The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-07
Germany, Forcing Bolsheviki to
Accept Her Terms, Resumes
the War on Russia.
CIVIL CONFLICT CONTINUES
America's Preparations Are Being
Speeded Up, and First Battleplanes
Are Shipped, None Too Soon
Premier Lloyd George Sus-
taIns the Program of the
Supreme War Council.
BY EDWARD w. PlCkARO.

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 rc-opcncd the war on the boil
Shcvilii. Their first advance took them
across tho Dvina and into Dvinsk and
LutSk and thence they continued on
their way toward Pctrograd, gathering
in many prisoners and large quantities
OF arms and supplies. After protesting
against the resumption of hostlities
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 mllitarSts
have the whip hand and pay little heed
to objections from others.
Continuing their advance, toward the
end of the week the Germans sent a
large fleet Of warshlps to Rcvnl and
landed troops to invest that great sea-
port. They also landed a force of
Films, who had been fighting in the
German army, In Finland, presumably
to attack the bolShcvilii at TANNER
lots ullN NlnoES.
TrOtZky, finding his hope that the
TcutOnic workers and peasants would
refuse to fight against those Of Rus
Sa, emitted q 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 We're strong indications
that the long-cXpcctcd split In the
ranks of the b0lShevki leaders had
come, for Lenine countermandcd Trotz-
ky's orders for immediate de-
mobilization, stating that they were
unable yet to announce the terms Of
peace rs peace had not yet been
signed.
The Red guard Is necessarily scat
tered because civil war Is raging In
many parts of Russia. The bolshcviki
claimed to have established their nu
thorlty In that part OF East Siberia
known as Trans Bniknlla, to have cap
turcd Botalsll 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
Pctrc%rad said the Ukrainians had
made an alliance with the Roumanians
and that Joint army had occupied
KlShincv but that the bolshcvikf
forces had driven them from Tiraspol
on the Dniestcr. The Ukrainans. on
the other hand, appealed to Germany
for help against the boshcvili, who,
they asserted, had invaded their terri
tory md were burning and loOting
their towns.
In the Don Cossack region the gov
crnmcnt fOstered by General Kalen-
dimes was ousted and new republic
organized ut Tchcrkask by the work.
men and soldiers. Kalendines commit
ted suicide, and his successor rs het
man, General Nazarofr, ordered all
Cossacks to mobilize Mt once and fight
the advancing bolsheviki forces. Al
together 1t Is a pretty mess, and no
one will envy the Germans the task
they have assumed OF restoring order
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The German and Austrian ministers,
addressing the reichraths. expressed
the strong conviction that the peace
with Ukraine was the beginning of
peace with all Russia, but warned the
people they might be disappointed
They explained that, In order not to
disrupt this peace and lose the chance
Of getting wheat from Ukraine, they