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Show LETTS SUCCEED IN DEFENSE DF Cm OF RIGA I LONDON, Oct. 16. So successfully has the defense of Rica proper against the Germans and Russians under ien eral Avaloff-Bermondt been maintained maintain-ed that the Lettish government ROh-Isiders ROh-Isiders it safe to return to the olty; according to latest official advice Th' enemy still hold the outskirts of the city on the banks of the Duna but ihe fighting has diminished to a uc-ultory uc-ultory rifle fire. Private and official advices indivate that the reservoir of Bolshevik soldiers sol-diers hns been drawn down olosi to I the bottom and they are unable to provide sufficient force to maintain a defonse on all fronts. General Yude-nitch's Yude-nitch's attacks which hve already c.ir-ried c.ir-ried him to a point abour 27. miles from Petrograd. has undoubtedly precipitated pre-cipitated a crisis oo |