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Show RUSSIAN SITUATION. Bolsheviki forces are making attacks on the allied troops on both sides of the Dvina river, but are making no headway. head-way. On the other hand, the Americans Ameri-cans and Russians are advancing in the direction of Welsk, northeast of Vologda. The soviet government is almost al-most powerless outside of Petrogiad and Moscow, and these two cities are in possession of mobs most of the time. Feeling against Trotzky and Lenine is growing more intense, and another attempt at-tempt has been made to assassinate the latter, but the man who made the attempt at-tempt was a poor marksman, his well-intentioned well-intentioned bullet lodging in the shoulder shoul-der of the tool of the kaiser. Comparatively Compara-tively little news is-eoming out of Rus- sia these days, but it is certain that the Germans are losing their grip, and that those who remain In the country when peace is declared will be in grave danger. The Russians blame Germany for existing conditions, and, while they will probably execute Lenine and Trotzky when order is finally restored, they may also hang a few German agents if they can lay hands upon them. The Russian debacle has taught the whole world a lesson and has sounded the death knell of radicalism in all civilized countries. Russia herself will profit by her bitter experience, but it will take some time to get on a solid footing. Very little is said regarding the expedition to Siberia, but there is no danger of the allied forces being overwhelmed or forced to retreat. "We believe Russia will be saved from extended ex-tended Bolsheviki rule, and we know that it has been lost to Germany. |