The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21

Amsterdam. Feb. so-~Eow or
never is the time for Bolshevisu to
be wiped of tho face OF the earth" IL
the watchword of Germanyx mflitar-
ists-@ The generals are to act 81 The
to the people at home, and to the
world.
Posing ss crusader bent UPON
saving Europe from anarchy" Ger
many is pushing her new war In the
East with all might and speed Two
strong armies are moving ahead re-
lentiessly. one against Pstrograd. the
other on Kiev.
Early today the northern one had
advanced twelve and one-haif miles.
when II got TO Inxseyn. thirty-seven
miles north of Riga. there occurred
the nrst clash with the Bolshsviki.
The latter's resistance was feeble,
inzeem lies seventeen miles from the
sea, and about the same distance
southwest of Wenden. a big station on
the Riga-Petrograd railroad. Thence
to the Russian capital the distance Ia
se2 miles. supporting German naval
drive from the Moon islands into tha
Finnish gulf, against RevxL and ui.
timateiy Krinstadt, is believed to ba
a matter of hours
At the same time the Southern army
which started out from Kovei ana
took Lutzk yesterday, is approaching
Rovno, the astern corner" of the Vol
hynian fortress triangle. Lutsk ana
Dubno being the two others. III ali
his ons'aughts during three years OF
war. HindenburG was never able to
pierce the Russian forces protecting
Rovno. The present march is like an
excursion. Like Lutxk. Rovno 10 az.
pected to fall without commons shot.
The distance btween the two bui-
warks is forty miles
Kaev Their object.
Some 400 miles further to the Eaxs
from Rovno lies Kisv. the ultimate
objective OF this army. which In has
tening to tina help OF thu hard pressed
Ukratnians.
Two thousand prisoners. sewsrsi
ling stock were enumerated by tha
Berlin war oYioe today as ths cAp~
lures so far.
All dealings with the yolshsvrws
now are in the hands OF General von
Hoffman. at Dwinsk. He was the
military member Of the German dele
CATION at Brest Litovsk, who gained
such notoriety with his tsbie-bsngin9
speeches. Besides being an arch fee
of Bolshevism. he has some scores to
settle with Trotzky. In many n heat
ed tilt with the Boisheviki foreign
minister at L4itovSk was stopped In his
fstic attack on the peace council By
his more gentle colleague. KuehlmaNn.
You talk as IL you were a con-
queror," Numbered Won Hoffman as
Trotzky, in the hottest of the verbal
battles
81 talk was the Boisheviki Leaders,
cool response. '.as II you were a man"
German soldiers and funkies in the
councii-room siyfy chuckled.
with these memories burning In his
breast. Won Hoffman began to deal
with the Bolsheviki. The hrst thing
he aid was to send curt message to
Petrograd informing Lenine and Trot-
gky that their wireless message -
yesterday. declaring their willingness
to him or TO Germany.
The only way to convince him. he
said. was to send to him Immediately
that same message in writing with su-
theNttcated signatures anixed.
The so far still uncontrmed story
from Petrograd Is that Ienine and
TrotEky wired back that they would
do this and requested prompt res
ply.
Hoffman. nre-eater. who like the
rest OF military commanders hate ana
abhor Boishevism because to them Il
means the death of organisattos1
which Ia their universe. threatened a.
Brest Litovsk that II the peace parleys
were broken OF within week we
win be In Reveal" That threat he now
means To- make good. -ssen if no sup
porting naval drive IL undArtakense
which would reach the Russian HAls
Ito stronghold in 4 few hours. \
NsanuhtlA Ven xAehiuanM ~ -