Russia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 76, 27 February 1918, Page 5

Russia

THE ENEMY ADVANCE.

MOBILE COLUMNS.

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German wireless: The flying detachment which occupied Dorjat covered over 130 miles in 5J clays. The whole staff of the Russian special armv at Rovno fell into our hands. The Com-mander-in-Chief fled. We. establish ed contact with Ukrainian troops at Watoriiir.

We occupied Penau, where an Esthonian battalion placed itself under German, command, We also occupied Dorpat, took prisoner 3000 men, and captured hundreds of automobiles. We have reached Jitomir.

We occupied Reval after a battle; also Pleskau, southward of Lake Pripus.

WAR IN THE COUNTRY.

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Petrograd [February 25. I The Bolsheviks captured Bostoff after; street fighting. The Germans entered' Wolmar. The Red Guards resisted and then fled, being mercilessly shot down.

The latest news from Finland is j that the. White Guards are winning; everywhere. The Red Guards are quarrelling and brawling and are disunited. The Red Guards massacred 5000 White Guards, mostly stiidents, who took refuge on Pellinger Islands. The Germans are transporting troopsi to south. Finland in order to surround the. Red Guards. The. Swedish Government has introduced a Bill authorising the despatch of Swedish forces. ' A Harbin report states that the Japanese intend to take, action in Siberi. The Cossack general Semenoff has appealed for aid against the Bolsheviks. Two thousand Germans are drilling in Irkutsk. PEACE DISCUSSION. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. "Cable Association Amsterdam, February 25. Baron Hertling has informed the Reichstag that peace delegates have gone to Brest Litovsk. Although a dispute about the details is possible, the conclusion of peace must be ensured very shortly. A Vienna telegram reports that the Austro-Hungarian delegates have gone to Brest Litovsk. Mr Shaplen, the United Press correspondent at Petrograd, reports that .Lenin, addressing the Executive on Sunday said he might accept the German terms, adding: "Our position is hopeless. Germany's knees are on our chests, but when the world's proletariat comes to our aid we shall renew the fight." Martoff, leader of the Menschwiks, vigorously opposed surrender, arguing that Russia would become Germany's vasal. The Menschwiks left the meeting filled with disappointment and despair. CERMAN NEWSPAPER OPINION. | Press Association—Copyright, A'ustra. Han and N.Z. Cable Association ■.Amsterdam, February 25. The Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung- says that a separate peace with Russia j only make a general peace more re-- ' mote, because America, Britain and ! France will fight to the bitter end. It declares that Austria needs a general 1 peace, and hence does not rejoice in I Germany's pyrrhic victory over Russia. I The Leipziger Volks Zeitung says that the Russian Government's latest rape move has upset the carefully prepared game of the German Government, which does not want peace. The Vorwaerts «ays: One shudders at the thought of how lightly the Bolsheviks surrendered Russian territory. German democrats could never do likewise. The Bolsheviks have strengthened German Imperialism, and have made an effective fight ; against it most rMfr m,, lt. I The Lokal An- : ■'•• announces that <■ the A\istrian and German Emperors I held a conference at headquarters, rej suiting in continued harmony on polij tical and military questions.

EX-GENERALISSIMO NICHOLAS.

A CHARGE OF TREASON.

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Berne, February 26

German newspapers report that the Bolsheviks have ordered ex-Generalis-simo Nicholas to be court-martialled on a charge of treason against fch - Republic.

GERMANY'S TERMS.

WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN.

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i London. February 26. ] Germany's terms are interpreted to I mean that she has a desire to make the Baltic a German lake, to establish ii chain of buffer States between Russia and Germany, and to secure 1 a footing in the Black Sea across .'Ukraine. The last-mentioned would ' have an important bearing on the (Eastern situation, making Germany i independent of Turkey, and Bulgaria, because she would then have a new . line of communications from Berlin via Odessa and Trebizond, bringing

Germany deep into Persia and close to India.

I The Manchester Guardian says that the strange thing about Germany's terms is that there is no demand 'made for the Russian Fleet; presum- . ably, Germans feared the Russians would destroy it, and they hope to get it later. LENIN'S EXPLANATION. • DISTRESSING PEACE TERMS. REVOLUTIONS PREDICTED. | Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received 11.10 a.m.) Petrograd, February 26. Lonin, in an article in the newspaper Pravda, explains that the acceptance of peace was essential to secure the' continuance of the Bolshevik regime. A refusal to sign was only possible to those intoxicated by revolutionary phrases. "The army is demoralised," he said, and refuses fight. I always tried to persuade members of our Party to clear their minds of revolutionary cant. One of the greatest present evils is phrasemaking." Lenin claims that he warned Russia that the refusal of this peace would result in worse peace terms. All bourgeoise Russia was jubilant at the 'approach of the Germans. He said: "We-are compelled to submit to a distressing peace, but this will not stop revolutions in Germany and Europe. " GENERAL ITEMS. Press Assofliation rr Copyright, Austra. lian and. N.Z. Cable Afisociation ;'•./ "New York, February 25. A despatch received at Berlin from Petrograd states that General Burgevitch has been appointed Dictator of Russia, and also commander of the armies with orders to fight to the last. The State Department is advised that the Allied diplomats planned to leave Petrograd on February 23. It is unknown whether they left. General Krylenko has telegraphed the German general staff, requesting the renewal of the armistice, in view of Russia's acceptance of peace terms. General Krylenko was shot at and wounded l in the neck. A Socialist has been arrested.