Shanghai, March 3.
On February 12, five days before the German announcement great victory in East Prussia, the "Nove Vremya" gave special Prominence to the official communique translated below, which in the light today's telegram is of great interest. The communique latest information mated at not less than four Army Corps brought i the Western pry ow rations brought direct Rag ara era) neighbourhood, and the numerical supersitate a temporary change in leroy, of the German force will a character of our movement. If the Germans take the offensive with their superior force, we shall no doubt be compelled to evacuate our tion and i tory, and there our inferiority in number str of the frantic enemy's offense area! successful or not, it will be followed up by our counter-movement." In these citcumstances, only brief accounts of the operations can prudently be given by the general Staff, and ihe public must patiently await the definite result of the rugzle now being ce-tered upon between the Vistula and Niemen.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.