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TCHERNOFF LEADER OF THE INeAY ruwrK tenine and Trotzky Are Said to Have rled from retro grad and Are in Riga Ru mor Comes from Finland while German armies have crossed ivnvna ana eniereu jjviusr. iu ue- lirer a blow ax grt?a,t xvubojk m wuoc Lnce of the Bolshevjki refusal to Zt Germanv's terms of peace, the f,eL,.;t5 thpmselves are renorted to HA such i. i r T! i tn t,w hPen ariven num yuww m jtc- fgrad. The report of the Bolsheviki rfmnifall comes irom ajauier uuter id! channel? but is circumstantial noneh to give rise xo cor;iaeraxion oi He possibiliues snoma it De vernea. Assuccessors in control of the gov mment the group which would seem most likely to have assumed- that power IS specinea. xms giuuy, mat f finrial Revolutionists under the leadership of Tchernoff, the former Xerensky Minister o . f Agriculture, controlled the recent Constitutent As sembly which was dissolved by the Bolsheviki. Tchernoff is said to be the man nw leading the new revo lutionary group. The reports add that ! Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolsheviki, lave escaped to Riga. Reported From Nasa. London. Feb. 19. Rumors are cur rent in Vasa that the Bolshevik gov ernment in Petrograd has been over thrown by the Social Revolutionists under the leadership " of. General Tchernoff, according to the correspond dent nf Politken. of CoDenhaeen. savs- t dispatch to the - Excbaager - Teie Sri paph. Xokolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky are said to have escaped to Riga. Vasa, or Nikolaistadt, is in Finland, ca the only railway between Petro pad and Tomes, on the Swedish frontier. JI. Tchernoff is the leader of the Social Revolutionists and was chair man of the short-lived CUffstituent Assembly. He served as minister of agriculture in the Kerensky govern ment during last July and August. I When the Constituent Assembly ,met a Fetrograd in January, TchernolT Itas elected chairman over the Bol eheyik candidate. The next day. the Assembly was broken up by force by Ithe Bolsheviki and it was reported Ithat the Bolsheviki intended to arrest ITchernoff. In an interview with the Associated Ifress correspondent in Petrograd on January 19, XI. Tchernoff said that Pe Social Revolutionist nartv held i'iat the Constituent Assembly should mmediatelv rail a rnnferenCA of the I State Allies' to consider war aims. He said his party expected that the iiues would state their aims clearly ad explicitly and would try to har monize them with the democratic Principles of the Russian revolution. M. Tchernnff nflmittoH fVint thft Russian army probably could not be expected to fight to any great extent, tot he declared that Russia could act a magnet to draw the German Wes and nr event their hpine- thrown I to the Western front, thus helping tie Allies. KNY THAT KRYLENKO HAS BEEN CAPTURED London, Feb 19 Denial is made in ('statement issued by the official Rus fjf news agency in Petrograd that I "HSU tromis havo nantnraH TWnTiilov seized Pn JJk commander-in-chief. This re- an invention. lr0DS nf tk r .- j xi. est of Ensign Krylenko andhis Itciv a iePonea in a despatch re- ...xi xxuixl mcT auu uauir Mm -"'"ugu Amsterdam 10 iion- 8n on pK- r- RUSSIA FORCED TO TERMS London. Fps iq x0 an prPsed by Germany, said cp, c,lal Russian statement re celed here today. . h Officifll Q CI tomnnt Wrn-a airrn Trofl Premier Lenine and teoii Jrotf ?'' the f0reign minister. .It !aiacH "ho-iusi tne u-erman re t0lmv"On of war and says the it noJs. of People commissioners aea5t 7 .ced to declare its readi- nr gations of the quadruple ises tne at Brest-Litovsk. It prom tat A, glVe a detailed reDlv with- 4itionsay t0 the German peace con-J Reported to nave wver throAvn Bolsheviki (1ln , :, . : , - , .roaddened -. .. - With Officials -J i , V' RFRMAWV ATTffPtf flM inUMCnMnVinnjlTrO-, ' - ' ' nnmn.. iaaahut I Great Offensive on the West i ' ift iTTACK ON RUSSIA WAS EXPECTED Confirms Belief That Central Powers Did Not Care tor Actual Peace London, Feb. 19. Renewal of the German attack on Great Russia ful fills the expectation held here since Germany consented to negotiate with the Bolsheviki atBrest-Litovsk. The Vl'eW nfton has Kaon ntm-wnr XT " J , v Germany had peace less in mind, than to secure possession of what was val uable in Russia and that the tempor izing attitude toward the Bolsheviki would be maintained only until the moment she awaited, had arrived. The manner in which Germany play ed off the Ukraine against the Bolsho viki is regarded as a characteristic example of German diplomatic tradi tions. It is felt that the Ukrainian call for German help has been issued at Germany's instigation to give her a plausable pretext to gain control of the