Show f GERMANS f MAN STRIKE J A AT J ON t ALL SIDES I f Movement l Extends From Seizure of Strong g Fortress ss of in in South to Capture Cap CaP- p. p ture tune of vr Wenden enden in North SECURE VAST AST r STORES OF GUNS AMMUNITION Al Forty-five Forty Vl Warships Approach Approach Ap Ap- P roach Reval and Investment Invest- Invest ment mentIs Is Believed Un Under UnderWay er Way t r a ay Q p r y May i Quit L f ON DON Feb e 21 Forty five Forty five German warships n w were ere approach approach- in lag Reval Wednesday says a cues mes lUessa message sa sage c to the Express from its Petrograd Petrograd Petrograd Petro- Petro grad correspondent Troops have ha been landed at Reval Rc and the Dail Daily News Xe correspondent telegraphs that Leon Bolshevist Bolshevist Bol Bol- foreign minister probably will trill resign When hen the time Russian cl delegates to the Brest peace conference refused to agree asree to the conditions laid down clown b by bythe by the German delegates ele General Hoffmann Hoffmann Hoff mann head of oC the German delegation Is reported repotted to have sal said Within a week weel after the ending of or orthe the armistice we will occupy Royal Reval Th The Tho Dally Malls Mall's Petro Petrograd rad corre corre- correspondent says that the latest developments developments develop elop ments there have e made Impo measures of or assistance which the thc allies lIes were preparing to Sl give Russia tI fight ht against the enem enemy Enormous Supplies Captured by Germans Berlin via London Feb 21 The l.-The The Russian town o of no has been cleared of ot the Russians the war office r reports Trains with about 1000 cars car many lads laden ad n with food rood have been c captured captured cap cap- p- p ns as well as airplanes and a ruin ruin- calculable amount of or war material is 15 the most easter easterly of or the triangle of ot Russian fortresses in Lutsk Th The western citadel citadel cita cita- del In the triangle triangle- capitulated to lo th the tha Germans In February without fighting The third foi fortress tress In Dubno lies about boul midway between no HO and ancl Bod the the- Galician fron fron- the town of oC Body on tier Germans German Between D and antl the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- General mans are pressing eastward continues yon von movement mo Important railway an and highway junctions junctions junc juno have Q been occupied The rhe Get German man troops have entered d Minsk lInsk In their advance eastward Jn pmt n Russia accor according ln to the tho leport report from headquarters tonight ht The Germans hn have e passed through fifty five fh miles northeast of or Riga and now flow are before Wolmar olmar seventy miles northeast of ot RI Riga Lent Leal Sound O German regiments from rom Moon loon 1sT Island crossed Moon soun sound all and matched marched into occupy occupying tic Leal Other forces advancing along the shore of the th Gulf of pt nl Riga a reached al and I Lem- Lem em- em sal The war wan office announces announces that 1353 tf j guns buns and between and motor motorcars motorcars cars haws havo been captured from the Russians Rus Rus- sinus thus thUM fa far l' l In to the new campaign The Germans have c made prisoner a n general gen gen- general eral commanding an nn arm army arnU 5 4 5 officers rl and man P Petrograd b r mid Reports Germans loving 1 From All Fronts Petrograd Wednesday Feb 20 0 0 received here In Indicated continued con coat German movements mo along along all nil fronts toward tow Minsk and HO 31 German airmen arc are reported ll to have o raided ne on Monday lon 3 Many Continued on Para PD e 2 RUSSIAN CITIES FALLIN FALL IN ATTACKS From P Pare PIJP ut 1 bombs were dropped and several lIe persons per per- sons SOIl vero Ie killed ell The raiders disappeared toward D Attack Just two hours after aCter the time armistice ended German troops entered ln D lt It was 2 p. p m m. February IS that Germ German Ger Ger- m man an pa patrols I rol s u unexpectedly n cx p cc t e d I y a appeared p p cared around the time city and seized the railway rail rail- way wa stations and other central points point Oni Only small mall skirmishes with fleeing soldiers sol sol- diers tool took place The Thc red of offered offered or- or no resistance while tho the artillery and Infantry were an and wholly unprepared to fight Attempts to evacuate were success success- 5 ful fuI Much heavy artillery artiller and largo large quantities of ot ammunition fell Into the han hands s of tho the Germans The civil population population population lation had no opportunity to escape The commissaries of ot the time local workmen's workmen's work worl- mens men's and sailors' sailors council tried to es escape escape es- es s- s cape capo cape disguised a as soldiers Ig but tho they yere