CHOLM GIVEN
UP IN PACT
BYUKRAINE
. Polish Pressure on Austria
, ' Causes Revision of Peace
Treaty; Own People to De
cide Fate of Province
CENTRAL POWERS TQ
GET UKRAINE FOOD
Von Seydler Quotes President
Wilson on Self-Determi-nation
Plan
BASEL, Switzerland. Feb. 20.
lr; von Seydler. the Austrian pre
mier, has announced to the reich
strath representative that thj
Ukraine rada and the 'Auatro-Hun-garian
government' have signed ah
agreement ! supplementing tko
Ukraine peace treaty by which the
province of Cholm will not revert to
the Ukraine republic A, mixed com
. mission will be ar pointed to decide
its fate on race piinciples and with
regard to the wishes of the popula
- Hon. The announcement is said to
-have been applauded heartily.
.In an address to the lower house
of the reichsrath at Vienna, Dr. von
FeydJer. the Austrian premier, de
clared that under the' peace-treaty.
with the Ukraine there had been
placed at the dispotal of the central
powers the Ukraine's surplus of ag
ricultural products. This surplus,
the premier asserted, was greater
than the central powers at the most
favorable estimate could transport.
i ReydJer Defends Treaty J
- - AMSTERDAM, Febl 20. The
Austrian premier, Dr. von Seydler,
; f peaking In the reichsrath . to day,
entered Into a, long defense of the
original treaty of paee with "Ukraine
and announced a. subsequent treaty
appointing A comtt Isslon to define
the-frontier of Ukraine and Cholm
(Chetm). "V. - ,
"Th Petrograd government," he
sad, "has declared the state of war
' between Russia aid Austrla-IIun-i
gary at an end, and. so far as hu-
man, judgment can foresee, a state
of war-trill; mot agala arise between
these two countries.
"Responding to Gurman cries for
help from Esthonla nnd Livonia
Germany resolved to march rurtner
. Into rtha itnerlorjn order to save
from certain destruttion these un
happy nationals living in those pro
vinces. In foil accord with our allies
. we decided not to participate in this
military action. Que aim remains
what it was before to bring help
an speedily as possible to the Austro
Ifongarian nationals still on Rus
sian soil' . - .
20.000 PHuoner Arrive,
- ' Dr. von Seydler announced that
" 20.000 prisoners had already ar-
-Irved from Russia and that negotia
tions would be resumed with the
Petrograd government for the ex
change of prisoners. ' I
In explaining the appointment. of
the commission, the, premier declar
ed that the ruSure of Cholm would
-depend upon race principles and the
desires of the population. Russia,
he said; had demanded for its ter
ritories the rlaht of all peoples to
elf-deteratnation, even to the ex
tent of complete severance. -
"We accepted this standpoint for
the occupied territories," he contin
ued, "and all the negotiations at
Rrest-Lltovsk were conducted on
this basis. W! recognized this right
for theepoplei of Lithuania. Cour
land and Poland, and n& logical or
moral ground could be discovered
for deprtvlng the Ukrainians of th5
rihgt granted to other Russian peo
pies - , '
.-The members of the., Polish, c'nb
' .cannot deny the existence of a large
Ukrainian population in'Clfolm and
that this, nation has the right to be
heard. I go even farther and cay it
was (he duty of the Austro-Hongar-Jan
.jtoTcmmeot to ..conclude , peace
with the Ukrainians.
"What , wan secured at Bret-T,1t-
' ovsk was" pace"for the people, afld
the Austro-IIungarlan peonies woul.1
. never have understood if we hd
rejected this psaco,' or rejected the
possibility of obtaining wheat mere
ly Jaorder thaf Cholm in Its entire
ly, and unconditionally! should Call
to; Poland. "What wpald the. em-J
plre's reply have been If the foreign
Minister had returned and admitted
that he had spoiled the chances of
peace because he-pef use -to the
Ukrainian population of Cholm the
ame riaht to be heard as la pof sea
Bed by the Polish part' 54, i :, .-.
Preldnt M'Hon Quote!.
Dr. von Soydler here ouoted, pres
ident Wilson's phrase that peoples
and provinces must not be transfer
red' from oe , state of authority; to
another merely as pawns in a game,
and continued; ' - Ji u'r"
"Had we acted as the gentlemen
of the Polish club demand we should
not only have failed to conclude a
peace with Ukraine but should have
severed the delicate threads, which
may perhaps lead to a general peace
J Continued' on page 2) i
MAT
TO PENETRATE
LINE OF ALLIES
Secretary Baker Views Jm
! pending Offensive With 0
' Confidence
ENTENTE STRONGER NOW
Line Will Withstand Any
1 Shock Is General Opinion
From Abroad "
i W'ASHIXOTOX. Feb. 20. Secre
tary Baker, in his weekly commun
ique Issued today, regarda the im
pending German offensive on tho
western front line4 with a note of
confidence.