natural resources of the Ukraine. Doubt is expressed whether the move against Dvinsk is merely the turn of the screw expected to make , oallia nnati aai n- n X ! the Bolsheviki grait submissively what Germany wants or will be fol lowed by serious military operations. Repudiation of National Debt Brings Protest From Al lies and Neutrals Petrograd, Feb. 19. The protest made by allied and neutral diplomatic representatives against the repudia tion of Russia's national debt by the Bolshevik government, Foreign Min ister Trotzky intimated to the central executive committee of the All-Russian Workmen's and Soldiers' Con gress last night, indicated a silent un derstanding with German imperial ists. He said: "The protest of all . the ambassadors against the nullification of loans locks around us a ring of international imperialists." The protest presented to Trotzky by the diplomats reads: "In order to .. avert all misunder standing in the future the represen tatives in Petrograd of all foreign powers declare that they consider the decrees 'on the subject, of the repudi ation of the Russian national debt the confiscation bf-TprpPerty of a11 sorts, and other ' analogous measures as without value, fnasmuch as they con cern their nationals, and the said representatives jeserve to themselves the right to. claim at any hour they desire from, the Russian government damages for -&IT: losses which the de crees and measures put upon their nationals." ' In reference to the confiscation measures it 'is explained that losses aggregating many millions of rubles already have been sustained by for- iern ranrital 'in connection with tne seizure of factories. The diplomatic corps drafted the protest at a. meeting in the American embassy. It was signed by the am bassadors from the United States, JaDan. France. Great Britain, Spain, and Italv and the ministers from Bel: gium, China, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden. Norway, xDenmark, Holland, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Serbia and Persia. These are all the nations represented in Petrograd. GERMANS ENTER RUSSIAN TOWNS. . Berlin, Feb. 19. (Via London). German ' forces have entered Dvinsk, it was officially announc ed today by the German war office. The .Russians unsuccessfully at tempted to blow up the bridge across, the Dvlna river. Vienna, Feb. 19. (Via London). The German army group under command o. General Alexander Von Linsingen, according to an official statement, Issued by the Austrian iwar office, has occupied the Russian town of Lutsk, inVol hynia, without fighting. - ULiminni anilrtUU UI1 -. ; JU HOU V'HUf UUH LO HAIj BEEN SERIOUSLY AMPLE FACILITIES KK I NH-'fl . . Nl Nik r. a' . i ; i DIPLK IN 1 RAILROADS Says Government Should Own Roads Has a Good Word for Wilson Washington, Fety 19. Permanent government , ownership of railroads rather than government control for the period ' of the war was advocated by Senator Johnson, of California, to-, day in a speech opposing the Senate draft of the administration's railroad bill. "I would now take the inevitable next step in government control of our railroads," Senator Johnson de clared, "and do whatever might be es" sential to make that government con trol, permanent government v owner ship, or at least, leave the way open so that immediately upon the termi nation of the war we might follow to its logical conclusion what already we have partly done." The California Senator protested vigorously at the proposed rate of compensation to be paid the railrSads under . the provision of the bill and also opposed the Senate's plan to turn the roads back to private manage ment 18 months after the conclusion of peace.' Senator Johnson digressed from his discussion of the railroad legislation to express his approval of President Wilson's recent stand against eecret diplomacy and the President's policy of addressing Congress from time to time in "the , open forum jaf the world." "I advert to this subject," the Sen ator said,' "because ; I deprecate the undemocratic and f un-American sup? Lpressioaand. repjresStoh hldf char- f acterized the first months of our en trance into the war and which yet ob tains in some circles." In support of his declaration for government ownership Senator John son said that the railroads had broken down under the stress of the last few months, that if the country is to have efficient national transportation the roads must be nationalized and operated by one directing head; that the American people have "paid the price of private ownership," and that "djespite barriers or obstacles the nation is marching straight to the goal of public ownership, and the peo ple at last will come into their own." NO FURTHER STRIKES IN SAVANNAH