seized b by the Germans In iii Bolshevik Ik leaders declare that If Ir the German advance continues the they will de defend defend defend de- de fend Petrograd with the red guard and harass the German advance b by guerilla warfare No o plans had hind been made for fOl evacuation c of or the city Tho Time sa say this la In a new war I Inot not the old war var and that the they will present a n united front against th the tho Ger mans man They believe the proletariat of oC Russia Hussla will Ill be able to continue continuo the theS S struggle I rum a. a Newspaper opinion as to the German plans I Is divided Some Somo of or the o Petrograd ad will vilI be attacked but others regard this na as improbable Germans Now Moving Southeast of Petrograd London Feb 21 German I.-German German troops having occupied aro are advancing anc in ing toward miles south- south I southwest of or Petrograd according to a neuter fleuter dispatch from Petrograd They also ha have hae e occupied and anti their cavalry Is pushing toward th tho tle former Russian general headquarters The Novala ovala the dispatch adds sa says s 's tho time Germans have ha occupied an nn Important railway Junction northwest of Minsk AccordIng AccordIng Accord Accord- In Ing to tho the Pravda the tho Austrians have hav s begun an u advance ance on the Ukrainian front An Intercepted German wireless mes- mes Cage fage according to a n. neuter fleuter dispatch tro from Petrograd Petro quotes Quote Prince Leopold of or Bavaria lla the tho German Austro-German command commander com corn mand mander r on tho the eastern front as sa sayIng say say- in Ing to hi his troops Russia Is Js sick and Is trying to lo con- con laminate te all aU th the countries In the orl world with a moral Infection We e must fight against the disorder Inoculated by bl and defend outraged liberty Germany German Is Js fortunate In being tho the In Incarnation incarnation in- in carnation of the sentiments of or other order loving peoples German Ships Ship Arrive Airlie Haparanda Sweden Feb 21 Four 1 Four steamships have arrived at Vasa In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Gulf Gul of or from rom Germany German carrying Finnish sol soldiers lers who had served In the German army and a number nUmber num ber of or German volunteers The Tho TheOf vessels roe ves sels eels al also o carried a n largo large number of or guns suns machine guns Suns rifles rUles and munitions muni muni- lions It H Is reported a n strong offensive will willbo willbe Ill bo be taken by these troops against t Tam Tam- and Viborg Germans Require Russia to Send Delegate With Wit T Petro Petrograd rad Feb 21 The 21 The decision ortho of or tho soldiers and workmen's delegates to accept tho the Gorman German peace terms was reached by a majority of oC ony one vote after a heated debate lasting throughout through through- out DUt ay night Premier Lenine Foreign Minister Ensign 11 o the tho com com- mander ln an and man many other leaders lead ers era rs addressed the Military men mene e explained tho the Impossibility of or offering effective resistance ne but no rio decision was reach reached cd until messages had been received showing that tho the Germans ha had captured D with ease and were advancing all alon along the tho front This news new's reached the council earl early Tuesday morning an and Influenced the delegates ele ates to decide for peace Before Defore the capture of oC Premier Lenine said he was opposed d to peace but ho finally ur urged ed that peace be obtained afan at af an any price In order to Insure the tho reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction recon recon- of ot Russia lie IIo said the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans Were advancing nd on a n solid front from rain tho north to lo tho the south The announcement of or Russia's decisIon ion to accept the German terms was sent fent b by wireless s Tuesday morning At first the tho German wireless station 2 showed a disposition to refuse to take the a message e but finally acknowledged It It Bolshevik lk he leaders held repeated con con- throughout Tuesday and later Inter In tho the afternoon received the O rm i l I reply refusing to accept the wireless message as al official and requesting that thata I Ia a delegation be sent to to confer confer con con- fer with regard to peace The Russian press is hi divided as to the tie wisdom of the councils council's action The Pravda Prada I a says s 's the soldiers and work work- workmen's mens men's del delegates Sat g ha have again shown will will- In ness to make peace and carr carry out their pledges and nd that whether German Ger Ocr man many accepts the off orf r or not th the fbi Hol- he have Won on a moral victory Thoo The Tho Nova o sa says s 's tho the I 1 have ht the time affair