The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-12-27
COSSACKS UNDER kORNILOFF
AND kALEDINES FIGHTING
THE BOLSHEVIkI.
LENINE's RULE ToTTERING
Germans Prepare for Great Offensive
on Western Front-Haig RepuIses
Their First Attacks-ltalians Still
Holding Piave River Line-Our
War Preparation Methods
Are Being Investigated.
BY EDWARD w. PICkARD.


Specializing on what has happened
in Russia and what Is about to happen
has become Il favoritc occupation OF
the rest Of the world. Dispatches
from P%ctrOgrad, where the means of
communication are controlled by the
b"lShcviki, are wholly unreliable, and
news from other sources is f~ragmpntary
n 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 b~olshcviki forces ;
in p~ctrograd and Moscow Lcninc and
his crowd are maintaining themselves
III power by using the strong hand, ar
resting and numbering their opponents
n bulldoZing the constituent assem-
bly,, which began its sessions; the Rus.
sian armies ON the cast front, follow
ing the arrangement of an nrmisticc,
are rapidly diSbAnding. and the Rou-
mAnianS were forced to accept IN arm
iSticc by the action Of their allies: but
the negotiations for peace started by
tho holShrviki have run against n Snag
In tn" extraordinary demands made by
the Germans; many different parts Of
Russia have declared their indcpend-
cncc, and Siberia shows signs of re-
verting To the rule Of the dcpoScd car
NladivoStok. where are immense guam
titles Of supplies sen 10y America and
the entente allies. is patrollcd by Jnpa.
ncSe troops, and Hardin is being pro.
tcctcd by Chinese soldiers.
II THIS ic /. .,r,.,,t .,.,,,,,,.
ditionS at the close of the week. Il
would be 81 hold man who would pre-,
dict the Immediate future.
Reports Of Battle Contradictory.
According Ia official holShcviki dis
patches from P~etrograd, the Cossacks
under korniIoT were defeated early ir
the week near Bielgorod. but anotbr,
account of the battle said Kornjlor
routed his opponents. llat many q
them Joined his forces and that h,
surrounded the others and dealt viii
them very drastically.' General Kale
olhcs' the CoSSack hctman, also IS &c
tive In southern Russia ana 1t Is soi,
10 be his hope, With the aid OF the al
Hes, AZ least 10 shut the Germans on
of the f"od-producing part of the conn
try.
wireless reports from Rostov. whicl
dIu not reach the outside world unti
aurNHay, said IalcdincS was bosicp
ing thHl city and that within Rosto,
IN" C",sarks had beer n.ttinp IN,
no!HhcNiEi and destroyed their hcod
Qu'rl''S' AZ the same time n trans
p"rl manned by ~holShcviki was BON
Harding the kulcdincS forces.
! bllt"rlN disappointing TO the bo,she
VIA must be the German demand
mace III he pcac" negotiations. and q
! this distance 1t Is hard to 500 vho
may he me kAiScr's purpose in bcin
50 severe. Ills commissioners are ~
| ported 20 have insisted that German
Shali not give w any Russian t]crritor
|. she now occupies; that Pctrograd mus
be evacuated until peace is concluded
i. mat the Ukraine shall be ccdod :
AnA'na-Hungary that Germany sim
q coh'f"i the RUSSIAN wheat market fc
a il'ceh years and German goods sim
b ne admitted to Russia duty free. Tt
$ 'lrIIiiStlce, 1T is said, IS TO continue IL
three months. Germany
eVadcd the Russian demand that du
It ihG us continuance no troops !
8 moved to other fronts. and meanwhi
T. mas beer transferring hundreds
thousands Of soldiers to France or
Italy.
It Preparing for Great Attac
o All me signs during the early part
It ne week led to the belief that II
a Germans were preparing for n supren
mort at some point of the west fror
Allied aviators observed long mot,