Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
GERMANY PLANNING.
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the council hilftary mon explained THO
irnpossibiiity Of Offering eFective rene
tancc, but NJ decision VIA reached until
messages had h-een received showing thai
the Germans hsd captured Dvinss with
esse and were advancing all along tho
frcnt
This neus reached the Counrii carly
Tuesday rpoyring, and influenced The dele-
gates % decide for peace. B~forr tho RAP
t,ire ~ Dvinsk Premier I,enIne said h.
was opposed TO peace, bHt finally urged
that peace nnust 10 obtained AZ anv prrcr
ia order 20 insure tho reconstrlicfIon ~
R,seia lie said the Germans were al
vsncing on a solid front from the north -
the south
The announcement n Russia dccfssoh
20 accept the German terms was s~nt by
wireless az o'clock Tuesday morning.
At first the German wireless station
showed disposition 10 refuse - take the
message, but finally, four hours ster,
acknowledged H.
B0lsnev1k leaders heid repcasl-i con-
ferpnces throughout Tuesday, and ate n
the afternoon received the German reply,
refusing 10 accept the wireless message a.
official ana requesting that deieGarson be
sent 10 DvInss 70 confer with rc-arr 70
peace.
The RIzuaAn press Is divided "a 70 the
wisdom Of the councils action. he
Pravda says the Soldiers ana NorSmen
Delegates have again shown willingness o.
make peace and carrv out their pledges
and that whether Germany accrpts the
offer or does not, the Bolshevisi have Won
a moral victory The Nova JIxn SAYS the
Bolshevikl have brought the affair 20 an
ingominIous end and have proved them
selves 10 be adventurers who are WtlllnE
TO keep themselves m power az any prlce-
There Is every indication that Germany
contenpiates the occunatlon ana ak
ploItation OF Russia much N the say o.
now does Belgium.
4 ciyil government viii be set Nd i1
Petroerad upon the pretext that %
Necessary TO restore order ami carTy out
treaties and peace terms The kraIno
will be benevOlently guided and aided
IN turning al its resources over 20 the
Germans, and warning republics 0r cum
munes east Of the Don viii be allowed ~
work out their own salvation 80 iODg as
they do not interfere With the plans oi
the Central Powers.
All this became apparent yesterday
when, despite the complete submission
terms at Brest-Litovsk, the ioroes n
General Won IInsingen continued I'd
advance toward P-trUgrso on a battle
front approximately 800 miles .ong IhR
was coincidental with the >ignIJcaLt
declaration DR.. Won kuehlnaRn, Ger
man Foreign Minister, 20 the Main Conn
mittee Of the Reichstag. Iie said
CANT T BELIEVE LESISE AND TRCT.Ks.
We can no longer believe N the pactlc
intentions oi Russia and must see ptacc
and order prevail in nc occupied regions
of the adjoining countries.
This statement Is taken to have out
one meaning. Germany IS % 'ocups
Poland, COurland, Esthonis, Lvona aud
the Lithuanian district. ard m order
TO see Ts,ace restored 70 those districts
and to the Ukraine 70 viii b, nCCcssSsry Tor
il 20 quench the fres of BOlshevikisu
They NAV even take in Moscow, O,iessa
and Black Ses U'orts N order 70 have
water access - Turkey.
II any evidence were needcd rs 20 The
ease With which Germany IS making ihc
present advance. the Official statement
of the General Staf al Berhn Yesterday
afternoon would supply o.
German forces ou the Russian irons
advanced northeast and east OF DN1nSk,
SAYS the statement. and also advanced
20 kllometers (l21S miles beyond thoir
previous positions on the RGa-Petro-
grad Railway"
That rate of advance wOUld do credit
70 an army IN peace time manoeuyTes and
shows that the demorslized RusSlan
forces are nowhere IN front OF them. Que
report says $500 Russians were cap
tured without a tight, which indicates
that they came IN and SURRENDERED
raT1NG YAINLY 10 sroP III.
IN the meantime, Lcnine and TrOtA,y
are frsntically trying 70 stop the Ger
mans. Ii is reported through q Russian
wireless message that thcy have teie-
yrsphed both Berlin snd the German
front, asking what els the can DO %
stay the advance. General Hoffman.
who was the German military chief at
Brest-I Idtoysk. Is said ~ have tclegraphcd
IN answer that his government would
not believe the Bolshevik until Il has
the authentic message % surrender n
It's possession Lenine and TrotLky there.
upon dispatched a messenger 20 General
Hoffman, with the original ot the state
ment signed by them set forth "a he
cables OF Tuesday
There are signs that Austna .s NOS
With Germany IN the present driNc. \
Vienna message By way OF Amsterdam
contained the Official announcement thai
Russians have evacuated Austrls-hgn
sarian soil It further statCs In con
onmity with he peace treaty with Nk
aiue, the provision regarding rcstoratlo,
,f tkn frn,tipr. haf.x.a,att Arsfrta .ll,rt.