The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-06
RAIDS AND
ARTILLERY
DUELS ARE
INCREASING
Lively Aerial and Artillery
Fighting on the American
Sector, Northwest of Toul
Germans Are Repulsed.
PEACE MEETING IS OFF

Raiding operations and artillery
duels are increasing on the western
front as the time for the beginning Of
the spring operations approaches. Two
years ago, after a successful attack
at Scuchez, the Germans began their
drive on Verdun with heavy artillery
fire on February 21, while last year
the British captured Orandcourt, on
the Somme front, on February Z, and
the Germans two weeks later retired
from the Ancre, the first tep in the
retreat to the Hindenburg line.
All official statements, report great
artillery activity. The big guns have
been busy around Ypres and before
Cambria, on the British front, on the
right bank Of the Meuse, on the French
front and the American sector. The
British have made a successful raid
northeast Of Ypres and French raid
ers brought back prisoners in the Ar
gonne. German attempts near Cam
brai and near Corbeny, in Champagne
were repulsed by the British and
French respectively.
There has been lively aerial artil-
lery fighting on the American sector,
northwest of Toul. The skies there
have cleared and the Germans are re-
ported to be. bombarding villages
which they had left untouched for
many months
Entente Airmen Active.
Entente airmen have been active.
British filters on Monday dropped
three tons OF bombs and accounted for
eight enemy airplanes with the loss
of one machine. On the Italian front
Italian prifi oyio har
brought down 13 enemy machines,
while the Germans again have bomb
ed Padua.
In Russia, the situation apparently
appears less favorable to the Bolshe-
wiki. A dec-ae by the Bolsheviki gov
ernment separating state and church
and confiscating church property has
aroused the opposition of archbishop
Tikhon, the patriarch Of AllRussia,
who has called upon his followers to
defend the church. The clash be-
tween the government and the church
is said to be approaching an acute
stage.
New military opposition to the Boil
sheviki, has arisen in the Tartars and
Poles. Ensign Krylenko, commander
in-chief Of the Bolsheviki armies, is
reported to have been arrested by
Polish troops, who captured Mobilev
Tartar forces are moving on Sebasta-
pol the naval base on the Black Sea,
after having captured Yalta. in the'
Crimea. In Kiev the Ukrainians are
reported to have gained the upper
hand.
After conferences with the German
emperor, the German and Austrian
foreign ministers are reported to be
returning 10 Brest-Litovsk German
newspapers indicate that if peace is
reached with the Ukraine, little atten-
ton will be raid to the Bolsheviki.
The conferences in Berlin continued
throughout an entire day, the crown
prince, the Bulgarian premier and the
Turkish grand vizier also taking part.
A crown council meeting was held.
Peace Negotiations Are Off.
LONDON. Feb. 6.-The negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk have been brboken
off, the correspondent at Petrograd of
the Exchange Telegraph Co, says he
is informed.
Reports from Brest-Litovsk in the
last few days indicated that dead
lock had bean reached on the ques-
ton Of Ukraine. After the Ukrainian
delegates had almost completed an
agreement with the Germans and Aus
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