ANOTHER REVERSAL
OF RUSSIAN POLICY. t TJI/nMATUM ACCEPTED BY FIVE VOTES TO FOUR. , (Received 2.35 p.m.) TETROGRAD, February 21. The Bolshevik Government accepted the German ultimatum by five to four. Lenin was the principal advocate of acceptance, declaring that peace was necessary in order to save the revolution. Trotzky favoured war, as the Germans . in their advance were issuing proclama- j tions urging that further resistance was futile. The Germans are trying to cut the Libau-Ram:n railway. The Russian Ked , Guards and soldiers are offering no oppo- i sition, retiring and leaving their ammunition and supplies behind them. The Turkish army has appeared in Trebizond.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) . FRENCH AIRMEN ESCAPE fROM GERMAN PRISON CAMPS. (Received 2.3S p.m.) AMSTERDAM, February 21. The famous French airmen Garros and Marchal escaped from Germany. Marchal flew over Berlin, and just failed to reach i the Russian lines. — (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 46, 22 February 1918, Page 3
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