Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-22
BOLSHEV WIKI GIVE
IN 70 GERMANY;
AGREE TO TERMS
Foes Occupation of Dvinsk and
LutSk Forced Action
TO GIVE A BILLION INDElsNiTY
Lenine and TrotzISy Reported Over
thrown by Social Revolutlonists-
Teutons Continue Drive into
Eastern Russia.

Eastern Russia.
London, Feb. Russia is now
forced to sign peace upon the eondi-
tions proposed By Germany. says an
official Russian statement received
here.
The official statement was signed BY
Premier Lenine and Leon TrotzlSy, the
foreign minister. 1t protests against
the German resumption Of the war
and says the councils Of peoples COM
missioners is now forced to declare
its readiness TO sign a peace as dictat-
ed By the delegation of the quadruple
alliance at Brest-Litovsk. 1t promises
TO give a detailed reply without delay
to the German peace conditions.
Russians Enter Protest.
The statement was transmitted
through the wireless telegraphy sta
tons of the Russian government to the
government of the German empire at
Berlin. The text reads
''The council of peoples commits
saries protests against the fact that
the German government has directed
its troops against the Russian coun-
ellis republic, which has declared the
war at an end and which is demobil-
izing its army an all fronts.
THE workmen's and peasants gov
eminent of Russia could not anticipate
such step because neither directly
nor indirectly has any one of the par
ties which concluded the armistiee
given the seven days notice required
in accordance with the treaty of De-
cember 10 for terminating It"
Russia's decision to yield to Ger
many comes on the day after the re-
sumption Of military operations by the
Germans resulting IN the occupation
by them of the Dvinsk and Lutsk.
Whether 1t was the threat of German
military power or the chaotic domes-
tic conditions which induced the boil
sheviki to accept the German terms is
not made clear by the adyices thus far
received.
Four Billion indemnity Demand.
A dispatch to the Times from Pstec-
grad under date of February Is quotes
Leon Trotzky, the bolSheviki foreign
minister, rs declaring IN his report
upon the ending of the negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk that the German terms
included the retention of Poland.
Lithuania, Riga and Moon island and
an indemnity of $4,000,000,0 presum-
ably in gold.
The Russian government, according
to an official statement received here,
has addressed the following message
TO headquarters and all the fronts.
"The council of peoples commits
sarles has offered to the Germans to
sign peace Immediately. ! order that
IN all cases where Germans are en-
countered massed pourparlerS with
the German soldiers should be organ
lied and the proposal to refrain from
fighting made to them. II the Germans
refuse, then you must offer to them
every possible resistance.
"KRYLENKo.p
Germans Occupy Russian Cities.
Berlin, Feb. 20.--German forces have
entered Dvinsk. 1t was officially an
nounced by the German war office. The
Russians unsuceessfully attempted to
blow up the bridge across the Dvina
river.
The official communication issued
by the German war office says that
from Riga to as far south as Lutsk
German armies are advancing east
ward to Russia.
Vienna, Feb 20---The German army
group under command of Gen. Alexan-
der Won Linsingen. according to an Of
fcial statement , sued by the Austrian
war office, has occupied the Russian
town of Lutsk, in volhynia. without
fighting.
6oIshevikl in Flight, Report.
London, Feb. 20.--Rumors are cur
rent in Yasa that the bolsheviki gov
ernment in Petrograd has been over
thrown by the social revolutionists I'M
der the leadership of NJ. Tchernoff, ac-
cording to the correspondent there of
the Politiken Of Copenhagen. says
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company. Nikolai Lenine and Leon
Trotzky are said to have escaped to
Riga.