Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-15
European War News

European war News
A preliminary peace treaty between
Roumania and the central powers was
signed. says a dispatch from Bucha-
rest. Under the terms Roumania cedes
tho province OF Dobruja as far as the
Danube to the central powers.
Official announcement was made by
the admiralty at London that the Brit
ish armed m%erchantile cruiser Cal
gnrian was torpedoed and sunk on
March 1. Two officers and 40 men
we're lost.
The Russian oflciaf news agency an
nounced at Petrograd that n supreme
military council had been formed for
defense Of the country. The commits
eloner for military affairs has issued a
decree ordering thatNthe entire people
be armed. The bolshevik leaders are
prepared to withdraw even as far as to
the Ural mountains rather than submit
10 the defeat OF the revolution, said
Leon Trotzky, bolshevik foreign minis
ter.
Eighteen British merchantmen were
sunk by mine or submarine in the last
week, according to the British admir-
atty report, issued at London. OF
these twelve were vessels of 1000 tons
or over and six were under that ton
mage. No fishing vessels were sunk.
The steamer Kenmore of Cork has
been sunk by a submarine, says a dis
patch from Queenstown. Only five Of
the crew of twenty-six were saved.
The Norwegian steamer Havna of
I.15O tons gross, has been t~orpedoed
without warning, says a dispatch from
London. She sank in less than one
minute. The crew had no time to
launch n boat, and jumped into the
sea. The captain and FIVE survivors
were landed.
In response TO the Finnish govern
ment's request for military assistance,
II Is announced officially at Berlin,
German troops have been landed on
the Aland islands.
In a treaty signed at the bolshevik
headquarters Mt Petrograd by repre-.
sentatives of the reds and Finnish dele.
gates Russia agrees to evacuate Fin.
land Immediately and r~ellnqulshes
claims to property. including fortresses
on the Finnish Arctic coast, says a dis
patch from Stockholm.
Narva. 81 miles southwest of Petro
grad and nine miles south of the Gull
OF Finland. has been captured by th'
Germans and the enemy Is reported Il
he continuing the advance on Petro
grad. according TO an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch TO London from Petro
grad.
East Of the Mouse we carried out
surprise attack at the Colonne trenche
and pentrated as far as the fourtl
German line on a front of 1000 meter
and to a depth Of 600 meters" tn
Paris war office announced. 1--WE car
tured more than $50 prisoners"
Two German submarines attackin
troop ships from Australia convoye
by japanese warships in the Meditel
ranean. are believed TO have bee
sunk. the Tokyo navy office announces
ono convoy feet was attacked by
submarine February IL.
Germany's occupation of the Alan
islands Is only a preliminary to tn
total occupation of Finland. Onici,
dispatches to the Swedish legation {
Washington say Germany has nj
nounced 10 the Stockholm foreign o
fee her intention to occupy Finlant
and that Sweden has protested.
.Japan and China are dispatcher
troops into Asistic Russia, the form,
into siberia and the latter into Ma
churin, Tien Tsin newspapers n
nounced. according to n dispatch
the London Evening News.
Norway continues to suffer heavl
from German submarine operation
and other war losses. Twelve vesse
agrregnting 1926 gross tons. and v,
ned ut about S3,O0O,OO0, were sunk DIT
ing February. and 10 seamen lost the
HIVES. a c~ablegram to the Norwegi,
Iegntion nt Washington announced.
A German nirman bombed vario
portions OF %Petrograd. Three perso
were killed and FIVE wounded. T
material damage was %unimportnl
The Ukroinlan army has occupi
RIev. oomel and B%erdichev.