Show HOFFMAN ORDERS ADVANCE ON CAPITAL By Ely International News New Service COPENHAGEN Feb 28 General General Hoffman who represented the German army at the Brest peace negotiations apparently has succeeded Prince Leopold of Bavaria as German commander on the eastern front Advices received here today spoke of General Hoffman as directing the German German Ger Ocr man operations all along the Russian front He cle declined to accept the Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian elan overtures for a renewal of the armistice but ordered the German advance advance advance ad ad- vance toward Petrograd and Kiev to continue Advices yesterday said lh that t the thc Germans Germans Ger Ocr mans were only six hours' hours march from Petrograd It is generally believed that It Is part of the plan of the tho German general staff to occupy the cit city al although although although al- al though they are apparently encountering encounter encounter- ing unlooked unlocked for resistance i Field Marshal von Hindenburg chief of staff of the German army has gone to according to information re received received re- re here today i is on the eastern front and was the first Russian city efty to be oc occupied occupied occupied oc- oc when the Germans resumed their advance into Russia |