Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-24
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BREST- LIT0vSK DESERrFn
summary Of special cable dispa,c,,.
1920. by tho Pblic Ledger Co. ''''''snt'

Constantinople, Aug. 24.-Two h..
dred citizens Of Odessa were exocr,.,
by order Of the Bolshevist authori,,o.
for neglecting to attend the funcra, :,
the sailors who lost their lives wh,.
the Italian destroyer Racchia ooo,
dentally struck q mine In the RIac,, w.
several days ago, survivors of tho cro. so
now here, told Is. Il. Kospoth, snsc;.,
staff correspondent Of the EvFs,sn
PUBLIC LEDGER. ''
The Racchia was conveying tbr..
Italian steamers bringing BoIsbev;st
prisoners from Italy back TO Rnssia i.
AS means Of propaganda among m.
crews OF the Italian ships the Red on'
thorities arranged grand state funcr,,
for the victims. The entire populot;o.
of Odessa was ordered out on the stroot.
to witness the funeral procession To
make sure that nobody remained ~
home, guards went into the houses onS
drove people out with their bayoncts
About 200 citizens, men and womo,
who were discovered hiGing In bousos
were rounded up and marched into on.
Of the principal squares, where tbor
were publicly shot few minutes bcfors
the passing of the procession.
In the evening pictures Of this tragic
execution were shown at all the cine.
matograph theatres.
Brest .Litovsk, Aug. 20 (By courier
to Warsaw, from 3. u. Conger)--
Bolshevist forces east of the Bug river.
including the garrison at Brest- T.itovsk
now are falling back in a quick but
orderly retreat eastward into Russia,
| t,l,;,. ,,,;th tbop, THAR Loot bn,aa .
occupation of Poland and dictation Of
peace at Warsaw.
These, however. arc only compare.
lively small fraction Of the armies Or
ganized by Trotzky for the invasion Of
Congress Poland"
The northern Russian armies, com.
prisng the great bulk Of the troops
which marched deep into Poland and
up to the gates of Warsaw, now either
are inclosed in the vast sack which
French strategic genius conceived, or
are being driven northward before the
advancing Polish troops, unable to as.
sist their comrades in the sack opera {.
tions.
The operations in the region between
Brest- Litovsk and Warsaw, whence
your correspondent departed two days
ago with creuentlalS 10 take MIN
through the lines to the peace con.
ference ut Minsk. now are confined to
rounding up and capturing scattered
Russian Getachments which are sur.
rendering by thousands, almost without
resistance. Only on the Galican front,
according to reports received at Polish
Headquarters here. are the Russians
still on the offensive.
Brest- LitovSk is almost depopulated
the Polish residents having left when
the Poles retreated. and considerable
numbers Of the younger Jews having
accompanied the retiring Bolshevists
Other male residents of military ago
so far as they could be found By, th'
Bolshevists after the hurried decision
TO retire, were carried off with n,
Bolshevist troops. Fewer than moS ot
of a population Of more than oo.oWl
remain to lament their experiences IL u
n war in which they lost virtually
everything under a regime OF reNulsl,
ton and seizure. or plain ROBBERY anu
iooting, by either side. IL
There Is little food left in thc ;., ci.,
one of the last acts of the BolshCvlSt'
bcing to rcouisition 10000 POUNDS o
flour and seize the supplies LETT In IN
warehouse Of the Hoover rellet orsah''
Zation.