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Show FALL OF DVINSK HASTENS ACTION OF BOLSHEVIKI PFr Yu M ; RA I , Wednesday, Feb. 20. The decision of the soldiers' ami workmen's work-men's delegates to accept" the German pence terms was rebelled by a major! t of only one vol e, after a hea I cd debute lusting ; hroiighuiit Moii'lay night. Premier Ben i ne, Foreign Minister Trot It y. (On sign Krvlenko. eoninui nder in eliief, and mauv other leaders addressed ii,e .-'Mined. MlliUiry men explained Hie impossibility of offering effective resistance, re-sistance, but no derision was n-aried unit! un-it! meKHii ges had been received show! in.-, 1 n I the Ccrinu lis liar I i;i pi need I i In - k with case and were advancing ;i'J atom: Ihe front , Tills news rom-hed Ibe rou tied ti-ed chi'Iv Tuesday morning ;nid Inllneneed the delegate to decide lr,i penre. Befor'i l.iie en pi nee of Dvlnslt. premier Uenhi said lie w.m opposed lo pence. ,,it finnllv urged lhat peare lie ohiiilued u any pih'r In order to I rim i re the rc-'onft rw-1 ton n( Russia. He said the Germans were ad- ;i in! ug on a solid front from the nori h to t be sou Hi. The h n nouncrinen t. of Russia's dechdnn to ;i' i pf the lirriiiaii leiinM WilS sr tiy wireless Tuesilay mor-rilng. .Al l'lr-t He Giwiiinri wif'lrss wlaliou vhnued ; dlspnst- lion to refuse to take the pierage, but finally acknowledged It. Bolshevik leaders held repeated conferences confer-ences throughout Tuesday and later in the afternon received the German reply, refusing to accept the -wireless message as official and requesting that a delega-: delega-: tion be sent to Dvinsk to confer with regard re-gard to peace. The Russian press Js divided as to the wisdom of the council's action. The Pravda says the soldiers' and workmen's delegates have again shown wiHlngnesfi to make peace and carry our. their pledges, and that whether Germany accepts the offer or' not the Bolshevlki have won a moral victory. The Nova" Jizn saya the Bolsheviki have brought the affair to an ignominious end and have proved themselves them-selves to be adventurers who ate willing to keep themselves In power at any price. Bolshevik leaders declare that If the German advance continues they will defend de-fend Petrograd with the red guard and harass the German advance by guerrilla warfare. No plans had been made foi evacuation of the city. The Bolshevik! say this Is a new war, not the old war, and that they will present pre-sent a united front against the Germans. They believe the proletariat of Russia will he able to continue the struggle. Newspappr opinion a a i o the German plans Is divided. Some of the papers believe be-lieve Petrograd will be attacked, but others regard this as improbable. The soldiers' and workmen's deputies decided that only one member of the rieiegn tion which represented Russia at the Brcst-Litovsk conferences should go to Dvinsk to deliver to the Germans an official copy of the announcement that Germany's terms had been accepted. No announcement has been made as to the selection of a delegate or the time of his departure. |