Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-24
FRENCH WRITER REVIEWS GERMANY'S RECENT EFFORT
 TO CONCILIATE RUSSIA

The American Review of Reviews fol
 January reproduces a portion of an article by Paul Leroy Beaulieu, editor of the Econ
 omiste Francois, relative to the recent effort
 of Germany to conclude separate peace
 with Russia, which is of special interest al 1 this time Said the French writer:
 'It is well known that Germany, which combines limitless wickedness with sin guar navete, has always fattered itself with being able to induce one of the chief powers of the entente, despite the formal engagements at London in September 1914, to conclude separate peace. Her efforts in that direction were aimed particularly at Russia. She imagined that in conceding to that power some territory in Armenia and illusory rights of transit at all times and for all vessels through the Bosporus and the Dardaneles she could detach the empire of the czars from the sheaf of the entente powers.
 "That was most singular presumption. It is evident that assuming the impos- sble-one of the entente powers proved :alse to its engagements and concluded a separate peace with the central powers, no matter with what conditions the future of that treacherous power would be ruined for ever It could not hope to form any al hance whatever for generations to come It would be consigned to isolation and ln- cur the general contempt of the world.
 At the same time it would run the risk of assuring the defnitive triumph of Ger many, which would withdraw its troops and those of its vassalS from the treacherous
 tnot,, upon the fronts of the powers thus aban- doned by one of its allies.
 What would the situation be then? Let us suppose Germany actually restoring Rus sian Poland and Lithuania, but compelling the Western powers to sign a peace upon the basis of the status quo ante bellum Germanys power would be formidaby aug mented by the establishment of suzerainty and implacable control over its allies who would beyond doubt become its vassals. A single state would possess, with obedlent delegates for certain portions, the entire center of Europe (Mttel Europal, with the whole of the Levant German Europe would, in fact, comprise all of present Germany, with its 100000 inhabitants augmented by steadily rapid birth rate; then Austria Hungary. with 5O,000,O00 inhabitants; Bull garia, with its addition of l2,000,00O; Fur key, with 2l,OO0,0O0 or 22,000O00.
 That would mean compact mass of over l50,000000 souls, subject in the mill tary. political and economic domains to a methodlcal and impl9cable system; control ling furthermore, by intimidation, the ter ritory of the neighboring neutral states: Belgium Holland, the Scandinavian coun- tries and Switzerland, with about 30,000,- 900 souls
 This formidable power, such as the world has never known, even in the time of the Roman empire, would stretch from the North sRa and the shores of the English channel to the Adratic, the Egean sea, and, through its vassal, Turkey to the Persian gulf It would mean the complete sub jection of Europe and the beginning of the subjection of the entire world. Deutschland uber alles-Germany above all would be- come reality, imposing itself on the whole globe. South America would soon be un- der the control of this Germany, raised above all the other nations The United States itself, liberal nation, inclined to federalism and to individual impulses, would a thing which it does not seem to take into consideration absolutely incapable of ever standing up against that titanic power of Central Europe
 Furthermore, Germany has clearly dis closed her designs to annex, under one form or another, Russian Poland, Lthuania, Courland, etc, thing which would add twenty millions more to the enormous popu- iations subject to the monster.
 ''lt required that singular combination of villainy and simplicity for Germany to ex pect Russia to fall into the crude trap of a separate peace. Outside of her traditional loyalty, her interests and those of the Ger man empire are most obviously antagonists. It was nevertheless, requisite that the Rus sian government should publicly and clearly express it's repulsion for the insulting ad vances of Germany This was solemnly done by the Russian premier, M. Sturmer in telegram addressed to the Russian am bassador to Paris in November, 1916. The dispatch closes with these words:
 Russia will maintain intact the intimate union which binds her to her valiant allies and far from thinking of concluding 8 sep arate peace, she will fight by their side th, common enemy without the slightest falter ing until the hour of final victory. No hos tile intrigue will succeed in shaking the ir- revocable decision of Russia"
 Thus, in Russia, the czar, the ministry the duma, the entire press, one may say, all the corporate bodies, all the organs of pub lie opinion, advocate prosecution of the war to a final victory"