Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-02-26
GERMANY DELAYED FARLEY

Peace negotiations with the nus-
, slams win not be resumed immediately
Nv the Germans and guerilla warfare
nrobably will be instituted by the DOL
sheyih to impede the German al
vance. which apparently is not MOVING
~ swiftly as in the first days OF the
week. The Germans, however, are
meeting with little resistance on .he
long line and Austrian and Ukralnlah
troops are approaching Kew:
n IL announced semi-of1icially from
perrin that DR.. Won Kuehlmann, the
foreign secretary, has gone to Buchar-
est to discuss peace with a Rumanlan
emissary and therefore Resumption oi
negotiations with the bolshevlkl VIII
have to be postponed.
rRorzkY SEEKS CONFERENCE
Leon Trotzky, the bolsheviki Tor.
eign minister, is reported to nave ieit
Petrograd for Dvinsk, to seek an early
conference with the Germans.
Bolsheviki resistance seemingly ue ,
pends on whether the Germans VIII
accept readily the capituiation Oh
the government. 1t is apparent.
however. that the Germans. with
the Rumanian negotiations as an
excuse. are going to push their
campaign in the Baltic provinces
hefore answering the Russians:
In the region east and north OF
Dvinsk and along the Gulf OF Fin
land. the Germans have advanced far
: thor than in the south where, east OF
Minsk. they are nearing the line OF
the Berresina in crossing which IN
1912 Napoleon suffered a serious de-
feat while retreating from Moscow.
ADVANCE is NOT ORDERLY
with the regular army and navy
seriously demoralized the Doisnevikl
leaders are placing their faith In the
red guards and guerilla warfare Dy the
inhabitants Of the invaded dlsu1cts'
The Russian commander OF the nortn'
ern front reports the Germans aa'
yancing in detachments OF from 100 70
100 men and not as regimental units
TURKS RESUME OFFENSIVE
London, Feb. 23.-The Turkish army
IN the Caucasus has begun an often
.give. a correspondent of the Exchange
tTelegraph company wires from the
,headquarters Of the Russian western
army. The attack was started before
the expiration of the armlscce. Ihe
Turks occupied Platana and paralyzed
the evacuation of the Caucasian corps
which is now grouped along the coast
IPlatna is small Turkish port OF
the Black sea in the vilayet Of Trebi'
ond, is miles west of the city OF Irepl'
xond and 100 miles west of the Russian
border. At the height of their successe!
in Turkey the Russians pushed con.
siderably west Of Platana and also wei
to the south, occupying all OF Turkish
Armenia. Long after fighting ceased OF
the Russo Galacian front the Russian
troops in the Caucasus kept up TIT
campaign, but for several weeks no re
ports from this front have been recelv
ed The Russians agreed at Brest-Lit
8 oysk to evacuate Turkish territory ant
the withdrawal was under way at IN
time of the new Turkish attack. DC
cupation of Platana would cut off tn
retreat of Russian forces along tn
coast west Of that point.]
INVADERS NEAR KiEv
London, Feb. %. = Austrian AM
Ukrainian troops are nearing Kie,
the Ukrainian capital, now held by tn
bolsheviki, according to dispatche
from Petrograd in the late editions Q
the morning newspapers. 1t is sal
that Polish DICTIONARIES aided the Gel