Both -the allies and the Germans,
he says, after extensive prepara
tions, silently and systematically
carried on, are ready for battle.
! By massed attacks of shock
troops, especially drilled and man
euvered for weeks for the onslaught,
Secretary Baker says. In agreement
with-expert military opinion abroad,
the German general staff hopes to
smash through.
f ' Bnt .the secretary of. war points
qut that the German high command
mnst realize It will encounter far
more difficult obstacles than any
other attack the army has hitherto
encountered. Apparently the secre
tary with much Information at bis
command which cannot be given to
the put'llc, shares the opinion of the
allied experts that the line will stand
any Gei man shock against it.
Marshfield Man A board ' '
Tuscama Among Saved
i WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Two
names were added to the roll iof
known Tuscania dead by a dispatch
tonight to the war department. They
are Sidney W. Bernett, Marshfield,
Or., and Eugene W. Snyder, tRimrock.
Wash. Both had been listed here
tofore among the unreported of. tho
American soldiers otr board the linen
when she was torpedoed. ,
H;;-; : ' . '
Mare Island Navy Yard
i Is Given Wage Increase
1 1 VAJXKJO. , Cal., Feb. 2 0 Increase-
Jn ,waae3 from 10 to 15 per
cent for workers in all trades, and
helpers, employed at the Mare Island
navy yard, were authorized Jn advices'-
received here tdday from
Wash inn ton. z: :
The increase. It was reported,, be
comes effective .on February 24, nd
It is said, places the wage schedale
at the navy yard on a par. with that
in force in the private ship yards cn
this. coast hiving tl Highest; wage.
In addition to the increase the
plan of giving workers thirty dav
leave vfith pay wos to be continued.
It was announced.
Total vf Americans
j 'l Lost on Tuscania 204
5 I.ONDON, Feb. 20. Two hundred
and four Americans lost their lives
on the Tuscania, according to the
latest figures received at army head
quarters. . ''
Of this total there have been Iden
tified and burled 'three ef fleers and
137 men; unidentified buried, one
officer i and 3 1 men ; missing (Pre
sumably went down with the Ship,
32 men. - : ." '- ':''-.
STATE GRANGERS
WILL GOME HERE
Commercial Club May Stage
Farmer' Week in Con- .
nection With Event
The Marlon County Pomona
grange' and the Salenr Cornmerela4
club are making preparations' for
the entertainment here the latter
pan of May of the state, convention
of 'the Oregon grange, which will
hbld;through four.daysJ The exact
dates have not been set. IB connec
tion Avlth the event the commercial
club-Is eonsidering a farmers' week
program. " :
t a .nmmlltpft rueetlnz yesterday
afternoon announcement wa made
that the hall of i representatives ai
the state house ,has been tendered
for the use of 4he convention. On
the first nisht of the convention the
commercial club "will glve.a Hoover
tzed bannnet to the deleaates vjhere
the governor and other prominent
men of tho trVs will be invited to
speak'. The clnb will keep from fifty
to..Msenty-rir automobiles at the
disposal of the delegates . for, use
when the convention Is - not Jo
session. .-.-;. '
Badges for delegates-will lo don
ated, hy the Pheasant Northwest
Products company.- The devle will
to a Tibboa of appropriate color and
Inscription and -a loganberry. , s
v.-
LAST DAYS
OF U-BOAT
Officials! Point to Successful
Campaign Against Submar
ine With More Government
and Neutral Ships
SHIPPING BOARD CHART
SHOWS UPWARD TREND
Confidence Is Expressed in
Ability to Add 4,000,000
' Tons in 1918
, WASHINGTON, Feb. ?0. Over
seas ship tonnage available to Ameri
ca and the allies passed Its low point
about February 1 several weeks ear
lier than shipping experts had pre
dicted. ;
Officials 'believe the upward curve
will continue' until the war is ended
unless difficulties now now foreseen
are encountered.
In support of this, belief attention
vi&s called to tday to the satisfactory
results obtained in the campaign
against enemy submarines, to the
fact tbat government ships now are
coming from American yards, and to.
the progris of negotiations for neu
tral vessels to 'be used in the non
hazardous trades to release other
shipping for overseas canying.
i. Estimates Are Unchanged.
