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Show RUSSIANS FRANKLY ! ADMIT DISASTROUS DEFEAT IN PRUSSIA LONDON Sept 2, 10 10 a n Advices I ave been rece ved here from St Pete s burg- that the Buss an general staff 1 frankly confesses to d saster to arm 1 corps Including the loss of t ee gen era s Telegraphing from St Petersburg the ' co espondent of the Times de ares that the reports given out by tl e eadquarters staff in the Russ an cap ta are gene a y ra her meager but n contrad stlnc o to j what is t e case in Ber n and enna thej are a "ways true That the headquarters will st ck to th s p an a so when, the news is bad s proved by announcements of today Th s atti tude shows the r confidence in the forti tude and stanc ness of the Russ an peo p e wh cb doubted y is deserved and augurs we 1 for t e futu e The wording of today s announcement Ind cates that other V stu a fort esses be sides Graudenz and Thorn lave been sent reinforcements T e news arr ved last n ght and the peop e of &t Petersburg recei ed t with firmness Their fa th in a final Russian v ctory renia s wholly u shaken Brilliant General Killed Genera Samsonlv one of the Russ an commanders kll ed was cons dered one of Russ a, s most capab e a id br ant gen eras He gieat y d st ngu s ed hi nse f n the Russo Japanese war where 1 e comnanded a d vis on of Siber an Cos sacks He was afterward nom nated commander of an army corps and later appointed commander of the troops in Turkestan He lived In Tashkent Rus s an Turkestan untl the present war was dec ared He was very popular and h s name was a househo d word among al c asses of the popu at on The other two ost commanders the T n es correspondent goes on were Gen eral Martos comn ander of an army corps and General Pestich attached to the general s aff A te egram rece ved in an official quar ter In London today f om the chief of the Russ an general staff declare's that the reverse in eastern Prussia is to be regarded as pure y oca and due to t e sudden re nforcement of t e Ge mans (probably at Graudenz and T or ) and the arr al of the r s ege guns Russ an re nforcements also Immedi ate y ar ved Embassador Guessed Wrong (Spe al Cab e by Arrangameat w h London Dal y Te egraph and In e natlona News Serv e ) ROME Sept 2 A Ber n d spatch re ceived ton ght states that Pr nee L chi i nowshy ate y German embassador to London Is in d sgrace with the en poror and the go e nment because he indicated 1 before war was dec ared that Great Brit j an wou d not resort to war and conveyed the impress on that the Ir sh controve sy I would. Inte fere with tie unity of the I B tish nat o |