Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-02
Moving on BoIogoie to Force
CapituIation of Capital by
Famine, lis Belief.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS : :
MAY BE BROKEN oFE
Interior Russia Opposes Ending of
Struggle-Ambassador Francis
at Vologda. 8


Admiralty per Wireless).-The
, Russian fortress of Kiev, on
the Dnieper river. in the.
Ukraine, has been liberated, .
the German general staff ans
nounced today.
BY the Associated Press,
LONDON, March 2.-German forces
are moving on the town of Bologoie, ON
the Moseow-Petrograd railroad, which
place is the chief freight center for thu
feeding of Petrograd, says a dispatch
from Petrograd under date of Friday.
received by the Exchange Telegraph
Company. The Germans probably in
tend, the message adds, thus to cut d9
supplies from Petrograd and to compel
the capital to capitulate by famine.
Large columns of German troops. tle
correspondent says. are marching toward
Novosokoliniki. Enemy forces have occu-
pied the station of Kliastitsa in their
| movement in the direction of Petrograd
Puee;ane to Ras;st
A dispatch says that the bolshevik
forces are destroying all bridges. rau-
ways and roads by which varioud
threatened points may be reached. The
troops are proceeding to the front pre-
pared to resist any further attempt On
the part of TIE Germans to advance. y
-.,.. ..,4t~...S
Ane oi mans mans a. so'ne poin.s'
iariy at Eosenovsky, are already -
Another dispatch from Petrosrad -
battle is expected there between tke
Germans and thousands OF arme4
workmen who have arrived in the citoE
|
Break IN Seace farley!
message receiveo oy t1e ooisnes.<
government IN fe.roeIAu from oress-
LiloVsR' 9ateo rfiudy, orueIus - sratn
unaer miiitary gusro 10 meet the RUS
sioered py the government as procaoy
sishiyihs ,hdt ene peace Hesoeie.ions I
nave -peen broken OH, accoroing 70
wireless communica.Ion rTSeiseu neE
from Petrograo tonisnt. Tne Wireies1
communication follows:
ITO All the Councils:
The 1ohoWlng message was receiveQ
Friday from Brest-Litovsk:
rograd: Send us a train to Toroshaets.
large forces. Communicate with Kry-
-e"o fsirnedr ~ aPsHANn
This message most PROBABLY signt-
nes tnat tne peace neeo.iaLlons nave
been broken of by the Germans We
must be ready for an Immediate Ger-
man advance on Petrograd and on an
fronts. 1t is necessary that all the
ures for defense
Against Senarate Peace. s
-
VOIOGDA, Russia, Friday, March Z.
AN example of the tendency being
shown in interior Russia to follow the
example OF Moscow and declare against
separate peace with Germany and for
furnished by the action Of the council
of soldiers and workmen's delegates at
Penza, some $50 miles southeast Of
Moscow. This council has declined -
with the central powers and has de-
Narya. by a vote of 20 to Is. called for
general mobilization and against a sep-.
arate peace -s
General mobilization orders have bee7R.
issued in Kazan province In these orders
all the soviets are urged to fight Germany
to the bitter end Similar action has ben
south central Russia, and in other citiea
Mr.. Francis at Vologda.
According to adv1ces received here by
Ambassador Francis from the Smolny in-
stitute at Petrograd; peace had not been
signed between the ooisneVk government
day afternoon: Although the re- Gesmans n;a E are
vices say. they are now being resisted by
the Russians and are making much slower
progress.
The bolshevik government at Petro~
grad reports there is greater enthu>
siasm at Petrograd for defense OF the
capital and in recruiting.
According to a report made by y:
Zinovieff. one of the chief members Of
the new peace delegation, made to the
Petrograd council of workmen's and
soldiers delegates, the general situe-
tion must be considered extremely
grave. as the Germans are trying to
take as much territory as possible be-
fore signing peace treaty.
q. s. Consulate Opened.