YARD Savannah, Ga., Feb. 19. At a very largely attended meeting of the men employed in ship building plants in. Savannah last night, it was voted not to order any further strikes on gov ernment work. A committee which returned from Washington brought back a wage scale that is considered satisfactory. The Terry Shipbuilding Company and the Foundation Ship building Company have plants here. KEEPING Earl Reading Arrives in Washington on Eve of Ex Ambassador Spring-Rice's Death feiiM a lib iiit I pip mZjm sif ip' tmmi , Hi 4; siiip tiff . ,.4 vsmmmmif u 'lit assftabw3r m i s M Mmm- mi nt mmmm ;m m mmm? m x mm . s -a ,1 j -a i T -lir tii Pirml irr"n--r-1 -j n i i wfej5Tj-S?S ' After the retirement of Spring1 Rice, Earl Reading was named Special Commissioner and Ambassador ;Ex traordinary to the United States He; is to combine in his person' the tasks formerly , delegated to several different commissioners and the British Ambassador.- . - . . This photo shows Earl Reading with his party after he presented his credentials to President Wilson aty the White House. He is in uniform in the centre of the group. On Lord Reading's right is Colonel Swinton, in iT. nf thfl Britlsli .. tflnk.fl.nd ..Art)iil4nt. - ReAitare. jrf ' the -'British '-War Cabinet. - ' ----- - v . HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL pNLY FEW DAYS Y. Funeral It Arrangements Not Yei IVjiae; . Deceased Was v. OneVb f City s Fore most Citizens : The; entire city was - shocked and saddened this afternoon upon the an nouncement of the death of Major William H. Bernard, which . occurred at the home of his son. Mr. W. S.Tearnest when a delegation of 10 Wil Bernard, near the Shell - Road cross- mington business men met with Sen ing, at 3:20 o'clock, following a long!ator Simmons and Congressman God period of ill health. His condition wm in the Senator's office shortly aft had - not -been considered - serious un- j er 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ui a iew aays ago, dui naa Deen cm ical throughout yesterday and all of! this morning. News of his passing win h loorn with Hr, JlT Jt i Major Bernard was known by all and universally liked. J " x0xv,w ''QQ1 nf TJol1.roo MnAnn arA nt.a(i. He was editor and publisher of the Wilmington Star for a long number of for tne port of Wilmington for expor years. Major Bernard was a man .tation to Europe, v of sterling qualities and his death j They also intend while here to ex will cause many heart pangs in this plain to the Emergency Fleet Corpor section where be had lived the great- , ation the advantages Wilmington of er part of his life. fers'as the location for a big ship- - Major William H. Bernard, former editor of the Wilmington Star, con- splcuous among the newspapers of North Carolina, was born in Peters burg, Va., in. January, 1837, and wa reared and educated in Richmond. He was the son ; of Peter D. Bernard, a native o Goochland county, Va., ho wag a journalist of Richmond, and is the grandson of a soldier"bf the Rev olution ' who, died from wounds re ceived at Brandywine. In 1855 Major Bernard , went to Texas, but three years later returned to. Virginia, and in 1859 was' married to Maggie Sted man of Fayetteyiije,' .N. C. . Then, making his. home,-in Helena, Ark.,- he When" hcame ' to Fayetteville ixA en listed in. Company H, First, Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers. Vith this regiment, famous for fighting the first battle of the war,, he was in vhe engagement at Big Bethel, and after its' disbandment, was debarred frorn further service on account of, hyi cal disability. He was subsequently connected with the Presbyterian and Daily Telegraph at Fayetteville, and in 1865 was one of the founders oi the Wilmington Dispatch, which Ue left soon afterward to establish the Wilmington Star in 1867. Mr. Btr nardwas a man of influence in pub lic affairs and was a member of tha Democratic State Committee for a number of years. Major Bernard remained owner and editor of the Morning Star until about eight years ago when he sold out to a stock company, headed by Mr. Wm. E. Springer, who continues president of the company which owns the pa paper. Since that time Major Ber nard has -made his home with his son, Mr. W. S. Bernard, in Wilming ton, with an occasional stay of sev eral months each year with Mr. Frank H. Steadman, in Fayetteville. Hun dreds of friends throughout the State will mourn his death and deeply sym pathize with the bereaved. AMPLE FACILITIES FOR ALL SHIPPING First Conference Held With ' Senator Simmons and Con gressman Godwin ; Will f Remain Several Days (By George Manning). Washington, D. C, Feb. 19 A drive", for a bigger port and a big ger city of Wilmington was begun in They stayed in close