Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-11

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ania. EEthonin and liNupt lHlhtF
AS an ally Of the central ruWyr
was given great area io tHn east
Of the Black sea, including inr r,.
glons OF Batum, knrs ami lrtlU
with the nnnounccmcut .t 'nu
final signing ~ the treaty hu'Wu..
the BnlsheyiN and Germany rn.
allies gave up hope chat EuHH
would remain In tho conflict ...
A. once they began 20 H'ran..H.n
their lines against the comIua ~ 'nn
rrc,t German offensive Do. Nn...
gerlln and Vienna hoped n ff..
the entente nations 20 make ruI..
Rumnnia Capltulntcs
with the Greater parf ~ N.r Tor
rIfory occupied by the G..mtr.
Austrlans and BulgarlauB with H..
ro,.ornment driven from Bucharest
10 Jnssy and with the Russian Iu.
shcyid openly hostile toward n.r
Eumnnla found herself Zoo u r..f...
.ltuntlon. Rumanluu troops durrr
t.bruary and March U'fIur,I u o
Dessarnbia. a part ~ the new f..
public ~ Ukraine. bui thew vrr,
hcmnicd In by the enemy forces tr1
NAV & Rumauia signed treaty ul
peace with tho central powers
By this treaty EIml0l |usf the
province OF pGbruijt. ON 'hr south
side OF the Danube which She had
received after the Balkan war. and
agreed 10 a rcCfIfICa'Un of her west.
ern frontier Economic concessions
also were made under pressure
from the ToutunIc alliance
The period between December 7.
1917 and March ! 1878. may hr
called tho period NJ peace 'cu'atlves
u is true that before the end OF
the summer Pope ITTrils' made an
appeal 10 the warning nations 90 en-.
ter into peace negotiations. the basis
for pourparlors being the rrs'ora
ton Of belgium ana Serbia and the
return 90 Germany OF her lost col
onies This appeal made on Aug
ust 10 was answered by President
Wilson on August 90. when the
president announced that tho Gar.
mHN government as Constituted
could not ho believed and that the
United states was ready 20 enter
into negotiations when the German
people showed they desired peace
and. when they spoke through any
authority which would be rcpresen-
tative ~ them
The German answer 20 the pope's
appeal reached the Vatican on Sep
tember p n expressed hope that
further warfare could be Inverted
through the good offices of the
rope but declined 10 enter into any
u. a..
had declared to be their minimum
war aims.
German Peace Offer.
German efforts 90 secure peace
which would leave 90 Germany All
the frBlis NJ her victory gained
through Russia's collapse and with
Relrlum and lnrrr portions OF
France to be used as nawns nj tho
council table beran with the ad.
d-oss ~ Count Czerniu, then Aus
'ri1u foreign minister. a. prest
IItuyST. on December 90 Tho key.
note ~ 'he address was general
rcarc without anneNatlons and In.
demniiirs
'On January 2 President Wilson
addressing congress said that the
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tho German rulers wcrc speaking
The address was a complement to
nm address made on January 3 hy
David Lloyd George, the British
premier
To these addresses reply was
made by Imperial Chancellor Won
HerilInC of Germany ana Count
C7ernin The latter was pacific
and counclll7tory I'm tome. while the
former. aluding 20 the good Ger.
man sword" showed he was speak
Ing for the mllitarists of the Ger
manic powers
To these replies there WAS rcioincr
by President Wilson. who, on Feb
ruary II. again addressing congress.
Ia4d down what have come 10 he
Known as the -four urincinles' upon
which peace can ho based Briefly
those principles were.
Final settlement must DE based on
essential Justice
Peoples and provinces nre not IN
be hartered about Ike chat'els
Every territorial settlement must
ho FOR the benefit and I'm the l0'cres
OF the populations concerned
All weU-deflncd national 1spl-a-
tons shall he met with 'he utmost
satisfaction consistent with tho fu-
turo peace
Pope Renedist. m n pastoral l"i.
Ter issued a. Easter made another
appeal for concord among the p"n
pies OF the world. hn' II brought
forth no tangible results A. fh"
pope's behcst. PRAYERS f0r peace were
offered In Catholic churches
throughout the world on 81 Peters
dav June rs
In April there came rrve'0Nong
from Paris that Emperor Charles
or Austria had written letters 20
: tfince Slxtus OF Rourhor. a,rcnf'vo
IN these communication the Nus.
'Ilan monarch conceded tho claim
OF France 10 Alsace and iorrD'n-
"nu hlnted that peace oyor'urr'
would be welcomed
81, AS a reault OF this. Count Cycru'n.
ule Austrian foreiru minister was
removed from office
ne most recent addresses on tho
u"lect or peace have been delivered
m ''he German reichstaV one hv
iuchnrd Won Kuchlmaun. the
ore'Fn minister and the uihar nv
,mnerial Chancaler Won TrrrH'ue
rhe formers sensntIoral otr1tse.an
nat the sword hy itself coulI rrt
'ring peace resulted IN his r,g.rrr.
ion, Rnd Won Hertling's address
. ~ w ~ sentiment that 8s 'Nr"
~ nHles wrre intent upon 'io.
~ ."E germany the war must
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