RUSSIA'S SUFFERINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17104, 8 September 1917, Page 7

RUSSIA'S SUFFERINGS

THE RETIREMENT CONTINUES. Admiralty per Wireless Press. LONDON, September 6. Russian official: Continuing our retirement north of the River Aa, we crossed the Melupe River in the region of Pskoviegad. We .retired south-west of Venden. In the operations east of Riga we reached the line Kelangsnberg - Moritzberg - KastramFriedrichstadt.

GERMAN FLEET IN RIGA GULF. BREACH IN RUSSIAN LINES. Router's Telegrams. PETROGRAD, September 6. Yesteraay the German fleet appeared in the Gulf of Riga. The Russian Riga front has been broken for a width of 36 miles. The Germans energetically attacked, especially north of Ixkull, in order to out the Riga-Venden railway. GERMAN FLEETS OBJECTIVE. REVAL AIMED AT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, September 6. _ It is reported that the German fleet is preparing to attack Reval (a Baltic port), and possibly a subsidiary naval base, about midway between Riga and Petrograd, towards the entrance of the Gulf of Finland). POLAND'S INDEPENDENCE. MORE PROMISES BROKEN. BERNE, September 6. Following on the failure of the Polish kingdom proclaimed in November, 1916, Austria and Germany are repartitioning the country. Germany takes one-tenth of Russian Poland, and Austria takes the remainder. The Emperor Charles will become King of Poland, including Galicia. The Dual Monarchy thus becomes the Triple Monarchy. The new Poland will have its own Government and Parliament, but its army and its foreign policy will be imperially controlled. The scheme renders the Poles liable to serve in the Austrian army. It also removes the Galician deputies from the Austrian Reichsrath, thus ensuring German predominance in that body over the Czechs.

GERMAN SQUADRONS OUT. TO ATTACK REVAL AND KRONSTADT. COPENHAGEN, September 6. (Received Sept. 1, at 8 p.m.) Both Berlin and Helsingfors report that German squadrons were see,n at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. It is believed that they are preparing to attack Reval and Kronstadt. GRAND DUKES' INTRIGUE. EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD PLOT. Renter's Telegrams. PETROGRAD, September 6. (Received Sept. 7, at 8 p.m.) It is officially stated that besides the Grand Dukes, other members of the exCzar's entourage and certain monarchist politicians are implicated in an anti-revolu-tion plot. Evidence has been traced to intrigues in Petrograd, Moscow, Kiefl, Odessa, and Siberia. Large sums intended to be utilised in furtherance of the plot have been seized, and arrests continue to be made.

FURTHER GERMAN ADVANCE. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. LONDON, September 7. (Received Sept. 7, at 8.5 p.m.) German official: Our cavalry defeated the Russian rearguard near Newkalpen, southwest of Nitau, 45 miles eastward of Riga. THE RUSSIAN RETIREMENT. STEADYING NEAR FRIEDRICHSTADT. The Timea LONDON, September 7. (Received Sept. 8, at 0.35 a.m.) The Russians continue to retreat on a curving front of from 60 to 70 miles between the Gulf of Riga and the Dwina. The retirement is most pronounced on the coastal region, and is steadying on Friedrichstadt, which is the temporary keystone of the Livonian front.