When experts first plotted the
curve of the. tonnage supply, taking
Into consideration the greatest suc
cess of submarines and all posslbl?
contingencies In the domestic situa
tion, they found that the number of
vessels available for transporting
troops and for feeding ' the allies
would be lower toward the end of J
this month than at any other period.
Just how close to the danger point
that would be. they did not care-to
say. Knowledge that the Germans
sank about 6,000,000 tons of ships
in 1917, nearly three times as much
as was produced In Great Britain' and
the United States, did not change
their, ettlmates. '
For the last three weeks the charts
of the shipping board have shown a
steady upward trend. Officials think
that from now-on new factors -wJU
aid rather than retard the efforts to
put more ships into service. Chief
of these will be the restriction , of
Imports, made effective February 16,
the results of which will not be nottc
able for weeks yet. As more ships
are needed they will bo withdrawn
from" the neutral trade and comerce
with those countries curtailed to that
extent.
Officials declined. to say what was
tho dominating factor, in checking
the decline In available ton n a ire, but
H. Is well known : that optimistic
opinions are. held regarding the anti
submarine campaign. Despite labor
troubles, confidence is expressed that
the goal of 4.000.000 'tons of ship
ping will be bujlt In this country
this year. Sailing vessels, of which
there are 2,500.00 under the Ameri
can flag, are being put into the coast
wise and other trade, to release the
faster steamers for ,trans-Atlant!c
service. '
Germany Demands Peace -Cabinet
for Rumania
LONDON, Feb. 20. It Is asserted
that on being asked by Rumania that
he allow1 the proper time for the
formation of a new Rumanian cabi
net, Field i Marshal von Mackensert,
the German commander In Rumania,
replied dictatorially that he expected
the cabinet to be formed within 4
hours, and that It was to Include no
statesmen conspicuously hoctlle to
ward Germany or Austria. ,
110 Persons Perished
As French Steamer Sank
; PARIS, , Feb. 20.- One hundred
and ten persons "perished when the
steamer Dives was torpedoed In the
Mediterranean on February 1. ac
cording to an official anouncement.
The attacking submarine was not
seen. i .-'
Salvation A rmy Barracks
Burn; Two Men Perishl
iNEW YORK, Feb. 21. The bodies
of two men, inmates of the barracks,
were found in the rnins 'of the -building.
an4 the 'lives of 120 men and
women were imperiled early this
morning when fire wrecked the Sal
vation army barracks on Fourteenth
street, and the officer tralnpg
school for men whtt-h adjolas it.
Clyde Rupert Convicted
on Charge of Stealing
PODTiIaXD. Feb. 20. ClyJe J.
Rupert, formerly gTiard in' the North
western National bank, wss convict
ed by a Jury In the circuit court to
nijcht of the tbe of $5000 worth of
liberty bonds from the bank. The
theft was committed two months ago.
IN PROSPECT
wilson
OPPOSE HIGHER
PRICE OF WHEAT
Disturbance in, Fixed Prices
of Food Administration
Claimed
$2.20 BASIS IS FAVORED
Full Influence of Executive to
Be Used to Check Pro
posed Measure
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The
full Influence of the administration
will be used if necessary to prevent
enactment of bills pending in con
gress to Increase the prlc4 of wheat.
This became known tonight from
an a nthoritatlve source. Opposition
to tf measures, another of wljch
was introduced today by Represent
ative Heiverine- of Kansas, Is based
on the eround I that, their passage
would unset the entire wheat, and
bread program of the food adminis
tration, worked , out in reat detail
and that President Wilson already
has full authority to readjust the
price If it is found advisable.
Wheat is selling now on a basis of
$2.20a bushel and the price is main
tained by heavy government pur
chases for the army and navy and
for the all'es. The food administra
tion has worked out a scale of prof
Its for millers and distributors of
flour on this basis and bread Is sell
ing at a fixed price.
In enacting the food control law
congress placed an arbitrary minl-
m
mm price of t2 a bushel on next
season
mason's crop.'' This is the price that
the bills offered seek to Increase
The 20 cents difference between the
price of last year's yield and this
year's crop was fixed in large meas
ure to draw wheat from tto farms
before the new crop is marketed.
