Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-11
Bolshevik Government Surrenders
TO Teutons, Although
Without Treaty.
CARS EARLY VICTORIES
IN CONFLICT RECALLED
Forces Hampered Teuton Drive on
Paris, Were Beaten, Revived
and Then Collapsed.
OUT OF FIGHT FOR YEAR
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AusrERpAu. IEoLrAEp. Fen II.
RUSSIA has declared the state OF war
10 be ~ an end and has ordered demo
billzafion of Russian forces on al fronts
according "a 4 dispatch received here to-
day. dated Rrcst-Litovsk on Sunday
The dispatch follows:
The president of fhe Russian dele-
gation Mt today's (Snndays) sitting
stated that While Russia was deslsting
from signing q formal peace treaty, =
declared the state Of war N be ended
with Germany, Austria-IIungary, nr-
key and Bulgaria. simultaneously giving
orders for complete dcmobllIzation Of
Russian forces on all fronts.
Russia steps formally ont Of the war
hy net Of the Bolshevik government,
which seized the reins of power n Pet
rograd last November and almost I'M
mediately opened peace negotiations with
the Central Empires. The authority
of this government seems virtually IN
questioned at present IN northern Rus
sia, and the Ieutonlc powers have already.
assured the cessation nf even nominal
hostilitics along virtually MI the remain
der pf the original long Inc IN the east
by signing peace with the tkrainc
and Isolatlng RnmanIa.
Although cutting little figure in tho war
for nearly year past, Russia great,
indeed vital part IN the conflict comes
forcibly 70 mind AZ the circumstances
leading up 10 her exist arc reviewed.
Becoming a bclligerent on August 1914,
through Germany 5 declaration of war
| upon her. her troops we're soon sweeping
through Fast Prussia, creating diversion
which hampcred the Germans IN their
/ first dash through Belgium and upon
| Paris.
| FOUGHT OAHELY FOR TWO YEARS.
| Though disastrously defeated by Hin
| denburv ut Tanenberg she rallied quickly
| and by winter WAS hammerlng again at
| the German borders and her great armies
| overrunning Austrian territory IN Galcla,
were at the crests of the Carpathians and
| threatening an invasion Of Hungary
Il took the bulk Of the Austrian armies
and large proportion Of Germany $
virtually an entire YEAR campaigning
| IN 1918 to break Russia hold on Galcla,
drive her out OF Poland and the lower
| Baltic territory and force her armies
under Grand Duke Nicholas back TO the
| line of which Brest-Litovsk, the scene
| of the recent peace negotiations, formed
| the keystone. Beaten back but not yet
dIsorganized. she fought through 1916,
| creating havoc among the Austrian
armies in Noihynia and GalIcIa and, IN
| Asia Minor, driving the Turks out Of
virtually All Turkish ArmenIz.
The opening OF last year. however,
| found Russia. under the old bureau
cratic regime, virtually at the end Of
her tether.
Since august last Russia has figured
IN the great world conflict aS a military
| factor only bv reason that she still held
| numbers Of German and Austrian troops
on her frontiers awaiting the forces ol
dlsorganiaation within to bring about heE
final diSintegratIon
\ dispatch from Vienna says that ne
gotiations between Austro-Hung4rlan 4nc
Russian commissions at Petrograd re
suited on January 81 III An agreement Il
the effect that Austro- Hungarian civilian;
detained in Russia, and Russian civilian;
detained in Austria-Iiungary OF speclhec
categories shall, as far rs they desire
} be repatriated as speedily rs possible
The specified classes include glrls
women and males under 10, or over 45
and males between the ages of l6 and 4
who are unfit for military service, doc
tors and clcrgmen regardless OF agC
also are included in the agreement