THE PERIL OF RUSSIA

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3340, 8 September 1917, Page 2

THE PERIL OF RUSSIA

RUSSIAN FRONT BROKEN FOR 35 MILES.

GERMAN FLEET IN GULF OF RIGA.

|BT FI.KOTBIO TEIifiOBAPH COPrHIQHI J LAustraiian-N.Z. . iblo Association.} Petrograd, September 6. Yesterday the German licet appeared iv tho Gulf of Riga. The Riga front has been broken to a width of 36 miles. The Germans energetically attacked, especially to the north of Ikskull, in order to cut the Riga-Wenilen railway. A wireless Russian message says: Continuing our retirement north of the river Aa, we crossed the Melupe rivr in the region of Pskoviegad. We retired southwest of Menden. In the operations east of Riga we reached the line Klangsbrg-Moritzberg Kastran Friedrichstadt. London, September 6. A German official message says: Tho Russians continue their hasty retreat. We have captured 7630 men, much booty, and 180 guns. STILL IN RETREAT. The Russians continue to retreat on a curving front of GO or 70 miles between the Gulf of Riga and tho River Dvina, on the most pronounced coastal region. They are steadying on Friedericb'sladt, which is temporarily the keystone of tho Livonian front. PLOTTING FOR THE MONARCHY.

Petrograd, September (j. It is officially stated that, besides the Grand Dukes and other members of tho ex-Czar's entourage, certain Monarchist politicians are implicated in an anti-revolutionary plot. Evidence 1 raced the operations of the conspirators through Petrograd, Moscow, Kiefl'., Odessa, and Siberia. Large sums intended to be utilised in connection with the ..plot have been seized. Arrests continue to be made. GERMAN FLEET ACTIVE. Copenhagen. September 6. Both Berlin and Helsingfors report that German squadrons have been seen at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland. It is believed they are preparing to attack Kronstadt and Rcval (a fortified naval base on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, 180 miles north of Riga, and 20' miles west of Petrograd). WELL DONE, ROUMANIA! London, September 7. A Roumanian communique, dated September 4. says* Between the Momaia and Varuitssa and the sector Varn-itza-Narasesti our artillery dispersed masses of the enemy preparing to at-tack-is The enemy endeavoured to break through between Varnitza and Monastivara. but were repulsed after heavy fighting. ' CHINESE TROOPS TO ASSIST. (Received September 8, 9.30 a.m.) San Francisco, September 7. The Shanghai correspondent of tho Chinese World says that 15,000 Chinese troops have been mobilised to assist on the Russian battlefront. REFUGEES FROM RIGA. New York. September 7. A dispatch from Petrograd states that refugees from Riga have arrived in the capital, including the last trainload which dashed through before tho Germans cut the railway. Hundreds of Russian civilians were captured.