The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-02-14

who demand. with threats, that the
kaiser shall align himself with them
for "strong peace" The socialists
Wnnd as firmly ms ever for IA demo
cratic peace, and II Wilhelm sides
against them. he and the PruSSinn mill.
turiSts will have before them the i'm.
possible task OF making good with de
Cislye military victories over the armed
forces Of Great Britain, France and the
United States. II they fail, rs fail they
must. It is casy TO predict sweeping
revolution In Germany. hut between
now and that evcat mUst intervene Il
long period of bloody fighting. The
pHn.Germans have no idea OF yielding
ralnrty. especially II they are support.
ed hv N" emperor, which seems likely.
In the main Mr.. Wilson'S address 90.
'ncid"d with that OF Mr.. Lloyd George
80 fur as the essentials Of peace are
ronc"rned. He was a little more in.
~i>t"nt on some points. q little less on
''herS and he spoke more Al length
about Russia, expressing the deep
sympathy Of America for the strug
cling people OF that country and en-
ronragng the bolsheviki 10 stand firm
Hgainst the terms Of German con.
quest
All through the program set forth
by the president, runs. a. he said the
principle OF justice To all peoples and
all nationallties, and their right to live
"n equal terms Of liberty and safety
with one another. whether they be
Nrung or weak.
Just one Of the peace essentials as
stated by Mr.. Wilson met with some
criticism In the United States. and that
from certain Republican leaders. Thl,
was the section calling for the "es'ah.
liNhment OF an equality of trade con.
ditIons among all the nations consent.
Ing 10 the peace and associating them.
selves for It's maintenance. II that
means the elimination OF all tariffs.
world free trade, say the Republican
statesmen, they cannot assent 70 Il. All
who were quoted concerning the mes
sage declared II most timely. for they
believe with the president that the
moral climax Of the war has come.
The German press generally cor.
demns President Wilson's peace aims
as II did those ~ Lloyd George. mos
Of the papers calling his program ".
terly impossible, especially as regards
Alsace-Lorraine, the internal affairs Of
Austria.Hungary and the partition -
Turkey.
10
sian delegates, headed by Trotzky him.
self, returned 10 Brest.LItoysk on Tues
day and resumed the peace negotia.
uons with the central powers Ra-
fore departing from Petrograd the Dol.
sheviki foreign minister expressed hi.
deep suspicion NJ the motives of the
entente allies, declaring they wanted
Germany TO make an advantageous
| separate peace with Russia so Ger.
many would be more willing 10 sur.
render what the allies want In The
west. Incidentally Trotzky repeated
the story that % 900 German troops In
The Kovno district had deserted be.
cause they were about to be moved to
The west front.
VI. Radek, one OF the Russian dele.
gates, asserted Monday that the Rus,
SLAMS were strengthening the front and
would send home every soldier who
was not willing 10 fight. He asserted
they wanted no help from the allies ~
America because their strength lay IL
their weakness; that the country fol
many miles was destitute, and thai
while the Germans could drive then
back IL would do them no good anC
they would not want To- have million,
Of starving people on their hands.
Conditions in Petrograd are becoln
ing more desperate daily. The city |,
] full Of crime. disorder aud dirt. am
the people have little food and coal
Very severe winter weather is addiny
To- the distress there.
Breakup Of Russia Continues.
The holsheviki seem content for tn
present, TO permit the breaking up o
Russia Into separate natlOnalities.
kind Of a truce has been patched nj
with the Ukralnians. and the man
other new governments" apparent
are not molested. Llthuanla Is IN
latest 10 declare itself independent
Finland Is we'll on the way TO Indeper
dence, having been recognized by Gen
many, Sweden and France, and its reT
resentatives being well received b
other governments.
The Cossacks OF the south were hn,
Ing harder time; official dspatche
from Petrograd reporting that the
had been defeated and put to flight b
the holsheUk forces.