FATE OF PETROGRAD.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1918, Page 5

FATE OF PETROGRAD.

IF GERMANS ADVANCE Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. ami RenterReceived Feb. 2D, ].45 a.m. Petrogrud, Feb. 22. Military headquarters consider that the fate of Petroßi'f.d will he settled in a fortnight if the ({emails continue to advance. TERMS of peace. UXCON DITIONAL SURRENDER. GERMAN ADVANCE CONTINUES. . Times Service Received Feb. 23, 1 45 a.m. Amsterdam, Feb. 22. It is reported from Berlin that i>r. von Kuhlmaiin has begun a consultation with the Central Powers regarding the final terms of Russian peace, with a view to the Bolsheviks' unconditional surrender. Meanwhile the German advance ia continued in order to enforce an early definite settlement. A GERMAN REPORT. PROGRESS AND CAPTURES. Ails, and N.Z. Cable Assoc- and Router. Received Feb. 2.1, 1 20 a.m. London, Feb. 21. Wireless German official: Wo occupied Leal, in Esthonia, and reached l'ernigal and Lcnsal, on the Riga Gulf. We traversed Wendell and are approaching Holmar, and between Dvinsk and Pinsk are pressing eastward of Llnsingen. There are reports of the occupation of important railway and road junctions Rovno has been cleared of the enemy Prisoners include a general. 425 officers and S7O men, and the booty consists of 135.1 guns, 4500 motor cars, and 1000 railway carriages, many laden villi foodstuffs. REMITTANCES TO SWITZERLAND STOPPED. Berne, Feb. 20. Wireless advices state that, since the Bolshevik' advent -in Petrograd. all remittances to Switzerland have bicn stopped, hence many thousand Russmnn m Switzerland are destitute. Swiss hotelkeepers and others allowed them to continue to lodge and board on credit. The Swiss Government now appeals (o the Bolsheviks to acknowledge this generous hospitality bv a remittance covering the Russian liabilities, which aggregate twenty million francs. ITALY. BOMBING RAIDS, - BOTH SIDES ACTIVE. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Received Feb. 23, 1.45 a.m. London, Feb. 22. Italian official: Anglo-Italian aeroplanes attacked aviation camps at Laeomina, Visnadello and Mottade-llvenza, and dropped two tons of high on the latter. Enemy aeroplanes bombed Vicenza, Meatre and Trebaseleghe, also i'adova thrice. There were a few victims and considerable damage was done. We effectively bombed the railway station at Innsbruck, CANADA. i AGRICULTURAL LABOR. WOMEN AND BOYS ORGANISED. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Received Feb. 23, 1:45 a.m. Ottawa, Feb- 22. The Government is mobilising women for agricultural purposes, also 25,000 schoolboys for work with farmers. BREAKING A GERMAN MONOPOLY. GAS MANTLE MANUFACTURE.

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