Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-22
C0SSACKS UNDER kORNlLOFF
AND KALEDlNES FIGHTING
THE BOLSHEVtkI.
LENINE'S RULE T0TTERING
Germans Prepare for Great Offensive
on Western Front-Hai1 Repulses
Their First Attscks-ltalians Still
Holding Piave River Line-Our
War Preparation Methods
Are Being Investigated.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

BY EDWARD w. PlCkARD.
Specializing on what has happened
In Russia and what is about to happen
has become a favorite occupation of
the rest Of the world. Dispatches
from Petrograd, where the means of
communication are controlled by the
oolsheviki, are wholly unreliable, and
news from other sources is fragmentary
and conflicting. At this writing the
facts appear to be about as follows In
southern and southeastern Russia the
CoSSackS. who stand for law and or
der, are fighting the bolSheviki forces
In Petrograd and Moscow Lenine and
his crowd are maintaining themselves
In power by using the strong hand. ar
resting and numbering their opponents
and bulldoZing the constituent assem-
bly,, which began its sessions; the Rus
sian armies on the east front, follow
ing the arrangement of an armistice,
are rapidly disbanding and the Rou
manians were forced to accept an arm
iStice by the action of their allies; but
the negotiations for peace started by
d
in the extraordinary demands made by
the Germans; many different parts of
Russia have declared their independ-
ence and Siberia shows signs of re-
verting 10 the rule of the deposed ear;
VladjvoStok. where are immense guam
titles of supplies sent by America and
the entente allies, is patrolled by Japa-
nese troops, and Hardin is being pro
tected by Chinese soldiers.
If this is correct statement of con
diuons at the close OF the week. 1t
would be boSd man who would pre-
diet the Immediate future
Reports of Battle Contradictory.
According to official bolsheviki dis
patches from Petrograd the Cossacks
under KOruiloff were defeated early in
the week near Bielgorod, but another
account of the battle said Korniloff
routed his opponents, that many of
them Joined his forces and that he
surrounded the others and dealt with
them very drastically." General Kale-
dimes the CoSSaCk hetman. also Is ac-
tive In southern Russia and 1t is said
70 be Eis hope. with the aid of the al
lies. at least to shut the Germans out
Of the food-producirg part Of the coun-
try.
Wireless reports from Rostov. which
did not reach the outside world unril
Thursday, said Kaledines was besieg-
ing that city and that within Rostov
he Cossacks had been fighting the
bolsheviki and destroyed their head
quarters, At the same time a trans
port manned by bclsheviki was bonn
harding the KaledineS forces.
Bitterly disappointing to the bolshe-
Wiki must be the German demands
| made in the peace negotiations and at
this distance II is hard to see what
may be the kaiser's purpose in being
so severe. His commissioners are re-
ported to have insisted that Germany
shall not give up any Russian territory
| she now occupies; that Petrograd must
be evacuated until peace is concluded
that the Ukraine shall he ceded to
1 Austria Hungary; that Germany shall
| control the Russian wheat market for
fifteen years and German goods shall
| be admitted to Russia duty free. The
armistice, II is said. Is to continue for
three months. Germany seemingly
/ evader1 the Russian demand that dur.
/ ing its continuance no troops be
/ moved TO other fronts. and meanwhile
/ has been transferring hundreds OF
/ thouSg udS OF soldiers 10 France and
/ Italy.
( Germans Preparing for Great Attack
All the signs during the early part a
! the week led 70 the belief that I'll,
/ Germans were preparing for q supreme
effcrt at some point Of the west front
I Allied aviatOrs observed long mftol