Evening star., 1918-01-11

10 to STOCKHOLM to confer with Ges-
man and Atstrian socialists. the retro.
grad correspondent Of the D1N 49,
says. III speech before asa 9spail6e psi6.
T Z fear W. @ shah have Is stop ths de;
,nobilixetfon and prepare for war. II
Germany and her allies do not .eSsps
our conditions of peace, We Will oecaA's
The d cotrespondsnt smphasises the Inn
portances Of an agreement between tne
bolsheviki and Ukrainian negotiatois'
As the position of the Rada has les
. satisfactory peace. He says that II
the Germans could buy OF the Ukraine
the significance within Germany OF
Trotzky's, stand would be cut IN na!1.
The correspondent adds that notnin9
is more foolish than to suppose tnat
because the Ukraine oppose the Dol
sheyiki it, therefore. favors the allies
and prosecution OF the war.
Difaculties for Bolsheviki.
The bolsheyiki doubt whether the
German soldiers will advance. but II
they do and take more territory they
will be no nearer an end OF the war.
The correspondent says that the great
est difnculties Of the bolsheviki IN
these preparations are transport ana
supply. Of which the former is the less
hopeful question. Ensign krylenko,
the bolshevik commander-in-ch chief, Is
reported to be organising volunteer
army, and has ordered all officers TO
return to the posts they held before the
bolshevik revolution.
In reference to the civil wars in diff
ferent parts Of Russia, the correspond
ent says they are not wars in one part
of Russia against another. but at
tempts to spread class warfare in
those parts where the proletariat has
not obtained the upper hands. Thus,
i the bolsheviki are not warning against
!. the Ukraine, but against the bourgeois
= sUkrainian rada: not with the Cossack
!,,country. but with the military govern
!, ,,ment of the Cossacks.
i Radical Armies Gain.
i The Daily News correspondent says
! that the ariti-bolshekik newspapers
!, daily record bolshevik defeats, but de-
!. clare it is curious that after each de-
..feat the bolsheviki advanced instead OF
i,retiring. The map, he says. shows that
each reported defeat takes the bolshe-
wiki further into the enemy country.
HE mentions some of these advances,
and adds that the Black sea fleet Is
! now controlled by the bolsheviki.
!. The Petrograd correspondent OF the
!, Times says that enormous sums have
!. been taken from the state bank by
;.forged checks since the bank has been
!. in the possession Of the bolsheviki
!. Three million roubles were withdrawn
Through one spurious check.
Grouping About Kaledines.
j. A majority of the Cossacks and the
population Of the Don district are
grouping themselves around the Don
!. military government. under Gen. Kale
sdines, according to a special dispatch
from Petrograd, tending to give an au-
thorfzed account of conditions In south
Russia
= Gen. Kaledines' principal aim is not
to fight the bolsheviki, but to CONSOLE
date democratic republican power Of
the Don district.
Gen. Alexieff, former Russian COM
mander-in-chief. around whom has
gathered corps of some $4,000 officers,
has considered it necessary to organize
o struggle against the bolsheviki on
an all-Russian plan and to create in
Russia a moderate liberal regime. Mon
archical principles are said to be very
strong among Alexief"s group.
Gen. Kaledines and his party oppose
Gen. Alexien In his desire to utilize the
Don government against the bolsheviki
and is willing to include in the Don
government representatives OF all the
democratic organisations in order to
bring an end to civil war.