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New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Munitions for Russia
NozO Held in Japar
The Ner York Tribune
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Inc situation in Nladivostolk and
Harbln is going from bad to worse. and
foreigners are no longer safe there
Already the Allies have sustained seri-
GUS losses through the Maximaljsts
getting hold Of munitions and sunblies
says the Kobe Herald" and the Brit
lsh, French and American governments
Tear 20 make further shipments to
Nladivostok. Therefore the Allies have
asked Japan to take charge of all sup
Plies for Russia and have them landeo
IL Japan for the time being.
At the same time the American gov
ernment has asked Japan to detain YES
sells now bound from America to Vladi-
v,ostok. 1t is reported that one vessel
has already been stopped and the cargo
OF 1000 tons of munitions landed on
the EJma Islands. near Himeji.
1t IS further stated that ten of Dod-
we'll q Co.'S steamers that were en-
route from New York TO Vladiyostok
have been already instructed to make
for Wakamatsu and that negotiations
are going on with the Nippon Yusen
halsha as to the discharge of the mu-
nitlons on board these ten vessels.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Dazbno Captured;
Germans NouU 80
Miles Beyond Req

LONDON, Feb. General Won
Eichhorn's troops in Livonia are now
ninety miles beyond Riga on the road
to Petrograd. They have taken Walk
fifteen miles beyond Wolmar, on the
railroad which reaches the Russian
capital by way of connection with
the line on the south coast of the Gulf
Of Finland.
Further north, in Esthonia. the
forces that crossed from the Moon ISL
ands and took Leal and Hapsal are
pressing eastward. Berlin officially re-
ported to-day.
Dubno, one of the Volhyniai fortress
triangle, has been preached" by forces
moving south from lutsk, the German
statement said, Apparently it fell
without struggle. 1t must have been
almost cut off, for Berlin yesterday
reported Austro- German detachments
had made contact with Ukrainian
troops at Novograd- Nolynski. about 10
miles east of Dubno.
Prisoners Few
The number of prisoners taken is
small considering the territory over
run. Berlin announced them TODAY AS
two generals, twelve colonels. 433
other officers and S,770 men.
The Germans are advancing in three
groups, according to a report from the
commander IN chief of the Russian
army on the northern front tele-
graphed here from Petrograd. He
says:
The Germans are advancing with
great caution. They are marc6inp in
three groups-the first in the Walk re-
glon, the second in the Rieshitsa re
gion and the third between these two
sections. In the Mohilev sector all is
quiet" -
The Germans, according to other
dispatches from Petrograd. some of
which were sent from there last NIGHT
are meeting with little or no opposi.
lion. The dlsorganized and scattered
husslan army Is taking no notice of
inc appeal of the Bo!sheviki to en-
gage IN guerilla warfare.
ne nefmans are not far from the
outskirts of the naval base Of Reval
the evacuation of which could hardiv
be completed. as Petrograd dispatches
say the soldiers refused to assist in
the work. AT Minsk the Germans are
aslrlce one OF the main routes TO Mos
COW, while further south Anstr;sms
ana I kralnlans are on their WAY,
to klev, Until the Ukrainian nears
these Okralnlan soldiers were prison
ers OF war, but have since been re-
leased and armed by the Central
Meanwhile the helpless Bo!shcvjki
are puoi'sh!ng appeals to the ,leople to
resist the invaders. and there is talk
at Petrograd Of convoking the ConstitN
uent Assembly.
Some of the agency dispatches say
that units of the German army are re-.
fuslng TO participate in the iuvusio,
while disorders have been obseryaJ
among the Austrians,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Platana Occupied, Russian
Troop Movements Para
lyzed, Is Report
Armistice Provided
For Evacuation
Offensive Ordered While
Bolsheviki Were Leaving
Occupied Lands

