Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-02
Germany, Forcing BoIShevlki to
Accept Her Terms, Resumes
the War on Russia.
CIVIL CONFLICT CONTINUES
Americas Preparations Are Being
Speeded Up, and First 5attIeplanes
Are Shipped, None Too Soon
Premier Lloyd George Sus-
tains the Program of the
Supreme War Council.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.
mo longer believing in the pacific
intentions Of Russia" and with the
professed purpose of restoring peace
and order in the parts of that country
they already occupy, the Germans last
week re-opened the war on the boil
sheviki. Their first advance took them
across the Dyina and into Dvinsk and
Lutsk, and thence they continued on
their way toward Petrograd, gathering
in many prisoners and large quantities
of arms and supplies. After protesting
against the resumption of hostilities
against Russia, Austria Hungary joined
in the invasion. The move is extreme
ly unpopular among the socialists of
Germany and the people generally of
Austria, but the Prussian militarists
have the whip-hand ana pay little heed
to objections from others.
Continuing their advance toward the
end of the week the Germans sent a
large feet 0f warships to Reval and
landed troops to invest that great sea-
Firms, who had been fighting in the
German army, In Finland, presumably
to attack the bolsheviki at TANNER
fors and viborg.
Trotzky. finding his hope that the
Teutonic workers and peasants would
refuse to fight against those of Rus
STA, emitted loud wall, offering to
sign the peace treaty Germany had de-
manded, but seemingly DR.. Won Kuehl-
mann deemed it too late. Further
more. there were strong indications
that the long-expected split in the
ranks of the bolsheviki leaders mad
come, for Lenine countermanIed 7rotz-
ky's orders for immediate de-
mobilization stating that they we're
unable yet to announce the terms Of
peace as peace had not yet been
signed.
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The Red guard is necessarily scat
| tered, because civil war is raging in
many parts of Russia. The bolsheviki
claimed to have established their au-
thority In that part of East Siberia
known rs Transatlantic, to have cap
| tured Botalsk and advanced far be-
| yond Rost0v-on-the- Don, and TO have
| routed the Cossacks In Astrakhan. In
| Finland. too. they claimed decided vic
| tories over the White guard of the
| government Official dispatches from
| Petrocrad said the Ukrainians had
| made an alliance with the Roumanians
and Tint a Joint army had occupied
Kishinev. but that the bolshevih
! forces had driven them from TiraspOl
( on the DnieStar. The Ukrainians. on
/ TIE other hand appealed to Germany
+ fm help against the holsheviki, who,
they asserted. had invaded their terri
tory ana we're burning and loodng
their towns.
I'm the Don Cossack region the gov
eminent fostered by General Kalen-
| dimes was ousted and Il new republic
organized at Tcherkask by the work
men and soldiers. Kalendines commit
ted suicide. and his successor as het-
man. General Nazarof, ordered all
! Cossacks TO mobilize at once and fight
the advancing bolsheviH forces. Al
together 1t is pretty mess, and no
one will envy the Germans the task
! they have assumed II restoring order.
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The German and Austrian ministers.
addressing the reichraths, expressed
| the strong conviction that the peace
with Ukraine VAS the beginning of
| peace with all Russia. hut warn the
ueople they might be disappointed
they explained that, in eEder not to
| disrupt this peace and lose the chance
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