The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-02
Germany, Forcing BoIsheviki to
Accept Her Terms, Resumes
the War on Russia.
CIVIL CONFLICT CONTINUES
Americas Preparations Are Being
Speeded Up, and First Battleplanes
Are Shipped, None Too Soon
Premier Lloyd George sus-
tains the Program Of the
Supreme War Council.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

mo longer believing in the pacific
intentions Of Russia" and with the
professed purpose of restoring peace
and order in the parts Of that country
they already occupy, the Germans last
week re-opened the war on the boil
shevik. Their first advance took them
across the Dvina and into Dvinsk and
Lutsk, and thence they continued on
their way toward Petrograd, gathering
in many prisoners and large quantities
of arms and supplies. After protesting
against the resumption of hostiliues
against Russia, Austria-Hungary joined
In the Invasion. The move is extreme
ly unpopular among the socialists OF
Germany and the people generally OF
Austria, but the Prusslan militarists
have the whip-hand and pay little heed
to objections from others.
Continuing their advance, toward the
end of the week the Germans sent
large fleet Of warships to Reval and
landed troops to invest that great sea-
port. They also landed a force of
Firms, who had been fighting in the
German army, in Finland, presumably
to attack the bolsheviki at TANNER
fors and Viborg.
Trotzky, finding his hope that the
Teutonic workers and peasants would
refuse to fight against those of Rus
STA, emitted a loud wall, offering to
sign the peace treaty Germany had de-
manded, but seemingly DR.. Won Kuehl-
mann deemed it too late. Further
more, there were strong indications
that the long-expected split in the
ranks of the bolsheviki leaders had
come, for Lenine countermanded Trotz-
ky's orders for immediate de-
mobilization, stating that they were
unable yet to announce the terms Of
peace as peace had not yet been
signed. all. ala
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The Red guard Is necessarily scat
tered. because civil war Is raging in
many parts Of Russia. The bolshevtkl
claimed to have established their au-
thority in that part of East Siberia
known as Transatlantic to have cap
tured Botalsk and advanced far be-
vond Rostov-on-the-Don, and to have
routed the Cossaeks in Astrakhan. In
Finland. too, they claimed decided Vic
tories over the White guard Of the
government. Official dispatches from
petrocrad said the Ukrainians had
made an alliance with the Roumanians
and that n joint army had occupied
Kishinev. but that the bolsheviki
forces had driven them from Tiraspol
on the Dniester. The Ukrainians, on
the other hand, appealed to Germany
for help against the bolshevikl, who,
thew asserted, had invaded their terri
tory and were burning and looting
their towns.
In the Don Cossack region the gov
eminent fostered by General Kalen-
dimes was ousted and new republic
organized at Tcherkask by the work
men and soldiers. Kstlendines commit
ted suicide, and his successor as het-
man, General Nazaroff, ordered all
Cossacks to mobilize at once and fight
the advancing bolsheviki forces. AL
together 1t is a pretty mess, and no
one will envy the Germans the task
they have assumed Of restoring order.
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The German and Austrian ministers,
addressing the 5eichSsths, expressed
the strong conTstion that tho peace
with Ukraine eM t.ae ibegi1hhng Of
peace WIN .sa,, q, sssife cif.y sanpointed.
people they m III uhourr AK not "a
They explained at, in ! tha chance
of getting wheat krom UKraine' tney