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THE PAST WEEK
Germany, Forcing Bolsheviki to
Accept Her Terms, Resumes
the War on Russia.
CIVIL CONFLICT CONTINUES
America's Preparations Are Being
Speeded Up, and First Battieplanes
Are Shipped, None Too Soon—
Premier Lloyd George Sus-
tains the Program of the
Supreme War Council
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
“No
tintentions
pacific
the
believing iu the
of Russia,” and with
purpose of
longer
professed restoring peace
and order in the parts of that country
they already occupy, the
Germans Inst
week re-opened the war on the bol
shevikl., Their first advance took them
(hve Dvina and into Dvinsk and
and they
toward Petrog
ACTOSS
Lutsk
their way
thence continued on
rad, g
in nmay peisoners and large quantiries
After protesting
resumption of hostilities
Hungary joined
The move is extreme
of aris and supplies,
against the
apninst Russia, Austri
in the
‘ty
invasion,
among the socinlists of
Ger iy and the people generally of
Austria, but the Prussian militarists
have the wi
to ol
p-hand and pay little he eel
tions from others
Germans
end
large # f arships to He
landed troops to invest that great
They landed a
who had been fighting in the
also force
army, in Finland, presumably
k the bolsheviki at Tammer
Viborg.
findling his hope that
workers and peasants would
Kns
offering to
ht against those of
gp loud wail,
had de
Dr. Von Kuehl
Further
indies
Germany
too late
were strong
jonz-expected split in
of the
bolshevikl leaders
for Lenine conntermanded Trot:
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orders for hmmediate
ition. sta they were
of to announce the terns ©
had not yet
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as peace heer
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Red gus is nocessarily
{ Is raging In
parts of Russia. The holshev iki
shed their nu
Kiberin
1 Trans to have can
tured Dotalsk and advan ol far be
yon«d Rostov-on-the Don, and to have
onted the Cossacks In Astrakhan, In
and too. they claimed decided vie
over the White the
OMeianl
anid the had
with the Ronmanians
because eivi ar
many
claimed to have exstabli
ty In that part of East
1 as nikalia,
guard of
govern nt dispatches
Petrograd
made an alliance
anid that a army hal occupied
Kighinev hut that the
forces had driven them from Tiraspol
on the Duatester, The Ukrainians, on
the other hand, appealed to Germany
for help against the bolsheviki,
they asserted, had invaded their terri:
tory and burning and looting
their towns,
In the Don Cossack region the gov
ernment fostered by General Kalen-
dines wax ousted and a new republic
organized at Tcherkask by the work
men and soldiers. Kalendines commit
tod sulelde, and his successor as het.
man. General Nazaroff, ordered all
Cossacks to mobilize at once and fight
the advancing belshevikl forces, Al
together It Is a pretty mess, and no
one will envy the Germans the task
they have assumed of restoring order.
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The German and Austrian ministers,
nddressing the reichraths, expressed
the strong convietion that the pence
with Ukraine was the beginning of
peace with all Russia, but warned the
people they might he disappointed,
They explained that, In order not to
disrupt this peace and lose the chance
of getting wheat from Ukraine, they
Ukrainians
foint
holsheviki
who,
were
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could not promise that the Choim dis
trict of Poland should not
the
be given to
the new republic, as treaty pro
vided, but they pacified the
Poles somewhat by the assurance that
enraged
representatives, As for
with Great Russia, Dr. Yon
Kuehimann sald he awaiting
signed confirmation from Trotzky that
the German accepted,
These terms, not
Hie, of course
many's interests.”
I'he written confirmation of Russin's
acceptance of the peace terms, it was
Ukrainian
pence
was
terms
wholly
were
“correspond with Ger
reported, passed the German lines on
Thursday.
