Licking Valley courier., 1917-12-06
NEWS REVIEW OF
The PAST WEEK
lnteraIIied War Conference in
Paris Opens With Russia
the Big Topic.
LENlNE DEALS WITH BocHEs
Germans Accept BoIshevlki Proposal
Of Armistiee-sisns Of Collapse Of
Radical Government" - itaI-
ian Crisis Considered Over
Gsupreme-War coun-
ell for United States.
By EDWARD w. PicKARo,


The great interallied war Conference
openedin Paris on Thursday and the
world Is justified In expecting momen.
tous results from It,. though they may
not be Immediately evident. ~
Aside from tile question of unified!
control OF the war, one Of the most
Important matters considered by the
conference. of course, was the Russian
situation, This was rapldly moving
tosa climax, for during the week the
representatives of the bolsheviki gov
ernment crossed over to the. German
side and made their proposition of an
armistlce on all fronts of the belligsr.'
ent countries. Since this plan coin
cides with Germany's desires and
doubtless was inspired by her, the
German authorities accepted the sug-
gestiOn and set December for con.
ference on the. subject. Meanwhile
members of the German general staff
were In Petrograd advising Lenlne and
! Trotzky.
The conference In Paris took under
consideration the issuance Of "rea.
soned statement for the guidance and
warning of the Russians as to the
serious results that are likely to fol-
low II separate peace is concluded"
to quote the conservative Language Of
Lord Robert Cecil. This means moth.
ing less than that the Petrograd rad.
lcals, and Russia If they are able to
impose their will on the country, win
be recognized as enemies Of the allied
nations. The ambassadors Of the al.
lies and OF the United States were
said to be waiting for the meeting OF
the Russian constituent assembly
elections for which were held Inst
week though the results were moi
known at the time of writing.
Hope In Southeastern Russia.
There are growing indications that
when the froth and spume Of the pres
ent b0lshevlkl revolution In Russl;
have blown away, the original revolu
tionists OF last March, men like Mil
youkoff, who have brains and expert
ence as well as ideals, will come L
the surface again and regain contro
that may save their distracted coun
try from the talons Of the Prussial
} eagle.
I. The beginning OF the end for Lenln
! was reported to have come on Friday
all. 20 al Iia0 Nal tsnN
Petrograd, his cabinet was succeeds
by Il coalition ministry of advance
:. Socialists and other factions, with tn
Bolshevikl In the minority.
D Despite the fact that the second an
!, flfth armies last week gave their aC
n herence to the Bolshevikl "goverI
;. ment," Lenlne and Trotzky hav
d shown no slightest evidence {
their ability to rule Russia, an
whether or not they be knowlngl
agents of Germany, their actions az
all for the benefit OF the central poy
ers. II the armlstlce- they ask tC
I; were followed by the kind Of peaC
=, " they advocate, Russia would lie ope
q % to Germany as ripe field for mere
- less exploitation and the German
would guin infinitely more than the
possibly would lose In western L.
rope.
:, The hopefulness In the situation III
y far away from Petrograd. x great o
. gnnlzatlon known as the Southeastel
J, :, union has been formed, embracing Il
J, - Don territory, most of Little Russi
. the lower volga region and Turkestu
~ ~ This is the great gruin-growing part
80 80 Russias the territory that feeds q
~ ~ rest, and steps are being taken to II,
. . to the union the corn-produclng pa
~ of Siberia. In all this territory, roug
y. ~, ly speaking, General Kuledlnes, h,
~ man Of the Cossacks, IL In control. N
he. in turn, Is controlled by lea,le