The Washington herald., 1917-08-31
kerensky's Iron Hand.

London, Aug. SO.-Four thousand
Russian soldiers will be shot as de-
seFters by Russian firing SQUADS n
Fremier kerensky carries out his
threat, voiced at the close Of the Mos
COW conference.
This hurts us TO the very soul. but
ior the salvation Of the country We
VIII Kill with all our SOUL
Inc regiments on the Rumanian
front who yesterday abandoned their
positions to the east OF Iresti fnyit-
ing new important Tcuton advance
are expected to be the nrst 10 he hft
by the restitution Of the death peo-
I aIty. Gen. kOrnilOI, the Commander
ln-cnlei' Just back at the front from
the Moscow conference where he s.
Nently preached e .'bloo5-sn6- f,,T,-,--
rule, is expected 10 make A ,TlIesor1.
example OF these latest traitors "a
Free Russia's cause.
IL as the third consecutive 6a,- fb,,
'he Russian ar once has boe1
ohhSed 10 report wholesale desertiops
on ihe southern front II they cow
tinue, the worst is feared. The O
TIRE MuscOvite southern wing -,
brody down 70 N. Black Sss -
RraV'ly endangered by tho nev. Ten
ton advance deliberately b-ougb,
about by the dissolution and coVar-
dice.
CossReks FiEht GameIy.
Berlin's official version Of The re-
sumed offensive on the Rumanis7
front says nothing OF the deliberate
Russian Withdrawal that made ir pos
Slhle. A powerful thrust By our at
iacking troops" saws the statement.
Threw the stubhorulv resisting enc
my out OF IresJi and pressed him back
over the heights beyond the village
in the direction OF the Souchitzs VAL
ley"
Three hundred prisoners and large
booty We're taken by the Tcutons.
The Russian offensive spirit is by
no means broken. The CoSsacks. loyal
TO death. are battling everywhere with
superhuman herOism. regardless % the
CowardiCe OF some Of their brethren.
The German war Office indirectly pays
tribute 10 this doath-dcfying bravery.
Violent and repeated attacks II
says. were made without regard
TO loss OF life" against the new TeUton
lines further north, around MuuCeluL
il Is asserted these assaults were un-
successful
PtroCrad reported the rcpUlsc Of
J
Two villages have been captured
from the Turks in the Caucasus.
AustriRns Beaten Back.
Rome. Aug. 9N.-Gcnersl Cadorna's
second army contented itself in the
last tweuty-four hours with beating
OF an incessant series OF violent
Austrian counter thrusts. Again and
again the HapsburE troops stormed
forward from their last line of de-
fcnse on the blood soaked Batnsizza
TIateau. All their assaults were
snurfed out in their incipiency by the
Italian FIRE
In some cases the Austrian infantry
dashed forward with reckless gal
lantry despite the fact that the
storminC waves were being decimst-
ed. Fierce man-to-man graphing en-
sued. always with the same result;
the Austrians streaming back, shat
tered and beaten.
London. Aug. 3O.-Hcavy rain
storms forced a pause on the British
front in Flanders and at Lens to-
day. but lively local actions we're
fought between the French and Ger
mans at Nerdun. north OF the Aisne.
and in the Champagne, In bold
raid the poilus on the last named
front penetrated 10 the third Teu-
ton line and returned with eleven
prisoners and a machine gun. with
out losing a single man. German
minor attacks on the Aisne and az
Verdun were crushed by the French
guns and infantry.