The soclalist members of the Aus
trian relchsrath called on the govern
ment to adopt the principles set forth
by President Wilson as a basis for gen-
eral peace and asked that negotiations
be begun quickly, They and all the
Czechs and Slavs protested violently
against the resumption of the war
against Russia, Further trouble for
fleet nt
and there
Pola, F
“ald the men of the
had mutinied,
disaffection at
Austrian ports
The United
nllies
Rintes and the entente
have declared they will reco
no peace In the East made under
nize
compulsion and hy a mere
the Russian people, one involving
Poland without
tion with Poland,
Sweden finally
that it couldn't
nor
fous consulta
A prev
made up its mind
Intervene to stop the
horrible elvil conflict“ In Finland, but
it wns expected that Germany would
» # hand in the mess
While President Wilson
ninistration show no
continuing the campaign bring
about peace by argument, they do
show an increasing realization of the
improbability of peace within a whiort
h rendy to nd
time, Possll
mit that
most to
ly they are
end swill do the
end the war At any
gneeded up
Plans
sending to
men guns
rate,
par preparations are being
in a manner that is gratifying
for
the training camps the sec
have heen completed
ond incre
ment of 500.000 men, beginning about
Mar 1. and continuing mt the rate of
10,000 men a These, It 1s he
lieved will all be taken from cof
week
148 one
1.04%)
spproximate ¥
from the
will hecome
vhich numbers
000, and million men who
twenty-one years of age
ending June 5 next
rapidity the
during the
With inereasing
the first
ta France, in
year
men of
draft are sént Across
the call of
more trans
supplies a
being
response tor
their
vosuela
them and
great number of have heen
withdrawn from trade ontside the war
zones. these being replaced hy vessels
according to n re
of neutral nations
Further relief in the myntter of trans
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te agreement with Spain, signed Thurs
day, which permits General Pershing
to purchase in Spain
blankets and other suppliss for his
troops A month ago Spain refused
to let Pershing have
but sufficlent argnment nnd
brought to hear to
change of mind
an J oe
matter of
mules, army
these materinle,
were induce a
American ship
is fairly rosy
again president, by qnick and
decisive action, put an end to the strike
In the
the prospect
The
pleasing announcement was
made that the drive for the enrollment
of 260000 shipyard workers would
bring more than the mnwmber sought,
thousands of unfon men Joining with
out restrictions as to working with nn.
organized workers
ee ye
Equally cheering was the statement
by Secretary Baker that the first
American battleplanes for Pershing's
forces alrendy had been shipped, seve
eral months earlter than had original
fy been intended. These machines are
equipped with the Liberty motor, and
from now on there will be a steady
stream of them going over, together
with the aviators and mechanics nec
essary to operate thems. From (he is
patches of correspondents In France
thes planes are sorely needed, for It
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Germans have the complete mastery
of the air above the American sector,
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succeed Sir William
are able to take observations and
make photographs almost without oo
and
position As a result, the villages o«
the
lines have been bombed repeatedly.
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In other respects Porshing's men are
holding their finely, both the In
faniry and the artillery demonstrating
their readiness to meet the
enemy If It should be
against thelr sector, This,
however, is not i
cupled by Americans back of the
own
entire
the
considered like
ly, as the Germans, if they gained ans
ground there, would place themselves
in 8 wedge where they could be nt
tacked on both sides by the allies,
Some anthorities have expressed the
same tine,
making efforts on the
Intter
his strongest
fronts. Others, and these are
by the statements of pris
oners. are sure the Hun will make his
effort at two points on the
front. Maurice, British
operations
supported
supreme
west General
director »f military said
there had been no de
velopments during the last two weeks
the German offensive
This is not In accord with
formation that has been coming
to indicate that
wns
the In
Near
ditlons and what they Indicate, It
should be General! Maurice,
Sm
Switzerland has become
over the
much
of Teutonie
exer
massing
that of
This
decided
ns was
happen (If
telgium,
Hindenburg
urn the right flank of
h arm: i the results might
for the French-Swiss front
Britizh are
To. the
1
several
ston:
forging east
nortireast +1anlem
TANCES Wer turing the week, de
and at
vithin
resistance hy the Turks
British
four miles of Jericho
ws -
Premier Lloyd-George weathered nr
other ecrisiz last week, maintaining his
anite
cos the were
n by firmness
frankness and
need and offering to resign if par
liament felt like vote
nhont
refusing him a
came
throneh his adherence to the program
adopted by the Versailles conneil for n
nified control of war operations
William
would not
circum
Sir
(ien. Sir
of staff
these
the allies
Ton, chief
hold his position In
stances. and It was given to Gen
Henry Wieson, Something of a storm
resiltod. hut the premier did not yield
He sald the
the supreme council was in accordance
with the proposal of the United States
wae almost identical with those
extension of powers of
which
Britain In this
the polley of France,
and America This satisfied
the premiers critics, though what the
program of the council Is has not heen
told to Washington
military clreles there 1s a bellef that
the decided to ztrike the en-
emy without walting for him to make
his spring drive,
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more alr raids on London
during the week, Together
they resulted In the death of 27 per
Over on the continent the allied
aviators made repeated ralds on
Treves, Thionville and other towns, as
well as on Zeebrugge. Many tons of
explosives were dropped on barracks,
rallways, airdromes and other targets,
with excellent results. In the numer.
