Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-25 | Page 11 | Germans near to Russian Capital

GERMANS NEAR TO KKIANJAPIIAl Entrance Into Petrograd Predicted Pre-dicted Within Few Hours by Consul Tredwell. WASHINGTON, March 25 German occupation of Petrograd within twenty-four hours was predicted by Consul Tredwell in a dispatch reaching tho stato department today, dated March 20. Virtually all Americans have left tho city, tho dispatch said. The consul reported from Moscow after returning from a trip to Petro-grade. Petro-grade. The commissary of the city, he said, had told him that he expected tho establishment of German control within a day. Another consular telegram tele-gram from Moscow confirmed the report re-port that the patriarch of Russia refused re-fused to sanction the German peace treaty and strongly condemned it.