Evening star., 1918-02-24
Internal Chaos
Throughout Russia

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ticularly chaotic. In southern Russia
Gen. Alexief has organized an army COM
posed OF many thousands of men. and the
bolsheviki have set out to suppress his
growing power. Gen. AleSieff. they de-
clare, has been defeated at Rostov, but
later advices indicate that he is marching
northward. Gen. Alexief is the hope of
the more enlightened elements of Russia
and the former chief of the Russian staff
may be expected to go far in his gen.
eral plan to redeem Russia. Gen. kale-
dimes. former hetnan of the Cossa cks,
committed suicide at Novo Tcherkask
when his government decided to go over
to the council of soldiers and workmens s
delegates. Whereas Kaledines caused a
division in CosSack ranks. Gen. AleXief
is expected to cement them
The Ukraine has seen terrible slaugh-
ter in the past two weeks. The boil
sheviki attacked and claim to have
captured kiev. Four thousand lives
injured in the fighting in this arena
during engagements. Odessa is also
claimed by the bolsheviki, but it may
be stated confidently that the boil
sheviki cannot stand before the COM
bined weight of Austrian, German and
Ukrainian armies, which are going to
see TO it that the rada is upheld in it's
peace negotiations and is firmly estab-
lished in power
The bolsheviki have served an ulti-
!
Bessarabia. Though continued reports
are received in the United States that
the Rumanians Will stand by the allies
to the last. other reports from Petro-
grad persist in the claim that Rumania
soon is to enter into negotiations with
| the Germans for peace. 1t is said that
the Rumanians have agreed to end the
war if the Teutons will respect Ru-
manian rights of sovereignty and that
! Rumania will grant the Dobrudja to
mitted to reclaim a vast section of the
| lBessarabian country.
( In view of the upheaval in Poland
over the cession of Cholm to Ukraine
the Austrian government has been
forced to modify its course in this di-
rection. BY an agreement reached sub
seauent to the signing of the Ukraine
peace treaty the boundary lines be-
tween Poland and Ukraine are to be
fixed by joint commission composed
of representative of these two terri
tories.
Terrible conditions continue to pre-
vail in Finland. where the struggle be-
, tween the red guards and the white
guards remain indecisive. The boil
sheviki are reported to have ordered
the withdrawal of the Russian red
guard from Finland, they recognizing
: the right of Finland to a separate iden-
tity, but this is not confirmed. An era
OF loounS, pillage and murder contin-
ueS in Finland, and thousands of per-
sons have been slain by the robber
bands who, posing under the cloak of
democracy, spread terror and devasta-
ton. There still is a strong movement
in Sweden to go to the assistance of
Gen. Mannerheim. leader of the Finnish
government troops. but Sweden will re
main neutral. according to officials OF
King GuStave'S court. The aid of
Sweden will not be needed now, how
ever, as it is announced that four ships
fined with German soldiers and Firms
who have been fighting in the German
army have gone to the aid of Manner
helm. This is another timely stroke
by Germany. for, should the white
guards win Finland. the Firms will con
slider themselves forever indebted to
the Teutons for their aid at moment
when the issue was indecisive and their
complete independence threatened