Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-04
FURTHER INVASION
Of RUSSIA HALTED
BY TEUTON POWERS
Turkey Made Beneficiary Of
Changes in Terms De-
manded by Huns.
KARS AND KARABAND NOW
BECOME TURKISH HOLDINGS
Fear of Additional Onerous Con-
ditions fastened Accept
ance of Demands.
ANOTHER RAID AT RHEIMS
Efforts OF German Troops to Debouch
Neufchatcl Salient Prove Cause
OF Sharp Fighting.
KARS AND KARABAND NOW
BECOME TURKISH HOLDINGS
RAID AT RHEIMS
Efforts OF German Troops to Debouch
Ncufchatcl Salient Prove Cause
OF Sharp Fighting.
IBv Asso ciated Press.l

Russia has bowed to the Teutoaic
allies. The Bolshcvik commissioners
sent 10 Brest Litovsk have signed the
treaty of peace presented by the Ger
mans, according TO an official state
ment from Berlin, which adds ti,as
military movements in Great Russia
have ceased.
Il was reported on Saturday by the
Bolshevik commissioners that .hey
were about TO sign the treaty. This
report was tclcgraphed TO Lcnine and
Trotzily after the Delegates sent to
Brest Litovsk had met the German
emisaaries. There is little information
available rs TO the details Of the meet
ing between the peace delegations, but
the Bolsheviki said they realized tha,
any further delay would mean more
onerous conditions and they would sisn
the treaty without further discussions.
Russia lost by the delay that en-
sued when Trotzky announced that Tho
war 80 far as Russia was, concerned.
had ended, but refused TO sign the for.
NAL treaty. In tho interval between
tho breaking up OF tho first Brest
Litovsk meeting and the one heIdT,at
last week. the central powers added
materially TO the demands whic!, p,ere
outlined when the now famous "u5ff-
man Inc was drawn b" the command
er OF the German forces on the cast
ern front.
turkey was the beneficiary OF these
"hanSes IN the peace terms. The new
demands included that Russia reiin
qaish the regions OF Ba.un. Kars and
haraoand tkara abaS!D to tho Turks.
heSe regions are III Transcaucasia.
ana mark considerable addition 10
'ie Snltan'5 doninions in that section
"i the world. rhe doctrine OF the ri.-bt
OF peoples 10 se!f-determination .waq
'he prsteXt upon which the new team,
were ADDED 10 the treaty. I. IS prob
aolc that the Solshevik delegation no
ccdeu TO the new demands
Nhile II is understood that uII t,,e
i"ntonic allies have signed thc formal
treaty ending the war with Euss;a. II
Is SAID tha; the economic and foc,,
phaseS or rcsuming peaceful rc!at;ons
viii be taken up individually bv ea.h
country.
OFFICIAL REPORT on
PEACE MEET FROM Rv:uIJv
BY reason of the signing of ~.
peace treaty with Russia" says ~.
official communication from s.rs;.,
headquarters last night, "miIi,,r,.
movements in Great Russia has.
ceased"
The message, which was addrestch
TO Premier Lenine and Foreign Minis.
ter Trotaky. follows:
AS We anticipated. deliberations on
treaty OF peace are absolutely use
iess ana could only make things worse
IN comparison with tho ultimatum OF
fcpruary II. They might even as
sumo the character OF leading 10 tho
presentation OF another uitimatum.
IN view OF this fact and in CON
sequence OF the Germans refusal 10
cease military action until peace is
signed We have resolved to sign the
treaty without discussing It's contents
ana leave after we have attached ou,.
signatures. We, therefore have re.
t"csted train, expecting TO sign to-
day and leave afterwards.
inc most serious feature OF the
new demands compared with those OF
February II is the following:
TO deiach the regions Of Kara
ohhd kars and Batum from Russia
territory on the prctext OF the right
or peoples to self-detcrmina,ion."
RUSSIA LOSES GROUND
AND THE TURKS GAIN
The new territorial claims upon
i'ussia are apparently advanced in tho
interest OF Turkey. Batum,, a strong
~ fortified seaport Oh the Black sea
coast. In Transca ucasia. about twenty
mics north OF the border of Turkish
Armenia was one OF the cities ceded
oS turkey to Russia after the Russo
'fuTkish war Of iS,1-7S. Kars. also in
'Franscaucasia. los miles northeast OF
iirZerum. in Turkish Armenia, has
been in dispute between the Turks
and the Russians for nearly a century,
and finally was ceded to Russia at the
same time as was Ba;um. Tho other
region mentioned probably is that OF
karabash. Transcaucasia. lying to the
east OF tho Kars region and north OF
The Persian border
GERMAN SOCIALISTS ARE
BITTER IN THEIR ATTACKS
The German Socialists have bitterly
attacked tho peace treaty with Russia.
In debate In the Re!chstag there
were charges that Germany and Aus-
tria already are quarrolinE over the