The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
ENEMY HASN'T
|. ENOUGH TROOPS
TO CRUSH ! ! RUSS. ! :. | !! 5
Wide Territories Viii ! Be !:
Principal Defense X, of Re &:
public, Says the An
nouncement
RESISTANCE TO TEUToN
HoRDEs DECLARED DUTY
Intent to Stamp Out Democracy
Seen in Continued Advance
of the Invaders {.

Russian revolution will defend it.
self against Germany, says an Of
fetal Russian statement sent out
by wireless and which announces
that Germany has refused to
grant an arlnistice.
No Ar1mistice.
The announcement reads:s
"A peace delegation is now on
the way to Brest- -Litovsk. We ex-
pect any moment any news that IT
has arrived at the place appointed
for peace negotiations, but there
is no armistice. The German gov.
ernment has formally refused an
armistice and German detach-
ments continue to advance. .'.'S Il I. !.
"We are prepared to sign their
peace of usurpation. We have i'll
ready declared this, but there are
many indications that the German
imperialists do not. desire peace at
the present moment, but rather IN
immediate strangiing rs thv work.
men s and peasant 8 revolution. !
Resistance 1 Duty. I, s U
Resistance to the German hofdes
thus becomes the principal task asof
the revolution-brave, heroic obstin.
ate and pitiless resistance Every po-
sftion, every railway station, every
locomotive must be defended. Every
! obstacle possible must .be put In the
way of the enemy. &.
"Our greatest strength Is in our
wide territories. Enemy detachments.
still very small, have occupied Revsl
and Pskov. Even Petrogfad itself.
which Is still far distant, can no w4y
decide the destiny Of the revolution.
Should the threat to Petrograd in.
crease, the government will, remove
to Moscow or any other city Of Rus.
sia If Germany's plundering raid
should advance, the task Of the gov.
ernment would be to destroy the pos
sibility of simultaneous catastr0-
phic decision by the Germans. They
are attempting to crush the authority
W IAO NOUuVAl0 ouO 0lO LA 0O0ASA ~
It on the routes leading to Petrpgrad.
To Interposc Obstacles.
1--WE will bar these routes by every.
thing we can interpose as obstacles.
This at the moment is the principal
task of the heroic Petrograd proletar-
lat and its revolutionary staff. But
at the same time, we must act in
such manner that the German gen.
erals may declare they recognize the
authority of the councils, not only in
Petrograd, but throughout the whole
country, north, south and on both
sides of the Urals. Even il they think
they can reach Petrograd by Z mere
military promenade, we win prove to
them that they will have to disperse
themselves all over Russia before
they can reach and crush the author
ity of the councils. I iyxss1
Their Forces Inadequate.
"Will they have adequate forces to
carry out such a task II we defend
ourselves heroically? No. They nev.
er will have forces enough. Such an
enterprise inevitably will rev0ives 1t.
self into an adventure and Will fail.
However deeply they penetrate then
the more surely will they bring about
the outbreak Of q revolution In Ger.
many. Patience and firmness Is no.
cessary. II !, ~
Panic subsidin0.
The first symptoms OF panic Gre
ated by the Germans plundering raid
have become by.gone events. Tho
towards are in flight and we have
made room for the brave who are ral.
lying themselves in hundreds. and
thousands for the defense Of the So
cialist Fatherland. IS. sas.s
III peace with the revolution, Is
not the aim Of the German imperial.
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