Russia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 19 August 1914, Page 5

Russia.

CAVALRY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH

THE ENEMY.

St. Petersburg, August 18.

A general advance of the Russian army began on Sunday, a week earlier than was supposed possible. The cavalry are now everywhere in close touch with th'e enemy.

BETTER TREATMENT FOR THE JEWS.

Paris, August 18,

The Czar is shortly issuing a proclamation giving Jews equal civil and political rights.

LOYALTY OF THE RUSSIAN POPULACE.

Loudon August 18

A noticeable feature of the position at St. Petersburg is the absence of the revolutionary element. Crowds thronging the streets are swayed entirely by patriotism. The Czar is more popular than be lias ever been. Crowds outside the newspaper offices cheer the latest nws. THE ARMY IN THE WEST. St. Petersburg, August 17. Russians crossed the frontier near Memel, and also captured Insterburg (a town of some 30,000 people in East Prussia). ROYAL FIGHTING FAMILY. ELEVEN MEMBERS AT THE FRONT.

St. Petersburg, August 18. Eleven members of the Royal family are at the front.

APPEAL TO THE RUSSIANS IN GALICIA.

"AN INDIVISIBLE LAND.”

St. Petersburg, August 18

The Grand Duke Nicholas lias appealed to the Russian inhabitants of Galicia to let the country throw off the foreign yoke and raise the banner of a United Russia—an mdivisabl» land.