by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent

The headlines from the Capital Journal:

LEMBERG CAPTURED BY GERMANS AFTER LAST OF DEFENDERS FALL
Russians Leave Handful of Men To Perish Before Onslaught Of Germans To cover retreat of main body – kaiser is witness at last battle – petrograd says lemberg was of no military importance

ENGLAND TO STOP LAST TRADE ROUTE THROUGH HOLLAND
British Will Permit No Imports Except Through Overseas Trust

. . . [T]here come disquieting developments in the situation growing out of the interference with American trade by the allies. The announcement in the house of commons yesterday that Great Britain will prohibit all shipments entering Holland unless consigned to the Netherlands overseas trust has amazed officials. This action is intended to stop all trade now believed to be reaching Germany through Holland. The consignment of goods to the Netherlands overseas trust by neutrals will be accepted by the allies as a guarantee that they will not reach Germany.

Russian First of Warring Nations to Be Beaten

(By J. W. T. Mason, Written for the United Press.)

New York, June 23. – The capture of Lemberg practically concludes the German operations in Galicia. The Russians must now retire to the border while Galicia is returned to Austria.

The series of defeats suffered by the Russians since the drive began eight weeks ago are among the most damaging of the war, not only because they lost Galicia but because the defeats reveal the Russian morale as broken and the military disintegration of the army.

The Russians probably cannot again take the offensive unaided. If Rumania does not intervene, the allies will continue to be unable to compel the Teutons to deplete their eastern defenses, and it is difficult to see how Russia can recover its military vigor. The Slavs have shown no aptitude for a sustained offensive.