session over , U"B" n talning the approval of Director Gen an hour and discussed plans for ob- x x w x Mam vnuo xuvxuw auu ixcxxx man Hurley of the Shipping Board to a scheme for the increased utilization building plant. Wilmington offers great: advantages in this direction, the delegation believes,, in the way of ample labor and its situation close to supplies needed for building ships. The -harbor at Wilmington, free from ice at all times and well protected and possessing good railroad facili ties, offers an excellent outlet for ship ments of supplies to Europe to re lieve the congestion at the Northern ports. In the party which met with Sen ator Simmons and Mr. Godwin were Col. Walker Taylor, H. C McQueen, X A. Taylor, W. H. Sprunt. Tb.os. H, " xx,, iici uuiwr . x wiuao j vine and M. Jr Cprbitf The delega tion expects to stay here several days SLIGHTLY ILL FROM EATING CORNED BEEF Washington, Feb. 19. Rumors that a large number of men had been pois oned at the Norfolk naval training sta tion were cleared up today by a report from Captain Dayton, the commanding officer, that thirty-five of his force were made slightly ill recently by eat ing corned beef hash. He . said there was no veidence of poison or other foreign substance in the hash, and that most of the men were now back at work. EIGHT MEN HURT ON CRUISER MONTANA Washington. Feb. 19. Eight men have been injured in an explosion of a cartridge case during target prac tice on the cruiser Montana. brief report to the Navy Department totfay gave no aeians oi me accident auu did not give the names of the men hurt. SIXTEEN HUN PLANES Ten Machines Brought Down and Disabled in Sun day's Fighting London, Feb. 19vTen German air planes were brought down and six more disabled by British airmen Sun day, according to an official statement on aerial activities, issued last night. Hundreds of bombs have been dropped on various targets and on Monday British aviators raided Trev es and Thibnville. .The statement reads: There was fine weather Sunday and the incessant bombing that had been in progress for 36 hours contin ued. More than six tons of bombs were dropped on various targets and airdromes, in the neighborhood of Tournaid, Lille and Courtrai. Again there was severe air fight ing, enemy scouts making determined but unsuccessful 'attacks against our bombing machines. Ten hostile ma chines were downed and six others were disabled. Three' of our machines are missing. Sunday night there were further bombing raids on Conflans. A ton of bombs was dropped on the railway. Several burst and a fire was started. All our machines re turned.. . "Today our bombing, squadrons raid ed by daylight the barracks and rail" way station at Treves and the steel vile with erccllent results. Air the machines rettiraed safely.' AUTifORmE JAIL MANJI RALDGH Alleged Pilot for John Wana- maker Arrested Following Suspicious Actions Raleigh, N. - C, Feb. 19. A man giv ing his name as Henry Herlng, taken into custody here yesterday mdrnlng J by police at the instance of Federal Officials, after his alleged suspicious actions while in Raleigh, led the au thorities to believe he might be work ing against the interests of the Unit ed States government, is being held in jail pending a, thorough investiga tion into his activities. v Hering, who claims to have been employed as highway pilot for John Wanamaker, millionaire merchant of Philadelphia, fias been in this city several days. According to Federal authorities he has been very active in V 1 bit ai IUUB OlitlC UUUUlUgS O.X1IX Droperty, inquiring about railroad lines; running out of Raleigh and seek ing information about military work ings at State College. When examined yesterday "by offi cers he stated that he stopped in Ral eigh while en route from Philadelphia to Florida as a pilot for Louis Gerd- eres, chauffeur for John Wanamaker.J He explained that he was employed to act as guide for the chauffeur through 'friendship with Mr. Wana maker's butler, Britt Bracken. WOULD INCREASE PRICE OF WHEAT Washington, Feb. 19. A favorable report on the Gore bill to increase the minimum price of wheat of the 1918 crop from $2 to $2.50 per bushel, was made today by the Senate Agricultur al Committee. WANT A RATE INCREASE. