New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
Leader of Troops Operat-
ing Against the Let's Is
Said to Have Turned
Over His Command
Allied Cruisers
Aid Riga Defence
10000 Reds Taken at
hamburg, With Loss of
Only u Men Killed

Goltz finally transferred his command
in the Baltic region to General Won
Eberhardt Sunday and. is expected to
arrive in Berlin very shortly, according
to senli-official statement issued here
to-day.
The statement announces that the
German government on Sunday deliber-
ated on the latest note of the Entente
with regard to the Baltic situation, and
adds that a complee stoppage Of pro
visions to the insubordinate troops in
the Baltic lands, except those demon
strably returning. was ordered Satur-
day, and that all passenger traffic to
the Baltic will be stopped imme mediate!y
and that only empty trains will be per
!nitted to go to fetch the troops. 1t is
added that sharper control measures
have been taken with view to pre-
venting the sending of ammunition to
the East
The statement says that General Won
der Goltz, in accordance with instruc-
tions, communicated to the troops the
governments last withdrawal order and
emphatically urged compliance with it.
A dispatch from Paris October 5
announced that General Dupont, COM
mander of the inter Allied mission in
Berlin; had received memorandum
from the German government assert
ing that General Won der Goltz had
been recalled as commander of the
German troops in the Baltic provinces,
and that General Won Eberhardt had
been appointed to replace Won der
Goltz and take charge of the evacua-
tion Of the German troops.
LONDON, Oct. 13 (By The Associated
Press The Let's have recrossed the
Duna River in the direction of Mitau
and occupied the suburbs of Riga on
the left bank of the river, according to
a telegram to the Lettish Press Bu-
rcau in Copenhagen from Wenden, Lii
vonia, fifty miles northeast Of Riga. and
transmitted here.
Lettish Officers Praised
The dispatch adds that the Cabinet.
the National Council and other govern
ment officials went to Wenden Friday
from Riga, but the coolness of the
higher Lettish military officers par
TALLY retrieved the situation at Riga,
and the Permier and the Minister of
Justice have returned there
a military convention has been con-
cluded with Esthonia, the effects of
which already are to be seen in the as
sistance of the Esthonians at Riga, the
dispatch says.
Allied cruisers are aiding in defence
of Riga against German attacks which
for five days have been incessant and
stubborn, according to another COM
munication issued by the Lettish
Foreign Office Sunday and transmitted
here from Copenhagen. Riga is being
bombarded by the enemy. The COM
munication follows:
"For five days the Lettish troops
l. I
ing off incessant, stubborn German at
tacks. The Germans are bombardine
the unfortifed town of Riga. Cruisers
belonging to the Allied powers are
participating in the defence.
"The Germans repeatedly have been
repulsed in attempts to force the Duna
River"
According TO Libau dispatch to
"The Daily Mail" General Yudenich's
Russian Northwestern army, which on
Saturday took hamburg from the Boil
sheviki in a new drive on Petrograd
is reported to have captured four COM
plete Bolshevik regiments, 1000 other
soviet troops and the entire staff OF
the Bolshevik 10th Division (approx-
imately 10000 men).
General GlaZenapp. commander of the
forces that entered the city. is reported
to have lost only 27 men killed and 15N
wounded.
The dispatch quotes General vladi-
miroff, organizer Of the drive, as saying
the German Russian offensive on the
south, led by General Won der. Goltz
and Colonel Avaloff- Bermondt. came too
late to block the advance Of the North
western army.
Lettish Position Desperate
All reports concur that Colonel
Avaloff- Bermondts forces have occupied
Thorenberg, on the western outskirts
Of Riga, and are bombarding positions
east of the Duna River According to
e. Helsingfors dispatch by way of Co.
penhagcn, the position cf the Let's is
desperate.
The steamship Lake Fray. belonging
to the United States Shipping Board
and carrying relief supplies to Riga
has been ordered not to proceed fur
ther until the situation at Riga clears.
The vessel has put into Hango, Fin
land.