Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-17
.COSSACKS WINNING
0VERPRO-HUNFO FOES
clear Left Bank of Don of Enemy
and Advance on
Zaragin.
GERMAN COMMENT is BITTER
Declare Recognition of Czecho-
Slovaks as Nation Will Mean
Prolonc;ng tn Var
GERMAN COMMENT is BITTER
tBy Associated Press. ]

tBy Associated Prcss
AMSTERDAM. Angus. l6.-The Don
Cossacks have cleared the left bank OF
the Don OF their opponents. and are
marching VIGOROUSLY on Zaragin.
from which they arc only one days
march distant. say an official state
iner. issued by In. Lon Ccssacks' stan
and received here from k!ev
The newspapers at kicv report that
the CoSsacks from the northern Don
region have ente:-1 the Government Of
Veronesh.
dispatch to the Cologne Zeitung
from kiev says that the Don and
Nuban governments and the leaders in
the adjoining regions have entered ne
gotiations looking TO the establish
ment OF joint centra! government.
The Bolshevik government. in an
omc!al statement claims the capture
OF positions in the ArchanGel district.
"hcro there arc allied troops. and
saEs that their adversaries have aban-
coned the fighting near Omega. ac-
coTding to a Reuter- dispatch from
Moscow.
a series { successes wh.ch apparcu.-
iy arc OF minor Importance a!so ,r.
claimed in the operations agains, the
Czccho- Siovaks
BoLSHEvIK rRoPAGANDIsTs
LEAVE FOR FRONT
sixty propagandsts belonging 10 la
Dor ORGANIZATIONS supporting the Boil
shevik regime have left Moscow for
the front; where the Bolshcviki are
hsHiinS the Czecho-Siovaks. according
10 Moscow telegram by way Of Bcr-
lin. The object of the propagandists
is TO stimulate the military spirit OF
the Soviet troops in their campaign.
Addressing the delegates In a fare
we'll speech. says the message. the date
OF which Is not given. Premier Lenine
urged them to the utmost efforts to
raise the spirits and morale OF the
troops TO the highest level. and thus
bring about the suppression of the
Czeeho- S!orak movement.
You must imbue them with the con-
sciousness OF the danger and the need
OF every honorable man supporting the
Sovie; republic" Lcaino is quoted as
saying.
According TO the Vienna Ncue Freie
Pressc, War Minister TrotEky is also
touring the same front urging the peo-
pie TO fight "aEains, the en=my."
GERMAN EhDASSS'S
DEPARTURE CAUSES DISMAY
!Antienten,e circles in Pc,rosrad were
surprised and dismaycd when the Ger
man embassy aud mission. which had
gone to Petrograd from Moscow. sud
denly lef, Peirograd, according TO
Stockholm dispatch. quoting the Pctro-
grad Gazette. the only anti-Bolshevik
newspaper allowed to appear in Petro-
grad. Although the Gazette is oppos-
ing the Bolshevik regime. it is v.cient-
ly pro-German and anti-British.
II is said that the arrival OF the
German embassy al Petrograd gave
reason for the belief that il would re-
main permanently there. The mission
numbered 700. and brought its archives
and stores to Petrograd by automobile.
The Gazette prints dispatch from
l>iev stating that Germans are MAX
ing wholesale arrests OF workmen. es-
pecia!ly railway employees. aud are
sending them TO concentration camps
At Brcst LItovsk and Biala.
COMMENT BITTERLY on
CzECHo-SLOvAK RECOGNITION
German newspapers :ommrat aittsr.
ly upon the manifesto ISSUED ny Great
E,itain in recognition OF .hc czecho-
Slovak nation.
1T is the acme OF hypocrisy when
England gives these notorious traitors
n testimonial that tney are yasing
legitimate warfare" the Cologne IA
-ette says.
This recognition Will re.nair only
a recognition on paper if the central
powers. as they have SO far. remain
victorious against the world attack"
says the Frankfort Gazette. Our de-
feat alone could assist the Czccho-Slo
walks TO that political independence
which the entente grants them SO has
tily Nevertheless 1t is serious step.
the Importance Of which we must not
underestimate from the viewpoint OF
propaganda"
.Englands step, which is doubtless
backed by tho remainder of the en-
tente must certainly affect dctriment-
ally the meager prospects Of pcace. be-
cause promises have been made an
Austrian nation. which promises could
only materialize after the collapse of
Austria