FRENCH CAPTURE
400 PRISONERS
Heavy Attack Made on Ger
man Line in Lorraine Over
Wide Front
PARIS. Feb. 20. French detach
ments 'msde a heavy, attack on the
Germans In Lorraine today,' entering
the German lines ovei; a large front
and capturlna; more than .400 pris
oners, according to the war office
announcement tonight. ' 1
Quarrel Arises; Stockman
Kills Another, Surrenders
BAKER, Or., Feb. 20 Alex Mc
Gue, aged 35 years, was shot and
Instantly killed today by Fritz Rader,
a wealthy stockman, at Long Creek
in Grant county. Rader immediately'
telephoned to the sheriff at Canyon
City and surrendered himself. The
men are declared to have quarreled
over the lease oC land.
Government of Italy
Adopts War Insurance
6 ...I, ii.-
ROMR, Feb. 20. The Italion gov
ernment haa followed the example
of the United States in instituting
a system of war insuranre. A decree
Just issued provides that all Italian
soldiers of combatant grades - shall
in future obtain, at the state's ex
pense, life insurance policies at the
National Assurance Institute of from
ZOO to 1000 lire, payable at once to
their heirs- In I case of death or to
f nrvlvors In thirty years' time.
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RATE
SALEM TO PORTLAND ADJUSTED
BY AGREEMENT MADE YESTERDAY
An agreement was made lwtween
the Pacific Telephone tk Telegraph
company and the public service com
mission at a hearing in Portland
yesterday whereby for a two-number
caTT, the -former rate 6f 23 cents for a
three-minute conversation and 10
cena fof each additional minute will
prevail between Salem and Portland.
This was suggested to the company
by -the commission as one step to
eliminate d incriminatory rfltes. Sim
ilar suggestions were made and ac
cepted relative to some otfier cities
and towns.
By the. new airline rates that went
Into effect the first of the year the
rate between Salem and Portland
was raised from 23 cents to 30 cents
on this kind of call and .fbr particu
lar person calls the rate was raised
from 25 cents to 33 cents for the
first minute. 1
AMERICANS
AT MERCY OF
United States Officers at
Front Urge Speedy Ap
pearance of Large Numbers
of Airplanes for Quick Use
BOCHE FLIGHTS MADE
LIKE PLEASURE TOURS
Altitude Too High for. Effec
tive vDefense by Anti
Aircraft Guns
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 20. Control of the
air In the American sector belongs to
theienemy. Any officer at the front
will make this declaration all have
made It. The control Is obvious.
German arplanes come and go over
the American lines almost at will.
Every time the Germans come over
their path , the sky is , specked by
fleecy shrapnel puffs but the chances
of hitting an airplane with anti-aii-craf
t shells are so remote that the
enemy aviators calmly fly. along ai
If on a pleasure tour. Every now and
then airplanes of this side attack the
enemy. They always do this when
the get a chance. But the boche Is
clever while flying and manages to
come over and take pictures, make
observations and do whatever else
he desires and then calmly sail home
without interruption. Nearly always
he is at an altitude of about 3000
meters, where he Is comparatively
safe from anti-aircraft fire and
knows It. ' '
It Is not permitted to name any, of
ficers of the American expeditionary
force. It is not permitted to quote
them If both were allowed it would
be possible to carry a message frpm
virtually every officer at .the frnt
urging a speedy appearance of large
numbers of American airplanes with
American pilots. V :
There Is only one way to wrest
control of the air from the enemy,
that Is to fight him for it in the
sky and relieve him of it by force of
overwhelming numbers..
Right now if the Germans knew
American airplanes were waiting tor
them every time they came over the
line, their trips would be less fre
quent. Neither would they dare to
attempt such a bold piece of work .as
when they recently flew oyer the line
In an airplane disguised with the al
lied red, white and blue bull's eye
marking and cut loose With a ma
chine gun on American soldiers In
tho trenches.
If there had been American planes
near by the chances of the German
getting back home after such a trick
would be small. And It Is extremely
doubtful, officers say If they ever
would have tried It.
An officer also will say that the
safely of individual soldiers depends
on keeping -the enemey ' from doing
as he pleases overhead. For days the
Germans have been flying over cer
tain towns where American troops
have been resting after periods in
the trenches. One or twice these
daylight observation tours have been
followed the same night by visits by
enemy bombing planes. I
So free and unrestricted are the
German airmen taht in some towns
the commands are lender strict orders
to disappear under cpver the moment
a German airplane is sighted.
Moreover, ; officers say, more and
more German planes are appearing
in- the sky and in various quarters
there Is a growing belief that these
are the first machines that the Ger
mans have been building feverishly
to offset -he large number of ex
pected American airplanes In accord
ance with plans announced in the
United States.
