, 1918-03-14
Russia Makes Humiliating Peace
But Kaiser's Soldiers Con-
tinue Invasion.
AMERICANS REPEL RAIDERS
Pershins's Troops, Now Occupying
Eight. Mile Front, Hurl Back Strong .,
Forces of Germans-Fight
Like Veterans.

. Extreme chaos has continued to
mark the Russian situation, the only
'lhing that has seemed really clear
being that Germany is determined to
.take advantage of the utter collapse
pf Russia to seize such territory and
Supplies as she desires. The boil
'sheyik ENJOYS presented the humiliat-
lng spectacle of signing a peace treaty
without discussion. fearing a. they n
bounced, that negotiations would only
result in the imposition of more OBJ
|%nOTiOus terms. But ever after the
Russian peace delegates had thus
|debased themselves the Germans con
|dnued their invasion Of Russian terri
|tOry.
Whether the masses of the Russian
people will accept the humiliating peace
terms agreed to by the bolshevik dele
gates is a question that only time car
settle.
The bOlshevik government aban-
dOned PetrOgrad as the German troops
advanced upon that city and moved
The administrative offices to Moscow,
which city, 1t was announced, would
be made the Russian capital. Leon
|%Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign min
ister, Indicated that he and his as
%SOciates are concerned with the future
Of the revolution. rather than the fu-
ture of Russia as a national entity.
lie announced that the bolshevik lead
ers are prepared to withdraw even as
far as 10 the Ural mountains rather
man submit to the defeat of the eve
luton.
The haste of the Russian ENJOYS in
signing a treaty of peace with Ger
many was explained on the ground
mat the terms proposed by the Teu-
ionic ENJOYS were growing more oner-
Gus hourly. AT the last minute the
Germans demanded three great trans
'aucasiOn prOvinces-Karabad Kars
ana Batoum-presumably for their
turkish ally, and they got them, of
course. The Russian ENJOYS shut
thelr eyes and signed the document as
u was pushed across the table by the
Hun ENJOYS.
WIN Russia in thorough subsection,
30 lar ms the bolshevik government
was concerned, the central powers
turned their attention to Roumania,
and' us wa TO be expected, they forced
mat country to sign a preliminary
peace treaty which is little less hu-
mllatiiig than that forced upon the
russians. Under the terms of this
ueaty RoumarIa eedes the province
VI pobrudja, as far as the Danube, to
'e central pGwers, agrees to a
oe all occupied AustrO-Hungarian ter
''ofE' promises to demobilize its army
""u agrees to support. with all Its
strength the transport of troops of
"e central powers through Moldavia
Wv beSsarabia to Odessa" The sub
MISSION by Roumania to any terms i'm
iU,tu 10y the central powers was ex-
rtc'ed, AS that country, abandoned by
"uNSla, and entirely cut off from all
i"N>'u'' aid from the allied powers,
nus absolutely at the mercy of the
aeu'"N'r powers. A peace treaty he
t"e'l Russia and Finland has also
Oetn signed.
Ia
WINE Germany was working its will
" huNSia and Roumania, the diplo-
i, situation growing out of the pro-
toSul Of Japan to intervene in Siberia
INC purpose of protecting the vast
uIeN ut supplies paid for with money
ulSl"d by the allies, occupied the
Of the United States and the
o. gn'e governments. 1t was indlcat-
Nv InHi there was some divergence of
'"Nloh between President wilson and