The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
GERMANS RESUME
WAR IN RUSSIA
CROSS DviNA IN ADVANCE UPON
CITY OF REvAL.
THE BOLSHEVIKl WILL RESIST
Russia is Helpless. Army Now Disor
eanized and Invaders viii Have
Little Trouble In Gaining
.s Their objectiVes.

Berlin, Feb. 19.--Operations have
been resumed on the Russian front.
The Germans have crossed the Dvina.
This announcement was made by gen.
eral headquarters.
The text of the statement reads:
"On the great Russian front hostili-
ties began today at noon with an ad-
vance on Dvinsk. The Dvina has been
crossed without fighting.
Called upon by Ukraine to help in
their heavy struggle against the great
Russia, our troops have commenced
their advance from the direction of
Kovel"
Germans Capture Dzinsk. ,
Berlin, Feb. 19. - "The Germans
have entered Dzinsk with little re.
sistance," the war office announced
today.
Dzinsk is located on the Dvina riv-
er and about one hundred miles south
east Of Riga.
| The Russian forces made an unsuc-
| cessful attempt to blow up the bridge
over the Dyina river, the German war
office statement asserted.
| Earlier dispatches from Berlin an.
nounced that the Germans had
crossed the Dvina river and that they
were now getting ready with their
preparations TO invade Russia. The
fact that the Russians tried also to
burn the bridge bears with the dis
patches received from Joseph Shap-
len in United Press dispatches, who
is the correspondent at Petrograd, de-
claring "the Russians will fight."]
Stockholm Confirms Report
Stockholm, Feb. 19.-The Germans
resumed war measures against Russia
today, the Social Demokraten states.
The first objective is the seizure of
Esthoniai and Livonia, it declares.
within week we will occupy Re-
val" General Hofmann, German mill
+, tary representative at the Brest
Litovsk peace conference. is reported
to have told the Russians late in Janu-
! ary when they asked what would hap.
! pen if they did not accept Germany's
| final terms.
Carries Our Threat.
The Stockholm announcement indi-
Gates that Germany is moving to carry
out this threat. Reval is the capital
of the province of Esthonia. 1t is sit
uated on the Gulf of Finland and has
been one of the principal Russian ma
val bases for Baltic operations. 1t had
population before the war of be-
tween 10000 and 10000.
Russia Will Fight.
(By Joseph Shaplen)
Petrograd Feb. 19--Russia will fight.
The Bolsheviki foreign office so in
formed me today. If the German ad-
vance against Russia they will be de-
clared counter revolutionists and will
be fought just like Alexieff and Kali
wdineit
No trade relations with Germany
are possible The only way that she
will get food is to revolt and Join the
Russian prolateriat.
Foreign Minister Trotsky in address
ing the Bolsheviki executive commit
tee outlined the possible way for the
first time. The startling peace terms"
presented by the Germans which Rus
81 refused include: The retention of
Poland, Lukrainia. Riga, Moon Island.
and the payment of four billion dollars
indemnities.
German Austrian Agreement.
Amsterdam, Feb. 1S.-An agreement
has been reached between Germany
and Austria Hungary, whereby. in the
event of military action being neces-
sary, the German troops will he con-
fined to the frontier of great Russia
and the Austrians to Ukraine only.
This announcement is made in vi
emma dispatch.
Protest Against Reputation.
The joint note and formal discus
sions concerning Russia's reputation
of her national debt has aroused the
entire press.
Recent dispatches stated that sew
eral of the tiny neutrals, including
Holland, Spain and the Scandinavian
countries, were planning to make q
joint protest against the Bolsheviki's
declarations of an international mon.
] atorium.
Bolsheviki Defeat Poles
Petrograd, Feb. 19.-Counter revo-
lutionary Polish legions were defeated
, by the bolsheviki at Minsk, the Polish
forces suffering heavy casualties, ac-
cording to a dispatch to the semi-offi.
! cial news bureau.
One detachment of 600 Poles was
annihilated. according to the dispatch
) "A desperate battle was fought be.
D tween workmen, soldier forces and
+ counter revolutionary Polish legions
/ consisting of 1000 men with artillery
E After bloody fighting the workmen
E soldier troops we're victorious.
ri "A detachment OF 500 men was ami