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k « LABOR SPEAKS OUT •, • —•— / ■ AMERICAN FEDERATION LOYAL IN WAR ON PRUSSIANISM HOLDS UP WILSON’S AIMS Statenicmt is Issued From National Headquarters Showing Attitude of Country’s Working Men in Con- flirt Against tierman Effort t4» Control the World By Force. American labor’s indorsement of war aims as stated by President Wilson and recognition that the war against Prussianism is a working man s war is recorded in a declara tion issued Sunday night by the exe cutive council of the American Fed eration of Labor at the close of a seven day session at headquarters in Washington. Fololwing is the text of the dec laration: ‘•V\e are face to fase with a world crisis. We are in a world struggle which will detefhtine fqr the immedi ate future whether principle demo cratic freedom or principles of force »hall dominate. The decision will de termine not only the destiny of na tions but of every roYnmunity and of every Individual. No life will be untouched *’Either the.principles of free do* morracy or of Prussian mllttariatie ^autocracy will prevail. There can be no new promises Ho there can be no neutrality among nations or indl- «tduai* we mast stand up and be counted with one cnuse or the other | For labor there Is hut oue course. The hope of la hoc lies In oppor | t unity foe freedom The o or hers of I America util not permit t hem selves I into thinking the fnte of the one | will not vital!? change owe own lltoa I A victory for Germany would mean a pan Oermaa empire dominating | Europe end oner rising n world be! ance of pooee whtrh German? will •oeh to ostotsd by foeco into world root rot Fro*"too role useooi • herb*, nofvosahmo •• • of Me 4 Frwtomnism hoe lie roots to the old ftdeoi eodee wbferh moo sought to role by •spprotema the miode and ottl> *4 tbelr fetloos M btlgkr* tbo Oeo ftdeoi of gossewmeot WMhoOl force or rboioo pofMftrot or ftodun- prolectod b? pordocf freedom for nit Poteen tbo rorooeteortioo shall •woo coma from tbo Ooeoaon oorbars eitbio ihot rowoiry N In noo pftoia that nn eogortnotvy fto oprwt tbo as* Or tee ef force eft! esuno oof? o boo deohsreor? boa defeo'ad a eta* erne? to ibe military Gold nod oftoa tbo rtgbt to roromsfroet rolotftooa be?osen noliooo aod moo "■'Tbr peosw poetey* bosoeew It os •40 eoaf In ~mao| base afftaaoO the fw* •m«« *4 dftpbooalftr wogxeftoflbaw* oss* tM tVoMieo mlMaibOs ore comitwr* •ad Ibry coo Osg »oprctip» iftaese • ill mm I be 9^4 ad Ibr wosdd. FofOO Is tbo boeta of tbelr abate oegoaiao Hoo and Is tbo only srgemoot tbe? a ill nodoretnod Opootanswe* spcto* tags In German? In proteet agatnat the mihta* >•' sotrrnmeut bate •boon that the German government le still stronger thsn the moveoieot for Oor* man emancipation German freedom is ehimatet? the prsshlem of the Gor man people Bet the defeat of Prus sia autocracy on the battlefield will , bring no opportunity for German lib erty at borne "We have passed the period when nay one nation ran maintain ttg freedom Irrespectively of other na tions . . . The fetere of free nations will depend upon their joint ability to devise agencies for dealing with their common affairs so that the greatest opportunity for life, liberty and pursuit of happiness may be as sured to all "This matter of world democracy Ip not a sect or a party. It represents the Invincible desire for greater op portunity of the masses of all na tions. Labor Is the brawn, skill’ and brains of society. It Is the user of tools. Tools under the creative pow er of muscle and brain shape the materials of civilization. Labor makes possible every great forward move ment of the world. “But labor is inseparable from physical and spiritual life and prog ress. Labor now makes it possible that this titanic struggle for demo cratic freedom can be made. “The common people everywhere are hungry for wider opportunities to live. They have shown their will ingness to spend or be spent for an ideal. They are in this war for ideals. Those ideals are best expressed by their chosen representative in a mes sage delivered to the congress of the United States January 8, setting forth the program of the world’s