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authority, intend to take action In ST.
IBERIA at an early date. The situation
In Siberia Is considered grave, owing
to the inability of the CoEsack general.
Semenoff, head of the anti-bolshevlki
movement In that vast territory, to
secure allied support, for which he has
appealed to the japanese.
German forces have occupied Reval,
on the Esthonian shore of the Gulf of
Finland, 200 miles west-southwest of
Petrograd, after an engagement with
the Russians. This announcement is
made In the official report from Ger
man general headquarters.
British casualties reported to Lon
don In the week ended Monday were
3,571, the lowest of any week for sew
eral months.
Five entente allied alrmen, flying
over the Julian Alps, found that the
town of Innsbruck, Austrian Tyrol,
was not protected by antiaircraft
guns, say dispatch from Buchs,
Switzerland The airmen thereupon
swooped down to within 300 yards Of
the ground, picked out targets and
copiously bombed them, including the
railroad station, barracks and two mu-
milton factories. Soldiers and civil
lans were killed. The German CONSUL
ate was hit and trains loaded with SOL
dlers were attacked by machine guns.
1t was announced in London that
Germany's peace terms have been ac-
cepted by Nikolai Lenine, the bolshe-
wiki premier, and Leon Trotzky, for
eign minister. Lenine asserts the de-
moralized and retreating Russian boil
shevikl army refuses absolutely to
fight.
A regiment of Esthonian troops has
gone over to the Germans, the Berlin
war Office announces. German troops,
advancing In Esthonia, have captured
Hapsal on the coast near the entrance
to the Gulf of Finland and have gone
beyond Rouneburg, Wolmar and Span
dan. They marched into Rieshitsa.
Defense to the death" against Ger
many Is ordered in the proclamation
of the Russian commissioners, Reu-
ter's Petrograd correspondent tele-
graphs to London. The commissioners
appeal to the soldiers to destroy rail-
ways and provisions and compel the
bourgeoisie to dig trenches under pen
atty of death.
The Mar Carpio, Spanish steam
ship, 2,724 tons, was sunk by subma-
rine shellfire, 1t was announced at
Madrid.
The British have captured Jericho,
In Palestine, the London war office re-
ports. The city was entered by Aus
tralian troops. Little opposition was
encountered.
BolsheviEi leaders declare that II
the German advance continues they
will defend Petrograd with the Red
guard and harass the German advance
by guerrilla warfare. No plans have
been made for evacuation of the city
The bolsheviki says this is new war,
not the old war, and that they will pre-
sent a united front against the Ger
mans.
A further advance of 31a miles on a
front Of 7% miles has been made by
the British forces in Palestine, the
London war Office announces. The
British are now within four miles OF
Jericho.
Great Britain spent $40000,000 q
day for the four weeks ended Febru-
airy 16. This statement was given in
the house Of commons in London by
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the
eXchequer.
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Lieut.. Roland G. Garros, the famous
French aviator, and Lieut.. Antoine
Marchal have reached Holland. Ac-
cording to Les Neuvelles of Maastricht
they escaped from German prison.
Domestic
The death list of the Red Cross liner
Florizel, wrecked at Broad Cove, is 102
with A saved- according to wireless
message from Cape Race, two miles
from where the ship lies broken on the