THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16147, 27 February 1918, Page 7

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

THE GERMAN INVASION. | WHAT THE ENEMY SAYS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reutor's Telegrams.) (Received February 26th, 7.40 p.m.) LONDON, February 25. A German wireless report states: "A flying detachment, which occupied Dorjat, covered over 130 miles in five and a half days. "Tho whole staff of the Russian Special Army at Rovno fell into our hands, and tho Commander-in-Chief fled. "We havo established contact with the Ukrainian troons at AVetomir." Later. "We occupied Pernau, whore an Esthonion battalion placed itself under the German command. "We occupied Dorpat, taking prisoner 3000 men, and capturing hundreds of automobiles. 'We have reached Jitomir." REVAL OCCUPIED. (Received February 26th, 11 p.m.) LONDON, February 2-5. A German official report states: — "Wo occupied Reval after a battle, also Pleskau, southward of Lake Pripus." BOLSHEVIK LEADER SHOT. C'The Timea.") (Received February 26th, 5.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Fobrnary 25. Ensign Krylenko was shot and wounded in the neck. A Socialist has boan arrested in connexion with the affair. ALLIED AMBASSADORS' MOVEMENTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received February 26th, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, February 25. The Stato Department is advised that the Allied diplomats had planned to leave Potrograd by February 23rd. It is unknown whether they have left. (Received Fobruary 26th, 7.40 p.m.) (Eeuter's Telegrams.) PETROGRAD, Fobruary 25. The Allied -Embassies are leaving Petrograd. The Central Executive of the Committee of Soviets agreed to accept Germany's peace terms by 126 votes to 85. RENEWAL OF ARMISTICE REQUESTED. (Reuter's Telegram*.) (Received February 26th, 9.50 p.m.) PETROGRAD, February 25. Ensign Krylenko has telegraphed the German General Staff, requesting the renewal of the armistice, in view of. Russia's acceptance of the peace terms. ITEMS FROM PETROGRAD. ("Tho Times.")' (Received February 26th, 9.55 p.m.) PETROGRAD, February 25. Tho Bolsheviks captured Rostoff after street fighting. The Germans havo entered Wolmar. The Red Guards resisted; then fled. They were mercilessly shot down. The latest news from Finland' indicates that the White Guards are winning everywhere. Tho Red Guards nro quarrelling and brawling, and becoming disunited. Red Guards massacred 500 White Guards, mostly students, who had takeu refuge in tho Pellinger Islands. Rostoff, in north-east Russia, on Lake Rostoff, is on the high road to Moscow. Wolmar is 70 miles north-east of Riga, on the highway to Petrogracl. GERMAN PRESS COMMENT. (Received February 26th, 9.55 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, February 2-5. The Socialist journal "Vorwaorts" !says:— "One shudders at the thought of how lightly tho Bolsheviks surrendered the Russian torritory. German democrats could never do likewise. Tho ! Bolsheviks have strengthened German imperialism, and mado an effective i fight against it most difficult." GERMANY'S PLANS UPSET. (Heater's Telegrams.) (Receivod February 26th, 9.55 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, February 25. The Vienna "Arbeiter Zeitung" says: "A separate peace with Russia only makes a general peace more remote, because America, Britain, and Franco will fight to the bitter end.'' The journal declares that Austria needs .a general peace, hence she does not rejoice at Germany's Pyrrhic victory over Russia. The "Leipziger Volks Zeitung" says:— ''The Russian Government's latest rapid move has upset tho carefullyprepared game of the German Government, which dors not want peace." PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEING RESUMED. (Eeuter's Telegrams.) (Received February 27th, 1.5 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, February 25. Count von Tertling informed the Reichstag that peaco delegates had gone to Brest Litovsk. Although a dispute about details was possible, the conclusion of peace must ensuo very shortly. A Vienna telegram reports that Austro-Hungarian delegates have gone to Brest Litovsk. TROTZKY PREACHES CLASS WAR. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ( STOCKHOLM, February 25. ( Trotziry, in a further interview, professed the belief that the Bolsheviks are still able to carry on the revolution. He said:— "If a favourable peace is impossible, we are not the less determined on a ] class war. We know how to make the ■ i war cry reach the German masses, de- j < spite the Imperialists." | 1

A MORE HOPEFUL SIGN. (Router's Telegrams.) (Received February 26th, 11 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 25. A despatch received in Berlin from Petrograd states that General Brugovitch has been appointed Dictator in Russia, also Commander of the Armies, vrith orders to fight to the last. A HOPELESS OUTLOOK. NEW YORKI, February "35. • "!. ■ the United Press Association s correspondent at Petrograd,) reports that Lenin, addressing the on Sunday, said:— "v\o must accept the German terms. Our position is hopeless. Germany's f?t are ori ou . r chest, but when the world's proletariat comes to our aid, we snail renew the fight." MartofF, leader of the Menshiviks, vigorously opposed the surrender, arguing that Russia would become Germany s vassal. The Menshiviks left the meeting, filled with disappointment and despair. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR LEAVES. (Kcu'er'a Telegrams.) TOKIO, February 25. An official message says:— "Ambassador Uchida* and his staff left Petrograd yesterday. "The Foreign Minister, speaking in the Diet, said that, should the ltussoGerman peace actually bo concluded, it went without saying that Japan would take decided and adequate steps to meet i .occasion. The withdrawal of Mr Uchida was due to the unsettled ant] dangerous conditions in Petrograd. It did not mean a rupture. "Regarding Russia's separate peace, the fullest understanding existed with 1 Britain, America, and Japan's other allies." JAPANESE TO TAKE ACTION. (lieuter's Telegrams.) (Received February 27th. 12.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 25. A Harbin report states that the Japanese intend to take action in Siberia. The Cossack general, Semenoff, has appealed for aid against the Bolsheviks. Two thousand Germans are drilling in Irkutsk. MARTIAL LAW IN POLAND. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received February 27th, 12.25 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, February 25. Berlin announces that troublous events in Poland have led to the proclamation of martial law in Czertchowa, Lodz, and Wloclawek. THE POSITION IN FINLAND. ("The Time®.") (Received February 27th, 12.25 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, February 25. The Germans are transporting troops to South Finland in order to (surround the Red Guards. The Swedish Government has introduced a Bill authorising the despatch of Swedish forces. ROUMANIAN MINISTER LEAVES BRITAIN. (Heater's Telograms.) (Received February 27th, 1.5 a.m.) LONDON,. February 35.. . The Roumanian Minister in Britain has departed for Roumania. Press reports state that ho will become Foreign Minister.