and make Its people slaves and urg-
ing them to prevent our return.
y AS the people respo onded only with
cheers for inerica, these heralds Of
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WANTS UNCLE SAM
TO KEEP RECORD OF
BIRTHS AND DEATHS

- washington a1aa sept sept; department
ernment to keep record of all births
and deaths, Recommendations to
congress providing for federal rec
ord Of vital statistics probably will be
made in the forthcoming annual re-
port of Secretary Redfield. Only l2
states keep records of births and 26
death records The recent estimate of
the population in connection with the
drafting of men to military service, it
is thought, would have been more ac-
curate had there been such record
available.
Off1cials studying the situation are
of the belief that an amendment to
the constitution is necessary to enable
the government to keep such records.
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION
VOLUNTARILY Y GIVEN u
CONTROL OF SUGAR

Il washington, Sept. g.. Control Of
the sugar industry in the United
States was placed voluntarily in the
hands Of the food administration yes
terday by refiners' representatives,
who agreed to import all raw sugar
through a committee o1be named by
Herbert Hoover.
M Sugar recently bought will be ap-
portioned among the American re-
fineries.S 43
aF The arrangement was made at a
conference Of representatives Of vir-
tually all sugar refneries in the coun-
try with food administration officials.
This arrangement, Mr.. Hoover
said, will assure to the American
consumer a fair and just price during
the period OF the war, NJ VI, "a ~,
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. + = y Z .
Rieht after the revolution in Rus
sia, when the country was warm
with the hope of universal democracy
and q feeling Of good will to all the
W orld, thousand German agents ran
about the Field Of Mars, the trenches
an,l every center of thought in Russia,
crying:
why should we fight our brothers :?
The German people are like all the.
other peoples OF the world, brothers
OF ours. Let us cease to kill our
brother!''
This didn't last very long for a
very good reason. Early in its career
It was met by Russian soldiers that
had escaped from Germany,s he'll
holes OF war prisons and they had
only to show their scars and tell their
stories to put the kibosh on the
brotherly love business.
You can't make much of a hit with
your praises OF German civilization
when broken down wreck OF a
soldier gets UP after you ana tells
how he was beaten, kicked, burned,
impaled, mutilated and starved by
these gentle apostles Of peace and
fraternal good Will.
day more Russian people saw the only
possible road to the worlds peace was
by ridding the world OF the curse and
blight OF German miiitarism, which
makes war inevitable Even the men
that at the beginning of the revolution
had been fred most with dreams be-
gan to see this absolute truth.
tContinued on Passe - ~
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CHICAGO MAYOR
FILES BIG SUIT
AGAINST PAPER /
Asks $25o,ooo Damages
from Chicago Herald
His Actions Followed.

Chicago, Sept. s.Mayor Thomp-
son through an attorney, today filed
a praecipe in a suit for $25o, 900 dam
ages against the Chicago Herald COM
pany, and James Kelley. the publish
er. The Herald, among others, has
criticised the mayors anti
war, attitude. s
Watch Mayors Actions.
Following a day Of vigorous demon
strations against the anti-war senti-
ment expressed by Mayor William
Thompson that official secluded him
self and today his aloofness from all
public is the subject Of much specu-
lation, both as to his probable course
of action, and the activities of those
who are supposed to favor his inn
mediate investigation by federal ag.
ents. The National Security league
continued Its effort to have the may
or ousted.
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U. 5. RAILROADS
BREAK RECORDS
IN EARNINGS
July Returns Show Big In
crease Western and
Southern Roads Ahead.

Washington, Sept. Preliminary
returns for 1O6 Of the 1876 large rail-
roads Of the country made, public to-
day BY the interstate commerce COM
mission, indicate that the July rev.
eiues will exceed those Of June,
which established new high record
The LOG railroads reported net
revenues Of $63,308,195 compared
with $61,299,980 in July, 1915. The,
increase is divided wholly among rail-
roads of the western and southern
districts.
East roads report net revenue slight
ly. under those OF July 1916. but it Is
believed that final reports from east
ern roads will show an increase.
For the seven months ending with
July. the lines show net.,revenue of
$867,914,241 as compared with $780,
4 Q16 ~ 10 7fFA s7sSf F3t- tflss w
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BOTH ARMY AND NAV
In DANGER AS BIG
FLEET ENTERS GULF
Reports Of fall Of San Mount
Gabrielle Are Pre-
mature.
n \. g si3 .sss Nj
IT'S REDUCTION
rs CERTAINTY
Austrians Concentrate Fresh
Troops and Artillery
Near Gorilla.
tBy the Associated Press J

With the appearance Of a. German;
feet In the Gulf OF Riga, the difficulty
of the problem facing the Russians In
the operations on their northern
front are accentuated. Not only is
the safety of their army, concerned,
but apprehensions are excited az TO
what will happen to the Russian dset:
If the German naval forces are given
full swing in the Baltic.
Only submarines 30 far have been
operating against the Russian right,
flank as 1t fell back along the Cuff OF
Riga coast. Larger warships now hid
fair to take part in the activities in-s
creasing the troubles Of the Russians
in the task of keeping their hank pro-
tected. ss .sy ,sas,s Il sya !. lssss-
No Immediate Navy Action. 4
AS to the actual operations against
the Russian feet it does not appear
to be expected that they will develop
until the land campaign has progress
ed farther and It is seen what spc-s
cess the Russians will have In their,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-06
PREDICTS PEACE
BY END OF YEAR
Herr Won Heydebrand Says
Germany Cannot Have
Any More Enemies.