Whether this belief is true or not,
f Continued on page 6.)
Because' of necessary readmit
nienfs to be made the commission
rescinded the new airline rates early
this month for purposes of further
investigation and the hearing yester
day was on the basis of the Investi
gations that followed. .Several rises
of inequality were found la the; In
vestigation. Some of . these are fem
cdled by the agreements entered Into
yesterday while others arc yet ynder
advisement. 1 I
i T. llu!elle, consulting engineer
of "the public service ff-omftnasion,
who has moved his offices lato the
Masonic temple, returned from Port
land lost night after attending the
hearing. He reports that ths sepslon
was exceedingly torrid at times.
Commissioner Buchtel flayef.the tel
ephone company severely fo the sys
tem used in timing conversions.
HUNS1M
BRITISH SUCCESS
IN AIR SETBACK
TO HUN PRELUDE
Scouting Before Great Offen
sive Remarkably Hamper-
0
fd Is Keport
MAURICE HAS COMMENT
German Move ta Give Up
Poisonous Gas Interests
Entente Allies
LONDON. Feb. 20. Major Gen
eral Frederick B. Maurice, chief di
rector of military operations at .the
British war office, said today there
had been no developments on th
west front during tke past fortnlhs't
io indicate teat the German offen
sive was near. One of the rnont
satisfactory features of the work of
me iwo weeks in the west had been;
the continued British successes in
the air, which had great importance
as the preliminary to any battle
oeneral - Maurice added that
LLiriusn air predominance hampered
me enemy tremendously In eainlnz
Information which was required by
uim oerore any important battle.
With regard to Palestine Gerferal
Maurice said the develonments of
the past week offered a promising
field for further development.!
"General Allenby." h'e added, "ha
advanced in the direction of Jeri
cho and now stands on the last main
ridge overlooking the valley of tho
nyecjpiraan. , i
'Since January 1, General Maurice
said, the i Germans have carried out
five air raids on England, of . which
two were abortive. During the same
period the British carried out thir
teen raids Into Germany all of which
naa denmte results.- -:
. Discussing the efforts of the Ger
f mans to have the Geneva convention
arrange for a discontinuance of the
use of poisonous gas. General Mau
rice asserted that the entente would
be glad to give up tbia gas If It were
possible to. get any guarantee that
Germany would be bound by any
promise or agreement to do like
wise. -
General Maurice, speaking of -thai
poisonous gases, said: 1
"It was In April. 1915, that tie
Germans made a surprise attack on
the- French and British at Ypres
with gas which hitherto was a pro
hibited weapon in war. Naturally
we had no defense ready against it.
The French had to retire and a Ca
nadian division only saved fpres by
desperate and costly flghtSig.
"Afterwards the Germtfis .repeat
ed their gas attack at varfous times,
but our defensive measures were
rapidly developed and these attacks
were less effective. ,
"Meanwhile, we bejn to develop
the use of gas on ourl,de a-s.a coun
ter measure. Our chemists got to
work and did to we1 that today we
have attained distinct superiority
over the Germans, both In the dead
liness of our ga on -the offensive
and its effect In cur defensive ass
ures.' It was nof untiUwe won this
superiority that .they started a pro
paganda for 4hi discontinuance of
GLENN'UNRUH
IS CANDIDATE
' ' ' ' 't ' - . ; -if-'' ' ' "
Attorney Announces That He
WiV Make Run for Jus
tice of the Peace
Glevn E t'nruh. member of -the
law f frm of Unruh & Macy, yester
day rpade announcement of his can
didacy for Justice of the peace for
the falem district. Mr. Macy Is a
Republican and will go before the
votrs for nomination at the pn
maies in May.
Aside from a seat In ihe city
coincil of which he is now a mem
brr, Mr. Vnruh has never held pub
lic office. He has practiced-Jaw in
Bllem for eight years.. He Is a grad
uate of the law college of Wlllant-
Mtte university and has the bachelor
Fof arts degree from the Williamette
university college of liberal arts.
V 'Boats Stnk Fifteen
' British Merchantmen
LONDON. Feb. 20. British mer
chantmen sunk by mine or submarine
in the past week numbered fifteen.
according to an admiralty statement
Issued tonight. Of these twelve were
of 1600 tons or over, and three were
under that tonnage.
One fishing craft was also, sunk
Tho arrivals at ports in the United
Kingdom for the week numbered
2322; sailing 2293.
Eleht vessels were unsuccessfully
attacked.
