Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
Civil Warfare in
 Russia Increasing
COSSACKS HEAD OFF FOOD SUP.
 PLIES FROM SIBERIA
TAKE RAILWAY CENTER
Grand Duke Nicholas Has Formed a Great Army of RoyaIists in the Cau- casus Region-No Cessation of Fighting in Northern Italy.

The civil warfare in Russia appar- ently is increasing in intensity. cos sacks under General Dutof are re- ported to have captured Tchelia binsk, the junction point on the trans -Siber- ian railway 125 miles west of the Si- berian frontier, through which sup plies from the east for European Rus sia must pass, and fighting continues Astrakhan, but with the results un- certain owing to conflicting reports.
 The Bolshevik government is re- ported to have demanded that the chief governing body in the Ukraine make known immediately whether the Ukrainian troops will cease assisting General Kaledines' Cossacks and dis arming Bolshevik troops If the re- ply of the Ukrainians is not favor able one. it is announced that the Bolshevik government will declare war on them.
 An unofficial report is to the effect that Grand Duke Nicholas, the former Russian general whose masterful re- successful operations against the Turks in the Caucasus region stamp cd him as one of the great command CTS of the war. has formed a great army of RoyaliSts in the Caucasus re- zion.
 Hard fighting continues between the Italians and the Austro Germans be- tween the Brenta and Piave rivers in northern Italy, but apparently the Italians have been holding their own since the enemy's thrust on Tuesday resulted in the capture of positions around Monte Asolone. The Italians, according to the Berlin official com munication. have delivered fierce coun- region in the hands of the TeutonS, but have been .repulsed, while the Rome war office says that several at tempts by the enemy to advance their l. P1 (N-I M fro,, and to cross the Piare river north cast of Venice were frustrated.
 Two enemy submarines have been sunk by French torpedo boat destroy CTS off the southern coast of Italy.
 IE the midst of the peace pourparl- CTS that are in progress between the representatives of the Teutonic all lies and the Bolshevik government in Russia, the war aims of Great Britain and doubtless of all her allies house of. commons by David Lloyd George, the British prime minister. r
 The complete restoration of terri tory now in the hands of the 9enemy have wrought is the price that will be demanded for the laying down of arms and the bringing about of peace.
 Great Britain did not seek territor- ial aggrandizement for herself or for any of her allies when she entered the war, MT. Lloyd George said, but en- tered into the hostilities merely for the sake of her honor. As to Ger rnany's colonies, all of which are now in the hands of the entente, MT. Lloyd George said their disposition must be determined at the peace congress. Je- rusalem. however the premier de- clared, would never be restored to the Turks
 The statement of the prime minis ter came almost simultaneously with a report that the Teutonic allies in tended to make peace proposals to the entente and that Russia had been re- quested to take similar steps and was endeavoring to sound her former all lies in arms as to their requirements for a cessation of hostflities.