THE LULL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12284, 5 April 1918, Page 5

THE LULL.

GERMAN DIFFICULTIES. Calm Before the Storm. . Allies Can Meet the Blow. Reuter's Telegrams. (Received April o, 11.30 a.m.) PARIS. April 4. A semi-official statement says that the present lull is due to the fact that the German loss is 300,000 in killed and mounded, and also to the difficulties in bringing up their artillery, owing to the bad state of the roads. As soon as the Germans have re-grouped their divisions and brought up material they will launch a new and formidable attack, but the Allies who are strongly reinforced will be able to meet the blow. RUSSIA’S TBQUBLES. FIGHTING IN FINLAND. Red Guards Resist Stubbornly. Anstrilim Mid N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April o, 11.30 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, April 4. The Germans are landing further troops at Abo from the Aalands. Violent fighting is proceeding. The Red Guards are resisting stubbornly. ADVANCE TOWARDS KIO. Railway Communication Threatened. (Received April 5, 11.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, April 4. It is reported that anti-Entente forces are advancing towards Kio, a small White Sea port, and threatening the Murman railway. THE PEACE TREATY. : What the Allies May Do. r Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received April o, 11.30 a.m.) PETROGIUD, April 4. A confepenco‘of the Right Ring of the Socialist parties and the Cadets, at Moscow, adopted a resolution that as the terms of the Brest Litovsk Peace Treaty do not allow Russia to organise resistance to German Imperialism, the Allies have grounds for an attempt to •rganise the defence of Russia. Such a step, if undertaken by all the Allies, would enable the organisation of the internal forces of Russia, but they must avoid Allied occupation, punitive expeditions, or interference in Russian internal affairs.