Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-04
Austrians, However, Continue
Their Drive in Southwestern
Section-Much Booty.
GERMANY LOOPING OFF
SLAVS' GULF COAST LINE
Kaiser's Troops Occupy Aland Is
lands-Turkey Profits by New
Treaty-Fear Drives Boil
sheviki to Act.

BERLIN, March British Ad-
miralty per Wireless Press).-
Military operations in Russia
stopped yesterday. says the Off
oiai statement issued today by the
German general staff.
VIENNA, March 4 (via London).
-Austro=Hungarian forces op=
Grating in PodoIia, in southwest
ern Russia, are making satis-
factory progress, says an official
statement issued by the Austrian
war Office. More than 80 Rus
sian guns and huge quantities of
war materials have been captured.
By the Associated Press.
Russia's delegates at Brest-Litovsk
have halted the German invasion of
Great Russia by agreeing to the peace
terms offered February y. Peace was
made, they report to the bolshevik gov
ernment, because every day of delay
meant more demands by the Germans
Added provisions require the Russians
not only to retire from Turkeys Asiatic
provinces. but also from territory in the
regions of kars, Batoum and karabagh
taken from the Turks during past wars
Berlin also announces the signing of
peace terms and the cessation of opera
tions. When the German forward move
ment halted the invaders were at Narva
100 miles west. of Petrograd. and ap-
preaching Luga, eighty eight miles
southwest. The greater part of the
Ukraine also has been cleared of the
bolsheviki Much war material and
more than $4,000 prisoners have been
captured by the Germans in the Russian
campaign.
Russ Coast Line Cut.
Germany apparently is determined to
give the boisheviki but narrow strip
along the Gulf of Finland. and at the
request of rhe Finnish government is
to undertake the expulsion Of the
Finnish revolutionists and bolshe-
vik red guards from southern Fin
l3Ilt- W lttl ESIfcDld unfer herman
control and Finland freed from boil
shevik sway, the bolsheviG will have
less than zoo miles of coast line along
the Finnish gulf German troops al
ready have occupied the Aland Is
lands. at the entrance to the Gulf Of
Bothnia, and will make the islands
the base of their operations in sup
port of the Finnish government. Ger
many has assured Sweden that she has
no territorial interest in the Aland
Islands.
Supplementary Treaties Signed.
LONDON. March 4-Supplerneutary
treaties between the central powers
and the boIshevik government were
signed at Brest-Litovsk in addition
to the main peace treaty. according to
a telegram from Brest -Litovsk by way
of Vienna and Amsterdam, which gives
no details of the treaties.
Formal official announcement of the
signing has not yet been received
from the Russian side. but late
radiogram from Petrograd said the
treaty would be signed Sunday.
As the German official statement Of
Sunday night mentioned only the ccS-
sation of operations in great Russia, it
is inferred in some quarters here that
the German advance in the Ukraine and
FINLAND will continue. while the Ger
mans reserve for themselves q free hand
outside the limits OF great Russia.
Peace Treaty Signed.
PETROGRAD, March 4-The ,,eace
treaty with Germany has been signed
The Ckrainiau army has occupied niev.
GoInel and Berdichcv.
In the fear that argument would result
in even more ontrOus terms. the Rus
sian delegation at Brest-iLtolsi. ac-
cepted all the German peace conditions
according 70 telegram from the dele
gates received Saturday at the Srnolny
institute. The demands already mad been
Increased, they reported.
The message, which was addressed TO
Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister
Trotzky, follows:
'As we anticipated. deliberations on
treaty of peace are absolutely use
less and could only MAKE things worse
in comparison with the ultimatuin of Feb
ruary 81 They might assume the char
another ultimatuin.
in view Of this fact ana in cons
qucncc OF the Germans r"fISa, to cease
military action until pence is signed
we have resolved 10 sign the treaty
without discussing its contents ana
leave after We have attached our Sig
natures. We, therefore. nave request
ed train. expecting to sign today and
leave aftrerWard.
''Tbc most serious feature of the new
demands compared with those of Feb
ruary u is the following:
TO detach the regions of karahagh
Kars. and Eatoum from Russian ter
ritory on the preteXt OF the right of
peoples to self determination"
In Interest of Turkey.
| tTte new territorial claims upon Rus
STA are apparently advanced in the in
| terest of Turkey. Batoum. a strongly
fortified seaport on the Black sea coast,
| in TranScaucaSia, about twenty miles