New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

Kaiser's) efforts to crush the Russian
revolution"
Text of the Messages
Copies Of eighteen Of the messages
were obtained by The Tribune yester-
day Here are the texts of these mes
sages:
Rose Baron, for the International
Social Revolutionary Group, 319 Second
Avenue, to the Council of Commits
saries, Smolny Institute, Petrograd:
you have our whole-hearted faith
should advance. the task of the gov
ornment would be to destroy the pos
sibility of simultaneous catastro-
phic decision by the Germans. They
are attempting to crush the author
ity of the Councils and are in search
OF it or ,he routes leading to Petro-
grad
ave will bar these routes by every
thing we can nterpose as obstacles.
This. at the moment, is the principal
task of the heroic Petrograd prole-
tariat and its revolutionary staff But
a manner that Che German generals
may declare they recognize the au-
thority Of the Councils, not only in
Petrograd but throughout the whole
country. north. south and on both
sides Of the Urals.
Gwen if they think they can reach
Petrograd by mere military prone
made, we will prove to them that they
viii have to disperse themselves all
over Russia before they can reach
and crush the authority Of the
Councils
"Wll they have adequate forces to
carry out such a task if we defend
ourselves heroically? No. They
an enterprise inevitably Will resolve
itself into an adventure and will fail.
However deeply they penetrate Rus
sla, then the more surely will they
bring about The outbreak of rovolu-
ton in Germany Patience and firm
meas are necessary.
THE frst symptoms of panic Great
ed by the Germans plundering raid
have become bygone events The
towards are in fight and have made
room for the brave, who are rallying
themselves in hundreds and thousands
for the defence of the Socialist faith
erland.
"If peace with the revolution is
not the aim of the German imperial
lists, they will see the revolution
knows how to defend itself"
ii special dispatches from Petrograd
gauge accurately The situation there
the Germans are likely to find little
difficulty in occupying the city with
trained troops. Russian soldiers quite
frankly refuse to fight and say: 1--WE
have had enough of fighting. If the
Germans come, let them take u.s."
There is q stitfer attitude among the
workmen. from whom, if at all, resist
ance to the Germans must come Even
though for lack of training their re-
sistance should prove of little value,
they are said to be enrolling with en-
thusiasm in response to the cali of the
Bolshevik leaders. The correspondent
Of "The Daily News" writing Sunday.
says:
Russian troops, almost without ex-
ception. have refused fatty 10 fight.
A division which was supposed to be
defending Narva has arrived at CAT
china. Ensign krylenko protested They
replied they did not intend to fight
Immediately the first few German
troops appeared, the Russian peasant
soldiers. who, being peasants, not in
dustriaiists, were interested merely in
the land question and cared nothing
Tor the revolution, started eastward in
an uncontrollable way, threatening to
sack all the towns on the way. The
Russian army was Germanys strongest
weapon. In driving it toward Petro
grad they were driving herd of STAN
peding cattle which would trample
down everything in its way. The reyo
Mtionary workmen could have put up a
real fight against the Germans, but
they could do nothing against the Rus