peace. “President Wilson’s statement of war alms has been unreservedly in dorsed by British organized labor. It is in adequate harmony with the fundamentals indorsed by the Buf falo convention of the American Fed eration of Labor. “We are at war for those ideals. Our first big casualty list has brought to every home the harass ment and the sacrifices of war. This is only the beginning. A gigantic struggle lies just ahead and will test to the uttermost the endurance and the ability and the spirit of our peo ple. That struggle will be fought out in the mines, farms, shops, mills, shipyards as well as on the battle field Soldiers and sailors are help less If the producers do uot do their part Every liah in the chain of the mohtUaetioa of tho fighting force and nirssnary supplies Is indispensa ble le winning the war against milt- lanesa and principles ef infrssdsm The verbs? Ihnf fnsises (he rte- m betiding the ship Is pert in the trenches. This Is a time when all workers must soberly face the grave impor tance of their dally w f ork and decide Industrial, matters with a conscience ihindful of the world-relation of each act. “The problem of production, indis pensable to preventing unnecessary slaughter of fellow, men,* is squarely up to all workers-aye, to employees and employers. ^ . . Willing cooper ation comes' not only from doing justice but from receiving justice. . Justice begets peace. Considera tion begets cooperation. These condi tions are essential to war produc tion. Production is necessary to win the war. “Upon the government and upon employers falls the preponderance of responsibRity to—securing greatest efficiency from workers. .. . . “Give workers a decent placet to live, protect them against con ditions to tak® «B their wages for bare existence, give them agen cies whereby grievances can be ad justed ami industrial justiee as sured, make it plain that their labor counts in the winning of the war for greater freedom, not for private profiteering, and workers can he confidently expected to do their part. Workers are loyal. Tliey what to do their share for the republic and for winning the war. “This Is labor's war. It must be won by labor and every stage in the fighting and the final victory must be made to count for humanity. That result only can Justify the awful sarrlflrej “We present these matters to the workers of free America, confidently relying upon the splendid spirit and understanding which has made pos sible present progress to enable us to fight s good fight snd to estab- I llsh principles of freedom through* I out the whole world We regret that I rirru vast a urea make Impossible eon- I tlBUous rloae personal relations be- I tween tbe workers of A me r Ira and ibo«e of tbe allied countries . . . Tbstf raese and parpoee are oar rsuee sad purpose We ran not meet «Ith representatives of those wbo are aligned against ua ta this world war for fradorn, bnt we bope the? will •weep awa? tbe barriers «hkb they bave raised be«ueew us Freedom and «be downfall el anterrary must come Hi middle Europe We doubly weft- reme tbe rbnnge If N r ernes I breath tbe workers *f those rowutries Wblte this war abed lest we sbefl bn worbtng and figbtine shoul der in abeulder wHb fellow wort ere of Grant Bahrain France and | ft si? We ash tbe u or hers of Bus I sra to mobe common rawse e tih os • for oor purpose is tbelr purpose. ' that flnelt? tie freedem losers ef ' all eeuetrteu mu? me he tbe world HOLD FRONT LINES 11 INTO RUSSIA AMERICANS HAVE IMPORTANT POSITIONS WITH FRENCH TAKE OVER NEW TRENCH AEETS NO RESISTANCE GERMANS RESUME INVASION OF PROSTRATE COUNTRY DRY DOCK FOR CHARLESTON Pershing’s Men Now Fight on Three Sectors—Stories of Their Activity Come From Headquarters of French and American Armies— Germans Catch on to Signals and Tap Telephone Wires. American troops in France now are in battle on three sectors—on their own line east of St. Mihiel and with the French in Cham pagne ami on one of the most fam ous battle fronts in the world, where ruined villages ami the devastated, country generally tell- the tale of hard fought battles when the Germans pushed for ward their line and ultimately were driven back