Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
TEUTONS CONTINUE
INVASION OF RUSSIA
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Continued from page I
the meeting of the Council of Peoples
Commisaaries which voted on the ques-
tion Trotzky who had been in favor oi
fighting to the last, Unexpectedly went t<
the other side.
The change in the Bolshcvik policy to
one of surrender surprised both thcii
enemies and friends and threw their
supporters into confusion. The foreign
embassies, says the Times, knew nothing
Of the Bolshcvik capitulation until Tues
day night They believed the Russians
intended to resist the German advance at
all hazards.
After stating tho duty of workmen and
peasants to defend the republic to the
death, the appeal continues:
TEXT OF THE APPEAL.
German militarism wishes to smother
the working classes and the Ukrainian
masses, to pivc back the land to the land
owners, factories and workshops to the
bankerssand pow4r to a monarchy"
In the appeal for reorganization of a
defence Of the revolution against Ger
many, the council of commissioners says:
The Socialist fatherland is in danger.
In order to save the country in it's ex-
haustion from further trials of war wc
resigned ourselves To making immense
sacrifices Our delegates on Feb. 20 loft
Rcgitsky for Dvinsk but up TO the present
no news of them has been received"
Following are the points urged in the
appeal:
First. all the forces in the country
in their entirety must place themselves
Mt the service of the defence of the revolu-
ton.
Second. all the councils OF workmen s
and soldiers revolutionary organizations
must enter into the compulsory defence
of each position to the last drop OF their
blood.
Third, organizations on railways and
the sovicts connected Herewith, are
obliged with all their strength to check
attempts of the enemy To profit by the
equipment of lines of communication.
In their retreat they must destroy the
railways and blow up the stations All
rolling stock and all locomotives must be
sent eastward and into the interior Of the
country without delay.
Fourth, corn and provisions in general
are plaoed on the same footing as valu-
able property when in danger OF falling
into the hands of the enemy and must
then be destroyed without contradiction
The local soviets must see that these
directions are carried out and the respon-
sibility falls upon their representatives
Fifth, workmen and peasants of Petro-
grad, kiev and all towns, villages and ham
lets on the line Of the new front must
mise battalions To dig trenches under
direction of the military Socialists.
Sixth, all members of the bourgeoisie
class, the women as we'll as the men,
must enter these battalions under SIR
veillancc of the Red Guards and in case
of resistance must be shot.
Seventh, all institutions which offer
resistance to the action of the revolution
on the defensive and pass To the side Of
the German bourgcoisie or which have a
tendency TO profit by the invasion OF the
masses in order to overthrow
the authority Of the soviets. must be
closed. Directors of and collaborators with
these institutions who are capable of work
must mobilize themselves to dig trenches
and engage In other defensive works
Eighth, foreign agents and spectators
are counted as revolutionary agiiators
and German spies must be shot at sight
The Socialistic Fathcriand Is in danger
Long live the National Social Revolution