THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4943, 17 September 1914, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

SAN CROSSED UNOPPOSED. FUNK OF THE AUSTRIANS. Petrograd, Last Night. Tt is officially abated that the Russians have crossed the lower Sun un

opposed, and have occupied Gorodck. They are now a day’s march from Premysl. Details have reached here of the Russian victory at Krasnek, which followed the failure of the Austrian attack on the entrenchments at Dedj. vitzo, eleven miles from Lublin. Two Gorman divisions participated in the battle. The Austrian position stretched over seventeen miles, including several lines of armoured entrenchments on the hillside. The Russians broke the Austrian front at Vysoky village eastward. The Austrians abandoned the whole position, disregarding the Germans, who retired on Annopol, fighting bravely, although they lost. 32 guns. A German officer afterwards remarked: “The Austrians asked us to help them and they deserted us. The German army will never forgive this act of dishonour. The Russians followed the retreating Austrians over the frontier. Some of the Austrians fought splendidly, but other were glad of the opportunity to surrender. The Russians at Alexandrovo have captured and court-martialled a Prussian Major named Presnka, who was the author of the atrocities at Kalisch, cabled on August 26th.

INCREASED TARIFF. Petrograd, Last Night. The Council of Ministers has decided to increase by five per cent, the Customs tariff to States not granting Russia the most favoured nation treatment. MANY 'AUSTRIAN PRISONERS.. PANIC IN VIENNA. London, Last Night. It is estimated that Russia holds 200,000 Austrian prisoners. > A panic occurred in Vienna where 400,000 unemployed demonstrated in the streets. THE AUSTRIAN DEFEAT. INTENSE COLD. London, Last Night. The Austrian press explains the Austrian defeat to the Russian numerical superiority of a quarter of a million. Countless refugees are fleeing to Vienna, dangerously reducing the food supply. The papers have ceased to print the lists of dead and wounded, admitting that they have insufficient space. Reports from Austria state that the cold in Galicia is intense, particularly at night, and the soldiers are suffering terribly. CONDITIONS IN GERMANY. UNEMPLOYED INCREASING. London, Last Night. The German Press complains that the number of unemployed is increasing because French and Russian prisoners are being utilised on the railway road as field-workers. Fifteen hundred ships are idle at Hamburg. Provisions are scarce, milk and meat being hardly obtainable, and unemployment is rife. FAMINE AND DISEASE. Rome, Last Night. Valona telegrams state that famine, malaria, and small-pox are raging, particularly among refugees from the villages. The dead are transported oil the backs of donkeys, without a covering, and buried in shallow graves, thus increasing the danger from infection. DEFENCE OF POLA. Rome, Last Night. The Germans have provided Pola with heavy Howitzers and many modern guns. They have also defended file live wires on land and are floating mines to sea. The defenders number 150,000. The Austrian fleet leaves Pola daily, blit remains under cover of the forts. WARNING TO CHINA. Peking, Last Night. The Gorman charge D’Affairs has notified China that his Government reserves the right to deal with China in the present and future, owing to a breach of neutrality in permitting the landing of Japanese troops. Germany reserves the right to exact compensation for losses sustained. A BITTER TIRADE. London, Last Night. The German Chancellor has issued a bitter tirade aginst Englanl. He assorted that in the name of freedom, England, with her might, and with a most recklessly egotistic policy, had founded a mighty colonial Empire. JAPS MAKE A CAPTURE. Tokio, Tjast Night. The Japanese cavalry have captured Tsimo, ten miles outside the Kiao-Chau zone. SAMOAN PRISONERS. FOR MOTUIHI ISLAND. (By Telegraph—Special Reporter). Wellington, This Day. Tho Government has made arrangements for Dr. Schultz, ex-Governor of Samoa, now a prisoner of war, and his staff, to be accommodated on Mot.uiUii Island intho Auckland Harbour for the time being.