.Copnhagen, Sept. 6.-Herr Won Hey
debrand, the conservative leader, with
his earlier prophecy that the subma-
rtnes would crush England within two
months and end the war, still fresh in
mind, has again ventured a forecast.
This time he predicts that the war
will not last through the winter and
probably will be ended by the new
year.
Won Heydebrand is opposed to any
extension Of the war to present neu-
trails, saying Germany now has en-
emies enough. ,r
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DIsLoYAL TALK MORE DANGER.

OOS, > 4
Washington, Sept. 8.--Nation-
!. wide seizure by the government
OF documents OF the Industrial
Workers Of the World was said
today to be but one step In the
campaign which the department
of Justice iE prepared to conduct
against disioyalty and sedition.
From now on other organiza-
tions and indiyiduals whose ut
terances and activity have given
ground for suspicion of disloaltys
will be under stricter surveillance
and more drastic measures will be
pursued In dealing with them.
For months the government has
been collecting tremendous
amount Of evidence which can be
utilized in prosecutions in con-
!, nection with yesterdays seizure
OF /. w. W.. papers and other
prosecnti 0ias contemplated In the
near. future,
washington. Sept. s.-The govern
ment as the result of country wide
raids yesterday on headquarters o.
I. W. W., Socialists and other organi
cations, fostering disloyal sentiment
was today IN possession Of document
to be used Ills evidence in an effort t.
suppress alleged seditious ,activitiel
and anti-war propaganda. The seiz
ures, the department of justice an
nounced, were in connection with fed
eral grand Jury Investigations II
Chicago. The raids were carried ou
Fits, assistant to Attorney Genera
Gregory. sy &,
b Chief Justice Gonvington of tn,
District Of sColunn bia5 supreme cour
was preRariRs 4 tsesT ta ina We -repor
to President Wilson on his investiga
tlon Of the T. w. w. situation in tn
west. Recent outbreaks. there hav
been characterized by federal agent
as an effort to embarrass the govern
nent in it's conduct Of the war.
n /. w. w. and Socialists.
The raids on the headquarters O
the various organizations under sur
veillance was timed as nearly as,pos
sible simultaneously throughout tn
country. ~
On orders from Attorney Genera
Gregory, United States marshals Il
many towns and cities descended O.
the local headquarters of the, Indus
trial Workers Of the World, seize
books. checks, correspondence an
other doculne ents, and in some in
stances arrested officials found on tn
premises. Fls
In Chicago federal agents took pos
session of the national headquarters
of the Socialist party and a warran
authorizing the seizure Of its docu
ments was served upon it's counsel
The charges against leaders of tn
I. w. w. and Socialist organization
under arrest or whose arrest is con
templated were not made public her,
1t was said at the department Q
Justice that these would have to be de
termined by the grand jury investiga,
ing the organizations.
Work Has just Begun.
It was intimated, however, that th
investigation had only begun Ind
cations are that federal grand jurie
in other, cities will be called upon t
investigate the activities of the OF
gantzation. u a;
For many weeks past the activitie
of Industrial Workers Of the Worl
leaders have been under close scrutin
of the department bureau of invest,
cation. Scores OF field worker,
chiefly in the west and middle Yves
have devoted their undivided atten
Continued: on Page 7.)
II
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SENATE TAKES
UP DEBATE ON
INCOME TAKES
Fight on War Profits Tar
# ifs IS Virtually
Ended.

Washington. Sept 6.--senate cons
sideration of the income tax section in
the war revenue bill began today fol-
lowing yesterdays rout Of the forces
advocating higher levies on war ex-
cess profits. All their proposals were
beaten, the senate voting 72 to Z to
retain the finance committees COM
promise provision for total levy of
$1,2S6, 100000. an increase of $1,06O,-
900. 900 over the present taxes.
The action virtually ends the fight
over war profits taxation.
Debate on the income tax section
opened today under an agreement for
q final vote tomorrow. s&f tf-
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akAlSERBuND' in THE SENATE DENOUNCED
By CllIARIIS EDWARD RUSSELL in THE LABOR .
ALLIANCE CONVE VENTION AS AID ITO GERMANY

wave Of patriotism will have swept
aside the disloyalists and thrown their
activities open to the eyes of the
world. $5s Fl ..S "A. n. H p E E a3s t Y 4
IA moments thought will decide
that there never was In all the world
a great country that was SO altruistic
in purpose and idealistic in It's prac-
tices as is the republic Of the United
States said Mr.. Gompers.
sWould You Fight for Your Home?"
TAKE country for country. take the
countries at war against each other
and see where liberty and conscience
and freedom prevail. and beyond
question it will be admitted by those
who are fair enough to see the right
and to dare to. utter the right, that
the democracies Of the world are now
engaged In one great titanic struggle
to free the world from autocracy, I'M
perialism and militarism with one
fell stroke, fs rt f
Nov there are some people who
have. said that this question Of the
3.
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MAY ASK WILSON TO
COMM AND DEER TIMBER
LANDS AND MILLS

\ Seattle, Wash, Sept. Resolu-
ions asking the washing gton congress
sional elegat ton to consult with gov-
ernment officials on the propriety OF
President Wilson Communicating all
timber lands and mills have NJ been
adopted by the Seattle Central Labor
council. They are an outgrowth OF
the fight for an, eight-hour day In
western Washington lum Der mills.
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is
not THREATENED I !
Russian Generals Say Fall OF
Riga is Not Such a
& sl. Menace. &.

Petrograd. Sept. 6.-General Alex
Jeff, former commander in chief. said
today that Petrograd was not threat
ened by the fall Of Riga. The greater
danger. he added. was on the Ru-
manian front. .
General Vassilkofski. commander
of the Petrograd military district,
agrees with General Alexieff. He de-
claEes the fall of Riga is of a moral,
but not strategic Importance and gives
assurance that the Petrograd garrison
is we'll disciplined and confident Of
the safety Of the capital.