Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-04-21 | Page 4 | Russia Will Not Talk of Peace with the Turks

RUSSIA WILL NOT TALK OF PEACE WITH THE TURKS PETROGRAD, via London, April 20, (3:1 p. m. The fall of Trebizond has 2,Wen rise to a fresh crop of rumors that Turkey is approaching Russia with peace overtures, but it is authoritatively stated iu official circles that do such proposals will be considered for a moment mo-ment by the Russian government. Voicing a conviction that Turkey ie a defeated nation and not in a position to make any terms, the Petrograd Gazette Ga-zette declares: "We may now consider one of our enemies finished. The taking of Trebizond Trebi-zond has so disorganized the Turkish defensive plans that all that remains for her is to lay down her arms and ask ' mercy. She already has sought ways to a separate peace." but has met with the absolute refusal of her opponent, oppo-nent, who is determined to close no separate agreements. Turkey to Disappear. "Turkey's hour has struck, and it is not improbable that she will in the near future entirely disappear from the map." .o longer impeded by Turkish pressure pres-sure on the coast, the Russian armies west of Erzerum have begun a swift advance on Baiburt and Erzingan. With three groups of Russian armies from the Black sea coast to Bitlis in close co-opevation, the westward campaign through Asia Minor is expected to develop de-velop rapidly. The official communication issued today to-day reads: The en era v artillery cannonaded The lkskull bridgehead. There has been ao artillery duel south of Lake Dreswiaty. Enemy Retreats. Caucasus front Along the coast in the pursuit of the enemy, who retreated re-treated rapidly, our reeonnoitering party under Sub-Lieutenant Koval-koff Koval-koff captured seven Turkish officers and 190 men belonging to a regiment regi-ment recently arrived in the Trebizond Trebi-zond region from Constantinople under command of a German officer. At Trebizond were captured some six-inch guns. The town did not : suffer from the war operations. The Turkish population fled. The Christians Chris-tians remained, aDd received the Russians with acclamations. South of Bitlis our detachments dislodged the Turks from a series of mountain positions and advanced iu the direction of Sghert (Sert ninetv miles east of Diarbekr), repelling re-pelling all enemy counter-attacks. The enemy left several hundred killed on the battlefield. We took many prisoners.