by the French. A dispatch from French headquar ters says: “American and French troops for several days back bave been holding in unison the front line trenches on one of the most famous battlefields of the war, the name of which .is known throughout the world. The tnimedidie Impression gained In conversation with both Teutons 1 . Ciirry Out Threat <|f Gen. Hoffman and Itesume Hostilities —Bolslicviki Power Now Menaced By Hostile Factions (hi All Sides —Bloody Fighting Within Kus«ia. With Austria insisting upon the role of innocent bystander in the eastern war, which was renewed at noon Saturday, Germany resumed the invasion of the Russian coast prov inces and .took-steps, it is reported, toward a hard and swift blow at Pe- trograd in an attempt to crush bol- shevikism with the force of arms. All that Austria will do hereafter in a military way in the east, appar ently authentic advices state, is to “protect her communications with the Ukraine,” which means to protect the transportation of Ukrainian food into the starving Hap4burg domains. A( last accounts, sent shortly af ter the armistice expired at noon. German troops were sweeping north ward from the Klga-Frledrichstadt front. Into Livonia i<U**r!or and to ward Esthonia both provinces the I it l1 Hf 1> . l>t | South Carolina City Gels Second Dockyard at $1,000,000 Secretary Daniels has recomihend- ed to congress that ah appropriation of $4,000,000 be made for the con struction of an additional dry dock at the Charleston navy yard. Previ ous estimates had placed the amount necessary for this purpose at $1,150,-' ooo. This recommendation is in line with the story carried in The State two or three days ago that the largo amount of $2,000,000 and possibly more from tlie urgent deficiency ap propriation bill would be available at an early date for the development and rehabilitation of the port of Charleston. This is the first item of the $2,- 000,000 which has been specifically recommended to congress for imme diate use, and the other items will be named from time to time as the general plan of building at (Char leston Is revealed. The fact that' Charleston Is to have another large dry dock, since Congressman Whaley secured enough money last year in the naval ap propriation bill to give deep water In the Cooper river, shows the scale qpon which government work is to be done there in the near f.uture. While of first importance to Char leston. the matter of developing tbe port under present circumstances is of international consequence. NEW WAR IN RUSSIA - ♦ —: GERMANY FINDS NEW TROD* ' BLES ON EASTERN FRONT ■' ♦— - PLOTS WITH NEUTR4LS CONCEDE WAGE INCREASE demand for annexation of which AMirUMlWrtM I hr prare p.rl.v. .ith .hr rmy tide bjr .Id* I. Ih.A r.dit.l. Thr mam Et.rr. ta proceeding along the way Mime intt mile* d t< lerate with the »ag< la not only of fighting force* but of firm purpt»*e to win victory by mu tual aid. “There I* only one rrlttrl«m to b* made in connection with tbe Ameri* i run*." raid a dlatingutahed French officer to th* • «<>cfyfpondent who •pent a whole da> among tbe Amer ican* bolding i h# line They are too auilou* to get at grip* with the enemy * * . ~ ♦ »'"hi j American officer* confirmed thH. deciuriag that tbelr chief trouble • *• In rentrain tbelr men II ft* Inadvisable In designate the I ,h ** •** * ll# * lo unit* confronting the German*. bnl|*° ^ranmnnl. inn <dnctrnuann snnrd* all tbe men are bending In tbelr M* 1 **m«md * ponerful fleet of tn*k and tbe? are anatee* In fca, # ]mlne aneeper* nan Id be aeeded. hoe- Head* Admit Witrkrr* Should Ik* Better l*akl Tbe neceaelty for Increased wage* for railroad employee* wa* conceded l»e||e\e«| to Riga \ oik I . Thrrvr a ihtf»te».!« railroad run* at 'Monday b> reprctentatlv* <« of a ma I mo*t due north ro Fetrograd. anoth I Jorttv of tbe rallr«iad* of tbe United er 2'*u mile* German *ea force* j tttatea appearing for tbe firat time entrance of the Ftnnl«b gulf bef**?