The sinkings for the past week
show a slight diminution from the
previous week, when nineteen mer
chantmen were suuk, -thirteen of
J which were of tnoro than 1600 tons
and six under that tonnage,-
I - .
HUM ADVANCE
INTO RUSSIA
NOT CHECKED
Teutons Enter Southern Es
thonia, Take Prisoners,
Guns, and Roll up Vast
Quantities of Booty
SLAV PEACE DESIRE
i WHOLLY OVERLOOKED
Hostilities Disappoint Aus
trian Populaces-Russian
Chaos Bloody
(Bu Th Awociated I'mi)
The German -invasion of Russia
continued unimpeded. ,
Apparently there Is to be no ces
sation In the eastward-march of the
ebemy until the Russian Bolshevik
government entirely slakes tho
thirst of the Teutons for a peace
"which corresponds with our inter
ests," as expressed hy the German
foreign minister.
Southern Esthonla ..has been en
tered by troops, from German war
ships', in the Oulf of Rijta' or frour
Moon or Deuel island, lyjng off tho
shore, and a base established, from
which -operations may be carried on
against Reval. an important port on
the Gulf of Finland.' northeast and
east of Ovinsk the penetration
along the railroaJ lines - leading to
Petrbgrad. and Smolensk, at last ac
counts ' had reached more than
twelve miles, end thence southward
to Southern folhvnla, the invasion -was
jn - progress over wide areas,
with the 0' takln; prisoners
and" guns.-rolling stock and other
booty In apge Quantities. The line
over which the Germans are ope
rating, from Southern Esthonla to
Lutsk. Is more than 500 miles In
length. ;.:
, Jeoe IeIre OrrlookeI.' 0-
cant heed has been taken by the
military authorities of .Cermany of
tae-frantic announcement of a desire
n the part of the Bolshevik govern
ment for a peace on Germany's
terms.
In the relchstag the German for
eign minister has volubly announced
his distrust In Russia's pacific In
tentions andN declared that Germanr
herself must see to It that peace and
order prevail in the occupied re
gions of her eastern frontier.
As a sonr to those of the Donhlarn
of Germany who are opposed to Ger
many making, further war against
Russian howetrer.Lthe forelan minis
ter said Germany still was ready for
a peace Jn the east which would
protect German interests.
Not alone in Germany but alnn In
Austria-Hungary the recent recom
mencement of hostilities is unpopu
lar with the nurses, who, tired of
the war, had honed that with the
debacle in Russia a general peace
was nearer. Prominent newspapers'
In both Cermanv 'and in Austria
Hungary evince dlsapoplntment over
the new phase In the situation and
eeveral of the most, influential Jour
nals desire to know, who was respon
slble.fr it. The newspapers In tho
dual monarchy are unanimous
against their country making further
war against Russia.
Rossi CJHppel by Teutons.
Nevertheless for the nresent at
least all seems dark so far as Russia
being able to loose herself from the
rlp of the invader is concerned.
Meantime she is still In the throws '
of civil war, and. a3ded to that.Jias
another widespread - ahti-Semltlc
movement ta contend with. Swedish
advices are to the effect that there
has been a return to, the old-time
practice of carrying out massacres
against the Jews. Bloody pogroms.
are declared to have been commit
ted In uublln JlaspWoff. Tiraspol
and other totrrs.
On the battlefront no hi engage
ments have been fonaht. although in
Palestine the British operating
against the Turks have pushed for
ward tlf lr lines on a front of fif
teen miles east of Jerusalem and se
cured much desired positions. The
advance was to a depth of two miles.
On the' fronts In France Belgium
and Italy, only bonjhardments an.!
minor Infantry operations are in
prORrens. - ' -
--'British- airmen - are continuing
thelrjjntenslve operations against
Germ-in positions behind the battle
Aiacp. Naval airmen- attain have
boiybed submarine bases, airplane
cairips. docks and other military
works of the Germans along tbti
North sea coast. ...
.- Original Peace Message Kent.
Petrograd, Feb. 20,. A Russian
official statement aays that a mes
senger from Petrograd Is being sent
to Dvlnsk today with 'the original
peace message which' was slg-ned by
Premier Lentne and Foreign Minister
Trotzky. ' The statement reads:
"Tod'ay.Ttuesday, at 7 p. m., a
reply has been received by the
Tnarskoe-Selo station from Geenrsl
Hoffman to the wireless mesnace -f
the council of ( peoples' commlssarlc-!.
which says: - ,
"To. the ronncil of peoples'; coih
missaries: A 'wirtless tnet&KZ'!
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