Evening star., 1918-02-23
KAISER'S ARMIES URGE
\ ALL PEOPLETO BE CALM
Austrians and Ukrainians Are An.
preaching Kiev to Engage
Bolsheviki.
RED LEADERS DEPRESSED
Sound Warning That Martial Law
Will Be Used Mercilessly to Re
press Counter Revolution
ary Movements.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 23-In their
new invasion of Russian territory
the German forces have reached
Walk, I'm LIvonia, ninety miles
northeast OF Riga, 1T was announced
today by the German general stag.
In Vohynia the TeutOn arnaes
marching from Lutsk have reached
the town of Dubno.
LONDON, February x.-Austrisn
and Ukrainian troops are Nearing
ktev, the Ukrnininn capital, now
held by the bolsheviki, according to
dispatches from PetroErad. 1t fs
said that Polish legionarfes aided
the Germans i'm occupying Minsk. s
By the Associated Press
LONDON, February 23.-The Daily
Nails Petrograd correspondent, in
dispatch sent last Thursday.
repeats statement that the ma
jority would welcome the arrival of the
Germans, fearing an outbreak of uncon.
trolled anarchism, with riot and murder.
The bulk of the population, the CORE
spondent says, is tired Of revolution,
tired of hunger and disorder and tired
of the uncertainty perpetually overhang.
ing them. declaring that they are expert
encing all of the disadvantages of the
ears regime without any of its advan-
tages.
Petrograd newspapers, according 70,
dispatches from Petrograd, report that
Russian soldiers on the northern front
seized twenty-Seven trains which are
being used to carry 10000 of the SOL
diers to Moscow The Germans are
taking no prisoners, merely disarming
the Russians and liberating them.
In the last two days the Germans
nave not met with a single case OF re-
sistance. Petrograd dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says.
ceeding slowly. the soldiers declining
to assist. -
Germans Call for Calm.
German airplanes. the Petrograd cor.
respondent of the Times says. are dis
tributing proclamations calling on the
Russian people to remain calm and
keep order. as the Germans are coming
as soon as possible. The bolsheviki are
greatly perturbed and depressed For.
eign Minister Trotzky is reported to be
sick in consequence of renewal of hos
tilitieS and is unable to attend meetings
of the council of peoples commissaries,
which are being held constantly.
The Petrograd correspondent of Reuters
Limited sends an official statement thar
has appointed special general staff ana
has issued a decree reiterating its warning
that martial law must be used rnercilessly
to repress criminal attempts" and extir.
pate the counter revolutionary movement.
Measures, it is officially declared, have
been taken for the registration and distri.
button of foodstuffs and the mobilization
Of the entire population for defense work.
The special general staff will appropriate
all property required for defensive pure.
poses.
An extraordinary session of the central
executive committee of the soldiers and
delegates was held on Friday
evening. NJ. Sverdloff presided and read
a statement reviewing the situation, In
which he said that it was now clear that
the Germans would not reply to the
Smolny Institutes last appeal or il they
did their answer would be completely un.
He asked the committee to
in the peoples commissaries and approve
ing their measures aiming at peace The
resolution passed with only six dissent.
ing votes.
Petrograd, dated Thursday, says that
Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trotxky
has started for Dvinsk ito take meas.
ures to iquidate the new hostilities"
1t is stated in military circles that
the commander-in-chief Of the Ger
nan invaders is the Grand Duke of
Hesse. brother of the former Russian
empress, says the newspaper
Germany Is Offended.
The publication by the Vienna Of.
icial news agency of the Polish mani.
'esto rejecting upon Germany has
given great offense, says the Zurich
of Reuters Limited. Ac-
ording to the Munich Neueste Mach
ichten the German ambassador at
Jenna has been instructed to demand
m explanation. The newspaper adds
hat the reading of the manifesto in.
he rechsrath gave immunity to it's
but that it was a piece OF
ross stupidity on the part of the Of
Icial agency to publish it broadcast.
Calm in Petrograd. ~
The inhabitants of Petrograd await
oming events with an outward calm.
ccording to the latest dispatches re-
eived here. and continue to pursue
heir ordinary business life seemingly