The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-04
RUSSIA RESENTS
INTERVENTION
ON OTHER HAND WILL MAKE NO
GERMAN ALLIANCE.
HUN IS STILL PLAYING FALSE
Taking Advantage of the Helpless
Situation To Grab All Good Lands
and Run Away With the
Food Supplies.
(By Joseph Shaplen.)

| VIZ SoSNPAA SAioPiNA'I
Stockholm, July 1.-The Soviet is
regarding the proposed allied inter
Vention in Russia, as q hostile act, an
/ encroachment on the liberty and in
dependence of Russia But on the
other hand it will not enter into any
alliance with Germany"
This statement was made public by
War Minister Trotsky. according to a
Moscow dispatch received here today.
Allied ENJOYS to Return.
German diplomats in Petrograd,
however, are quoted as saying the
Soviet will likely accept German aid
in resisting the allies
Premier Lenine issued a statement
declaring that the Czecko-Slavs soon
will be entirely wiped out.
The Soviet sent a special represent
ativo to the allied ENJOYS at Vologda,
as result of which the latter is eX-
pected to return to Moscow
Germany Still Playing False.
The German forces are continuing
their invasion behind the boundaries
of Ukraine, also in the Kuban and
Black Sea regions.
They have landed forces at Dinkel
and may seek to reach the Vologda
border according to the CZecko-Slavs,
despite Trotsky's statement that
there will be no alliance for this pur-
pose"
German Subs On Lake Ladoga.
German submarines which have
been transferred via Finland have
appeared in Lake Ladoga, the final
possible refuge of the Russian Baltic
fleet
The Zinamia Bori of Petrograd re-
ports that the number of peasants re-
Voting in Ukraine continues to grow.
Germans Running OFF With Food.
The Germans who fear a revolt are
hurrying all of their bread and other
food out of the country to prevent its
destruction.
The peasants in many instances are
armed and are fighting desperately
against the Germans.
Armed detachments are seeking
means by which to prevent the Ger
mans from seizing their coming har
vests.
Lands Taken From Peasants.
The former landlords have taken
back the lands from the peasants with
/ the aid of German troops.
The Bolsheviki has lost all of its
popularity in Ukraine by the surren-
der at Brest-Litovsk.
Already many of the landlords in
| Cozzari have been murdered. The
expeditions into the villages. Sew
{ eral thousand peasants have made
! attacks on these expeditions, wiping
out entire attachments near Billo-.
Zerkoff.
Sailors Will Defy Germany.
Sailors of the Black Sea fleet have
threatened to blow up their ships
rather than have them transferred to
Sebastopol, as has been demanded by
| the Germans
! Grand Dukes Manifesto.
Moscow, June 26-(Correction)-
Grand Duke Michael, brother of the
former Car, has issued a manifesto
declaring that inasmuch as the con-
stituent assembly has been dissolved,
! which resulted in the destruction of
Russia, it is his duty to restore order.
! The manifesto calls on all the peo-
pie to overthrow the Bolsheviki and
offers the amnesty to all of those
, participating in the revolt.
Petrograd Short Food.
Amsterdam, July 1.-Petrograd has
received no supplies whatever for four
days, according to a statement by the
! food commissioner, reported from
Moscow by way of Berlin. OF TWEEN
ty-six carloads of grain from Ufa
which the Czheco allowed to pass, on
ly eleven have reached Petrograd,
the others having been detached at
various stations by the railway Off
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