Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-09
SITUATION IN RUSSIA
DTfE ENTIRELY To TROTZKY

Loon Tro'sky, who brought about h~
arrnisticc on tho eastern front which r.
suited IN the prrrcn' enforced loaro
Rugsia ha7 resigned I5rl-hrvif .rrgn
minister
10 Trofzky. prohablp royr ha0 ~
any ~ tho other Rolshcyl raior fo
the present situation fn Crra' i'
He Baq said ~ havo cast f', dre
vc,te ~ the question whether te -ord Jri-
gatcg ~ Brcrt-Trpvk Z fortnight
Germany ~ hcr ruthless Irn1rJ tat
lrrcd bis program ~ srN,l~'errn'r7f'o-
and non-rceistancc
Two daya have srrn 'ho ,thfr7r@i
from tho Holshcvik gnvr -nrorr' II fwn
thc thrrc rncn who have l''crnptcd 'n
RUSSIA rnrc the downfall 80 Ec-rrvl
four months ago Fridl, lhr rrsryrt'-.r
of Ensign krylcnko Tho F.olsbr- ,ar-
mandcr in-ch,cf was ANNOUNCED frta
Nikolai Irnino y thc pnlv ono oft Hr
three leading Nav'mals' fgiircs
-lhc cvn~uation - Pcirograd hr
government and thc roriilacr rorf'nnee
Most of the population arc rrTorfrd tn ie
Indifferent - their fa'o erfro ha- ie-
nouncrd 'hoac who oppose rstinca'ftr af
the German peace claiming if
voliItionary victor, .il eunr from -
rnisarv ~ marine tss iieapprarod
Western Flanderv far nc tr-i .frs 'hr
wear has heen tho -ccnr m .rrrau. hghtinr
between the British and tho rncrut ti,.
were forced ~ retire tehind fhr fri.ffIau
from which thrv attacked Nfter reat,
artillery bouhardmrnt fho 'rornans
sinrrned tho British lines en front
more than a rnhc south ~ 1p Hnnfh1Isf
forest north-nurthcast rf 1urrs
At ono point the rneinv prnkc through
bat On most If the front ta Ras fhrpun
bark yglth ioss The Brtlsh counter at-
tacked and drove The Germans hark M
their own iine and then nccupied three
hundred Yards ~ h he amhraI and
Ypres areas continue the Soenes of spirited
artillery actions lear weather also nas
brought increased aeral activity on the
( British front and twenty enemy alrpianes
are reported to have hoen put ont % an-
/ ton, including ten destroyed
4 On the American ana French fronts the
i German raldlng parties and batteres arc
! busy, but there have been no determined
/ attacks The artillery firing ls espcciaiir
heavy along the front from Rheims 20 ne
I German border. Indications along The
+ American sector notthWestOi owl are that
the enemy is preparing Tor more serious
work there.
As the BolsheyIk foreign minister,
Trotzkv. whose real name is Lever Braun
stem, VAS the most important member q
the revolutionary government formed
after the overthrow Of kerensky last
November AIthOugh Nikolai Lemne.
rs premier, was the nominal head % the
government. virtually controlled Russia
destiny np to ne second peace conference
at Brest-IitOysk
IL was Irotzky whO maize plunn ne
text 81 secret documents Acuauge'l
between former Russian governments
and foreign governments AMI Haa ne
Rho proposed the .rnutlce % rle ctItra4
Powers early in December y nlch sNsutga4
iv lei 70 ;he abortlve rpnicreuc. i'rr-t-
Litovsk The negotiations acre disrupted
in mid-February ana Ho-,iuue- eerr
renewed The Germans then -i.um. -el
partial peace terms. hIt rptlht t.th Z.
part IN he conienn,cs.
Irotzkv 5 resignation tnc ..uai
among the Russlan leaders 'areca-
Berlin
Trotzky IS president 81 ID, petr,-rla
Council of NorAmya au4 soldier
Delegates lie was appointed iaoa .ia..l-
tor with unlimited authority aa lel -u
Having escaped from siberia, Nnero
/ was sent for political offences. .rptks.
was an exile at the outbreak % the RaE
He was expelled from Europe 'ar prra,.-
lng peace and arrived 70 \ca lar- ID
JANUARY l. 1917. bUt returned 4, l
last April after the oylrhr %
imperial government