Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
RUSSIANS MAY YET FIGHT.
Military Council Gives Orders for
Arming Of Whole Population.

prcmc military council has been
formed for defense Of the country.
The commissioner for military affairs
has issued Il decree ordering that the
entire people be armed
Commenting upon the signing Of
the peace treaty. the Izvcstia, organ
Of the soldiers and workngmcn'
deputies, says the purpose Of the Len
inc government in agreeing to the
German terms was to give a respite
to the Socialist revolution 80 as to
cnablc'it TO reassemblc its forces for
the supreme struggle against impe-
rialism, and to assist the prOletariat
Of other countries to revolt against
/ lis oppressors.
! The Pravada comments in a simi-
lar vein. The Nova Hhizn, organ of
Maxim Gorky, says it does not believe
, German imperialism will be so fool
, ish as to give the Bolsheviki an op-
, portunity to reorganize
Evacuating Petrograd.
: London, March 6.-The evacuation
, Of Petrograd has begun Three
! State ministries, according to a dis
, patch from Petrograd, dated Tues
, day, have started to leave the capt
tai, from which the population also
is fleeing hastily.
The Bolsheviki government pro-
poses to declare Moscow the Russian
capital and Petrograd free port
TO Ural Mountains.
Petrograd, March 6.--The Bolshe-
wiki leaders are prepared to with
draw even as far as to the Ural
mountains rather than submit to the
defeat Of the revolution, said Leon
Trotzky, Bolsheviki foreign minister,
in an interview to-day with the AS
sociated Press.
Finn-Gcrmnn Peace.
Amsterdam, March 7-Official an
nouncement was made in Berlin to-
day of the signing Of peace treaty
between Germany and Finland, and
also Of trade and shipping agree
ments and a supplementary protocol.
l'The treaty was signed at noon to-day.
Intervention by Germany in Fin
land and the consequent ill-feeling
against Germany in Sweden Is criti-
cised severely by Independent Social
lists and progressive members OF the
Reichtag. Berlin dispatch says.
Baron Won Dem Bussche- -Haddenhau-
sen, under-secretary Of foreign af-
fairs, in reply said that Sweden no
longer raised objection to Germany's
action. which was taken in response
to appeals for help from Finland.
The occupation of the Aland Is-
lands as Il base, he said, had not vet
taken place.
Council Urges Acceptance.
Pctrograd, March 1.-THE central
! executive committee OF the Soldiers
and WOrkmcn's Council, while rccog-
niZing that the German peace terms
were those Of ''political bandits" has
called on its delegates to the Moscow
congress to vote for the ratification
or the peace. says the Izvestia, the
Bolsheviki organ. This action is ad-
vised because the peace has afforded
the social revolution an "absolutely
necessary respite.
Beaten, Not RecOnciled.
London, March 1.-THE decision of
the central executive committee of
the Soldiers and Workmen's Coun-
Gil In favor Of accepting the German
peace terms was arrived at, Petro-
grad dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company reports, in view of
the lack Of strong army and the
weakness Of the German working
class movement. The resolution adj
opted by the committee, with 26 dis
senting votes, at the same time de-
clares that the Russian people never
Will be reconcilcd to the peace terms
and will accept them merely in order
to gain time in which to gather fresh
strength for another struggle.
Germans Capture hamburg.
London. March 1.-THE Germans
have captured Jamburg, east Of Mar
va, while the 'rurco- German offensive
is continuing beyond TrebiZond, saws
Russian official agency dispatch re-
ceived here to-day. This action,
adds the statement. is despite the Of
hcial announcement by the German
high command that hostilities against
Russia have ceased.
The German advance eastward into
Russia stopped early Tuesday, ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegram