RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

REPORTED STOPPAGE OF ADVANCE. PEACE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED. Received March 1, 3.15 p.m. PetrogriM, Feb. 28. Tt is reported from Novosclie that the Get man armies have been ordered to stop their advance and that the German cavalry patrols at Novoselic have retired. Received March 1, 5.15 p.m. Amsterdam, Feb. 2S. The Hamburger Fremdonblatt states it is expected the Russian peace will be signed to-day. BOLSHEVIK VOLUNTEERS. 100,000 ENROLLED. RECAPTURE OF PSKOFF REPORTED. Received March 1, 5.5 p.m. Pctrograd, Feb. 2S. The Bolsheviks claim to have enrolled over 100,000 volunteers, of whom 53,000 have been formed into fighting detachments. The Russians are reported to have recaptured Pskoff. Fighting for its possession continues. The sailors at Helsing- , fors and Kronstadt have decided to remain at their posts.' UKRAINIAN PEACE DELEGATION. REQUEST FOR TRANSPORT FACILITIES Aust. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter. Received March 1, 5.5 p.m. London, Fob. 28. Wireless Russian official:—Zatonsky, president of the peace delegation of the people's republic of Ukrainia, sent a message to the Central Powers, and to the president of the Russian peace delegation at Brest Litovsk, asking them to facilitate the journey'of the delegation from Kieff to Brest Litovsk to sign the peace concluded with the former ICieff Rada. THE BALTIC FLEET. PROBABLE CAPTURE BY GERMANS. Received March 1, 0.50 p.m. . London, Feb, 28. From the position of t'he Russian fleet in the Baltic there seems little doubt that it will fall into German hands. The enemy, however, probably through the shortage of seamen, will find it difficult to adequately man the larger vessels. The few British submarines in the Baltic are unlikely to fall into enemy hands MEETING OF WAR PRISONERS. REVOLUTION WELCOMED. United Service. Received March 1, 8.30 p.m. fctrograd, Feb. 28. A meeting of over 3000 German, Magyar, Czech, and Polish war prisoners at Moscow passed a resolution welcoming the revolution, which they were confident of extending to western Europe The meeting was followed by a solemn religious service commemorating the deaths of Russian revolutionaries and the strikers in Berlin and Vienna, REPORTED GERMAN CAPTURES, Received March 1, 5.15 p.m. London, Feb. 2S. Wireless German official: The Fourth Esthonian regiment has placed itself under our command to clear the country of marauding bands. We captured 2000 machine guns and 50,000 rifles at Mansk. ENVOYS LEAVE PETROGRAD. New York, Feb. 28. The United Press Petrograd correspondent states that the American, Japanese, Brazilian and Siamese envoys have left for Vglogda (Central Russia). GERMAN FLEET FOR FINLAND. Copenhagen, Feb. 28. A message from Berlin states that a large German fleet, left a Baltic harbor en route to Finland. There is also great transport of German weapons and munitions. , COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY FIGHTING. Petrograd, Feb. 28. Enemy forces under Generals Alexieff and Korniloff are attempting to fight through into the interior of the Don district. Many leaders of the counterrevolution have been taken prisoners. The enrolment of the Socialist army in I'otrograd is proceeding. Cosaaek regiments stationed in Petrograd have been sent in the direction of Pskoff.