LONDON, Feb 80. The Turkish
army in the Caucasus has begun an
offensive, a correspondent Of the Elk
change Telegraph Company wires from
the headquarters of the Russian West
crn army.
The attack was started before the
expiration of the armistice. The Turks
occupied Platana and paralyzcd the
evacuation Of the Caucasian corps
which is now grouped along The coast
Platana is a small village fifteen
miles west of Trebizond. on the shore
of the Black Sea. After the occupation
of Trebizond the Russians pushed west
ON the coast we'll beyond Platana, and
the Russian navy dominated the shore
almost to Constantinoplc.
In the interior the Russian troops,
which had conquered most of Turkish
Armenia, continued to fight long after
hostilities had ceased on the main Rus
sian front.
just what were the dispositions of
the Russian troops at the time the
Turks made their attack is not known,
so it is impossible to say how serious
the Turkish success is. Perhaps Rus
sian units in the interior Will be cut
off. There may also still be Russians
near the coast west of Platana.
The Russians agreed at Brest-Li-
tovsk TO evacuate Turkish territory
and were in the process of carrying
out this promise when the Turl.s made
their incursion.
Apparently Trebizond is about to fall
into Turkish hands again. The inva-
sion of Transcaucasia is also likely, as
Trebizond is only about eighty five
miles from the border.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Boisheviki Plan
70 Defend Capital,
u. S. ENJOY Cables
StGf Corrospoude,,cel |

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Tbe State
Depaftment received cablerram To-
day from Ambassador Fiancis at Petra
grad, dated February 18, stating +ha,
me T Oouhcll OF Workmen's and Soldiers
Depuue5 was preparing to defend Pc
Ifogfad against the Germans. The Al
Iied representatives. according to Mir
fancls' probably will leave Petrograd
II the enemy approaches danperonelv
close to the capital
The department also has reco;ved
Volumlnou5 cables from Stockholm
Whlcn report substantially the same in
formation that has been published in
the press under the Petrograd date
llne, and officials have taken note of
the tact, but authorized no comment
concerning their conclusions. The i'm
preSslon was created, however, that the
department believes the reports may
ganda '''>''' = 20
Ambassador Francis has not reported
ne unofiicially cabled intclligencc of
and the State Department, as indicated
to-day, is inclined to doubt the abb
soiute accuracy OF some of the press
reports representing the situation in
Russia to be hopeless.
There is no informaton," it was
stated by high official. that the coun-
ell OF the Peoples Commssaries will
authorize peace"
1t was not indicated in Ambassador
francls's dispatches where the Allied
diplomatic representatives would go,
should they decide to retire from Pc
trograd. 1t was not believed, however,
that they would quit Russia, but re-
treat to some other quarter, possibly
kola, on the Murmansk coast, which
is controlled, by the British war ves-
sells stationed there, or to some point
An Siberia.
There is no certainty here as yet
that the Germans mediate the occu-
patton of Petrograd. but the conviction
is growing that this is their purpose,
for political as we'll as military reasons.
Possession of Petrograd. it was as
serted, would mean virtually the com
plete overthrow of the Bolshevik au-
thority, as that city is the centre of the
MaXimalist power and the seat of its
government. In the hands of the Ger
mans it is doubted whether The Bolshe-
wiki would be able to maintain its hold
upon either the military or civil func-
tions.
Petrograd in the hands of the Ger
mans, however, in the opinion of some
authorities would enable them to set
up a government under German protec-
tlon, and this government might be
composed of members of the imperial
family if the deposed Gar Nicholas
himself should be beyond the reach Of
the invaders.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Germany's Sugar Supply
Hi. By Beet SHORTAGE

Germany has sent sugar to Sweden
IN exchange for copper and iron. But
Germany's supply of sugar is low be-
cause so many beets are necessary for
human and animal consumption.
Sweden has been unable to export
much to Germany except fish and raw
materlal als-iron, copper and lumber
Much Improvement in the system of
distribution of food in Germany has
been made, while there is also a vide
spread belief that the Entente coun-
tries are suffering severely.
he Germans here state that thoy
no longer expect anything worse than a
stalemate and that there is possibility
OF winning through. They realize they
nave the greatest economic crisis still
facing them, but they see relief in
Russia, while they believe the Entente
WI experience hardships greater than
their own.
"The fact that German exchange is
improving signifies increased conf
dence on the part of neutrals in Ger
many. But it is not that Germany is
materially increasing her exports.
though they have been greater since
America has established an embargo"
In q recent article A. f.. Zinmern
who speaks with authority about Ger.
many, writes
go serious is the economic outlook
~
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
100 Germans Took
Big City Of Dvinsk


LONDON, Feb. %. Pctrograd dis
patches to the Exchange Telegraph
Company state that it was announced
at meeting of the Soviet that many
factories are organizing detachments
OF Red Guards for service at the
front. NJ. zinovieT. associate of
Nikolai Lenino and chairman of the
soviet, reported that it required only
one hundred Germans to capture
Dvlnsk. He added SHAT the committee
responsible for the defence of the
city would be tried by revolution-
ary tribunal
Lettish snipers &c resisting the
German invaders near Walk. and
hayc asked for support from the So
wet, <ich has decided to send two
thousand Red Guards to that region.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
1ociaIists to Aid Labor
Plan to Elect IL Members to
Congress for Reconstruction

