Show RUSSIA PUTS PRISONERS TO WORK ON ROADS Via La London Sept 17 11 a a. a m. m Thc m.-Thc The Bourse Bourso Gazette states stales that u up to a few days ago aJo the Russians held OO- OO prisoners who arc are being rapidly distributed distributed distributed dis dis- dis- dis to man many distant districts Most of or them are being given labor o of ono one kind or another thousands being u used et eton on tho the railways an and others helping with the harvest and plowing while still stitt others are arc lumbering and amid Many litany of them have hac been sent to Turkestan Turkestan Tur Tur- for Cor work on the drainage e s system stem Efforts Effort nr are being made so o that this Influx o of labor will not interfere with rc regular ular wage age earners The Thc minister of or agriculture h has hB B Issued the following statement regarding the prisoners Tho The prisoners must work nork to secure their existence We Ye shall pay may for lor th the work done but our position Is not that tha of or ordina ordinary n employers Our prisoners prisoner must war work in return for which we shall hall support and recd food th them Ol Colonel th the military critic o othe or of orthe the Bourse Bour e Gazette ga says 9 The dally carr carrying ln capacity o of two railroads from Jaroslau an and 1 to Cracow IH la equivalent t to one division dl o othe or of the thc Austrians Therefore It will witt require II seventeen days clays to convey the second fun and fourth armies from rom sl to Cracow while the tho retreat b by road will require three weeks wee It is believed d the Austrian and German German Ger- Ger man general staffs are arp undertaking a now s concentration probably In Crac Cracow w o of be bet between between be- be t tween een and men menThe The enormous Austrian losses are arc due to the putting of ot raw land turm troops troop Into the firing line |