The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-03-03
KEY CAPTURED:
S0VIETS ORDER
NEW WAR CALL


in Effort to Cut Oft PctrO-
grad Food supply.
f.oNpoH, March Vita the occupa-
ton. announced to-day by Berlin, OF tho
city OF Kiev. on the Dnieper. the So
capture by Won I.insingen's troops of
Gomel. l20 miles southeast OF Moh!l;ev,
while further north the Invaders are
pushing steadily on toward fetrograd
the first hopeful news comes from the
interior, the real heart Of Russia. where
a movement apparently is gathering way
to repudate the signing OF Il separate
peace with the Central Powers and to
mobilize for holy war against the in.
vader.
The Council OF Soldiers and Work.
mems Delegates at Penza. some $50
miles southeast OF Moscow, has refused
to approve the German treaty and has
declared for such n holy war. The
council at Narva by a vote OF 40 to Is
called for general mobilization and
against a separate peace.
To Fight to Bitter End.
General mobilization orders have been
issued in kazan province. In these
orders all the Soviets are urged TO fight
Germany to the bitter end. Simlla!
action has been taken by the councils
al Noronezh, in south central Russia.
and In other cities
In Moscow the Social Democrat, a
Bolshevili organ, declared on Thursday
The Russian proletarist with all its
strength must dismiss any thought of a
| d:sgraceful surrender of its aims and
, must rise to tine defence OF the revolu-
/ ton. To arms. Either death or victory -
The German statement to-day on the
fighting follows
In Esthonia and 1-ivonia our opera
tions are taking their course
Gen. von LinSingen is following up
/ tho enemy. VINO was defeated near
! Eyech!tsa. We captured Gonel
! Kiev. capital OF Ukraine. has been
liberated by Ukrainian and Saxon
! troops.
Movins ~ Cut OF Supplies.
German forces are moving Oh the
town Of Boloxoie on the Moscow -Petro.
grad railroad, which place In the chile,
freight centre for the feeding of Petro-
grad says despatch from Petrograd
under date Of Friday ~ The -uern,ans
proba bly, intend, the message adds, thus
to cut on supplies from Petrograd and
70 compel the capital 10 capitulate by
famine.
Large Columns Of German troops. the
correspondent says are marching
toward Novosokoliniiii Enemy forces
have occupied the station os kliastitsa
IN their movement in the direction o!
Petrograd.
According to a se.n!-otfici.l news
agercy despatch from Petrograd a proc.
laMation has been issued by the Bol.
shevik Government under the heading
Importers OF German ku!tur'' assert
ing that when the Germans entered Vol.
ma" OH February 20 200 persons were
arrested and. without an! investigation
were hanged in the market place.
The proclamation says that this ac;io,
resulted from information given by tn,
bourgeo!s!e. who gathered around tn,
Eaiows and shouted. The same fat,
awaits 800 more =.
Death for All Red .uards.
Tie Germans have announced that al
the Bolshevil; Red Guards viii! be hanset
or shot.
In the capture of PskoT by the cie,
mans one OF the German battalioNs sui
tered heavy losses through an explosion
caused by the ret-eating Russians. &C
cord!ng 10 a Berlin despatch printed /,
the Nolks seitnn1 OF Cologne.
The decision OF the Austro-I Hungarian
Government TO send troops into th
Ukraine was explained yesterday in tn,
upper house OF the Austrian Parlia
men, by Premier Won Seydler as hav!nl
been taken in response to an urgen
request for assistance from tn
tkra.nian Government. Request wa
made. he said, in consequence OF event.
in Ukraine which threatened 20 inter
f.re with the transportation OF food
stuffs.
E!ev has been in Bolshcyil; possession
for some time. the Rolsheviki havini
ousted the I'krainians on February 8.
The Teutonic advance into the Ukra!n
J has been one OF considerable rapidity
the new invasion having been begun o,
J.. February IL, the distance Of approxi
mately 200 miles to Kiev from the forme
German front having thus been covere,
, in but little more than ten days. Ther
Is small evidence OF resistance to III
German progress, however. although tn
Rolshcv;ki talked much OF making
determined fight for the retention @
kiev.
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