Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-04
CROWN OF Finland
FOR GERMAN DUKE
Negotiations for Placing
AdoIph-Friedrich of MeckIen-
burg-SchWerin on Throne.
MANY APPROVE MONARCHY

~ tne Ae1oc1Ateo Press.
STOCKHOLM. May s.-Neeotiations
are in progress to offer the crown of
Finland to Duke Adolph Friedrich of
Mecklenburg-Sc hwerin. according to
the Helsingfors correspondent Of the
svensky Dagbladet.
The first Helsingfors newspapers
reaching hero since the Finnish revo-
luton are filled with discussions as to
whether Finland should be a republic
or 4 monarchy. Every bourgeois news
paper with the exception Of the
Helsfgin sanomat strongly fevors q
fors from the headquarters Of Gen.
Mannerheim also is quoted as saying
the sentiment Of the white" or gov
eminent. army is Overwhelmingly in
favor of q monarchy.
Duke Adolph Friedrich was born in
Schwerin October 10, 1873. He was
educated at the University OF Rostock,
and served for time as governor of
Togoland. He is a colonel in the I'd
Regiment of the Prussian Guard. and
was awarded the order of the Black
Eagle by the German emperor. He is
an uncle Of Friedrich Franz. Grand
Duke Of Neutrality-suspicious.
Reports Five-Day Battle.
BERLIN. via London, May SIN
southwestern Finland we have over
whelmingly defeated the enemy during
hve-day battle near Lakhti and
Tavasthus. capturing 10000 prisoners"
ton issued this evening.
BASEL switzerland. May German
troops In Ukraine. with q base on the
limo between Ekaterinoslav and Khar-
kov. have advanced In the region of
to q dispatch received here.
LONDON. May "a dispatch from
ktev to- Copenhagen. as forwarded In
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. says
that the Cholm district. which under
the Ukraine. has been taken over COM
pletely by the Poles. Polish func-
tionartes have been appointed and
Polish courts have been established.
Spring Sowing curtailed.
AMSTERDAM. May 4.-only about
90 per cent Of the spring sowing has
Won waldow, president of the German
food regulation board. has informed the
food committee OF the reichstag, ac-
cording to the Koelnische Zeitung
EI6uliHB OCCuTIcQ tNo hleV Wnen
the Ukrainian peasants overthrow the
government, says the Koelnische volks
Zeitung.
MOSCOW, Saturday, April 27.-The
exchange Of prisoners with Germany
will soon begin. A special commis sion
charged with this work has arrived
here with Count Won Mirbach, the new
German ambassador to Russia There
are 100000 Russians in German hands,
while 100000 Germans are held in
Russia The first to be exchanged will
be women. boys under sixteen and men
more than fifty. and invalids These
will be followed by the military prison.
ers of war. It is proposed to exchange
Most Of the German prisoners are
in Siberia.
Confirms Korniloff's Death.
By the Associated Press
PICKING. Saturday. April 27.-Harbin
newspapers say 1t has been learned
definitely that Gen. Korniloff. former
Russian commander in chief. who has
been one of the leaders in the move
ment against the bolsheviki, is dead.
They also report that the bolsheviki
have recaptured Novo Tcherkask, CAPT.
tai Of the territory of the Don Co.'S
sacks.
An Amsterdam dispatch on Tuesday
said information had been received
death has been. reported several times
was marching on Orenburg. in the Ural
Novo Tcherkask has changed hands
several times in the fighting between
the Cossacks and the bolsheviki.