Meyer London, Socialist Congress
man from New York, said yesterday
that his party was planning to elect
at least twelve members of the next
Congress so that labor may be repre-
sented when the time comes to deal
with reconstruction problems. follow.
ing the war. A0A'0"F
This period" he said. "will neces-
state radical and Fundamental I'M
proyements on behalf of those who viii
nave nave; returned from the battlefelds of
j., when the men return from France
they viii want to know what adj
yiantages ia them and their progeny
thelf IN sacr.ilces have wrought. Unless
the representatives of the workers in
crease their strength the workers can
hope for little encouragement from the
present legislators"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

has been reduced nearly so per cent.
"Carrots, onions and cabbages are
rractlcally unobtainabIc in Berlin,
though vegetables are the chief item in
inc working mans menu.
"lndustrial life has suffered consid-
er9by this Wlntcr because of the fuel
shortage, due to variety of causes,
the chief OF which is the breakdown of
transportation. This is especially no.
tleeabie IN the reduction of the tram
way service in Berlin, as we'll as in
ether cities.
HrIvate consumers complain bitterly
OF the difficulty they experience in OBJ
tanning their ration of coal Passen-
ger service on many railway lines has
bccn reduced TO a minimum.
1T is perfectly evident that Ger
many's anxiety to make peace with the
Nralne was due entirely to the fact
lhac the government expects to GAIN
material economic advantages there.
"The Deutsche Nolkswirtschaftliche
correspondent asserts that the
ukralne has large provisions left from
the haWests of 1916 and 1917 ready for
expectation, but insists unon the neces-
sity OF measures being taken to prevent
the lnterception of corn by Poland
3yhdIcates were formed in Berlin in
January for the importation of corn.
ana nave effected an agreement as TO
Terms among German and Austrian i'm
pofters. ahe German and Austrian
5,o'cl 'hiehVS TOOK an active part in
forming these syndlcates.
"other things expected from the
Ohra'ne are sugar. carrots. minerals
ana coal from the Donetz Basin. and in
che near future, mineral salts and oils
l1ambufg Fremdenblatt' declares that
the Ukraine has sent turkey v,boat
the war. @'"i NM
-, optimistic reports about tho possi-
pl'llies ol OF the Ukraine giving valuable
Looo supplies to the Central Powers
nave unquestionably buoyed the neon1a
up out IL they should prove as inuccu-
II ave =, as thosc spread by the governments
loilo"lng the conquest of Rumania
mere ere; wlll be decided reaction.
ne economic conditions are now so
pau mat the people are in q nasty
seinper ana their nerves are drawn
pretty 'lght. 10 state that they are ON
ele verge OF revolution would be
slosS eNaggeration Of conditions. but it
eellalhly IS true that the average Ger
man mas lost a lot of his old respect for
the militarists and is becomin9 do.
cidedly more independent ''-
Much OF Germany's economic trouble
TINS winter is directly attributable to
POOR transportation facilities. For the
iirst time in the war her marvelIoms
system of railways has failed her. This
ls ,cXplainable in several ways. No
r%liWays IN the world, unless those of
Nnssia, have been under the strain to
Wnlcn the German system has been
put Tor neariN four voa.rs
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

tirpate the counter revolutionary ele-
ment. Measures. it is officially de-
clared, have been taken for the regis
traton and distribution Of foodstuifs
and the mobilization OF .he entire popu-
atlon for defence work. The special
general staff Will appropriate all prop
erty required for defensive purposes.
An extraordinary session of the cen
trat executive committee of the Sol
Glers' and Workmen's Delegates was
Reid on Friday evening. NJ. Svcrdloff
presided and read a statement review
ing the situation, in which he said that
1t was now clear the Germans
would not ro0ly to the Smo!ny lnsti-
tute's las appeal. or If thew d:d their
answers would be completely unac-
eeptablo. He asked the committee to
adopt a resolution expressing conf
dence IN the Peoples Commlssaries
ANA approving their measures aiming
al peace. The resolution passed with
only SIN dissenting votes
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Philippines to Issue Bonds
For Boats 20 Help Win War

