The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-27
Revolution Must Defend
Itself Against the I'm
perialists In Every Way
GREATEST STRENGTH
IN WIDE TERRITORY
Every Obstacle Must Be
Put in Way of the
Enemy's Advance
MOVE CAPITAL IF
IT is NECESSARY
The Deerep They Pene-
trate Russia, the More
Likely Is Revolution
tBy Associated Press.)

London, Feb. 27.-The Russian
revolution will defend itself against
Germany. says an official Russian
statement sent out by wireless and
which announces that Germany has
refused to grant an armistice.
The announcement reads:
"A peace delegation is now on the
way to Brest- -Litovsk. We expect
any moment news that it has arrived
at the place appointed for peace
negotiations, but there is no armis-
tice. The German government has
formally refused an armisttce ana
German detachments continue TO
advance.
I'VE are prepared to sign their
peace of usurpation. We have al
ready. declared this but there are
many indications that the German
imperialists do not desire peace at
the present moment, but rather an
immediate strangling Of the work
mems and peasants revolution.
"Resistance to the German hordes
thus becomes the principal task OF
the revoiution-brave, heroic, OBJ
stinate, and pitiless resistance. Ev-
erv position, every railway station
every locomotive must be defended.
Every possible obstacle must DO
put in the way of the enemy.
"Our greatest strength Is IN our
wide territories. Enemy detaehmentss
stiil very small, have occupied Reval
and PskoV. Even Petrograd ITSELF
which is still far distant, can no
vav decide the destiny of the reyolu-
tion. The government OF the peo-
pies commissaries can and II neeo
be- must retreat, must gather lts
forces and must appeal to the coun-
try to use its whole strength for the
defense of the revolution. should
the threat to Petrograd increase the
government will remove to MOSCOW
or any other. city Of Russia.
Would Crush Councils. 4
aTs Csermany's plundering raid
should advance the task of the gov
eminent would be to destroy the
feasibility of a simultaneous catas-
trophic decision by the Germans.
They are attempting to crush the
authority OF the councils and are IN
search Of it on the routes leading TO
Petrograd.
1--WE will bar these routes by ev-
erythinE we can interpose as OBJ
stncles. This at the moment, Is the
urinciusl task Of the heroic Petro-
grad nroletartat and its revolution
aTy star. But at the same time we
must act in such a manner that the
Garnoan s Generals may declare they
racoqnize the authority OF the coun-
VTIg NOT only in PetrDgrad but
i+hroupho1It the whole country, north,
HOuth and on both sides Of the Urals'
Even if they >think they can fedch
Petrograd by a mere military prom
enada. we will prove to them Lhat
they win have to disperse themselves
AM over Russia before they can reach
and crush the authority OF theI
councils.
ayVill they have adequate forces to
carry out such a task II we DEFEND
Ourselves heroically7 NO. Ihey
never will have forces enough. Such
~, enterprise inevitably viii resolve
itself into an adventure and VIII Iall. |
However, deeply they penetrate
Russia, then the more surely VIII
fhev bring about the outbreak OF |
revolution in Germany Panehcs
and frrnness is necessary.
aThe first symptoms Of panic
created BY the Germans plunderlng
rid have become bygone events
srhe towards are in flight and have
TanHp room for the brave who are
Nnflvinr themselves in hundreds ana
thousands for the defense OF the SO
cialist fatherland.
aIe peace with the revolution IS
not the aim OF the German lEnperl3al- pa3l.
frtu thew will see the revolution
knows how TO defend itself.
Resistance Growing.
London, Feb. GA Petrograd
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
agency dated Monday says:
'aThat resistance to the German
advance la growing, is shown by the
reports of fighting which continues
IN the vicinity OF Pshov. This town
has changed hands several times.
TThe German detachments Wnlcn
nrst entered Pskov were very small,
E9nt they have since been reinforced.
fsIshere is a general belief that the
Germans are moving forward hastlty
bseause supplies Of ammunition
worth four hundred million rupies
ere concentrated in the neighbor-
hood az Pskov. The Russians, how
ever are taking measures to guard
tha railways and are sending more
soviet troops to Faskov.@
Later advices say that the soviet
armies are now everywhere restst-
INC the invaders. At Narva, the gar
rlaon and workmen have formed an
army Of 10000 and gone to heYAl.
There are similar reports from Walk
Great activity is manifested az the
Bolshevix headquarters in Petro-
grad and arms and ammunition are
being distributed.
Turks Take Trehizond.
Amsterdam, Feb. 27.-A dispatch