Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1918 — LENINE CALLS ON PEOPLE TO FIGHT [ARTICLE]

LENINE CALLS ON PEOPLE TO FIGHT

Petrograd, Feb. 26.—An official proclamation issued today calling upon the people to defend the capital says: “In spite of tjie fact that the government has accepted the peace conditions imposed by the German and Austrian governments, the imperial assassins are nevertheless continuing their monstrous advance into the interior of Russia. The cursed minions of William and the German Kaledines, together with the White Guards, are advancing against and shooting the soviets, reconstituting the power of the landlords, bankers and capitalists and preparing for the restoration of the monarchy. “The revolution is in peril. A mortal blow will be struck against Red Petrograd. If you workers, soldiers and peasants wish to retain power and the power of the soviets you must fight these hordes who now

are seeking to devour you to your last grasp. “The decisive hour has struck. Workers and all oppressed men and" women, you must swell the ranks of the red battalions. To arms! to arms, all of you, that the struggle may only cease with your- last breath.” Late advices say that the soviet armies are now everywhere resisting the invaders. At Narva the garrison and workmen have formed an army of ten thousand and gone to Reval. There are similar reports from Walk. Great activity is manifested at the Bolshevik headquarters in Petrograd and arms and ammunition are being distributed.