Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-27

StartcQ eastward threatening 10 StCh
towns on the way. The Russian army
Is Germany's strongest weapon. In
driving it toward Petrosral they were
driving a herd Of stampadod cattle.
The revolutionary workmen could have
put up a good fight but they could
do nothing with the Russian soldiers"
Germans Already in City.
Some correspondents. describing the
bulk of the population ;ts lost i'll be-
wilderment, think such resistance as
! may be offered will amount to little.
".All sorts OF preparations are in pro-
gress,' says the correspondence VI the
Daily Express, "One can not help
thinking however, chat tbs stata OF
siege in Petrograd will be merely tech-
MEAL as Germans with or without UNI
forms are already In tho capital. Many
Austrians also are here. Tho Germans
go about avoiding Ceremony and the
officers, following the Russian CUSTOM
carry no swords"
The Germans in Pettograa already
have organized to police ths city. the
correspondent of the Morning Pest re-
ports. In several dispatches in Nikolai
Lenine figures as he backbone IN the
! resistance to the Germans. alt1o ne
was responsible for the conclusion OK
peace on humilating torms
Say They Will Fight.
The Russian revolution will defend
itself against Germany. says an official
Russian statement sent out by wire
less and which announced that Ger
many has refused to grant an armis-
tice. The announcement reads:
"A peace delegation now is on the
way to Brest-Litovsk but there Is no
armistice. The German government
has formally refused an armistce and
German attachments continue to ad-
vance. s
I'VE are prepared to sign their peace
Of usurpation. We already have de-
clared this but there are many indica-
ton that German imperlalists do not
desire peace at the present moment.
but rather an immediate strangllng OF
the workmen's and peasants revolu-
ton. ..... ..-...
Resistance to the German hordes
thus becomes the principal task Of the
revolutionists. Every position, every
railway station. every locomotive must
be defended.
"Our greatest strength Is in our wide
territories. Enemy detachments, still
very small, have occupied Ravel and
Pskov. Even Petrograd itself can no
way decide the destiny Of the revolu-
ton.
THE government can and II need be
will retreat. 1t appeals to the country
to use Its whole strength to defend the
revolution. Should the danger OF cap
ture Of Petrograd Increase the govern
ment will move to Moscow or some
other Russian city. The Germans are
attempting to crush the authority OF
the councils and are in sessTchof IT on
the routes leading to Petrograd.l s,s,
Military Promenade.
AT the same time we must act ii,
such manner that the German gen.
erals must declare that they recog
nized the authority of the council thru
out the country. Even II they think
they can reach Petrograd by a mere
military promenade we will prove to
them they must spread all over Rus
sia in order to crush the revolution
They have not forces enough to crush
the revolution. However deeply they
penetrate Russia, then more surely will
they bring about a revolution in Ger
many. The first symptoms Of panic
have become bygone events. The cow
ards are in flight and have made room
for the brave, who have rallied for de-
Tense Of the socialist fatherland.
III peace with the revolution Is not
the aim OF the German imperIal,sts
they will see the revolution knows how
to defend Itself"