Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-22
OLD WORLD SHAKEN
BY NEW DIPLOMACY
AND SLAV 'TANGLE
Battling Nations Of Europe
BeWiIdered By Recent Turn
Of Events in Ukraine and
Russia

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Russian
chaos and President wilson's daylight
diplomacy" have thrown the battling
nations of the central powers and the
republics of old Russia into confusion
and dismay.
History fails to record parallel to
the situation existing today in the old
world
Ukrainia. at peace with the central
powers, is at war with the Petrograd
Bolsheviki.
Germany, Houndering in a situation
she created by trying to effect a don11-
neering peace over Russia. finds herself
at war with the Bolsheviki-and afraid
to shoot.
Austria, disagTeeing with the Ger
man annexationist plans toward Russia
refuses to align her soldiers in any
military demonstration against the Boil
sheviki
Fear lest the Austrian people sway
Count Czernin against the German junk
erS under appeal of President Wilson,
gives the kaiser pause in ms next step.
Russia. anxious for a just peace, finds
herself at war with factions in her own
country. The powers, facing possible
collpase of the Bolsheviki, don't know
whom to deal with. The reins of the
Lenine-Trotzky regime appear slacken-
ing Numerous outbreaks of increasing
violence arc occurring.
Sailors of the Russian Baltic fleet.
first to embrace the original Petrograd
revolution and then to jump TO the Boil
sheviki. have broken away to complete
anarchy and arc carrying fire and blood
through Finland.
Dr. Ignatius, Finnish representative
here. today said cables showed the Bal
tic sailors are now beyond control of
the Petrograd Bolsheviki." Their incen-
diarism and looting are at the root of
the new reign of terror sweeping Fin
land he said.
These rowing. disorEani2ed bands Of
marauders have killed their officers and
refused to obey the orders of the Petro-
grad Bolsheviki. They have stripped the
country bare of provisions and plumber
cd ruthlcssly.'
And to further discredit the Rolshe-
Wiki. officials of the kerenSky regime in
Washington have issued pamphlets for
among the Russian consular
agents here and for the guidance of
this and other government officials.
In speaking of the Bolsheviki, these
embassy officials say:
'Their internationalism' is not based
on the ideal of unity and cooperation
of nations entitled to develop them
selves along their own SpeclHc INES
but is a striving for universal revolu-
ton of the worlds proletariat and the
raising of a merciless class struggle.
THE fancy of the BolshevilSi draws,
beyond the conclusion of the present
war. A sinister picture that shows, in
stead of peaceful Developments of ma
lions applying their energies to crea-
tive activities. destructive flames of
social revolution throughout the world
In this weird international tangle,
President Wilson has thrust forth his
appeal for a just peace-squaring in
general and in many details with the
views of the Austrian people and add
ing further to the confusion of the Ger
man junkers.
How the trend of world events is at
fecting these junkers and the Austrian
government will probably reveal itself
this week when Chancellor Hertling at
Berlin and Count Czernin, at Vienna,
are expected to answer the presidents
last address to congress.