ous alr fights the British and French
mnt
Italy
most of
(reat
ter was
the people In
council
Two
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The list of British vessels sunk by
submarines again decreased In num-
bers, bat the week's reports Included
the torpedoing of the French steam-
er La Dives In the Mediterranean on
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the allies with Director General Me
in 00 days,
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HEA SALES OF
TREASURY RECEIPTS FROM THIS
SOURCE ARE RUNNING ABOUT
$11,000,000 A WEEK.
WAR CREDITS BOARD WORK
When and Why It Authorizes Advance |
Payments to Contractors—New Com-
mittee Will Mobilize Colleges for the
Training of Troops.
(From Committees on Publle Information.)
Washington, Treasury
from War-Savings
are running at the ra
a week, Savings
receipts |
the sale of stamps
te of $11,000 .000
bank deposits in the |
last few years have been increasing at
the business
Treasury receipts show the American
people are putting thelr small
at the service of the
War
excess of prewar
lations,
Two
rate of T0000 a day.
SVINES
nation through
Savings stamps at a rate far in
savings bank accumu
billlon dollars of
gecurities will be {ssued.
all sold this year the
celve about 51,680,000 0060
end of five years the
repay the loan together with
O06 in Interest,
government
S30 ER) -
) ‘ a
war |
following
ctions and activi- |
A statement prepared by the
eredits board hb
expinnation of its ful
ties:
“When a concern that has a contract |
|
cludes the
with the war department for supplies |
has shown the board that It needs finan-
ial assistance snd has been able to
comply with the act by giving adequate
security, the board has approved an ad-
vance payment and the money has heen
received : In many instances where the
wis urgent the been
paid over to the contractor the same
day the application filed.
However, the board not act in
any sense as a bank, It Is only when
the manufacturer has reached a point
where financial assistance is needed, In
addition to his banking lines, that ap-
plication for advance payment for his
CHE money has
has been
does
goods 1s coustdered favorably by the
bos: 4d."
BE tween the time of its creation in
November and January 24
approved advances to
roe
taling $140,501.000,
the board
contraciors to
It is estimated that within the next
six months 75,000 to 100,000
be viven Intensive military
schools and or They will be
dravn from the armed fore
nation, men now in training camps of
about to be called, and registrants
ant rt the selective service law,
With a view to mobilizing the educa
men will
training in
egos
es of the
tional Institutions of the country for
this special training there has been
seer tod In the ®ar department a “com
mites on education sand special train
ing It will encourage and a
for the
needed by the several branche
aray
range
r
technical education of men
s of the
providing the
the
form of a handbook, is the
Iantest publication
information.
facts of the
in alphabetical
The cyclopedis
“War Cyclopedia”
with information on great
in the
issued hy the com
mittee on public
The salient
briefly
B00 pages
war are
form in
cone
tains a chronology of outstanding
events ranging from the murder at
Sernievo of the Archduke Francis Fer
dinand, June 28, 1914, to the British
national labor conference's approval of
President Wilson's war alms, December
20, 1017.
The volume may be obtained by ad
dressing the Committee of Public In-
formation, 10 Jackson place, Washing
ton, D. C,, and
cover cost of printing.
stated
niso
incloging 25 cents (9
While figures are not yet avaliable
on the proportionate number of §1 and
85 *mileage books being purchased for 1
use by men at the camps and canton
ments, the commission on training
enmp activities, in charge of the sale
«tates that there has been unexpected
demand for the larger books. Smileage
books selling for $1 contain 20 coupons
good for admission to camp entertain
ments : books selling for $5 contain 100
Coupons,
From five coupons are re
quired for admission to Liberty thea
tors Wit the camps, although many of
the productions are of the class w hich
command $2 prices In metropolitan |
houses,
two to
Plans for the aerial mail route be
tween Washington, Philadelphia and
New York contemplate the use of ma
chines capable of carrying 300 pounds |
of mall a distance of 200 miles without |
stop. A spevial postage rate would be |
charged not exceeding 25 cents an
ounce,
In reply to inquiries regarding the
possibility of redistilling selzed spirits
for alcohol the war department has ao: |
nounced that the small amount of alco:
hol recovered, the cost of transporta- |
tion, recooperage and redistillation |
would make the cost to the government |
greater than it is now paying. The av: |
eroge yield from confiscated liquor |
would not exceed 5 per cent of alcohol,
The war department now permits |
women to qualify ar Inspectors of
sionll arma, according to an announce |
ment by the civil service commission. |
RL tl A ll TE
After an Inspection trip to a base |
hospital, Secretary of War Baker |
made the following reply to an Inquiry
concerning hospital conditions: !
