Show R N It i IX H U F f I II I Part of Pop Population lation o of i Petrograd Pet ad in Flight I l A Army my of of yv Workmen Goes Out t to Meet Fosa Foe Fos I tio a al NS yV ServIce hAIl Ii i Th 7 7 y yi i Germans G rma are liow within within- f i Si l h gt i 1 1 ii aha dirt I turning their advance A 1 portion of the population is is is ism in m flight The ti tramways am ways are art running all the railway ay I station is is jammed with ith people I fighting for places on the trains I I Railway traffic is is badly a ly conI congested con con- I vested and the number of ot trains leavI leaving leav leav- Lag ing Is far below normal I The only obstacle between the invaders invaders ers Irs and the capital is a small smal force o ot of I armed tuned who set out from this thi city ity to meet t the foe I By United Press Prese I Feb Keb Ten 27 Ten detachments detach detach- vents ments of revolutionary troops headed header by y executive committee men have been beet I dispatched toward It was semi semi- I officially announced to today A number I of f armored armorel cars are included Moscow has las sent troops to DOlog e t a n small mall town near miles wes west lot of If Moscow and the same distance r south of ot Petrograd The battle hat lie for possession of ot Iskot I miles 1162 miles southwest of ot Petrograd I which shish continued 1 through the night I en ended In a Russian Kussian victory The Itus Itus- tusI laps have succeeded In removing most I of f tie vast store of ot supplies there I valued at rubles s into the interior The has admitted that I Keval neval capital of or J situated situate 1 orto on or onan onI I an to arm of the gulf of Riga miles mile I west vest of or Petrograd was captured after I a t battle in which sailors sailor and Red RedI guards contested every ery step p I COMING DOMING AS GUESTS The Tile Germans surrounded the city in it inthe ithe the he evening The They approached within I seven even elsts 4 miles an and sent representatives rep rep- forward forwar These declared declare I that hat In view few of ot Esthonia's J independence they hey were coming as guests The defenders defenders de de- de- de fenders enders refused to accept that attitude and nd the battle ensued for tor the tine defense of oC the revolution evolution n grows hourly There Theia Is a a constant str stream am of armed men leaving for or the front Two hundred thousand I proletariats have hive enrolled I The rhe staff at Luga miles south I Of ot f Petrograd on the Riga Petrograd i railway wired they would be able to tc toI I halt the th Germans if they had reinforcements rein rein- These Thebe were sent immedi- immedi ate tely 1 I Officers are are eagerly joining the gar- gar garrisons which are r reinvigorated and ancl neng De- De Ing ng organized OrganIZe hurriedly By Associated Press Pren LONDON r Feb Teb 27 The Thc The Russian evolution re i will defend itself against Germany says an official Russian statement sent out bv by wireless and which which announces announces that Germany Germany has re refused refused re- re fused to grant an armistice The rhe announcement announcement an an- reads WILL WLL SIGN PEACE A peace delegation is III now on the way ray to Brest Biest We Vo exp expect t any moment foment news that It has haa arrived at atthe athe the he place appointed for tor peace negotiations negotiations lons but there is no armistice Tire The Gt German lennan government has formally reused re refused re- re used fused an armistice o and German detachments detachments detach detach- ments tents continue to advance We Ve are prepared to s n their peace of f usurpation We Ve have hive already aheady de declared declared de- de lared this but there are many indications Indications indica Indica- lons that the German Imperialists do 10 donot doof not of desire peace at the present moment but ut rather an Immediate strangling of the he workmen's and peasants peasants' revolution tion ion Resistance tl to the German hordes thus thu h becomes comes the principal task of or the I brave evolution revolution brave heroic obstinate and I pitiless oJ resistance Every v position 1 Continued on page pae 2 2 2 GERMANS IN 6 G HOURS Continued ed from page 1 1 every Ivery rat railway Iway station every I oust inuit be he defended Ery Ev EJ ry possible obstacle obstacle ob ob- stacle stade t h- h in n ties t I tl way of tiro enemy I Ij t j |