Evening star., 1918-02-27

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they did not intend to light.
Immediately the first few German
troops appeared. the Russian peasant
0Sadisrs; who, being peasants. not m
the land question and cared nothing
for the revolution. started eastward IN
an uncomfortable wave, threatening 70
sack all the towns on the way. The
Russian army was Germany strongest
srsIn driving 1t toward Petrograd they
yere driving a herd of stampedfng cat
lie which would trample down every
ming in its way. The revolutionary
WorRmen could have put up real fight
against the Germans, but they could 90
uothing against the Russian army
which must disappear before the revo-
ttary force for itself. The workmen OF
the towns are eager to fight"
Great Resistance Not Expected,
oSome correspondents. describing the
bulk of the population as lost In be-
eflderment and apathy, think such re-
ssstance as may be offered will amount
to little They say no amount OF talk
VI the bolshevik leaders can cover the
plain facts of the situation.
"An sorts of preparations are IN
progress" says the correspondent o.
thinking, however, that the state Of
siege in Petrograd will be merely tech
nicai as Germans. with or without uni
forms, are already in the capital A
great many AustrianS are mere. 100:
The demeanor of the Germans thus
far has been exemplary. They go about
avoiding ceremony, and the. oMcefs'
following the Russian custom, carry no
swords. They speak German in an un-
dertone."
The Germans in Petrograd already
have organized to police the city. the
correspondent of the Morning Post re-
ports.
ures as the backbone of resistance to the
Germans, although originally he was re-
sponsible for Swaylng the executive Cohi-
mittee of the soldiers and workrnens dele
gates in the direction Of concluding peace
on humiliating terms.
Bolshevik Leaders Split
The Daily News correspondent tells at
great length story of differences between
Lenine and Trotzky and the divergent
tendencies among the bolshevih during the
crucial discussions Of the last week Other
dispatches Indicate continuance Of the ten
sion between these party sections ana sly
Trotzky refused TO return to Brest-LitoEsh
to sign the terms of surrender to wnicn
committee. NJ -Tchitcherin, who recently
was held in prison in England Tor CIR
culating seditious propaganda and IS nov
commissioner for foreign affairs. ana M.
Zinovieff, a close associate OF Lenine, are
understood to be the chief members OF the
new peace delegation. According to
statement made in the re1chStag oy Baron
Won dem Bussche- he-Haddenhausen, German
undersecretary for foreign affairs. they
must sign peace terms within three GAYS
of their arrival at Brest-Litovsk. and tho
terms must be ratified within two weeks.
German and Austro-Hunsarian delegates
1rol DIV hat orTiy n Ct-It
Esthonia Neutral State.
The municipality Of Reval. captured
Monday by the Germans. has published
q manifesto declaring the independence
Of Esthonia, according to an Exchange
Telegraph from Petrograd- Esthonia is
declared neutral state. and pro-
visional government of citizens has
prohibited participation in the Russo
German war. Property confiscated by
the bolsheviki will be returned immedi-
ate1y to the former owners.
Government troops in Finland, 1t Is
added, have arrested Nine. Alexandra
Kollantay, bolsherik minister of pub
lie welfare, and other members OF the
bolshevik delegation sent abroad to or
ganize an international socialist con-
ference.
The newspaper Nash viek of Petro-
grad. a Reuter- dispatch says. declares
that when the Germans were seven
yerstS from Reval they sent emissaries
TO the town, who announced that in
view of the declaration of Esthonian
independence the Germans were coming
as guests. not as conquerors.
Famine in Petrograd.
An Official Russian wireless COM
missioner for food has been received
here 1t urges the Immediate mobiliza-
tion Of the whole population for the
purpose of supplying with bread the
where existing famine is sapping the
vitality OF the glorious defenders of the
'The German bourEeoisie." the appeal
and. supported by the capital Of the
whole world. Is arriving to kill the
Russian revolution and enslave the free
people of the federal republic by retak-
ing these lands. which they have con-
Quered from the landlords"
Petrograd dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company, dated Monday, says:
Tells Of Resistance.
THAT resistance to the German ad-
vance is growing is shown by the re-
ports Of fighting which continues in the
changed hands several times The Ger
man detachments which first entered
Pskov were very small, but they have
since been reinforced.
There is general belief that the
Germans are moving forward hastily
because supplies of ammunition worth
four hundred million rubles are con-
centrated in the neighborhood Of Pskov
The Russians, however, are taking
measures to guard the railway and
Pskov."
Later advices say that the soviet
armies now are everywhere resisting
the invaders. At Narve the garrison
and workmen have formed an army of
10000 and gone to Reval There are
similar reports from Walk. Great ac-
fivity is manifested at the bolsheyik
headquarters in Petrograd, and arms
and ammunition are being distributed.
A dispatch to tho Exchange Tele.
graph from Petrograd reports that
there has been a disagreement in the
council of workmen's and soldiers del
egates regarding the evacuation of
Petrograd, and that the retirement of
Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign
minister, is imminent.
Seize Two Fuss Regiments.
BERLIN. Fbruary 27 British admi-
ralty, per Wireless Press).-German
troops advancing north of Dorpat yes
terday captured two Russian regiments
rs they were retreating, the German
general staff announced today.
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