MANILA, Feb. Ex-Governor Gem
erai HARRISON has signed law author
lzing the flotation in the United State,
of a S2,o0o,o00 bond issue. The money
Will be used to finance the construction
of the torpedo boat Rial and one sub
marine to be given by the Philippines
to help America in the war.
James ]. Rafferty,, former Director, IF
Internal Revenue. has been s,vo,.,' =, =,
as director of the Bureau of Commnrca -.
establl shed by the last Legislature.
j. Trinidad has been appointed hi
rector of Internal Revenue. He is the
hrst Filipino to occupy the post.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Austrians March On
Kiev, Aiding Ukraine
Against Bolsheuiki

LONDON, Feb. 23.-Austrian and
Ukrainian troops are nearing hlev'
the Ukrainian capital, now held by the
Bolsheviki, according to dispatches
from Pctrograd in the late editions Of
the morning newspapers. 1t IS said
that Polish legionaries aided the Ger
mans in occupying Minsk
Petrograd newspapers. it is added, re-
port that Russian soldiers on the
Northern front seized twentyseven
trains which are being used to carry
40 900 of the soldiers 10 Moscow. The
Germans are taking no prisoners, mere
ly disarming the Russians and Nber-
atinc them.
German airplaNes, the Petrograd cor
respondent OF THE Times" says, are
distributing proclamations, calling on
the Russian people to remain calm and
keep order, as the Germans are com
ing to suppress anarchy and to bring
food as soon as possible.
In the last two DAYS the Germans
lave not met with a single case Of re-
sistance, a Petrograd dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says:
EVACUATION of the port of Reyal is pro-
ceedlng slowly, the soldiers declining
20 assist.
Headquarters Moved
The headquarters of the Russian
Western army has been removed to
Smolepsk, Z50 miles southwest of Mos
COW. The change was made in such
haste that the staff lost touch with
the various armies
The Bolshcviki are greatly nerturhod
and depressed. Foreign Minister
irotzky is reported to be sick in con-
sequence OF renewal of hostilities. and
is unable to attend meetings of the
Council of Peoples Comm:ssaries.
which are being held constantly.
Inc Times correspondent reports
Sc me anxiety IN the British COLONY in
Petrograd. and the consulate there be-
ing crowded with persons wishing TO
get away. \ British military order d.
rects all Englishmen of military age
who have been exempted from service
up TO TINS time to hold themselves
feaoy to start home at SIX hours no
tlce Other British subjects, especially
women and children, have been advised
to leave Russia without deiay.
Fetrograd Apparently Calm
The Inhabitants OF Petrograd await
coming events with an outward calm
according to dispatches received here
ana continue to pursue their ordinary
ouslneSs me. seemingly unconcerncd
ever the great interests at stake.
spondent in dispatch sent last TLnrs-
cay repeats statement that the ma
Jority would welcome the arrival Of
the Germans, fearing an outbreak of
uncontrolled anarchism, with riot and
murder. The bulk of the population.
the correspondent says, is tired of
revolution, tired cf hunger and dis
order, and tired of the uncertainty
perpetually overhanging them, de-
ciaring that they are experiencing all
or the disadvantages Of the Cars
regime without any of its advantages.
The London morning papers are for
The most part without news from their
Petrograd correspondents and the only
information of current date received
here consists of official pronounced
ments. The Petrograd correspondent
Of Reuters, Limited, sends an official
statement that the Council of the
Peoples Commlssares has appointed a
special general staff and mas issued a
decree reiterating its warning that
martial law muss be used mercilcssly
to rcprcss criminal attempts and ex-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
No rench Losses
To U-Boats in Week
ol9 Steamers Enter Ports and
$40 Depart During Period,
All Unscathed

PARIS. Feb. 23.-No French mer-
chantmen and no fishing vessels were
sunk By German submarines or mine
during the week ended February 1G.
lhree merchantmen successfully cs-
c&ped submarine attacks. Steamers
entering French ports totalled GIG and
departing, S76.
This Is the first week since Germany
instituted her ruthless submarine war
lare that French merchant ships have
escaped absolutely unscathed.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

