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Show MUTINY STARTED IN RANKS 0F.HUNS 20,000 Soldiers Refuse to Attack Russians in Campaign; Polish Troops Flee; Hapsal and Venden Taken by Germans. SOCIALIST SHOOTS j ENSIGN KRYLENKO General Brujevitch Succeeds Suc-ceeds to Supreme Command Com-mand of Russ Armies; Ambassadors Remain in Petrograd, Pending Developments. EEF.LIK, via London, Feb. 25. Tho German forces have occupied Bevai, after an engagement with the Russians. The Germans also have captured Pskov (about 360 miles southwest of Pc-trograd). This announcement Is mads in ths official report from general head-quirteTS head-quirteTS tonight. The text reads: "Tho town and fortress of Eval were occupied at 10:33 o'cloti this , morning, after a battle. "Pleskov (Pskov?), south of I Lake Peipns, is in our hands." ' PETROGRAD, Su r.-i ay. Fi! 24. A report re-port lhat 2'V'OO Gem'.an sol-liers refuse! to att:ick the RussI.iilS in t!:c new campaign cam-paign was Riven out today by the Bolshevik Bol-shevik telegraph agency. PoUsa troops in pome instances aro said to have ned. The issuance of war reports was begun today, the following communication belrs given out: Socialist Defensive front: In the region of BorisofT. U'ony-:ive miles northea't of Minsk), a detachment was sent to destroy bridircs. Borisoff and Flotsk are in the hands of the Russian forces. Hapsal and Venden have, been taJken by the Germans, who fought a battle with the Lettish detachment. The station at Korsovsk and the town of Ostrov have been occupied by the Germans. Poles are advancing frum Mohiiev toward Bobruisk, but often the troops take to flight in large bodies. According to reoorts from Arer.s-burgt, Arer.s-burgt, 20,c00 German troops refused lo attack. RUSS ATTITUDE TOWARD ENTENTE WILL BE NEUTRAL PFTRO G RA-D. Sli n d a y . Fe b . 4 . M . I Karakhan. who was secretary of the Russian Rus-sian delegation at Bi est - Litovsk. explained ex-plained to the Associated Ih-os5 today th.at the Bolshevik government considers most ambiguous the part of the German terms concerning the demobilization of the Russian army. A literal translation of "up to newly formed bat talions," M . Karakhan said, may either exempt or Include In-clude the new "red army." "This is dispti table," he added. "I think, of course, that they meant the red army also must be demobilized, but on this we will not yield without discussion. We think we are entitled to an army on at least a peace footing. That wotbd Insufficient In-sufficient to accomplish our internal purposes." pur-poses." M. Karakhan declared that Russia's position po-sition toward the allies now undoubtedly would be thai of a neutral, ad-ling: "We will not su pport Germany. The only support it will get will be indirect from the resumption of commercial relations." rela-tions." "THEIR KNEES ARE ON OUR CHEST," WAILS PREMIER : PETROGRAD. Sunday, Feb. M "Their knees are on our chest and our position is hopeless." declared Nikolai l.enine. tin? Bolshevik premier, in the course of his long speech to the central executive committee com-mittee of the all-Russian council of workmen's work-men's and soldiers' delegates, in which he insistently urged t lie a cc " p la nec of t he A ust ro-Genua n peace comlit ions, how-ever oppressive and tin for tuna te t hey mU ii : apt ear. "This peace must be accepted a a respite." lie continued, "enabling us to prepare a decisive resistance "to the bourgeoisie and imperia I ism. The proletariat prole-tariat of the whole woild will come "to o'jr aid. Then we shall renew the f :gh ;." M. Mai torf contended that the proposod peace mean the end of the Russian revolution, revo-lution, deprived Russ:a of her political inoependem e. and that the dav after the s'ening of I ho peace the sold: -rs' am: (Continued on Page Two.) 7r MUTINY STARTED II MHKS OF THE IIS (Continued from Taut One.) I ; workmen n eovenin.rnl wo dd W ::i i hori'Ltw.' to ( r:i.a:r. . M Z: novief :". or: 1 r c ' .nln-v in- ! v.t. d th.it the ov:et :ul'oTitv v. as loo i I rir?r '. v tnrouK.i the icmtrv to I , i.-rsh. ; It It .'liT.o-nv.Nl by the !nN!:.-. k! t'l.'lt' the.r irn't' h a-.- ent.-'rd il on tov-on -1 h- ! I I ion 1 th. it i -K i'-1. k,- I.-- pro. "e-linn In i the Hit itN. I I.e.n Vrol:d;v, !m.-1:1-, -d; for.- k-n M;n-'l'T, M;n-'l'T, mil not co to HreM-n i flrn the ri.v bTi.m. imr Ui nnv . of ,! e ol..'-r iiieiiibers o:' t:n i;,:v-:.in I l i- KAtioii ul-.-b iondj ' d i-.irher; . n-itiit :.tf t here, wrh i !... fx --;.t ion of ' ; .M i.r;ikh in. .e.-ret.r of t c (..nniT ! I ildi'K'.ll unit. T'l.f work'l.en'w at.d hohhel.-' ! d..i.,.;,i'.-- t.-l iv .-h... f ' r the n.-w b-i,-.i- f t!o: M. nio.-ff, irf-lkft of the lvt.ro-: k't .1 d i o' r d of v - : k n e n :i 1 1 1 jtoid rn' J d.-:i--.it.. , M A!ei,-f(. a- Tit'.k- MtiMi.i-i-' fl.oti.-r d iifc-ri.-uH ire, ;md M "h t, s , Thi -I' h-f it ton. a-. o:ii .if ; 1. d l-v n i ' nr.. I tn I'.i t.i r i v n' n 1 1 v m, w i ! a t- ' i tonl;:i:t for ) irer. 1 .1 1 o k I |