RUSSIA OFFERED PEACE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 5

RUSSIA OFFERED PEACE.

KAISER’S OVERTURES PROMPTLY REJECTED.

GERMANY STRAINING FOI QUIET 11 THE EAST. —4 ORIGINAL PIAHB BADLY MISCARRY. VAN ATTEMPT TO. TURN WARSAW INTO A TRAP. HtJSSIfiM ARMY’S SUOOESSFIJIL HETiEIf ENEMY BLOSKID ON THE WAY T 9 RIGA. NATURAL OBSTACLES SiMPEOE THE ADVANCE. BADLY LOADED AND DEVASTATED COCXTKY. (United l? rev- 3 Association.—Copyright. .* LONDON, August 8. Tlit* Pcii*«.»gnul “Bourse Gazette” learns from an unimpeaclial.ii* source tiiat Pie La her made a. peace offer to Russia last week througli the King of Denmark. Russia replied that there could, he no question of peace at

present. The “Daily TelegraphV' Petrograci correspondent says peace overtures are not improbable. Germany has failed to carry out her original programme to crush France and is now sttabling to' eliminate Russia from her antagonists. It was hoped by ihe momentum of an assault on both flanks of the Polish salient to cut off and destroy the Russian armies within it. thus reducing Russia to impotence. These calculations were based on the idea that the Russians would cling desperately to U’aisaw and the Vistula fortresses, allowing themselves to be oauylit in the trap. The Germans will find Warsaw an embarrassing luxury, and it but natural, in these circumstances, that tha Kaiser should dangle temptation before' the Russians. He d<<ilia Less considers that lie lias offered magnanimous terms. The emphatic rejection of the oiler is a clinching proof of i in.* steadfastness and constancy of our gallant' Allies, who will not ailo'A themselves to lie pinned down to a decisive battle until i hcii equipment is complete. The Germans on leaving the rail wav.- in Russia, will be compelled to carry their supplies •through a devastated country with few roads and these the worst in Europe. They are making frantic efforts to secure part ni the expected booty and are vigorously attacking Kovno and Os-smvb-e. and also endeavoring to cut the roar-line at Novo Goorgievsk, and are ceaselessly pushing on between the Vistul'a and 1 1 j i’ Hug. Although their main plan lias. failed. it is open to question whether they will succeed in inflicting a severe blow iut -cme portion of the Russian forces. The meagre news available suggests a regrouping id the Russians without serious molestation. A Russian official message says:-—ln the direction of Riga we dislodged the enemy from the region between the Dwina and IT k;ui. Fighting continues without essential change east of I’onsevi'ewesz. The Germans have not’renewed, their attacks on Kovno and * t-sirwiew The enemy made a continuous- and vigorous attack from "t.lie Xarew line along the whole front, great forces being directed against the Lomze-Ostrov sector. There is obstinate rearguard fighting left of Yieprz. During counter-attacks, we took prisoner some hundreds. On the left of the Dug, we successfully exercised pressure on the enemy’s advance-guard between the rivers iourb.' and Longa along a wide front. A telegram from Riga repo: is that much excitement lias been caused by the arrival of: ’an officer from tae front, who galloped througli the streets arid announced in the crowded park Dial Die Germans are being held. A Berlin telegram states : The Russians firmly hold Ibaga. AHi I ley duels are proceeding across the river. The British colony left 'Warsaw a month abo. but forty Hr ii is hers whose long residence had made them thoroughly Polish in sentiment and six elderly ladies remained to the last, Dm Russians facilitating their departure.