The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-04
DOLSHEV|KISA AND
COSSACKS LOCKED
..INBLOODYBATTLE
While Radicals TAX Peace In
Petrograd Desperate Fighting
Goes On Beyond Moscow /
.KALEDlN HEADS IN .aa1 3a.5.a
ATTACKING FORCES
Constituent Assembly Expected
10 Meet Today TO Discuss
Terms With Huns Il es4

AMSTERDAM, January Pc Associ-
nted Press while the Bolshevikis are
going stubbornly ahead with their pre-.
partitions for coneluding treaties Of
peace with Germany, Austria and Tur-
key and have already, announced that
peace with Bulgaria has been eonclud.
ed, their forces are engaged in desper.
ate battle with the Don Cossaeks Of
General Kaledin. x e +g....s
And while peace talk aud internecine
war occupy the attention Of the govern
ing faction, famine stalks in Moscow
and the once great empire continues TO
disintegrate into warning fragments.
Dispatches from Petfograd say II is
believed that the constituent assembly
will convene there today. It is expect
ed that the peace plans schemed out
by the Bolshevikis, with the aid of the
Germans who infest the capital, will
be laid before the assembly, which Is.
expected 70 ratify them. ~
Opposition May Develop 49,.
Whether or not opposition of any
considerable strength will develop in
the assembly issnot known. IL Il
known that q large number Of dele,
HuIth MtTt titCINu NuO hTt uOI IL
pathy with the Bolshevikis and their
plan Of concluding peace with the Teu'
tonic powers and their allies, but
whether or not they win be seated Is Q
matter Of conjecture. tt.
The BolshevilSf leaders announced Q
few days ago that they Thought dis
tricts which had elected Constitutional
Democrats and members of the Right
should hold newfelections. as the q Ga.
dets'' and those Of the Right did not
represent the real sentiment Of the peo-
pie. This announcement has given rise
to the belief in certain quarters that
efforts will be made by the, radicals 10
prevent their seating Of their oppon
ents. d. ~ E&t
Meantime, q bloddy battle is under
way between the troops of General
Kaledin, hetman Of the Don Cossacks
and the Bolsheviki forces. .rfs'Hi
The fighting, which has been going
on for three days, was resumed with
greater fury Yesterday at Kursk mid
way between Moscowsafd Rostonondon
Kaledin Is making a tdetermined effort
to force his way to Moscow and make
that the capital Of the considerable
cOuutTN winch ne uiIcuuy .'couSpib.. ~.
Petrograd dispatches, passing through
Bolshepiki hands say that the Bolshe
Wiki forces have occupied Poltova, tbs
scene of the historic battle in which
Peter the Great of Russia defeated
King Charles Of Sweden and broke
the latter's power. %,,.> NJ a..
Moscow Starving s".aa.r Nv ".
3 With supplies shut of through the
advance of Kaledin,. famine stalk,
through Moscow and the government
IL powerless to obtain food for tn,
starving people. Unless Kaledin i
defeated, the situation in the city will
soon be desperate. -
A. London despatch says that Trem
yef, a sailor, has been appointed TEN
porary commander of the PetrograC
district. Another despatch says that 1
plebiseite has been ordered at 0dess'
to pass upon the question of that city
afiiliating with Ukrania or White Rus
sia. = d. .E ~.
According to Indications in Germany
the Russo German peace pact Is vir
tnally complete, with the other Teutou
countries falling in line and concluding
| agreements also. ... r.
| News reached here today that thu
clerical, progressive and Socialist party
| chiefs have Informed the Berlin CORE
spondent of a Rotterdam paper tha'
the reichstag main committee member
unreservedly approve the German dec
laration Of peace requirements mad
at Brest- Litovsk.