Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-03-19 | Page 1 | Russians Organize to Resist German Invasion in South

Russians Organize To Resist German Invasion in in South i I Rev Revolutionaries luti Who Wh Opposed Oppose Peace Pact Will Fight Foe Now in Possession n of Odessa I By Joseph I United Press Sta ff Correspondent March 19 P I Russian officials including former fOlmer Bolshevik and social revolutionary commissaries who opposed ratification of the Best Lito isk peace terms are or organizing organizing or- or resistance against the Germans in the south In the south is accepted as m meaning in the Odessa and Niko- Niko layett region where the Germans have seized or about to seize vast stores tores of grain reported to be there The officials include M I Steinberg Steinberg Steinberg Stein Stein- berg M M. M M. Schneider M. M r. r M. M and and andI M. M I Karelin social revolutionaries s sot of ot the J left eft t who resigned from th the ministry after the ratification ot wrote vote at Moscow together with M M. M Di benko and ana other dissentients Fifty dissenting have adopted a minority report on be behalf behalf be- be half of the soviet pan-soviet peace rati rati- It rea reads reads- s International capitalism capitalism capi capi- is advancing with the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans from the west with the Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese from the east and with the French Anglo from the north URGE MOBILIZATION With unified d interests the thc pan- pan soviet congress should order mobilization mobilization mo mo- of ot Russia's defenders arming the peasants and work work- men Russian officials today denied denied they had agreed to German co cooperation co- co operation in control of or the coun coun- try They said the plies only to Petrograd where a small commission of Germans is expected to be gradually expanded A dozen of which tamil family the former l' l czar is a member mem mem- her ber have been exiled to the remote re remote remote re- re re- re mote interior following a hearing on charges of t suspected All were disinterested regarding their theil fate tate and broke broke bloke including the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho- Nicho Nicholas Nicho Nicho- las 1 the historian Foreign Minister Chicherin officially officially notified the central executive executive tive committee of or the ratification of ot the peace treaty He fie said the war wal had cost Russia rubles SEEK AGREEMENT WITH U U. U S. S Rumors persist that the Bol Bol- are arc seeking an agreement with the United States to prevent a 1 Japanese invasion ot of Asiatic Russia Hussla The Russian press critically discusses discusses dis dis- cusses President Wilson's Wilsons message to the soviet pan-soviet congress with the statement of ot M. M lichen Pichon French rench foreign minister and others re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the allied necessity for saving Russia Th The sum total of or the criticism is that Germany German has sized up Russia better bettel than the tho allies Both sought to utilize the tho Russian revolution for their ends the press cl charges arges The Germans first discerned the strength tho the allied re refusing refusing re- re fusing to admit rca realities II ties The allies blundered continually continual continual- ly Ii- thereby fanning the flame of Bolshevism which spread until Russia was ripe for the tho German blow which shattered alike the allied al allied allied al- al lied and illusions By International News LONDON March 1 1 19 Virtual 19 Virtual repudiation i of ot the peace treaty affected affected af af- a- a between the Russian Bol Bol- and the central empires is contained in the official statement issued by the supreme war council of ot the allies at Versailles France The statement which was made public through the foreign office makes plain that the war will go BO BOon goon goon on until the Pruss Prussian Ian militarism Is crushed and the crimes which have been committed by bye Germany are righted ted It is pointed out plainly that the Russians after the collapse of or their thell fighting power were duped and led into a trap b by the Germans Under Under Unel Un Un- der el a of ot self sel determination Germans sent their heir armies in Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian territory afterwards throw throw- throwing ing off the mask and showing plainly that they meant nothing moro more than the tho annexation of ot Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian soil X The Tto e declaration of ot the tho war warI war ar arI I I. council met mel with the heartiest ap apprObation approbation approbation ap- ap probation on every hand today By International News Service COPENHAGEN March 19 19 FIghting lighting for tOl the control of ot the trans Siberian erian railway at the point where it skirts the southern shores of ot Lake Baikal In Siberia mid Is Ism I m in progress according to Information information information tion received here today The Bolshevik anti-Bolshevik forces are outnumbered outnumbered and it is estimated that there are nearly German and Hungarian Austro-Hungarian prisoners to the east and west of the lake Tha The prisoners ers east of or the lake betWEen between between be be- tween the Baikal region and Vladivostok Vladivostok Vladivostok Vlad Vlad- are arc attempting to get arms and ana officers are starting to organize them into an effective military force torce I w Jf lal I Il l' l SPY PETROGRAD Mares Mares- March 19 der German Ger- Ger I man forces have hae occupied BachmatSch Bachmatsch Bach Bach- matsch Konotop and Saxon troops are ale reported continuing continuing continuing contin contin- toward to and Charkoff CharIta The lo local al soviet is evacuating Charkoff The Tha German movement is regarded as a a. a covering camI campaign campaign cam cam- for I Russian retirement from Odessa was orderly The Black Blacksea Blacksea sea fleet leet refrained from bombarding bombard bombard- ing the city after German occupation occupation occupation tion because it was loath to de destroy destroy destroy de- de stroy it The fleet is awaiting the arrival arrival arri arri- I val of the social revolutionary of officials officials of of- rl who refuse to ratify the I peace treaty and who are now en route southward from Moscow i Bachmatsch Is miles northeast northeast northeast north north- east of or Kieff Kieft Konotop Is twenty- twenty I five miles east of ot Bachmatsch the capital of ot the province I of ot that name is miles east fast of ot Konotop and only miles south miles southwest southwest south south- west of or Moscow Charkoff is 00 miles south of ot and miles northeast of ot