RUSSIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 74, 17 August 1914, Page 5

RUSSIA

RUSSIA'S MICHTY ARMY ,'ALONG THE VARIOUS FRONTIERS. CEMARKABLE EFFECTIVENESS OF ti MOBILISATION' SCHEME. GERMAN DEFENDERS VASTLY OUT- '; NUMBERED. , Press Association. —Extraordinary. , Wellington. Last Night. The following items have Ixen received by tlie Government:— Russia has mobilised two millions on the German frontier, the «ame on the Austrian frontier, half a million on the Turkish frontier, and half a million on the Roumanian frontier, all ready to act. Received Iti, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, August 15. • The mobilisation is virtually completed, and soon a million men will cross 'the Austrian frontier, and V/~ millions the German frontier. The rapidity and effectiveness in carrying out General .lilinsky's plans surprised foreign observers. There are only six armv corps (approximately 300,1)00 men) on Germany's eastern frontier, and the brunt of the defence must fall on the Landwehr and ■Landstrum (reserves). FURTHER GERMAN OUTRAGE. RUSSIAN CONSUL MALTREATED. I St. Petersburg, August 14. It is' reported that the Russian Oon-•sul-General at Frankfort was beaten una kicked and forced to urn over his head ;and how before the statue of Gt-rmania. PRAYERS FOR RUSSIAN VICTORY FN MONCOLLX. . ' Beceived 16. 5.5 p.m. Urga (Mongolia), August 15. r A solemn service at the principal pagoda to pray for Russian victory was attended by ten thousand Lamas from •■A parts of Mongolia, headed by the Grand Lama, w*ho officiated. A SOP TO POLAND. . COMPLETE AUTONOMY PROMISED. i Received lfi, 5.5 pjn. Paris, August 15. 'A telegram from St. Petersburg states ttat the Czar has issued a proclamation that he intends to restore to Poland h-r integrity, complete autonomy and religion* liberty and language. Received 17. 12.5 a.m. Copenhagen, August lfi. *A message from lieriin states that a aocument signed by the Czar is being distributed among Russian Poles, promising Poland home rule after the war. ■ RUSSIAN HERO'S EXPLOITS. DECORATED FOP DISTINGUISHED SERVICE. Received lfi, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg. August 15. Russia destroyed the railway and telegraph lines at eleven points in*the neighborhood of Tilsit. A Cossack named Kritu'hkoff has been Becoratcd for killing eleven Grrmnn--single-handed. Krifiidikoff sustained sixteen wounds and bis hoive eleven.