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Show .RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TO FIGHT v I BE Strong Force of Muscovites, Musco-vites, Under General Lechwescy, Disembarks Disem-barks at Marseilles Amid Scenes of the Wildest Enthusiasm Upon the Part of the People. NUMBER OF TROOPS IS NOT GIVEN OUT Germans Take Two Craters and a Trench From the British at St. Eloi; According to Pet-rograd Pet-rograd Report, the v Power of the Turk Is Broken. B' A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. P;.' Ir.:--i national News S'n.it. MARSFJLI.K.S April 2'".Thou-si:di of Ru??ian troop?, sea-oned veteran- of the eastern front, have been pouring into France for days and week?. The strength of the continent, the lat sec tion of which disembarked to-lay, is being be-ing kept secret by the military a it;.ori-f it;.ori-f . It is known, however, .to be mor than an army corp;. The first hist of the pre.-pn--e of R-js-Vian troops in France wai iv.-n by the government in an invitation to leading Paris newspaper men and represeuta tives of the, allied and central pres to come to this city and witness the lan-l-ing of the final section. To the public at large the new-; came with dramatic suddenness in an order of the day isued by General J off re, bidding welcome to the new brothers in arms. The c on t indent which arrived today was given a delirious welcome by the overjoyed populace. They mar. died throiich the streets amid the wildest cheers and shouts of welcome. The Russian camp has been established near here acd the great force f rom across he continent is awaiting orders to leave for the front. Splendid Appearance. The troops which arrived today presented pre-sented a splendid martial appearance as they marched through the streets. They are not new levies, but experienced vet-erans vet-erans of many a hard-fought field. They are led by the noted Russian leader, General Lochwescy. No event since England's declaration of war on Germany has thrilled France so profoundly as the news of the ar-rival ar-rival of the Russians. Outside the official world, no one ex-j ex-j ': red them and no one knows how they g'jt here or where they embarked. The v. hole ad enture has a flavor of the incredible. Its reaction on the emotions emo-tions of the French people, is reflected in the eloquent order of the day issued by General J off re. The scene here today was in keeping v. itli the dramatic significance of the .o.-ca.-ion. The French fleet in the har-bnr har-bnr broke out in all its colors, Bailors manned the rails and fighting tops, guns boomed and the bands played the Uu-.sian national hymn. J off re Is Represented. On the transports Russian bands played the Marseillaise and the decks w-n; lined with soldiers at attention. ;hei-rs thundered from bolh sides as the first transport, Latoncho Treville, drew along.-ide the quay and began to disembark dis-embark its freight of fighting men in full equipment. The, st ra ngers were directed by a guard of honor, headed by the Sixth ji-'-nrs and the One Hundred and Fifteenth Fif-teenth territorials. (icneral Mcnassier, military governor (Continued on Page Four.) RUSSIAN SOLDIERS JOWl FRANCE (Continued from Page One.) of Marseilles, ami lieiierjil (crin, representing rep-resenting General .Toffee, headed a atli. ering of Krench notabbv, w)io received the Russian commanders with military tiniiors and welcomed them, in the name of the nation, to the tune of more cannon can-non and more cheers, while t ho people went wild with emotion. j Presents a Mystery. I The arrival of (he ; in-'siji ns is viewed ; an a result of i he recen t allied wnr I council in Paris and al-o ns iiu indica-j indica-j tion that the war is in hr rlecidcd on the western front. Krotii bnlii political i and military points of view, it is re-, re-, elided un an event of supreme impnr-; impnr-; lan-i'. j Thai, these reinforcements i'rf,m eaf-t-i em l'ui'Ope should have been n die. in Iconic so secretly that t.hey should have j been aide to come at, atl--hns aniaerl j the nation. The only tenable inference sne.nm to be that t lie I runsporU en me from Archangel. Kecent iirivs from the ! north of Kurnpo imlicntcd tlcit the ice ; would be bridwn up eiirlier Mum iciial I tlii year and that the l.'u.-inu While ! sea port, would be temporarily closed tn commerce by the, government. (lencrnl Lochwoscy nnd his force ill probably o to the front immediately. |