* tbe government a railroad ouimDaion, Tbey raid tbey I came iwn to oppa ! employee*, but n and drive, From Dago I •land king sln«e run varied into a German naval ba*e. I tbe German fleet that Invaded Ibr | Gulf of Ktga Ju*t before Kereu*ky‘a I tbe coat of living ha# tarreaaad and downfall, would bave a distance of mmntlralon b? “Of fir lala •r n*«iur*»t« of the merely to aid tbe giving Information no evidence that tba tbe low paid man need* ***.*t- aa«e daring Ibe war,** declared J W lllggiaa. etarnllva secretary of the Western A •aortal Ion of Mali* I itmntely ua knew that the? and determined in ntmaet tbe dot Ian aafo fee a free BlIY AMERICANS bee L *» Mew* I night a •••• after | tbe dfoMinr. 1*1 tftrtim* ef ib* III , I fated Tberanfta bad been fold in met at different point a an tbe fowl t tab I cwnat TWae were divided an fol ! k>w* Americana. Ill Identified and | i tbftffp-tbree nnldenttfied even fwnr I td* at lifted nnd tbeee an identified l Wat abipyard Tbe enatern abipyard atrtpe bewngbt tna notable rootrtbottone nn Ibe aobjrci of labor nnd tbe war Frealdent W'lftaon declared “ablpa are abanlntely nereuaary far tbe winning of tbtu nar.** that tbe atribera were In * pnlnful root mat 4 in other worb- era. and were giving aid and com (art and the people at bn are evil eatlefted perform In Iboir befwen them ~*TeH tbo borne fnlb tbnt on are bappy In be in tbe figb<tog \ tbe wnrb U hard and tr? , ng bnt that la nby ne are been Nntbtag enw^d fodera n* In Wove B until tbe ;**a la fin* tab ad and tbe German* are beaten Herb, la anbarnnen. are tbe ea- pea**km* of dneene of Amarbrnn •enefn enm eaeevfng nn Ml tbe ac •eat f.tbtiag Bne A 4tapedrh from tba Amnelrnn nr* m? ante [ Flneeu nbnvn tbe Germane have been tappiag tbe Amec Won tel rpboee linen el tbe front bave been dtoroeered and etepe bave been Vnb- ea m pea vent tbeee neenrrenrea agnfo I new lei Inn bne been found •craped off at a certain number ef Plata* nbece tbe enemy boa been Ikrteoftag m (foe ewemv nice ectnnll? waa found a tint bed tn an Amertrnn wire ! and running not aerma N«* Man * j Land ieat bow tbie waa ipiiebed M ta not permitted tn din alt bong b among tbe men tbe , talb of "up? bant* TbH lapping of wire* at | rau*ed ewavtdarable temporary in*; convenience flrtHlnu* name* being ' need nn ibe telephone linen, for t placee and offlrnvw A me r Ira a wire* frenaentty bave been connected lu some way wltb thoae of tbe enemy and one oreaeton an Am*I linn Uf ever, tn clear tbe entrance of ibe Flnniab gulf At K fonetadt tlaa ibe bulb ef Buw»ia*t Baltic flant. bot tled up alnce tbe Inea of Oenel. (laga and Mona lala ad* Frertaely Hi w bat •Info af defense tbnt fleet now |p nn one vent urea even tn gnean Omln- of a a?* »peaklug foe tbe Waelern die* Teutonic Empire, Abandoned By It* Allioi in New Effort Againat Bol- sheviki, Turns to Neutrals With I’romiNe* of FikmI and Territory— Poland (’omen Into Forefront of Iliaaatlsf action. . ^ Over the prostrate body of tbe new born republic of Finland, bath ed in the blood orgies of the Red Guards, Germany proposes to leap at the throat of Bolshevikism while Hindenburg takes his last cbance on land in the west. Ah indispensable Instruments in this, the kaiser’s boldest dream, re vealed by the events of tbe laat 72 hours, Germany needs Sweden, the largest and militarily the beat equip ped of the Scandinavian klngdoma. She needs further the goed will and probably the active aid of Norway, lienmark and Holland To Sweden she holds oat as an alluring prise the Aland Islands - once Swedish and for decade* a boas of contention between Stockholm and I'etrograd —with yontrol and exploi tation of “Independent** Finland thrown In for good measure. Tba other aeutrala she mean* to buy wltb large part of tbe Ukrainian food just contracted for in tbe pact wltb tbe rada All Sweden baa bees for reported astir over tbe tide of Guard (error sweeping nearer nearer (Waadiaavta flooding tba Aland lafoa Powerful influence* are at warh trying ta ih* gtorbbolm govv vena Tl»u* far Hwm ly refused ta listen la tbeee ifoiaa know tag that isterveatfoa would uF align tbe ar**em • n41 ••*•*4 ' t’CNirad. m Federation of LAbor declared “this Is labor's war'* and “must be eon by labor.