The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-01
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Stockholm, July 1.-Altho the fourth
year of the war was marked by the
complete disorganization OF Russia
both militarily and politically. the
country was really out of the war in
1916. when more than a million SOL
asssa deserted from the army. Only
th8 Czarist censorship prevented the
truth from becoming known TO the
world at that time
The tremendous shaking up of the
already disoreanized national fabric
caused by the revolution. in addition
TO the many complications both inter
nal and external from which the reyo-
luton found itself unable to escape
when peace was most needed in or
der to solve these numerous problems
and repair the terrible consequences OF
/. war-opened the road to Bolshevism
and threw Russia into the clutches
OF German imperialism, whose seal
was finally set with the BrestLitovsk
y treaty.
So far a. military operations in the
year leI7-iS are concerned. there were
hardly any worth the name with the
exception ~ Kornilor's drive toward
Hsiicz. which really belongs to the
end of the third year OF the war. This
offensive. which was carried out large
ly on account of pressure brought 10
bear by the Allied representatives.
Peirograd. was at first most success
fai The Russians captured Kaiush
and had advanced as far as the
burbs OF Hslicz. Then. they were
men,s who not only reeapsured Tar
uopol but the entire triangle OF volyn-
ian fortresses--R Royno. Dubno. and
Lutsk
BOOST FOR BoIsHEvIsM.
The DISCRIMINATION Of the Russian
army now appeared complete. The
failure Of the offensive proved TO be
a great boost for Boish.vism. and Kor-
nlions subsequent advance upon Pc
' trograd served to pour oil on the Bol-
ehevist flames Shortly before the
latter circumstance. Riga had been
taken. and Korniion had been accused
of deliberately surrenderinE II in or
der To arouse anti ti-Bolshevik resent.
meni and hal, the growth OF Boishev.
TX propaganda These events. plus the
German attacks under LinsinEen prior
to Kornfon-s drive for Hailcz and
which the Russians with considerable
losses psrrled finished their military
operations for 1917.
As for naval operations. che Ger
mans. utilizing Riga as base. land
ed troops and occupied ocscl. Moon
and Dsbgo Islands Al first they sue
c.cded in bottiing up tn. Russian
fleet. but the latter by really clever
maaoeuyre manas.d 10 escape from
the perilus Moon Sound.
The end OF 1917 saw the triumph
of the Bolshevisi and the separate
peace with the Central Powers. with
all it's disastrous consequences. Rus
sia lost Poland. lithuania. the Baltic
Provinces. Ukraine. Bessarabia. Fin.
land and part of the Causasus. And
the losses in the last named are likely
TO Increase in view Of the general dis
organization in that quarter. the dis.
solution of the regional government
opening the road TO Turkish aggres-
sions.
BIG LOSS OF TERRITORY.
The appalling character OF these
LOSSES is evident when II is consid-
cred that they comprise Io1 goo square
vcrsts Ca verst is Sc OF milc) of
territory with population of is.0oo.-
600 This decrease in the area of the
Russian Republic Is slightly less than
40 per cent. but the lost provinces
are the mos, fertile and most popuious
of the entire country
The last territory had total bread
and potato production. conservatively
estimated of 2.se6. 1000 900 puds. "a
pud or pool In a6.o7 pounds) In other
words the arabic area il reduced 81
percent. and crops lessencd 81 per
cent
In railways the losses represent H..
500 versts. out OF a total OF $4,000. or
about one-fourth. This loss is even
more serious than the mileage fig.
ures indicate. inasmuch az the sur
rendered territory includes many of