The Robesonian., 1918-02-25
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.
Bolshevik Government Announces
Readiness to Accept Germany's
Hard Terms-German Armies Push.
ing Forward in Russia-Conditi0ns
in Russia Chaotic-Rumania Ap
pears Ready to Quit.

pears Ready to Quit.
The .Bolshevik government in Rus
sia, represented by Nikolai Lenine and
Leon Trotzky, has acceded to the de-
mands Of Germany and announced its
readiness to accept the hard peace
terms which Germany has laid down.
Thus, apparently without further
hesitation, the Russians are prepaY ed,
in an effort to stop the inroads the
Germans now are making into their
country, to add to the enemy's vast
! ho'dinos more of Russia's most valua-
BILE western territory, extending from
the Gulf of Finland southwark to the
Black Sea and even to withdraw her
troops from Finland and give back to
the Turks what has been taken from
them in battle.
, The surrender seems abject. Russia
; is Immediately to send a delegation to
Brest-Litovsk, there to discuss with
! German representatives the final de-
!, tails Of the peace and sign the COM
' pact.
At last accounts the German armies
. = in the east were giving no heed to talk
= of peace, but on the contrary were
> methodically pushing forward their
line over the more than 500 mile front
), from the Gulf of Finland region to
= ! Volhynia, and still nowhere meeting
- with any systematic attempts to him
\ der their progress.
" Numerous additional towns have
II been captured and several thousans
:, more Russians made prisoner. In addf
!, ton, nearly 5000 German and Aus
!, trian prisoners of war have been )'b
4" Grated by the invaders. Russia's prln
= = cipal port on the Finnish gulf is rap
20 20 idly being approached, notwithstard
~ ~ ing the snow-covered roads. Tn
,9 troops here are being pushed forwal
e in forced marches, the desire of tn
= German high command evidently be
10 ing to capture the port, which woul
~ ~ be available, if necessity arises, as
- base for operations by fleet of wa
ha vessels against Kronstadt and Petre
o. grad.
9 Meanwhile the internal situation
oa Russia continues chaotic. So bad hay
a state of siege has been declared /
the military authorities. Looting ar
,,o other reprehensible deeds will resu
~, -, in sentences of death, it is announce
- by the Bolshvik authorities, and 9
- explosives must be Immediately tur
-. ed in to the authorities on pain 4
~ Nv the holders being declared outlaw
.oS .oS1 Opposition newspapers have been SUI
~. pressed and other organs warned tn
e inaccurate information published
M them will lead to the arrest of t
,ah editors and their stats.
~ ~ Rumania, cut off from her ALI
the tho through the disaffection Of Russia,
.me ;as last has entered into formal peace r
'e0' gotiations with the Central powers, {
cording to advices reaching Londt
on+t Those past masters in Teutonic ALI
the politics. Won Kuehlmann and Czern
,nol s respectively the German and Austri
~ foreign ministers, and Radoslavoff, I
hot Bulgarian premier, are treating w
;. ;mb M. Averesco, the Rumanian premi
ned at a point near Bucharest. Doubtle
IN as were the terms imposed on Russ
.ilrf IF the peace conditions that will be off
If ed Rumania will be hard ones.
who Already they are said to enbr;
nv territorial acquisitions for Bulga
ach- and economic preferences Tor Gerins
he- and Austria.
the On tne p4 patelelion.s toMilrr Nv ereo+
iker Ihefe oeeli az ehgas L.; - 90
War menslohs. ~ .he ,,nro1 niro -, n.+ro1
AZ counters, with the French the agg1
,.;o. I sors against the Germans Of M
80 than usual violence Artillery actiH
; -, continues violent on isolated sect'
+ha The Germans again have tried to
,eLe gun the Americans in their sec
1anS northwest of Toul AS on seve
~ ~ oh former occasions the Americans re
10 lated with such fierceness and az
+Snu racy of aim that the enemy desls