Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-04
Agreement to End Hostilities
Is Effective for Forty
Eight Hours.
BOLSHEVIKI POWER
SERIOUSLY CHALLENGED
Battle Between Petrograd Garrison
and Cossack Forces Is Declared
to Be at Hand.

An armstice has been signed by Aus
tro- Germans and Russians and is in
force on the eastern front in Galicia,
Volhynia and northward. Russian ennis
saries at the headquarters Of Prince Leo
pold of Bavaria, the German comman-
der, arranged the armistice.
That the power of the bolsheviki is
being seriously challenged by the Cos
sacks is revealed in message emanat-
ing from Petrograd, which states an
armed clash between bolsheviki forces
and Cossacks is impending.
Valid for Forty-Eight Hours.
LONDON. December Am armistice
/ between Russia and Germany has been
signed at the headquarters of Prince
Leopold Of Bavaria. says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
| today. The armistice is valid for
| period of forty-eight hours.
Russian general headquarters, It is
officially announced, has reported that
on Friday determination had increased,
especially on the northern and western
(Russian) fronts in connection with the
armistice negotiations entered into
with the bolsheviki.
Russian headquarters also announces
that the Russian torpedo boat Pditelnyi
was blown up by an enemy mine Thurs
day.
Manifesto to Teuton Troops.
The maximalist government. says ! .
Petrograd dispatch to the Daily News,
has issued manifesto to German and
Austrian soldiers ~wi4ch VIII be dig
tributed in great numbers by airplanes
army. The manifesto sets forth the
aims Of the bolsheviki, with a list OF
social. economic and political measures
they already have taken. 1t also ap-
peals to the soldiers to help them end
the war. promising that II they assist
peace will be declared within a few
days and the other nations will jotn.
In Eject Yesterday.
BERLIN. December S. via Amsterdam
to London.-An actual armistfce al
ready is in operation in sections of the
Russo-German front. a bulletin from
German great Headquarters yesterday
reDorted.
AMSTERDAM December An
with tha Russian army, according to =
Berlin dispatch. 1t was to begin at "a
o'clock on the evening of Sunday, when
hostilities were to be stopped and ar
rangements made concerning inter
course between the lines, troop move
ments in the trenches and work and
air activity. Forty-eight hours notice
was hxed for denunciation of the arm
tstice. which covers the territory from
the south bank Of the Pripet to south
OF the Lipa.
Austrian Official Report.
VIENNA, via London, December -
The following official communication
was issued yesterday: :
During the last few days an armis-
tice has been announced on many sec
tors of the Russian front, from division
to division and from corps to corps. In
the Pripet region the Russian army
concluded an official armistice with the
opposing command Of the allied (Teu-
"a Russian deputation crossed our
lines yesterday in order to prepare the
way with the plenipotentiaries Of the
allied (Teutonic) armies for an armistice
on the whole of the Russian front.
Battle With cossacks Near.
] PETRoGRAD, December IA hattie
between detachments from the Petrocrad
garrison commanded by Ensign Kryienko
and Cossacks is reported impending al
vitebsk. According to telegram from
Krylenko's adjutant the Cossacks have
gathered on the hanks in the rear of
Krylenko's forces.
circumstantial report is being cir
culated that Gen. Korniloff, former Rus.
SIAN commander in-chief who led an I'm.
successful revolt against the Kerensl,y
government. escaped from custody last
night.
General STAR Surrenders.
PETRoGRAD. December 4. Ensign
Krylenko. the bolsheviki commander-in-
chief. telegraphed today that the general
staff, which has refused to recognize the
authority of the bolsheyiki. has surren-
dered.
Gen. Dukhonin assumed the post of
Russian commander-in-chief after the
disappearance Of Premier Kerenskv
with ho,1s hsaaqu:stsrs sts st Mohilov The
| the orders of the bolsheviki to enter
into negotiations with the Germans
for an armistfce. The bolsheviki gov
IGen. Dukhonin. but he refused to rec
iognize its authority. A Petrograd dis
patch yesterday said troops ioval 10
the bolsheviki had been sent against
the general stan headquarter.
Lenine Is Elated.
'Nikolai lLenine. the bolshevikt nr.-
uaier, expfessed great elatfon over the
results of the election In Petrograd
when asked by the Associated Press
| representative for an expression of
lopinion regarding the outcome.
| "The elections have proved q great
victory for the bolsheviki party said
lLenine. The number of votes cast for
| IL in the elections Of May and August
and now in November IL constantly
growing"
Do you suppose that the constituent
assembly will sanction all the meas
| ures passed by the new government Of
| ed.
yes" he replied. cit will sanction
] these because there WIN be no ma5or-
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