The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-11
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR

Russia has declared herself out
of the war. Without formally sign
! ing q peace treaty she has through
/ her representatives at Brest-Litovsk
! declared the state of war with the
central powers at an end and order
ed her troops on all fronts demohil-
l5zad. Es7-a-s
This news coming through Berlin
today follows quickly the announce
n1ent of the signing of q peace with
the Ukrainians. With Rumania iso-
lated and helpless, the whole east
ern front operations may now be
said to be at an end. Peace neaotia-
tions between the central powers
and the Bolshevik government
which seized power in Pstrograd in
November were opened on December
% last after the way had been paved
by the signing of an armistiee on
December 4.
II has been recognized quite gen.
orally that some such conclusion as
that now reached was probably in
evitabIs, as Russia through interior
Discrimination, had virtually put il
out of her power to continue tight
ing.
While engaging in the daily in"
creasina military activity in Belgium,
France and Italy, the central powers
are pushing their diplomatic ad"an-
taoes in the smaller enemy countries
with the view, il is believed OF fore
inu the BolsheVik government OF Rus
sia to accept a separate peace.
The new Ukrainian peoples rePub-
lie, which the BolsheVik leaders at
Petrograd declare does not exist, has
made a peace agreement with the
uuadruple alliance, which in the
meantime holds the threat of military
power over Rumania to force a
similar pact with that country. On
Feb. s, Field Marshal Won Mackensen
is reported in German newspapers 10
have given the Rumanian government
four days i'm which to enter peace
negotiations with Germany. This
time limit has expired, the Rumanian
cabinet has resigned az a consequence
of the ultimatum and the Germans
are reported to have repaired the oil
wells in Rumania, which the British
damaged just previous to the Ruman-
ian retreat.
The new ukrainian republic, ae-
eording TO a Stockholm report, is said
to have granted to the central pow
ers full facilities for the developing
of important mineral lands in return
for a large loan and the addition to
her territory of a large part of east
ern GaIieia. On this phase of the
agreement, as we'll as on the general
subject Of q separate peace between
the ukrainian rada and the quadruple
alliance the Bolshevik government is
client, London having received moth |
u from the Russian capital to ex-
plain the Ukrainian situation.
In France where the American |
forces recently have engaged the en-
emy in minor encounters, the violence |
of artillery action is daily increasing. |
On both sides Of the Meuse and in |
tie Vosgss the French and Germans |
aIte engaged in an artillery duel, |
while frequent enemy raids on French |
positions are reported, the most re- |
cent il the region Of Boureuilles haV- /
ina failed. Details Of the encounter |
on Friday night with the superior |
German force in the region of ST. |
MihfsI show that every American |
fought desperately to overcome the /
larger force OF he enemy Suddenly |
coming upc he Germans in No |
Mans Lapa e little party Of four.
teen AmsR 3 quickly changed /
formation anaein the minute and "a
half that followed before the enemy /
retreated, the rifle gave way 20 hand /
arenadss and auto Tics so close i
were the comb 80 On Saturday /
an American w h.an WAS killed Il
by shell fire sthera wounded.
7 hese caau enough light, indi-
cate that tI9r@ arican forcesaan the
trenches have asaumed-sk full |
share of the burden il IF Z un- 4
der their control.
As on other fronts { are 4
bearing the hrunt OF In
italy. On the Aaiaf ~ and I
west Of Monte Grappa - sls Il
are reported te be livelp 5
italian hosts repulaad -
raids south of paora @A@N III