* After saying President Wilson’s war alms were In “adequate barm rmy ’ with the vlewa of the Fed eration tbe atatement continue*: “Give workers a decent place to live, protect them against condi tions to take all their wages for bare existence, give them agencies whereby grievances can be adjust ed and industrial justice assured, make it tplain that their labor * counts in the winning of the war for greater freedom, not for pri vate profiteering and workers can be confidently expected to do their part. President Wilson called attention to the facilities available for wage adjustment, affirming that “no body of men have the moral right in the the present circumstances, of the na tion to strike until every method of adjustment has been tried to the limit.” He also notified labor every where that he realized “it is the duty of the government to see that the best possible conditions of labor are maintained, as it is also its duty to see to it that there is no lawless and conscienceless profiteering, and that duty the government has ac cepted and will perform.” We thoroughly approve both state ments and think they could serve as a basis of a progressive amelioration of the labor problem. That a labor ing man has a right to expect bet tered existence needs no argument. Every man, no matter his rank aa a laborer, should be able to earn more than mere anbeistence At the same time there are obligations just aa Unportngt labor should not hesi tate (a accept even la tifoee ef Tfcera are rights which the I pewtert toe ail. return* to the way ef (Be gw 1 fire le aakl to have talked to a Grr- nlng post the telephone lo IV* eaeaee- man In a listening post when be A* If to prove tM* tii’ 4 mrnr * n , started ■*• the telephone. Tbe German made a few terse remarks and the connection was broken The German* apparently having discovered the meaning of some of the American rocket signals, laat night caused the Americans for a considerable distance along the front to prepare for a gas attack. At first the German* sent Into the air a roc ket of a certain color, which is the American signal for gas attacks, but the hoax was discovered soon after the troopx adjusted their gas masks. The Germans next sent up a roc ket calling for barrage by the Amer icans, but the American officers on observation seeing whence the roc ket came, sent a message to the ar tillery in time to prevent it from laying down the needless shell fire. Extreme quick work was necessary to stop the order to fire, for the American artillery had reached a high degree of speed in going in ac tion. An American patrol having passed the first line of German entangle ments and approached the second line Saturday night was suddenly cut off by a current of electricity along the first wire line. Instead of at tempting an immediate return to their trenches, which would have meant certain death from electro cution or machine gun fire, the Americans clung close to the earth, and later when the electricity was cut dff, returned in safety to their positions. It was a thrilling experience for the patrol. A certain number of men set out from the American position In the hope of encountering a num ber of enemy at a point in the Ger man trenches. They got through the first line and had crawled on to the second line. When they were just about to start under the second line there was a bluish glow and the ene my turned on a powerful electric current. The patrolers quickly flattened oat on the ground, thinking they had been discovered and expecting to hear momentarily machine gon bul let* going overhead Nothing of the kinl happened, however Apparently the German* merely tamed on the current by chance The patrol ra- turned ante!? to tbe American lines when tbo nlnctfirtty waa cut rtf. Tbe American artillery baa started ftmcttoa tbnt aasratomty la •ua stories rwfoe from I inland tbewaoode ad Huaaiao aalleef fram •bfts fleet carrying wo a campaign of bfowdabed and brigandage lad* dent rt Ibe belvbae ihl ot any <ath* fan ton I tto tbe wa? te Krwaoiadl Hen Be* | v a l tbe year anted Muaaftaa fwrtreaa. ; Tea mite* west *wotbweei ef Fatie- x'ad Oopaeite Neva! !