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 19. Appli cation of the North Carolina rail roads for an increase of passenger rates within the State was filed to day with the Corporation Commis sion. The carriers presented what is called Z and double Z forms to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, asking that they be allowed to discontinue the. double Z form of $40.00 on 2,000 mile books. They would like-wise discontinue Class Z, which, is. the 1,000 mile book, selling for 120.00, and substitute one sellingr for $22.50. The:Inter . state CommerceJCommlaslon grant' ed the request . as to the larger; 'book, but MecUned the second, m to the 1,000 mile book, sending the petitioners to the State Corpora- uonyonunission , with their re- . . x ' ' --. - - . - " - ' Great Offensive on the West- ern Front Expected at Any Moment Now 19 -A t GERMANS COMPLETE - : - ! PLANS FOR ATTACK 1 Higher Command Expects tof Break Through the AUies-j by Surprise Attack Usingf : Gas and Tanks : r. M British Army France, Feb. 19.- Headquarters, iit' -1 uc giccbb uiMiau TV a mrvn CI. Arm ttft offensive on the Western front may ' be expected to begin at any .moment now and" as far as the British front. ic onnnsriiiul tho mflin thmst. will hft'i made on the sector betwen Arras au0 St Quentin. Tanks and a new mysterious gaat u will be presented by the enemy in ar ' attempt to break through the Brltishilj lines. The plans of the German high com4, mand are complete, and after many jj1 weeks of intensive training of afi-f saulting troops they are ready tot j make the supreme and final enortaij which has been advertised so wideii ij xii. Lxic past, nccao. ij Field Marshal von Hindenburg andTi General von Ludendorff appear tol have realized that the old methods of! attack in which a long bombardment is employed are too well known .-tali ingly the German troops are being k told that surprise attacks such as were3 used in Qalicia last summer, at Klgav i , and again on the Isonzo, are ta be i tried-aigain ut" tttts AliieerWestri ' ern front - U Much stress has been laid on .: th,i fact that tanks and new gas are tolj be used, leaving the infantry little to consolidate the positions captdredw mil German troops have been trainea to- make long approach marches anli then to storm enemy positions after if a short gas shell bombardment. Those y obstacles which the German artillery ! has not obliterated will be rushed Djri the troops or ignored. The Germany '3 1 111 1 x S mm . I ' miantry win reiy un weigut uj. uuui-jt bers, masses of machine guns, and li mobile batteries to finish the work be? - s " i gun by the tanks and gas. v Word has been .passed out by ..theW German high command that few of the j A114a1 (nvina will ciipviva tVlo O-tt Ofti XXX XX WVX XX T XXX XJ . x . . w w of the tanks, the gas and the bom bardment and that fresh German in fantry will overcome speedily any re sis ta nee offered in captured positions. Despite these assurances and the! intensive training to which they have-'li been put, the German troops. t arajf frankly skeptical and are undertake! ing their task with no enthusiasm, aoji cording to prisoners. They feel thexj'fX are going to be thrown into battle to be used as cannon fodder and do hot relish the prospect ' . m,i i It is said General von Ludendorff rej icently addressed a body of infantryi at Laon and asked how many men if were willing to fight to a finish. Only five non-commissioned officers!? and privates stepped forward. Theiff others declared their desire for aaij early peace by "arrangement" pja German officers, on the other handVvjJ i appear to have the conviction -they id will be able to break through ; by;. U means of their secret attacks; - General von Hutier, who Is .reput-s j ed to have laid the plans tor the capji j ture of Riga, has come to the West i1 ern front to assist in the preparation U. Lessons of the capture of Riga havat a been preached religiously to the Ger man troops. It hatf been pointed out:' that there is a preliminary bombard M ment of four or five hours to cut the i enemy wire and demolish defenses i was sufficient to give the Germans V ah a firm footing in the Russian posi-'i tions. The enemy troops have" not? jl been told, however, that the morale jj of the. Russians, at Riga was verjru low and that the German attack was wxxxxx " - . fl The Germans will find the Allied v morale at the highest pitch on thex j! Western front and their attack will;! be far from the surprise desired. The Allies are ready for a big blow; andj U await with assurance the next movaM 1 H of the German high command, ." i H The German attack cannot, be deW f layed much longer. All information r; yUiUU W UiC Llxxll. UUIU UCtxUOUQ; civilians and soldiers are keved n hi -f;' such a pitch of nervous expectancy that the strain cannot endure .' for long.. They are waiting forthe at tack with feverish hope that the high command can this time make good. lie promise. The German troops jare .ex pected to fight well. .- V' The coming battles will perhaps be the most, sanguinary of the war, and i1 i i Y u n i ll'v IKK u If.' I i t hi 1 1 V. .-I 11 1.1 j''' .CPnntinufid pix - Page Nine), - 3 , - if 1 4 tw,v ? copyright, rUndewood;& .TJttderwood,-