Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-23
HOSTILE ATTACK EXPECTED
Germans Pushing Lines Fur
ther Into Russia Despite
Resistance Order.
CITY OF JERICHO TAKEN
General Allenby Gets Control
of Strategic Roads in
Palestine Drive.
Bg associated Press.

tucinv absolute nlhjection at the
hands OF the advancing Dernnu+
the Russian premier and command
et-in chief have takon what staps
they could TO Initiate at least "A nom.
inal defense against the Invaders OF
Their country orders directing that
guerrilla warfare be carried on. and
putting Petrogrnd I'm a state ~ slcpe
have been issued by Lenine aud ISryi.
onko and " iH expected that the Car
mans Will meet with some rsss,nacs
before long.
That the Toutona can he tern.
poratily hecked, however, ~
doubted even IN Petrograd, he
Russian nrnys debacle apparently
Is 80 complete that there IL no
shadow Of authority over iis urita
Berlin reports that the firse Esthon-
Tan regiment has deserted IN a .,ndy
and offered its services 70 the (3er-
man commander who Ia opsratiua
N the northerpmost iialtis provinces.
Ihn Nussian navy too IN complsfely
disorganiAcd and while IL is dnsired
70 withdraw the warships from RE-
val and iIeiHinRfora 10 kroustndt. A
IN believed thar this operation In i'm.
possible In view OF the dls,lss into
which tho Baltic fleet has fallen.
) only the submarine boats nra IN u
srhworthy condition. II IL reported.
Trotsks faii UnconfiI mel.
There is yet 90 definite advice. m
70 the rumored fall OF the l.erine
rrotsky government The proclama-
tion directing that resistance be Of.
hrcd tu tho German advance, how
ever, did not bear the name Of Tfut-
sky, who hitherto had been n yirauai
dictator. which may be significant.
Tho Germans have pushed ssiil
iurther eastward In the past ~
hours. In the far north the Village %
liapsni, on the south coast nf tho
Gnlf of Finland, hAs hscn os tl,rnds "
Further south the lcity OF Iiisshts~.
about one hundred inIles east 81
RigA. has been entered by the Teu~
tons who report that they we're well
coined by the people. stiii further
south the village OF Leuzln cost Of
Mlnsk. hns been taken.
~ IL notireabie that the German
official reports are silent ~ 10 amy
proxesn In the region of Lutsk but
Austrian troops under General von
Linsinsen, who ARE aiding ihe str,is-
gle for freedom" according Ia the
Hcriin report have moved easfward
and have Joined forces with ukraIu-
ian forces which are conyerslng on
the fortress OF Dubno.
First Prisoner Cnptuu.I
American troops. probably units OF
one OF the nationpi Rnord divisions
taken 20 France late IN 1917 ara IN
training along the famous Chemln-
pes- Danes road and have carried
out successful raidlng espedition
and incidentally have brought in ths
first wounded prisoner captitrri[-try
upcle Sans forces
The heavy artillery ~ both sides
ls laundering over wide streic ches os
the French front, along the Airna,
IN Champnene and up IN Aisace. No
infantry fighting II reportsd hut tba
activity of the enemy artillery wiii
serve 10 keen the nIliea on tho out
look for n storm ~ heavy German
shells aiwavs has been the prelude to
hostile attack The Germans cletru
~ have brought down twsnty-fodr
allied Srnlarcs and two captive bal.
looms IN tho pnst three DAYS.
Jericho Is 1Ss,es.
The British forces In rnlentine
huv6 captured tho city of Jericho
Australian troops entering the clty
ON Thursday Aside from is his,nr-
lcal and sentimental lmportanes. tho
capture OF the city gives uanErhI
AlleHhy control od "a number nt
strategic roads over which TO nova
his men and their supplies within
~ miles ~ the present HritiHn po.
sltiou 81 the railroad from Damns-
Gus 10 Mecca, whirh hns been ths
artery which has fen the Turkish
forces opefatins. nun inst the Arabian
tribeEmcn n this road were cut !,
would give the tribenuen great adj
vnntaEe IN their struggle
bermnuY has officially recognised
the treaty Of peace ARRANGED With
Ukraine This treaty hns been bitter
" attacked bv the Poles End Cgechs
I'm the Austrian reichsfnth and by
the Socialists lenfers In GERMANY
Innsbruck, which has bean recoe-
nlzed as the center Of Teutnu munl-
ton planis hos been bombed bv al