The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-23
REDS CALL ON
SLAvS TO FIGHT
Resist Foe to the Death is
Russian Order.
.PETROGRkD IN STATE OF SIEGE
Lenine is Modelling Troops to Oppose
Advancing Gernans-Sig Teuton
Fleet at RevaI.


Advancing Gernans-8ig Teuton
Fleet at RevaI.
Petrograd, Feb. pa proclamation
ordering resistance 10 the German
advance was issued from the Smo.ny
Institute, the Bolsheviki headquarters.
All Russians were ca'lei on to de-
fend the fatherland. Petr grad was
declared in a state of sieg
The proclamation was issued at the
order of the peoples commissaries
(cabinet. 1t is signed by Nicholas
Lenine, the premier, and Els On Kry-
lenko, the commander-in-chisf
An o"icial statement say: "If the
Germans refuse peace L |'SSa.
struggle to death or victory fer us is
inevitable. The peoples T *sm
must be opposed to the advancing
enemy"
The statement says det9chments
1000 to 1900 strong. lightly armed and
able to cntrench Quickly and attack
determinedly, will be able to stop the
German advance. What is character
lied as real revolutionary mobilization
is ordered
In an earlier proclamation the PEG
pies commissaries tell wy they
agreed to sign tie German peace
terms The proclamatCr addressed TO
Russian workmen and peasants, says:
we agreed to sign peaca forms a.
the cost of enormous concessions in
order TO save the country from final
exhaustion and the ruin Of revolution
Once more the German working class,
in this threatening hour, has showed
itself insult GENTLY determined to stay
the strong criminal hand Of its own
miIitarism. We had no choice but to
acceD- the conditions Of GermHn i'm
perialism until a revolution changes
or cancels them.
CT German government is not
Fastening to reply TO us, evidently
aiming to seize as many important
positions in our territory as possible.
The enemy has occupied Dvins'I. Wer-
der ai.d Lutsk and IS continuing to
strange by hr,.or he most import
ant centers of tie revolution.
I'VE even now are convinced fin
ally the Germa working classes will
rise against the attempts of the rul-
ing classes to stife the evolution, but
we cannot predict with certainty when
this will occur. The German imperial
lists may hesitate at nothing for the
purpose of destroying the authority OF
the councils and taking the land from
the peasants.
The commissaries call on all loyal
courci's and army organizations to
use all efforts TO recreate the army.
Perverted elements of hooligans, ma
RAIDERS and towards should be eXpell-
ed from the ranks and, in the event
of resistance. wiped off the face of
the earth.
The -Ae9sgeoise, AFhe II - -4sren-
sky ana the car evaded the burden
of war and profited from its m'sfor-
tune. must be made to fulfill their
duties by the most decisive and mer-
CHESS measures.
The correspondent Of the Daily
News. who has been in close relations
With the bUlSleNlhl, say dC lliC ihSNS-
ing of the council of peoples commits
saries. which voted on the question of
submitting to the German peace
terms, Trotzky, who had been in IA
vor of fighting to the last, uneypect-
edly went to the other side. This
caused indignation in his party, and
he probably will resign.
Forty-five German warships were
approaching Reval Wednesday. A
message received by the Express from
It's Petrograd correspondent, reports
this.
Troops have been landed at Reval
DISCRIMINATION in the navy has
reached an extreme point. There is
no likelihood of anv order being obey
ed. The naval authorities at Reval
report it will be necessary to remove
the ships at Reveal and Helsingfors to
Kronstadt to save them from the Ger
mans.