Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-14

EuhSlHu 0cltgatcN are empowered
10 enter into peace negotiations.
PcroErad, Thursday. Dec. 13.--In
thc halllo near Bielgorod. according
to @ BoIsheyiH staff sreport, General
!. K0rull0Gs NOssacks were defeated.
They ratreated TO Nasileika
lu connection with the battle the
evening newspapers report the Cos
sacks as victorious, the Bolsheyiki
forces having retreated across the Don
river To- NakhitCheya.
The staff report on the Bielgorod
fighting says the K0rniloli forces lost
so killed and so prisoners. The re-
p0r, adds that General kornilol has
disappeared
a description Of the Rostov fighting
says that shells fired by Bolsheviki
gunboa's ia the river missed their
objective, but landed ina the barracks
Of o C0ssJck detachment. which had
decided to remain neutral. but which
fought Tor Ealedines when disturbed
By the shells II is reported that
General Ealedines is prepared to ne
H'tiNN" WiAN lllf AttAcIaf-h D. al ~ vi OEi
10 avoid further hloodshed around
RostuY
Have Occupied Towns.
London Dec. IA Bolsheyiki troops
have occupied Tamanoyka and Kaluga
according to a Reuter- dispatch from
pcttograd.
Tamanoyka was occupied by troops
from Petrograd, while Kaluga was
captured without much lighting. TIL,
counter revolutionary troops there
were disarmed and arrested and Boil
sheyi5i antiquities restored.
Tamanovka is near Blelgorod il
k1rsk province, about three hundred
and fifty miles south of Moscow
There is a railroad town named Ka
luga In the province of the same nam,
' which lies about one hundred mile
southwest Of Moscow.
Exchange OF Prisoners.
London, Dec 14-The Russian au
thorities have ordered the release 0
all civilian German prisoners in ex
change for 1000 Russian officers il
German prisons, according to a dis
patch from Haparauda printed in tn
Dagens Nyhetcr OF Stockholm and for
variel by the correspondent of tn
Morning Post.
u Is reported reliably. the dispatcl
adds, that Russian troops have beef
ordered to evacuate Finland. TIL
commander Of the Notifications a
Syeaaurg is said to have acknowledge,
officially the independence Of Finland
Bring Another Regiment.
Peirogad, Wednesday, Dec. r.
The BOisheyik have brought anothe
Regiment TO Petrograd to strengthen
TIER forces II is reported that tn
armies OF the Ukraine are ready {
defend tae constituent assembly II
meets at kiey.
Az the Smolny Institute, the Boil
sheyik headquarters, it g. Is reporte
that tine ant-Bolshevih elements ar
discussing an attempt to secretly or
ganize the assembly perhaps hold
/ elsewhere than Petrograd and declar
u legal The army vote, it is indi
Gated, is adding strength TO the Bol
She'lNi, but the Ukraine shows As.
per cent OF the votes for the socia
Ie'eluuonists against 1871 for the Bol
n sbeUN.
y The city Is quiet although there ar
\ lumors of contemplated demonstra
Tons ana probable strife.
One hundred Bolsheyiki Cossack
nave been sent TO southern Russia b
we B1lsheyid. lt is intended to urg
lae Cossacks TO enter the ranks c
Oeneral Kaledines' forces and pei
saade the Cossacks to desert Kalt
dines.
Agitaie Among CosSackS.
Feirograd, Thursday Dec. 18th
bolsheyiki forces have defeated
death battalion" In the vicinity {
blelgorod. where the fighting with III