• Ilrlelaifor tbe Flnniab capital. ^vvhm German? tbeee rente again ifvrtav steeies rt pitiful appeal* from I llalaud fee aid agaiast Ibe Red I Guard* German propaganda ha*' bee a hue? for weeba preparing foe a cnmuwign to * llherale Finland I frwtn ibe luiftabri iht. On ibai pee i rn«**( uelrtHue to Berlin, a i I lauding of tiertaaa troop* on FighUb rprftar no one, In Fe- I • bile, are iu aua Get I man pel wo ne re Tbe German prea* le I fall of atone* ibat theae are tbeoni* I eit«*d with wboleagle mgaaarrea From Finland therefore, tbe Ger- I n»an* are eyperted to proceed If { (hr »* ran to Pet rag rad to “free* tbelr national* tbe re. the (gad aad •wa drive from that direction. If their present plan* materialise, cop* verging With the drive from the Klga-Friedrirberadt front. Meanwhile war of the bloodiest *ort. not between organised armies, but between organised mobs that are out for murder and pillage—reign* at the southern end of the Russian front, no longer a rest cure, but a real battle line, Kiev, the Ukrain ian capital, baa fallen to the bol- shevikl after Indescribable slaught er. The dead alone were 4,000. The Ukrainian rada, which made the peace with the Teutons, la safe at Zhitomir, capital of Volhynla. But this place Is only 80 miles southwest of Kiev. Frantic appeals have been sent, therefore, by the Ukrainians to Berlin and Vienna to help stem the bolsheviki tide. These appeals, as welcome to the Teutons as the exaggerated ones from Finland,..because It gives them the needed excuse to Justify the re newed war to their peoples, .are ex pected to be heeded promptly. The huge pincer drive foreshadowed in these dispatches two days ago, ap pears therefore In the making. Ber lin basing its Justification for the new warfare in the east mainly on three points: 1. The bolshevist refusal to sign peace. - 2. The “necessity” to aid stricken Finland and the Ukraine. 3. “Rescue” of the Teuton prisoners from bolshevist massa cre. Reports were received of marked friction between Germany and Aus tria over the renewal of war in the east. Since Berlin and Vienna have It in their power, with_ their Iron censorship systems, to keep every hint of such friction from leaking out, the frequency of these reports “No on# fwrugaituu mor# fe##alf thou lb# maaagam#at* tbol thura ar# uumaruuu «• !*■*•* rt •mpiuyyaa not properly mmpuuaufd wa* tbo •<*t#m#at mad# fwr tb# East ora t#r ritory by Joba G. Walbue rt Nnar York aorrutary rt lira hurwau rt ta for mat ran rt E**«#ra railways BRITISH GENERAL QUITS rt fortf I uw ill I m$#r \ r run HI#*' Garmaay. lo tM allftud la firm will b»id •*! aiiaramrata • rt A land lafoa Art •i'Mf r' raptarwd (toral MoOO waiora prtmrt foe a FtoBfob rtrtl gfoMe to VMM attarb ua tha B Muauwbllu tb la lira Bawl, wblle tM milt lory *4t- nation at lira frwoi sbwwa fuw aigoa foe lira maoraot of poaaiog buywod t h** *tag# of raid* and anpradl# horn h*r*im#ri* aad uwtariug Into on# of ma Abe*# mark’d high ra tto bat aaooaa Hir Wt • otoeaRioot uaa*ud for g ho* brg i rd importao about showing themselves. The 75s are pounding tbe Germans, and even one German Is not too insignificant a target. The enemy now realizes at time* by taking pot abota at tbe wggons and motor cars, but aa g general rule his artillery la more anxioua to carry out tbe dally trtfe on certain places that are thought vulnerable. An officer’* striker laat evenlmg poked hU bead over tM top of a trench to see what was doiag aad a ballet promptlv came his way, jnat him TM report* show that •o a poiBM wm riddfoThy b? ib# million* of Hat k* and d#f’uau i d*v« 'oyea’at of ro ruaardiug tM maud of th# #uluui# aid# of f lib# Thou Leaden advlru n* lb* r#iirunrant of Gun kam Koburtaoo aa cbluf rt the rHItiah Impurial staff and hla re placemant hy Maj. Ora ftir Henry Hugh’* Wilson appareally Indirate that aomuthing appruachlng aa allied ganerai staff waa craated by the petto• ugr council in Its recent alon at Veraaille*. General BoMrt- son. It ia revealed, would not con sent to take General Wilson s place aa Hrltlah military repreeentative on the suprem# war council nor remain chief of staff “with limited power.