“With Surgeon General Gorgas and |
Doctor Hornsby I made this morning a |
personnl in
pection of the entire hase
hospital at Camp Meade, The hospital
is very large, fully equipped with sel
entific lnboratories and facilities, has |
nn adequate number of trained nurses |
under the supervision of a skilled su
perintendent ; its medical and surgical :
staffs are mnde up of competent men
filled with enthusiasm for thelr work. |
The hospital throughout is clean and
well eared for; there was an abun
dance of clean linen, a plentiful sup
ply of well-prepared and appetizing
food, and evidence of cons
ate attention to the patients was ma
I talked with go
ever y
large number of
none of whom knew
i found them
single complaint ¢
treatment or comfort, Doc
told m
nent
wiapntinils
morni
12 visit,
in hospital
personal
pital treatment i
8, and if 1
fliness
were to has
which required
should be perfec
content to be «ick in the base he
fied that |
attention necessary and
1 $
i satis
the
et . a - 4 i
col ortabiie condition
In England priority must be given to
¢
manufacture of
war-time boots
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mt government work. The
made of f
must be classes ©
leather and to specifications approved
by the director of raw materials; the
manufacturer must
stamp on the up
per his registered number and on the
gether with the
gole the retail price, (o
words “war
The following are examples of styles
and ric per palr: Men's heavy
shoes, $4.50 ; cits clerks’ shoes, $4 RT to
time.”
women's stout shoes £3.16 to
women's first-grade glace shoes
5 0 boy s'
, $1.87 up
) types of wartime boots. The
shoes, $2 up,
Altogether there
ols of women's shoes are not higher
than 1% In«
that artime
hes, but it 1s understood
shoes represent in all
particulars the 1 ideas
of what the public
stocks of corn In the hands of
in New England and
stern and Southern states, with the
exception of Delaware, Maryizod ant
Virginia, where surpluses pro-
. $3
are indicated by reports to
agriculture
states are said to be greater ths
before, aithough the amount of
the hands of distributors
dealers is much below normal
Most istricts in the
states Lia
Southeastern
sufficient supplies for loc: i
dealers in many pia
Mississippi, Alan
Florida have
No commodities may nov
ed from the United Stal
ed, without license
statement by the war
ary and tons
singly
made ind
enses for the export or
bullion, currepcy, evidence
f ownership of property and
of credit will be issued by
treasury department; licenses for
ther exports and imports, includ
merchandise, bunkers, ships’ sup
ete. will be issued by the war
The
caiap
director of athletics at one army
arranged a
means of determining the relative ath
has Program As a
lotic caliber of the companies in the di- |
vision. Each man is required to pass |
iit of the following tests to obtain
Jump 8 feet from a standing posi-
chin 10 times; clear a bar at 4
2 inches: throw a 12.pound shot
climb a 20-foot rope in 15 sec
dash 50 yards in 7 run
in 6 minutes; lift a 60-pound
tion ;
feet
23 feet:
ond ; seconds ;
& mun
weight
sit up
over the head with one hand;
from na supine position with a
so-pound weight suspended from the
back of the head
There is no standard recipe for “vie-
tory bread.” the only requirement be
ing that it must contain nol more than
80 ‘per cent of wheat flour, the remain
ing 20 per cent being composed of corn
meal or corn flour, rice, potato flour, or |
recommended by the
“Victory” ples
cereals
food administration,
than one-third nonwheat flour, may be
cold on wheatless days If the same
recipes are used throughout the week,
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The Hmit of time for filing Income
tax returns has been extended to
April 1.
In order to assure prompt and accu-
rate identification, the war department
has adopted a system of numbering en-
listed men of the army. The system
provides for one series of numbers,
without alphabetical prefix, for all en-
listed men. The number assigned to a
soldier will become a part of his off.
clal designation, and will never be
The annual expenditure of the Unit.
od States for candy ls approximately
$400,000,000,
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