Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-11
DRIVE LETTS
OUT Of REGA
German-RuSSian Attacks Car
ried Out Yesterday
REPORT HEAVY COMMANDMENT
Situation is Regarded as Most
Serious in London
Today
Bu Tho Assocfated Preas.

by INC Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. IA Germans
Russian attack on Riga was carried
out ON Friday under cover of a heavy
borSbardment by German guns, forc-
ina the Let's to evacuate the city, it
W5FS stated III authoritative quarters
yere this afternoon. The reported
capture of Riga is regarded most se-
Triously by military experts here. They
say that between the German- Russian
troops and the city of Petrograd, there
Is no force that would prove effective
In stopping an advance upon that city
from which once it was reached it
would be difficult to dislodge them.
By Special Correspondent
LONDON, Oct. 11--Confirmation
of newspaper report that the Ger
man forces had captured Riga is be-
Ing awaited here, but if the disparity
of the rival forces is as great as re-
ported in some dispatches, the suc-
cess of the attack on the city would
not be surprising.
"Germanys news war" is figured in
this mornings newspaper, but reports
printed here add nothing of import
ance to dispatches received by the
Associated Press. The Whereabouts
Of General Won der Goltz continues
to be the subject of contradictory ru-
mors and estimates of the size of the
army commanded by Colonel Alaloff-
Bermondt also show a wide diver
sion
It is recalled that General Count
Keller, commander of a large body or
soldiers in the Baltic provinces which
was recruited from German tF69ps
left in Courland by the allies at the
time of the arplistice. is Baltic
baron, formerly a general in the
Russian army. He had established
headquarters at Shawl. while Gem
eral Won der Goltz has his headquar-
ters at Mikau. Prince Peter Lieven,
formerly of the Russian foreign of
flee, is experimenting the co-ordina-
ton from the forces commanded by
these two leaders. 1t being intended
to transfer the occupation of Lithu-
MIA and Courland to nominally Rus
s1an-Lithuanian army composed, in
General Won der Goltz's troops. This
move, it is said, led to the present
hostilities
The Morning Post, which is pro-
nouncedly anti-German. attacked the
British government for having "fum-
bled" the whole question.
Attack Lettish Forces
By The Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Oct. Herman
and Russian forces under command
respectively of General Won der Goltz
and Col. Avaloff-Bermondt have at
tackled Lettish forces over a wide
front in the coastal region about
twenty miles south of the city Of
Riga. Reports reaching here indicate
the German Russian onslaught has
gained ground at least at some points
and that the town of Shlotsk has
been captured Lettish reports, how
ever, insist that attacks against them
have been checked.
Fighting beside German soldiers,
who have been in the Baltic Prov
inces for the past year. the re 1sal OF
whom to return to Germany nas led
to a critical situation between the
Ostente and the Berlin government,
are troops of the Russian General
government" which are reported to
be anti-Bolshevik. Their commando
er, Col. Alavoff- -Bermondt, has as
sumed the title of governor general.
There would seem to be some con-
nection between this newly organized
government and the reported forn1a-
ton of the Russian governments
agents of which are said to be In
Berlin at present conferring with DR..
w. 8. Solf, secretary of colonies, and
to be occupying offices in the colo
NAL department.
This government it has been
averred, is anti-Bolshevik and has
been formed for the purpose of TAX
ing possession of territories between
the frontiers of Poland and Bolshe-
vik Russia, should an opportunity
present itself. There is no mention
of Colonel Avaloff-Bermondt in the