THE RUSSIAN MIX UP.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1918, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN MIX UP.

PEACE TERMS .APPROVED. j PETROGRAD, Feb 25. I The Central Executive Committee of the Soviets agreed to the peace terms j by 126 to 85. j A DICTATOR APPOINTED. FIGHT TO THE LAST. j / (Iteiiter’s Telegram.; NEW YORK, Feb. 25th. A despatch received in Berlin from Petrograd says that General Brugevitch is appointed dictator in Russia, also" fpGforhmander of the armies, with orders’" to fight to the last. PETROGRAD, Feh. 25. The enrolment of volunteers to defend the capital is proceeding as rapidly as anticipated. Fifty thousand are under arms in a few days, besides soldiers, who desire to fight ni special Socialist regiments forming from the Esthonian, Lettish, and Musselmen regiments in Petrograd. Many women wish to take amis against the Germans and supporters of Kaledin. The .same is happening at ICieff, Moscow, and Pskov. The Commissaries' have suppressed anti-Soviet papers, and . ordered jthe managers to continue to pay wages to the staffs.

Owing to thi' hooligans, many towns welocme the arrival of the Germans. Meanwhile Lenin and the Government have proclaimed a Holy Wav, and call men from 17 to 55 to defend the country; hut practically all the artillery is now captured, and there are enough German prisoners with officers in Petro grad to deal with the Extremists when the Germans give the word. The hooligans are all armed and cause fires, so the Germohs shoot them at sight. BOLSHEVIK VICTORY.' f f.ONUON TIMES SERVICE —COPVRIGHt] PETROGRAD, Feh, 25. Bolsheviks have captured Bostoff, after street lighting. FINLAND FIGHTING. PETBOGRAD, Feb, 25. Latest news from Finland says the White Guards are winning everywhere. The Reds massacred 500 Whites who refuged at Pellinger Islands. They were mostly students. THE GERMAN ADVANCE. REVAL OCCUPIED. , i AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCI ATI )N & REUTER.] LONDON February 25. Wireless German official. —We* occupied Reval after a battle; also Pleskau, southward of Lake Pripus. The Germans entered Wolmar. ,The Red Guards resisted and then fled; but were mercilessly shot down. Wild panic has seized the Seventh and Eleventh. Armies, which are recreating inj disorder. The Germans at present are not seeking to reach Petrograd, which is merely spectacular. They are driving wEth lightning speed to reach the railways about .Bologdi, midway between Petrograd and Moscow. V The Grand ’ Duke of Hesse is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Riga section of the German front, because his sister, the ex-Empress Alexandra, as guardian of the Czarevitch is the favourite German candidate for the Russian -throne. It is certain that ex-Czar Nicholas will accept the throne from the Germans. RUSSIAN BATTALION DESERTS. I [AUSTRALIAN iV, N.Z. PARLE ASSOCIATION] HKCTER.] I LONDON February 25, I . Wireless German official.—We oecu- j pied Pernau, where an Esthonian ba<ta’lion placed itself under the German* Command. Wo occupied Dorpal and took 300 prisoners and 100 automobiles. We have reached Jitoiuir. AN AGREEMENT. STOCKHOLM February 25. | An agreement has been reached for J the evacuation of the Aaland islands ,by the Russian and Finnish troops. A | Swedish force has gone to the islands j to maintain order. MARTIAL LAW TN POLAND. (Received this day at 12.30 a.hi.) AMSTERDAM February 25. : Berlin announces that troublous events in Poland led to the proclamation of martial law at Czertchova, Lodz and Wloclawek. TROOPS IN FINLAND. (Received This Day at 12.30. a,in.) STOCKHOLM February 25. Germans are transporting troops to South Finland iu order to surround the Red Guards. The Swedish Government has introduced a bill authorizing the despatch of Swedish forces. JAPANESE MOVES. (Received This Day at 1.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 25. A Harbin report states the Japanese intend to take action in Siberia. The Cossack General Seminoff has appealed for aid against the Bolsheviks Two thousand Germans are drilling j at Irkutsk. > j PEACE DELEGATES. ' 1 I • AUSTRALIAN A* N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] (Received This Day at 1.20 a.m.) AMSTERDAM February 25. Herr Hertling informed the Reichstag that the peace delegates have gone to Brest Litovsk. Although a dispute about details is possible, the conclusion of peace must ensue very shortly; A Vienna telegram reports that the Austro-Hungarian delegates have gone to Brest Litovsk.

THE ONLY WAY. OF SAVING THE BOLSHEVIKS. (Received This Dav at 1] 25. a.m ) PETROGRAD, Feb. 26. •Lenin, in an article in the newspaper Pravada, explains that the acceptance of peace is essential to secure the continuance of the Bolshevik regime. A refusal to sign is only possible to those intoxicated by revolutionary phrases. The army is demolished, and refuses to fight. He always tried to persuade members of the party to clear their minds ,of revolutionary cant. One of the greatest present evils is phrase-making. Lenin claims that he warned Russia that a refusal of this peace would result in worse peace terms. All the bourgeoise in Russia' are jubilant at the approach of the Germans. We are compelled to submit to a distressing peaee, but this will not stop revolutions in Germany and Europe.