The gallant little Lettish Army, advancing from Riga, drove the
Germans out of Mitan on Friday week. If they are properly supported by the Allies, they should be able' to free' Courland from the invader. The German army of occupation, now com- manded by General von- Eberhardt, has been repeatedly ordered by the Allies to leave the country, but it is still there: More- over, the German General announced, after the fall of Mitau, that he had taken under his protection the so-called " West Russian Army " of German troops led by Colonel Bermondt, and invited the Letts to make an armistice. This amounted to a sheer defiance of the Allies, as well as of the formal orders of the Berlin Government. It is to be feared that the Allies will have to resort to something more drastic than polite messages before the Letts are relieved of the German incubus.
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