Odessa By Associated Press COPENHAGEN March 19 Chancellor von Hertling on the first reading in the reichstag of the peace treaty with Russia to today today today to- to day declared that he did not wish to discuss the opinions of ot Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Gel many's enemies regarding the tra treaty t 1 Hypocrisy the chancellor added has become second nature to the enemy whose untruthfulness untruthful untruthful- uth ful- ful ness is made worse orse b by its brutality brutal brutal- at calm ex explanation explanation explanation ex- ex lt ity Every Evel attempt and ever even real deliberation delibera tion must fail when the enemy atthe atthe at atthe the very moment they are la laying ing a country heavy hand hanel on a neutral dare t to speak It o of a policy guided by complete unselfishness RUSSIA'S POSITION The TIle treaty with Russia Hussla contains contains con con- tl ln no conditions disgraceful to Russia if it tho the provinces breaking Russia say it is in ac accordance accordance accordance ac- ac awa away from rom with their own wish and the wish is accepted lJ by Russia The imperial chancellor declared that Courland and Lithuania were and Germany politically united to economically and militarily and added r FIXED BY BV TREATY Livonia and Esthonia are the eastern frontier fixed by the treaty treat but we hope that they also will have close and friendly relations with Germany not However to the exclusion of their friendly re relations relations relations re- re lations with Russia Poland Is not mentioned in tho the treaty treat and we shall hall end endeavor to see if It It Is possible possible possible pos pos- sible to live le in stable and good neighborly relations with the new new state the It If the tho reichstag adopts peace tre treaty h- h peace on the whole eastern front will be restored asI asI as asI I announced February 24 4 but among the entente powers there is not the least inclination to finish this terrible war The responsibility ity for tOl bloodshed will be upon the heads of ot those who wish continuation contin continuation of the bloodshed By United Press Pre W WASHINGTON ASIn March 19 The The United States government does dof'S not and will not recognize the German Continued on en page 3 3 RUSSIANS ORGANIZE Continued from page 1 peace pact with Russia and Ru Ru- mania Already pledged to the limit to free Russia from duress this government agrees with the allied war council statement of re rejection rejection re- re rejection of or these terms This re rejection rejection rejection re- re and the general American disgust and horror at Germanys Germany's shameless plunder push In the East may find concrete expression In President Wilsons Wilson's proposed war statement Everything points to virile declaration declaration dec dee along the lines of ot the allied council statement APPEAL EXPECTED The presidents president's friends expect him to make a stirring war war appeal to the nation shunting aside all peace talk and exposing the uselessness uselessness uselessness use- use of ot trying for arty agreements agreements agree agree- ments with the power mad militarists Ills His war statement however ma may r do all these things yet have in it the element of ot ap au peal to the Austrians or Germans to see the ruthlessness of the leaders leaders lead lead- ers and the folly of keeping on against a world united against Germany because of her crimes The administration Is now convinced convinced con con- convinced vinced that pa peace EI talk Is la utterly useless and even dangerous as peace talk But it still believes that the political po po- po- po offensive can be used advantageously advantageously ad ad- to support the men and guns When the Versailles council re rejected rejected rejected re- re German peace terms and sand announced in effect that Germany must be crushed there was a disposition disposition disposition dis dis- dis- dis position here to disagree with that Idea as it would Indefinitely make the German people believe there was no hope for them except through a victory of ot their leaders WAR SPIRIT PREVAILS Now the spirit is here put here put every last ounce of ot fight into this war to force a conclusion no separate peace with Austria Is now ble bie The appeal to the nation to put up Its maximum fight tight will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un be bo forthcoming With It It however will probably be a lucid explanation of Americas America's position position po po- po- po toward the military controlled controlled con con- trolled and toward the shattered Russians Government authorities now believe believe believe be be- lieve that the situation Is that the allies alUes and America should be to together together together to- to gether in their war statements and that hereafter there should be less going It alone 01 on op both sides aides of the Atlantic By Associated Press JO LONDON DON March 19 A 4 A messaK message mes- mes sage saK to Routers Reuters Limited from TokIo dated Saturday states that the Japanese war minister speakIng speaking speak speak- ing In the house of ot representatives stated that there were German German Ger Ger- man prisoners east of Lake Baikal and west of that point Those In the tho cast are beyond control control control con con- and are trying to get arms A thousand non tinder under under un un- der General are opposing lag ing the east of ot Lake Leke Baikal The entente allies may support General but his force torce Is weak while hue the Maximal are growing in power and are obtaining arms and ammunition Should the German prisoners become organized and support tho a serious situation will be created create By Dy Associated Press PETROGRAD March 19 Four Four regiments took Od Odd Odessa sa a fight according to advices received received received re re- re- re here the Austro Germans capturing enormous quantities of ot war materials and other booty the rapidity of ot the German Austro-German occupation having haing made removal Impossible Before retreating s the Russians made a II feeble effort to set fire tire to Odessa but were frustrated by the quick arrival of the enemy At ev the banks Imme imme- resumed business under German control was vacated Vacated va vacated va- va hastily when It was learned that the Germans Austro had bad oc occupied oc- oc and Three thousand German Austro-German prisoners at are reported to have captured the town The fa famous ta- ta moos guards regiment from Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow has been disarmed The h head of the TurkIsh army has hl accepted the proposal of ot the autonomous 4 government of the tho Caucasus to negotiate for a fj separate separate sep sep- p. p arate peace