The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-11
Berlin Regrets Baltic
AdUent1lreS;; No Control
Military Action Against Re-
Voting Troops Prevented
by Army'S Attitude.
REPORTS CONTRADICTORY
Der Goltz Said to Be Urging
Men to Return Home and
Plan New Conuuests.

London, Oct. 11.-It was stated in
authoritative quarters here this aft
ernoon that a German Russian at
tack on Riga was carried out on Fri
day under cover ola heavy lombard
ment by German guns, forcing the
Let's to evacuate the city,
Urges Men to Go Home.
Berlin, Oct. 11.-(A. PD-Gen. Won
der Goltz is travelling from one unit
of his army to another, urging his
men to return to Germany, according
to the Tageblatt, which adds that
this work takes considerable time be-
cause of the distances that must be
covered.
German-Russian troops under Gen.
Won der Goltz and Col. Avaloff- Ber-
mondt intend to oust M. Ulmanis,
Lettish premier, take possession of
Lettvia and then, with the assistance
of Baltic landwehr, advance against
the bolsheviki, according to a private
letter which has reached here from
German officer at Mitau. The let :
ter outlines the plan of campaign and
tells of the intention of the German
troops to defy the Berlin government.
Lacks Sufficient Control.
The German government is appar-
emily genuinely anxious to liquidate
the Baltic adventure, but lacks sufti-
cient control, and this has resulted
In large quantities of supplies being
sent to court and troops. Orders
have been issued, however, suspend
ing all leaves of absence throughout
Germany for the purpose of prevent
ing any leakage of troops in the di-
rection of the Baltic provinces. Ger
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voting troops is held to be imprac-
ticable because of the general atti-
tude of officers and soldiers here.
Fighting Continuing.
Copenhagen, Oct. 10.-A German
telegram from Mitau, received today,
says: Fighting by Lettish and Rus
sian troops between Mitau and Riga
is continuing. None of the troops
subservient to the German govern
ment is taking part
A telegram from Koenigsberg, East
Prussia, reads as follows:
THE Russian colonel, Wirgolitsch,
commander of the Second West Rus
len (ShavlD proclaimed the part of
Lithuania occupied by his troops as
Russian territory. The Lithuanian
troops in Schaulen have been dis
armed by the Russians and the Ger
mans cooperating with them.'
"Germany's New War"
London, Oct. 11.-Confirmation of
q newspaper report that German
forces have captured Riga is being
awaited here, but if the disparity of
the rival forces is as great as re-
ported in some dispatches, the sue
nf ln ot+ nl- h. IA IL
not be surprising.
"Germany'S new war; is featured
in this mornings newspapers, but
reports printed here add nothing of
to dispatches received by
the Associated Press. The where
abouts of Gen. Won der Goltz con-
tinues to be the subject of contra
dictory rumors, and estimates of the
size of the army commanded by Col.
Avaloff- Bermondt also show a wide
1t is recalled that Gen. Count Kel-
Ter, commander of a large body of
soldiers in the Baltic provinces which
were recruited from German troops
left in Courland by the allies at the
time of the armistice, is a Baltic
baron formerly a general in the Rus
sian army. He has established head
quarters at Shawl, while Gen. Won
der Goltz has his headquarters at
Mitau.
Prince Peter Lieven, formerly of
the Russian foreign office, is superin-
tending the CO. ordination of the
forces commanded by these two lead
ers, it being intended to transfer the
occupation of LithuaHia and Cour-
land to a nominally Russian Lithua-
nian army composed in part of Ger
mans from the ranks of Gen. Won
der Goltz's troops. This move, it is
said, led to the present hostilities.