Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
HUGE LOSSES
FAIL TO HALT
RUSS HORDES
Lenine's Troops Control
Country-Stopped on
Other Fronts.

| London. March Virtually
| all Of the Ukraine is now in the
| hands of the bOlsheViki, accord
{ ing to advices reaching London
today. In heavy fighting mt Nj
kOkaie, northeast OF Odessa, the
bOlsheViki lost between five
! thousand and eight thousand
men, but forced the French
garrison, after fierce fighting,
TO withdraw 10 Odessa
CThe bolsheviki, apparently, are
engaged in a strong effort to sub
due Russian opposition in the
Ukraine and to drive allied forces
from that region before spring. The
Ukraine is the granary of Russia
and Odessa before the war was the
greatest grain shipping port In
Russia. If the bolshevik can cons
troll the great agricultural region
OF the Ukraine they might be able
to relieve the serious food shortage
in Moscow and the north).
Further east the advices add, the
bolsheviki, however, reached the
isthmus of Perekop leading to the
Crimea.
Copenhagen, March Bolshe-
vik troops, under pressure of Polish
forces, have been compelled to re
tire and evacuate Pinsk, 100 miles
east of Brest-Litovsk, according to
dispatch from Warsaw.
Copenhagen, March 20.-The i'm
portant railroad junction town OF
Mitau, southwest of Riga, has been
OF
tish official statement issued on
Wednesday announces. The bolshe-
Wiki, the statement adds. are retir-
ing along the whole front.
Russian non-bolshevik forces,
having been defeated by' soviet
troops, have retired toward Odessa
from north of that city, according
10 a Russian wireless dispatch dat
ed Moscow. March II.
An earlier report, dated March
15, said that the non bolsheviki had
assumed the offensive in the region
north of Odessa, but had been re
pulsed by a soviet counter attack
and retired toward Brezocka. II
was added that the city OF Zhitomir
Lad been occupied by the soviet
forces on March IA.
Text of Official Report
Soviet troops again have secur-
ed a victory in the region of Odes-
sa," the latest statement says
MIXED detachments OF white
guards, consisting of partisans Of
General Denikine and General Pet
lura, made great efforts to defend
the approaches to Odessa for the
purpose of covering the complete
evacuation of the city. The red
guards defeated the enemy, who are
retiring toward the city"
Official reports received in Lon
don yesterday were to the effect
that a critical state of affairs exists
in Odessa, the chief Russian port
on the Black sea.
Ask Fighting Halted.
Paris, Wednesday, March 10
CBy the Associated Press Mar
shal Foch and other generals were
called in during tOday'5 prolonged
session of the supreme council to
give their advice as to action
which should be taken in Galacia,
where Ukrainian forces are besieg-
ing Lemberg, which is threatened
from three sides. 1t was decided
that a sharp warning should be sent
to both sides asking for a suspen-
sion of hostilities. The warning VIII
take the form of an injunction 10
the two armies.
President Wilson had dinner with
Colonel House tonight, going over
talks which the latter had today
with Premiers CIemenceau and
Orlando on French boundaries, and
the Jugo-Slav questions. The dinner
was followed by a reception IN
which Mr.. Wilson and a number OF
other prominent figures al the con-
ference participated.
Negotiations between the inter-al-
lied commission and the German
representatives At
Posen have again been interrupted
at a time when a result seemed
about to be reached. 1t is said that
this was the result Of the evasive
attitude of the German government.
Dispatches state that the German
high command appears to be IN
open conflict with the Berlin cab
met, and will not undertake to re-
spect an armistice between the Ger
mans and the Poles.
The decision in keeping with the
is expected tomorrow.