TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-07-02
DESIRE FOR PEACE GROWING

Troop Levy For 1915 Fails. = Despise
Alluring Offers Of Commissions to High
School Pupils, Apathy and Indifference
Shown.
BERLIN, June. = 81 quote two re.
ports from two different sources which
received their information, entirely indie.
pendent Of one another, from Russian
officials whose connections lead right
into government circles, says the well
informed correspondent OF the Berlin
Norwaerts THE one person lived Ia
Russia for almost two decades not as a
private individual, but in a very infuen-
tial economic position. This position
and family connections brought him into
contact with the SO called upper clas-
scs Of society.
"Of late desire is manifest to take
up some Of the threads which had beeu
broken by the war. The information
given by this person comedies with other
information which received from
foreigner whom | met by chance just as
he came from a Russian society which
bad gathered in Russian district oc.
cupied by Germans.
Russia Desires Peace.
According to the information from
both sources, the desire TO conclude
peace prevails to a great degree In Rms
sia and daily affects wider circles. The
party OF the grand duke, with the
Grand Duke Nicholas himself, was con
sidered the evil spirit The car. who
is spoken of with great love and affec-
tion among the officials, was powerless
against the war party, by whom he was
treated almost like Il prisoner. In
government circles the conviction pre-.
vailed that 4 continuation Of the war
would only increase the misfortune for
Russia.
THE hope had been cherished OF e.
tablishing the SWAY of pan-Slavism in
Europe under the cars scepter. Tho
events had been fatal TO the ideas
which had been cherished by the mill |
tary party and had established the con
viction that the era Of the Teutons had
come. The longer the war lasted the
more and more permanently would
position in Europe be broken,
the greater would be the sacrifice
which the country would have 10 make /
later II was wrong and disastrous to
pursue hopes which had proved TO b.
illusions.
Peasants Seek German Land.
The peasants had been inspired with
for the war by being told
that in East Prussia they could satisfy !
their hunger for land. Russian prisoners
aad given utteranee TO naive ideas
about this. They had been Of the opinion
that they only needed TO march 10 Ger
many 10 conquer land there and then
,iek out an appropriate spot on which
70 discard their military coats and 70
-ule as absolute masters on the neT |
,oil.
when questioned several prisoners
ave the gentlemen, who they believed
vas Russian, an exact account OF the
and which they had already picked out
Is a permanent residence. As soon as
he peasants lad learned that the war
would not make them landowners, as
hey had fondly imagined, all desire for
he war and all willingness TO go under
ire had vanished. Why should they
xpose themsclves to the danger ~
'eing shot II their hunger for land
you'd not be satisfiedg
THE desire for peace was also max
ng itself felt more and more among
ne workers and the intelligent classes.
II vain the Russian leaders were try.
ng 10 quench this desire by false re-
orts OF Russian victories and defeats
( the opponents. The report had been
irculatcd that the Dardanelles had
allen, hunger revolts in Germany and
.ustria were daily occurrences, AMI
lutinies among the soldiers. In reality
his was feared in Russia.
Russian Troop Levies Fail.
rat the levying OF the recruits Of the
ear 1915 scarcely any one reported in
,e district of Petrograd. Against the
assive resistance evidenced in this
othing had been done; not one os
iose who had not reported had been
The leaders wanted 10 keep
way the clements which II was feared
ould make propaganda against tho >
ar in the barracks and at the front.
Higher and middle schools we're
osed after it was discovered that they \
ere the breeding places Of anti-war Q
citation In which men and women I
aehers and girls and boys among the B
ipils had all participated q
In order to fill the gaps in the ranks I
the officers, the pupils OF higher 4
hools had been asked by proclamation \
enter the military school. Here they B
ere 10 be trained for four months and n
en receive the rank OF officer. Only z
very small number Of pupils had n
eded this alluring offer, strong e