ANOTHER BURDEN.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1915, Page 5

ANOTHER BURDEN.

A MALICIOUS PROPAGANDA. Time* uiul Sy&suiy Sun Services. Received August 30, 7.4u p.m. London, August 30. Mr. Stanley Washburn writes that Russia is now facing two attacks. One is Germany's advance with her armies, but the other is far more serious, This is a German publicity! campaign, aimed tn discourage with misinformation, the Russian public. For a year past every Russian setback has been instantly followed by an insidious propaganda, which starts simultaneously in a thousand different quarters, directed to mislead the soldiers and nublic into a belief that victory is impossible, and that the Allies have deserted the Russian cause. The idea is being subtly circulated that the attack in the west is indefinitely suspended, while the highest authorities ore secretly planning their peace claims. The malicious agents have grown in audacity, until now thev state that France, England, and Russia: )lack agreement ;in their military operations. ' . .-.

GOOD WHEAT CROPS. • Received August 30, 11.30 p.m,, London, August '3O. The Daily Mail'* Petrograd correspondent says that the Ministry for Agriculture, estimates the, wheat crop at 571 million bushels. ~,ii ;, GALIOIA EVACUATED., , Received August 30, 11.35 p.m. Amsterdam, August 30. Austrian advices state that the Russians have entirely evacuated Galfcia.