Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-20
TEUTON ARMIES PRESS FORWARD
 DESPITE PEACE
Continue Advance Eastward Into Russia Over Extended Front; Allies in Franc e Await Hun Offensive.
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The Russian BOlsheviki government has capitulated and announced it's readiness, although protestingly. to sign peace compact under the hard terms imposed by Germany.
 Notwithstanding this fact. TeutOnic troops are advancing eastward into Russia over a front of four hundred miles. from Riga in the north to Lutsk. a scant fifty miles from the east Cali clan border, on the south. Apparently. thus tar the operation has met with no opposition. The northern reaches of the Dvina river have been crossed by the enemy; the important railroad town of Dvinsk. whence roads run northeastward to Petrograd and east ward to Smolensk. has been captured. and Lutsk. one of the famous fortres- ses of the Volhynian triangle and forming the gateway leading eastward to Kiev, has been entered without the Russians attempting to stay the foe.
 Signs Forced Peace.
 The official announcement Of the equalization was sighed by Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky on behalf of the peoples cOmmissaries of Russia Il protests against Germany attacking a country which has declared the war al an end and which is demobilizing its armies on all fronts, but under the it says. the government regards itself as forced formally to declare its willingness ito sign peace upon the conditions which had been dictated by the Quadruple alliance at hl lestLitovsk."
 The only indication that the enemy will meet with hindrance comes in an annopncement by Ensign Krylenko. Bolsheviki commander in chief. In his order he instructs the Russians when they encounter German troops to endeavor to persuade them to refrain from hostilities.
 If the Germans refuse" he adds. then you must offer them every pos sible resistance.
 Huns Assist Ukrainians.
 As yet there is no indication from German sources concerning the full intentions Of the invaders but it has been assumed that in the north the capture of the provinces of Livonia and Esthonia is contemplated and that in the south. in Little Russia, aid is tc be lent the Uxrainians in stemming the tide of the BOlsheviki movement against them.
 Apparently all still is chaos in Rus sia. with civil war in progress at var ious points and the food situation dai- ly growing worse. So serious has be- come the latter factor that TrotZky has been appointed food. controller and gwen unlimited powers. Already he has ordered the. arrest of spectators ip fOOdstuffs.
 Await German Offensive.
 Behind the entente allies lines in France and Belgium the military lead CTS. with their armies ready. are ex- pecting the Germans to launch their much talked of offensive. but there still is no outward sign of it's near ap- preach. Artillery duels and raiding operations and intensive aerial actiy- fly continue to feature the fighting all along the front. Three successful raids against the Germans have been carried out by the British in Flande.s and near Lens and Arras in. northern France. In Flanders the raid, which was carried out south of the Houth- olst wood. resulted in the British pene- trating the German positions on a wide front, the infliction of numerous casualties and the taking of prison CTS.
 Bag Teuton Airplanes.
 Sixteen attacking German airplanes were accounted for Sunday in aerial fighting by allied airmen. and in addi- ton German towns and military posi- tions behind the battle front were heavily bombed. British naval airmen also paid a visit to the eGrman naval and air bases at Zeebrugge. which were effectively bombed, and drove down three German machines that at tempted to give battle.
 The tense political situation in Great Britain arising from the secrecy sur rounding the recent supreme war coun- til at Versailles and the retirement of General Robertson as chief of the Mrit-