** the inference being that some high er authority has been set up. PACIFISTS MEET DEFEAT Holt AroetuUnent Would Mean Resig nation of Goxcrnjnent An smendment proposed In the British parliament by Richard Holt, radical, expressing regret that “in accordance with the decisions of the supreme war council at Versailles, prosecution of the military effort is to be the only immediate task of the government” was rejected by a vote of 159 to 28. The minority was composed mainly of pacifists. Lord Hugh Cecil had declared that the adoption of the amendment would Involve the resignation of the government.- is taken in conservative quarters to indicate a desire to spread this view for political purposes. Simultaneously with the reported German invasion of bolsheviki are threatened with attack by large Cos sack forces under General Alexieff. In these forces the teutons, alert to further Russian disruption, see a new ally. They are expected to bend might and main to swing Alexieff and the moderate elements which he represents, including the consti tutional democrats, led by Miliukoff, Rodzianko and Lvoff, to their side. Famine is one the ■bolsheviki’* greatest foes. Petrograd has been starving for weeks, and hunger is driving the masses into terrible and terrorist excesses. One report from Petrograd had It that the Dutch minister there had been robbed and stripped by a mob. General Kaledin, the Cossack het man, continues the center of rumors. It Is again reported he committed suicide. Odessa loomed up again as tbe scene of* violent clasheu between the moderates and bolaMvthl. Harken- sen’s armies still stand at Tilda. riSS mile* from tM great Black ana port, and at Braila. 182 ml foe aouth- weut rt It . At tM alightent pretest tM German* are la report ad ragtag ] igtotogB Bntotovfhl and 111 troop* Large a am bar* rt troop* ar# •Old lo M tM araoa rt romtol lo aid tM Uh* ratals na la (to new war hetwaon Bnaaftn • ad (formnay. Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria are lo remain aentrnl.** arrardtag to all lad Ira tlona Both Hi sort h#aat#ra Gal Ida and In tM Gan- **••• »tar sat Ion rt orrupftad (erri ton#* la reported lo awiftly aud la A **at# of war b#tv< and Buaala was formally wh’u tM German elvlhaa •loners to Petrograd rroused tM har der tock Into Germany. The Petrograd government at tbe aame time broke off with the altou and repudiated all agreements Trot sky's laat (brent to tM Gormans was that the Oermaa people would not allow the halter's armies to •weep through undefended Northern Ruaala in which would be equiva lent to a “campaign of pillage.'* The German high command, welt realizing the truth of thU threat in planning, according to reliable Ad vices to tackle the Bolsheviki only where they are on the aggressive. To the aid of the Ukraine and to the aid of Finland German troop# wl^l be dispatched on the pretext of “liberation” from Bolaheviklst ter- roriftm and Bolsheviklst “campaigns of pillage.” ’ ' - In Poland Teuton diplomacy has struck a hornet's nest with tbe ces sion to the Ukraine of tbe Cholm district, which the Poles claim as inseparable from their own promis ed territorial and national entity. In Warsaw violent disturbances are said to have occurred, forcing the Ger mans to take measures closely re sembling martial law. The Germane are said to have definitely stopped the withdrawal of the troops from the eastern front. Embittered by the tearing off of a strip of their territory to be given the Ukraine for breaking away from the Bolsheviki and signing a peace with the central powers, the Poles are in What appears to be virtually a state of revolt. EveRr the very weapon which Ger- many/and Austria were at such pains to fqrge In the hope of deriving mili tary^ benefit—the Polish army—bids fair to be turned against them. Re ports in the German newspapers, which express dismay and alarm over the Polish situation, indicate that the Polish legions, now an effective military force, are on the side of the prevalent Polish sentiment of bitter ness against the central powers. Tbe situation has grown so serious tbmt the military are patrolling the streets in Warsaw. A nstria-H angary is particularly Involved In the difficulties because of Ihe prominent pert which It waa expected she would piny tn tM fffo tura government ef Poland. Tbe Irt ish elements and them wltb them ia the dual ia upnrme ever tM further internal treubl