The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-29
JAP PRESS fAVORS
RUSS INTERVENTION
NOTHING DEFINITE, HOWEVER,
HAS BEEN DECIDED ON BY
ISLAND EMPIRE.
TEUTS ADVANCE IN RUSSIA
kPeace Treaty Ratified but Huns Have
Not Ceased Inroads-Great Navy
Yard City Last Prize
Taken by Germans.

/ London, March 1S.-With the rati
| fication of the treaty of peace with
Germany, the soviet congress in Mos
! COW has dissolved. But the Germans
| have not yet ceased their inroads into
Russia's richest territory in the south.
Nikolayev, the great navy yard city
northeast of Odessa, and headquarters
of the high command of the Russian
Black sea fleet. is the latest prize that
has been wrested from the Russians.
| Situated at the mouth of the Bug river,
the capture of the town gives the Ger
| mans water route of great value
through the rich agricultural country
from Volhynia to the Black sea.
Up to- the last, some of the chief
members of the soviet congress OPP
posed the hard terms of the Germans,
but to no avail. Warning was. sound
ed by several of them of further
German attack and of the necessity
of amalgamating for resistance. Be-
fore adjournment the congress APPROX
ed the removal Of the capital from Pc
trOgrad to Moscow, and late dispatches
say that Petrograd has now been COM
pletely evacuated.
No change in the situation in Siberia
has been noted The Japanese, ac-
cording to Premier Terauchi, have not
decided what should be done by Japan
with regard to the menace of the Boil
sheviki and the German elements who
are aiding them in their reign of ter
rOr in Siberia While the opposition
party in Japan continues its efforts
to prevent the sending of troops to
Siberia, almost the entire press of che
country favors japanese intervention.
With the approach of spring each
day witnesses an increase in the fight
ing activity. In every theater except
Russia, the infantry and artillery are
hard at work. From the North sea to
the Swiss frontier no day passes with
out numerous patrol encounters, which
at times reach the intensity almost of
battles, and artillery duels of violence.
Probably the most ambitious of all
the attempts by the belligerents to
pierce an opposing line has been made
by the French troops over a wide
front on the Verdun sector. The at
tack was delivered after preparatory
artillery fire lasting 10 hours, accord
ing to the Berlin war office, but was
checked. That the fighting was of
character is indicated by
the statement that the troops came
into hand to hand encounters. 1t is
claimed by Berlin that at another
point in this region the Germans pene-
trated French positions and captured |
200 prisoners, including the staff Of |
)ne battalion. AT numerous points |
ilong the British 'front.' Field Marshal |
daig's men are under heavy lombard |
nent from the Germans. Particularly |
Ti0lent has been the pounding of the
shells along the Baupaume Cambria
Dad, in the Scarpe valley and around
ems.
On the American front, near Toul,
he Americans are ever on the alert
md frequently open up with their
,uns against German positions and
ompel the enemy to evacuate the Sec
ors under fire. Shippers and nests of
Machine gunners recently have been
Effectively taken care of by the Ameri-
an gunners. The Toul sector appar-
ntly has been picked by the Germans
s favorite spot upon which to ex-
end their noxious gases, although
has not been forgotten by
lem in this respect