Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01
beaten
IN GREAT BATTLE
Cossacks, Who Cooperate
With Ukrainians, Are in Hot
Pursuit of Radical Forces.
ALLIES MAY STATE AIMS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, December 31.-ukrain-
ian and Cossack forces, in great battle
on the southwestern front, have defeated
bolshevik troops, taking four hundred
prisoners and capturing eight big guns
and 328 machine guns, according to a
dispatch received by the Dagens Ny
heter, from Petrograd by way of Hapa-
randa. The Cossacks are in hot pur-
suit of the bolsheviki.
Allies Exchanging Views.
LONDON, January 1.-The British
government recognizes that the Brest-
peace proposals constitute
grave and a new fact of which official
cognizance must be taken. says tns as
Daily Chronicle in reporting. as did
the Manchester Guardian yesterday,
that the British government intends to
return a serious and reasonable reply
to the Austro-German peace terms
when presented officially. The Chronicle
ADDS that the United States. Great
Britain. France and italy already are
views concerning the peace
proposals. The reported visit OF IRE
mier Lloyd George to Premier CieH-
enceau, it declares. is an inteliigen. an
ticipation which may or may not be
Sees Enslavement of Russia.
The Petrograd correspondent OF the
Daily News wonders whether the danger
of a separate peace is realized in England
He says it would be a defeat for German
democracy In addition to insuring the
virtual enslavement of Russia as IT
would be a victory for the military
caste in Germany.
TT may mean he adds. much more
than Russia's neutrality. If we make
no move, it seems possible that the
Germans will ask the Russians 70 netp
them in enforcing Russian peace terms
on the entente allies. Trotzky is well
aware of the danger, though faced
with the necessity Of concluding peace.
and is doing his utmost to stimulate
in Germany. Fraternization
at the front already has passed beyond
control Of enemy officers and enormous
quantities of revolutionary newspapers
printed in German are being dis
tribute d.
Would Publish Terms.
"f am convinced our only chance in
defeating German designs is to publish
terms as near the Russian terms as
possible and by taking powerful hand
in the proposed conference, help the
heIpfnr the Russians to force the Ger
man government in the direction 1T has
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-Whatever party might be in power
in Russia, it would be compelled to
conclude peace, and Trotzky's method
is more likely to damage Germany than
the method of any more polite person
in his place The naturalization OF
the banks puts a weapon more powertni
than the guiIlotine in the hands OF the
and probably VIII emo
much ofsthe present sabotage"
Ts-rther Leavening Of Ministry.
The writer foreshadows further leay-
ening of the ministry by men from
other parties joining the government.
THE Petrograd correspondent OF the
who is visiting in London, con-
tinues his anti-oolshevik statements to-
day. He says it is not unlikely that
the Germans, who are now reckoning
upon the great advantages they expect
from the Russian revolution, Will suner
a grievous disappointment provided the
friends of the Russian nation oner II
a helping hand. He implies that the
people will not continue to sub
NIT to German exploitation through
bolshevik '.adventurers," il a closer
union is established between Russia
and the entente allies.
Germans to Raise Blockade.
The German naval delegation at
according to the correspond
ent Of the Daily Mail in the Russian
capital. has reached an agreement with
the bolshevik government for raising
the blockade" of the White sea and
for the regulation Of maritime com
merce, which is expected to begin with
the impending arrival at Reval OF ships
WI ith goods from Germany. A dispatch
TO the Daily Express from Petrograd
says that German ships already have
free access to Russian waters. and the
is taking precautions to
protect them from British submarines
The first commercial squadron is ex-
pected before the Russian Christmas,
Or January 4.
Special dispatches from Petrograd re-
fer again to the subject of food short
age, which, according to the corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail. is steadily
becoming more critical. The CORE
spondent of the Daily News says that
The hotel in which he is staying is
piled high with crates of provisions
bearing Berlin stamps. He adds that
the German delegation, expecting an
Immediate famine, brought its own
food.