The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-02-28
Former Empress May
Occupy Russian Throne
---Huns Continue Inuasion

SoluuiS w q IClCSi Jill udIcu TIIudy LII
Petrograd to the Morning Post. It
says the grand duke of Hesse has been
appointed the commander in the Riga
section of the German front.
Ellis sister," the dispatch adds, t'the
former Empress Alexandra, as the
guardian of her son, the former
tsarevitch, is the favorite German
candidate for the throne"
"The former emperor will not ac-
cept the throne from German hands.
The bolsheviki have provided form
of government which the Russians
alone Understandings despotism
They have paved the way for the re-
turn of the monarchy"
Petrograd, Feb. 25-"Their knees
are on our chest and our position is
hopeless" declared Nikolai Lenine,
bolshevik premier, in the course of his
long speech to the central committee
OF the all Russian Council of Work
mems and Soldiers delegates, in which
he insistently urged the acceptance of
the Austro- German peace conditions,
however, oppressive and unfortunate
they might appear.
"This peace must be accepted as a
respite" he continued, "enabling us
to prepare decisive resistance to the
bourgeoisie and imperialism. The
proletariat of the whole world will
come to our aid"
The Germans at latest reports were
still advancing to the provinces they
had decided to occupy. It is reported
they are executing Red Guards,
threatening them as outlaws, but re-
leasing and disarming soldiers of the
regular army.
The Pravda, the bolshevik organ,
declares the Germans are restoring
shoulder straps to Russian officers and
forcing the Russian soldiers to salute
them.
The resolution to agree to the Ger
man peace terms was adopted by the
central executive committee of the all
Russian Council of Workmens and
Soldiers delegates by a vote of 12G
TO IS. Twenty-six members of the
committee were not present
Petrograd Feb. 25-Allied ambassa-
doris at a conference today at the Am
erican embassy determined to remain
in Petrograd pending developments.
The general belief in embassy circles
is that the German terms which the
bolshevki have agreed to accept are
.couched in such ambiguous terms that
they must be cleared up thoroughly
before the actual status of Russia can
be ascertained.
! Some members of the embassy staff
already have left while others will
leave by way of Siberia on a special
train tonight together ,, with many
Allied nationals. The ambassadors
however, have not yet reached decis-
ion.
Ambassador D. R. Francis, J. Butler
Wright, the counselor; Norman
Armour, second secretary, and Private
Secretary Johnson and a sufficient
staff of clerks will remain in Petro-
grad. A special embassy train in
charge of James G. Bailey, first Sec
rotary and William G.. Huntington
commercial attache and some mem.
bers of the stats Of the Japanese and
Chinese embassies, has left for Vol
ogda. Colonel James A. Ruggles, the
American military attache will stay in
Perograd for the time being.
| Washington, Feb. 25.-Ambassadol
D. r. Francis reported today that ar.
rangements had been made on Feb
% for the American embassy to leave
Perograd with Allied diplomats when
they departed.
i American Minister Morris at Stock.