to an Ignominious end and have hwe proved pro themselves to be he a adventurers who wh are Willing illing to It keep er themselves In po power cr at an any price irIce Th Tho soldiers rs and wor workmen's deputies decided that only ono one member of or tho the delegation atlon which represented Russia at tho thc Bre Brett sk t k conference should go o to ln D k to 10 deliver to the Germans an official COP of ot the copy announcement nl that 1 Germ Germanys Germany's n 8 terms h have e been accepted No announcement hat has be been n made as to the selection c on of or a delegate of the time I of his departure I Liberal Leader Says Russ Must Evacuate Territory Amsterdam Feb 21 I DeCore Before re re- re op opening peace n negotiations with Trot Trot- lO said Eald Dr Gu Gustav ta emann na an- an liberal Ic-ader Ic In tho the reichstag we t must mUll demand complete evacuation by tho he of oC Fin Fin- land i and sad Ukraine the release of or German Gorman l and Letts Letis and recognition of the pe pence ce treaty trealy con con- eluded by ly Ukraine Until the tho prove pro b by thelt deeds e that they the theIre tire re Ire earnest our ur military measures mCl should h hI he restricted In itt no manner Baltic Germany Gennan Is hem being slaughtered Ju just t be beI because be- be cause It is 19 O German Iman We Vc c would not be bean I an alt honorable nation If Ie we looked od on calmly I Dr speech pe made dur I ing ma the d debate x Oil n p time the lJ treaty was applauded loudly lIe He denounced the lie Poles saying sayIng- the they had done nothing noth noth- In ing to win the tho sympathy of or tho the Germans Germans Ger Ocr mans who have bled for tor or the Independence dence of or Poland Count von on p the con conservative all er leader approved tho the treat treaty with Uk- Uk mine saying It finally breaks the tho An Anglo American lo blockade and ends the tho per peril of or Turkey from the Russian dream of or conquest of Constantinople Ho declared that tha t concessions such as those made to Ukraine re regarding ar ln In Indemnifications In- In for or maintenance of oC w war r prisoners must not be made to Great Grea t Russia Russin or Rumania Time The good German Gernan sword is again at work worle he lie continued Ve We welcome the tho quick Quiet decision In this respect and anel have confidence that the arm army command will fulfill Its task Poland said Count von on neglected neglected neg neg- to win Its Independence In iii open and honorable union with the central powers power As At Poland could coul not be trusted trusted trust trust- ed cd to Jive In friendship with Germany German tho the eastern castern frontiers must bo be shaped In accordance with the requirements tor military security A Berlin dispatch states that the tho Russian written confirmation of the tue acceptance of oC peace terms has passed the German lines This disposes of or rumors rumors ru- ru I mors morg here hero of or the fall fail of or the government o Bolshevist Inflaming Chinese ese Peking Feb Fth 21 21 from Russian Turkestan as well veil as Germans and Turks furIes are arc Inflaming the Chinese Mohammedan of the province pro moo ince of Sin Sin-Elan In Chinese Turkestan n against the government o according to a report from Crom Gen Yan Yang Tseng Sin governor gov gor- o ern cruet cruet- 01 of oC the tie province I The general warns tho time government that arms and ammunition arc nrc being supplied b by the enem enemy Ho lie states th there r I fr are prospects of or a t Mohammedan rebel rebel- lion flon on similar to the one which began tegan began I In 1561 as successful srul for tor more than a decade being suppressed ed b by Marquis T. T Tso o Tsung Tang 1 Kven I the lo loss lose of or Chinese e f Turkestan etar Is ts possible in the generals general's opinion The Time war ministry ordered Gen Con Ma da a LIang An-LIang the thc rn ot pt t prominent l general to devise lse means mcall of oC the movement Sweden Will Not Tot Intervene in Finland Says Sais Premier I Stockholm Feb 21 ln l-ln In an answer w r to an nn In Interpellation to in t the hr IUd J ml pr E Eden el said alc that hl while certain ceral circles In Finland desired 8 Swedish lion tion In ton that countr country a considerable part hart of or the Finnish people strongly op opposed op- op posed the Id Idea a anti and Sweden In nOwise OJ- OJ Intended armed intervention there un Un- Un less compelled b by a alola lola violation ol of Swed Swed- I ish h and interests II lie le added that the existing prohibition ci o oi OJ the tie tran transit lt and of arms would be bc maintained rh The premier declared that would not permit the organization of or armed annell f ne on Swedish h y itoi b ji I Individual lal volunteers s oulU ouid bo lo allowed to tho the enter epter Finnish service serice J |