Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-16

> The march Of events in Russia,
from news received today, seems to
be assuming the proportions of .
rout of the bolsheviki and of a ma
ture to bring dismay to Germany.
Soviet leaders having fed from
Moscow, the bolshevik capital, to
kronstadt, the soviet troops now are
declared to have begun the evacua-
ton of Moscow.
Take New Heart.
With allied troops rapidly moving
south from Archangel forces o.
British, French, Japanese and A1ier-
lean troops at V1adivostok and oner-
atng to the westward and 4 British
force at Baku, the Czecho- -Slovaks
have taken new heart in their heroic
fight against the Germans and Aus
tranS.
Late dispatches today recorded the
advance of the allied troops from
Archangel to Babereshskaia. 100
miles south, on the road to Vologda.
The bolsheviki are retreating and
were reported committing every
known atrocity upon the civilian pop
u,ation which openly has espoused
the cause of the allies.
Old Soldiers Arm.
The bolsheviki throughout Russia
are reported not only fleeing the ad-
vancing allies, but the newly aroused
Russians have learned that the allies
are not beaten on the western front
as the Germans and bolsheviki have
been persistently preaching. As the
real news reaches the great mass OF
the people men are reported taking
up the arms that they carried home
with them when they were disbanded
after the debacle of Brest-Litovsk.
Reports, official and otherwise,
from all parts of Russia indicate the
news of the approach of the allies
spreading throughout the country
and that peasants are focking to the
standards of any group openly anti
German and anti-bolsheyik.
Ready to Strike Blow.
The landing of American troops at
Nladivostok. announced today by
Secretary Baker marks the actual
beginning of operations from the ST.
berian coast to the relief of the
Czecho-Slovaks. British and French
contingents have been at Vladivostok
for several days and there is reason
to believe that the Japanese have al
so landed.
The principal opposition by the
bolsheviki and the armed German and
Austrian prisoners is on the Siberian
railroad between Lake Baikal and
Vladivostok. All the rest of the line
to Moscow is in the control of the
Czecho-Slovak troop and the loyal
Russians and Siberians. The control
of the road from Vladivostok to
Nikolosk, the junction of the Man
churian eastern line and the Siberian
road, is in the hands of the allies.
This permits of striking blow di-
rectly at Lake Baikal, where the OPP
position is concentrated. because the
Manchurian road has been constantly
under guard by the Japanese by ar
rangement with the Chinese govern.
ment.
Central Powers in Conference.
Probably realizing the seriousness
Of the situation as it now affects the
central powers. with defeats on the
western front and their military po-
sitions in the other theaters none too
sccure-with the feeling in Russia
daily growing more intense against
the bolsheviki and Germanic rule and
with the specter of the more than
100000 Americans already in France
and more millions of them soon
to he in readiness for overseas
duty, important conferences are in
progress at German headquarters.
The German and Austrian emperors
and their suites and Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Luden-
dorff are the main confelees.