Russian plenipotenttarie must start
Immediately for Brest-Litovsk and
sign at that place within three days
peace treaty, which must be rati-
fled within two weeks"
The foregoing, adds the Russian Off
cial statement, is dated Berlin, Febru-
ary u, and is signed by Won kuehl-
mann (the German Foreign Secrc-
taryl and Lieutenant General (name
omitted), commander in chief of the
army.
According to dispatches received from
retrograd under date of February 2o
the peace terms submitted at the Brest-
Litovsk conference by the Central Pow
ers were as follows:
Russia should surrender 10000
square miles of territory, having a
population of $4,000 900, and pay an
Indemnity subsequently modified to
S1,500, 900 900.
The Central Powers were prepared
to return to Russia 1000 square miles
in the Grodno government, Province
of Lithuania.
Russia should agree not to spread
revolutionary propaganda IN the Cen
trail Empires.
The commercial treaty which was
abrogated at the beginning of the
tended thirty years.
To Police Russian Cities
Reports rcac!.ing Petrograd arc to
the effect that the newest German de-
mands include the policing OF all the
principal cities Of Russia.
The Bolshevik authorities are ready
to accept the peace terms originally
outlined by the Central Powers and
also to accede to demand that Russia
evacuate the small portion of Austrian
territory still held, as we'll as Arme-
nian and all other territory captured
from Turkey.
A dispatch from Petrograd under
date of February Is quoted Leon Trotz-
XIV. the Bolshevik Foreign Minister, as
declaring in his report upon The end
ing Of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations
that the German terms included the
retention of Poland, Lithuania, Riga
and Moon Island, with an indemnity
Of $4,000 100000, presumably in gold
A later dispatch said Trotzky had
stated the indemnity demand had been
reduced to $500, 100000, which agrees
with the above.
At certain stage in the negotiations
at Brest- -Litovsk the Russian delegates
asked what were Germany's final peace
terms. General Hoffman,, rcpresenta-
tive of the German General Staff,
promptly produced map and drew ON
it what he said were TO be the future
boundaries Of Russia
The "Hoffmann line" ran cast of the
Moon Islands to Walk Gin Livonia,
about seventy-fve miles behind Riga),
to Minsk, to Brest-Litoysk.
Bv the new German demands this
line in it's southern part Cor where it
joins the new republic Of the ukraine)
is moved still further east.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Vacation for Ambassador Shea

SANTIAGO. Chile. Feb. 23.-The
American Ambassador. Joseph II. Shea.
VIII depart soon for a vacation in the
united States. He called en- President
Santuentes and Foreign Minister Pere-
IRA to-day and took leave of them.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

and SO impossible is it to conceal this
fscln the German people, that the chief
diplomatic effort OF the German gov
ernment is nt present directed to sccur-
ing ground of negotiation with the
enemy on economic concessions, in
Guiding specific territory in return for
provisions safeguarding Germany
against differential treatment of any
kind
Allies Economic Weapon
Will Bring Victory
Even this, it is recognized, would
only very partially avert trouble, for
normal trade is carried on, not be-
tween governments, but between in
dlvlduals. and no treaties or guaran,
tees IN the world can force the public
to buy or merchants to deal in goods
which they would prefer not to handle.
1T IS fully recognized that even when
the initial difficulty in securing raw
materials has been overcome Ger.
many's export trade must suffer from
psychological difficulties on which she
did not count before the war.
:, 1T is enough to emphasize the fact
that the economic weapon is the most
powerful in the varied armory of the
Allies and that if the Entente holds to-
gcther and consolidates its forces. no
human power can prevent it from uti-
mately-and, indeed, as all omens in
dlcate, soon rather than later bring
ing victory, final and decisive. to the
Allied cause"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-10-01
MIR. LoGAN'S LETTER

reproduce letter from Mr. NJ Logan Chairman
In Mr. Logan rests his the total
this compared with last
have concerned totals
before this Jesse James tax law enacted what we
have repeated sincea md what reiterate is:
First law backed by the corporation lawyers and
interests State Shifts the the burden of taxation from
personally to realty.
Second T. Barnes, former Assessor raised
our millions of dollars under
That notwithstanding this increase and the
promise Greene another member of the Commission and
Mr. Marshall clerk public meeting here that an increase
twenty would be satisfactory to the Commission another
million making three million In all
and promise absolutely ignored.
Third: F. Howell County Tax Commissioner
Deputies suggestion this requiring another
twenty lands and ten cent city lots
the of the Frankfort gang to
constantly increase valuations that ultimately much will
be paid by landowners than
the elimination of Mr. Logan by the
cuk resignation possibly hurt Montgomery
County exit Mr. Logan and the sooner the better
Put those brave ten thousand edbooded
landing in France day. by buying War Savings
andI Liberty Bonds until hurts