Show IC U H lAV A ARMY f I s sI f I KASER AI R Hindenburg's Drives Interpreted Interpreted Interpreted In In- InI I by Military I Experts Presage Danger Danger Dan Dan- Dan I DanIger I ger to the Slav Troops By International News Service T ONDON Sept 8 Another S.-Another Another J-J J LONDON vigorous stroke at at si similar ilar to that struck at Riga Jiga is looked for by hy military exl experts ex ex- experts l who o do not shave share th the optimism Cf created atell by the eV evident lt h halting of time the German Gennan advance northward in the direction of Petrograd Jr From Irom m the line running parallel with the na forty miles mites to th m where e the German I pu has puah-has 3 hhas has ai apparently come cone to toa a standstill stand tand- still stUl e- e Eitel I ri hS h's hs imperial rIal guards and General Rieman's blood and Iron corps are expected to swing to the southeast to attack the Russian front In the rear Is the heart of western Russia's railway system It lies li s southeast of Riga A withdrawal by the Russians on this front would automatically force torce retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment on the whole front down as far faras faras faras as the Danube It is this In cave that the are re aiming at ig evidence It strengthens I the the- theory advanced in these dispatches dispatch dispatch- es from the outset of the Riga drive that not Petrograd but the d destruction destruction tion of the Russian army is the object ob object object ob- ob of Serious perils of ot the Russian front Is seen In today's announcement from that the Uie Muscovites have been Leen forced to evacuate their Dwin positions as far as twelve miles mites east of Friedrichstadt and less than ninety miles northwest of oC The slackening of the time German pursuit pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit north of Riga and the stiffening of oC the Russian rear guard resistance pointing to ton a recovery of ot Russian morale went way akong-way a way toward reviving reviving ing lag confidence and optimism In Petro Petro- grad A fleet of Teulon trawlers convoyed by a submarine ventured Into the soun sound 1 but were Immediately taken under the time tire lre of ot the Russian n coast batt batteries ries and driven off the Russian Rus Rus- Russian sian admiralty announces German warship warships were al also o shelled from the coast on their reappearance In hm the Riga gulf All AU dispatches from the Russian capital l. l voice the utmost faith In the ability of the Russian Baltic Baltic Bal Bal- tic tlc fleet to hold Its own own against any possible at attack ack The kaiser Is in Riga reviewing his troops and distributing decorations I The food tood problem In Petrograd and Moscow has haR become critical The capital capital cap cap- I ital has only ten days' days supplies left I Moscow no more bread Drastic measures are contemplated by the time pro- pro Continued on page 11 I CRUSH SLAV SLAV p V Continued from page 1 L visional government to prevent utter famine A 4 1 General Petain in New Thrust at Verdun R Routs Crown Prince Army By United Press LONDON Sept 81 General 8 General Petain's French troops struck a sudden overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming blow blowout out of Verdun today capturing all of Chaume wood and driving the crown princes prince's troops still further from the fortress city The Berlin BerUn official statement tonight admitted gains gai in this s section eUon The Paris statement declared simply simply sim sim- ply We Ve captured the entire Chaume wood Field Marshal Haigs Haig's night report indicated a a. marked slackening of the German artillery fire reported during the past few ew days Around Hargicourt the enemy's artillery artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery was more active he declared Everywhere hostile artillery was less Jess marked The infantry w was s not In ac ac- ac- ac tion The Berlin official statement tonight declared a French attack northwest of had failed |