Simultaneously with the news of the triumph of Bolsheviks forces at Odessa over the Ukrainian Government which concluded a separatist treaty with the Central Powers, comes the information that the Russian Black Sea fleet has been bombarding Sukhumkale port in Caucasia, which has been adopting a separatist regime. The news appears to imply the revival of military spirit against both the Central Powers and separatists. Soviet troops have recaptured Kherson and Nicolaieff. The Germans have occupied Krementchug. Commissaries are removing the ex-Tsar and his family to Ural region. M. Trotzky appealing to the population to co-operate in the organisation of Red Army announces that a decree is impending enforcing universal service and calling up ex-officers as instructors. Chechen tribes under Russian officers have risen against the Soviet authorities in the Caucasus.
