Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
RUSSIA FALLS OUT.
Bolsheviki Declares War With Ger
many at an End.

many at an End.
Russia has declared the state Of war
| 10 bc al an end and has ordered the de-
mobilization OF Russian forces on all
fronts. according 10 Il dispatch re-
c.ivcd al Amsterdam, from Brcst-
| Titovsk dated Sunday.
The dispatch follows: THE presi-
dent OF the Russian delegation AT to-
days (Sunday's) sitting stated that
while Russia was desisting from sign
| ing :, formal peace treaty il declared
I ih. state Of war to be ended with
Germany. Austria Hungary, Turkey
and Bulgaria. simultaneously giving
orders for complete demobilization OF
Russian forces on all fronts"
| Leon Tr0tZky. the Bolsheviki foreign
minister. alluding later TO the further
| discussions that will arise from the
situation created between the central
bowers and Russia for tn" establish
nrnt OF reciprocal diplomatic. consA-
lar. legal AMI economic relations. IN
dicatrd Il method Of direct intercourse
between the governments concerned,
as we'll as employments Of the COM
| missions of the Iuadruplc alliance
| which already are at l'etrograd.
Russia steps formally out Of the
war by act Of the BolShcviki govern
mcnt. which seized the rcinS Of power
] i'm prtrograd last November and al
most Immediately opened peace ncgo-
tiations with the central empires. The
authority of this government seems
virtually unqucstioned at present in
northern Russia and the Tcutonic pow
rrs have already assured the cessation
| at even nominal hostiliti"s along rir-
tually all the remainder OF the original
long line in the east by signing peace
with tn" Ukraine and isOlating Rou-
| mania.
| Although cutting little figure in the
| war for nearly Il year past. Russia y
great indeed vital part in the conflict,
comes forcibly to mind as the circum-
| stances leading up to her exit are re-
| viewed. Becoming Il bclliSer"nt on
| August |. 1914. through Gcrmany's dec
laration Of war upon her. her troops
were soon sweeping through east
Prussia. creating diversion when
hamprrrd the Germans in their first
dash through Belgium ana upon l'aris.
Though diSastrouSly defeated 10y Hind
-nburg at Tanncnbcrg. she rallied
quickly and 10y winter WAS hammering
again at the German borders and her
great ovcrrunning Austrian territory
i'm Galicia were at the crests OF tn"
CarJathians and threatening an inra-
sion of hungary.
II took the bulk OF the Austrian
armies and Il large proportion or Ger
manyS virtually I'm entire years cam
paigning i'm 1915 to break Russia's hold
on Galaria. drive her out OF Poland
and the lower Baltic territory and
force her armies TO the line ut Brest-
I.itovsk But not yet disorganized she
fought through 1916. creating havoc
among the Austrian armies in Folhy-
nia and Galicia and in Asia Minor.
driving the Turks out of virtually all
Turkish Armenia.
The opening of last year found Rus
sia under the old bureaucratic regime.
Her oppressed war-worn people were
ripe for the revolution, and in March,
1917, came the crash. the deposition OF
Emperor Nicholas and the formation
OF the first provisional government.
Under kerensky. as minister OF war.
her armies in July, 1877, began an
offensive in Volhynia and Galacia which
was i'm the full tide OF success when
disaffection among her troops broke
out and stopped the effort.
Since August last Russia has figured
in the great world conflict as mil
itary factor only in reason that she
still held numbers OF German and Aus
trian troops on her frontiers. awaiting
the forces of disorganization. within to
bring about her final disintegration.
This process. struggled against in vain
by Kerensky. was constantly accelerat-
ed by virtue OF the divided authority
set up at petrograd. The council Of
soldiers and workmcn. representing
the proletariat and claiming virtually
supreme power. finally in November
last formally took over the power II
had long in fact exercised.
The rest is comparatively recent his
tory. Under Lenine and TrotZky an
armistic was brought about on all
Russian fronts on December 4. and
peace negotiations with the central
powers were opened at Brest Litovsk.
on December 23. The central empires
agreed TO adhere TO the general prin-
ciplcs of anneXations. no indemnities
and self determination Of peoples and
there was held open to the entente
powers the opportunity Of joining in
the negotiations and have them lead
mp To- general peace. No favor was
found for this proposition among the
allied nations. however the good faith
OF the central nations in particular in
making this offer heing doubted. This
doubt was later found 10y the Russians
themselves to he well founded.
Notwithstanding this. however. the
negotiations were continued. Mean
while Russia was fast splitting up.
District after district declared its in
dependence. Finland and Ukraine be-
ing the notable examples. The Ukraine
opened separate negotiations with the
central powers and these eliminated
last Saturday in the signing of peace
agreement.
Whether the elimination Of the
ukrainian negotiations in n peace
treaty was the determining factor In
inducing the Bolsheviki to declare the
state OF war at an end is not at all
clear as yet.
II has been made fairly clear. how
ever. that Germany had no idea OF
yielding TO the Bolsheviki on the
question of evacuation Of Russia occu-
pied territory which had been the
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