New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Situation Precludes Hon.
of Eichhorn's Troops
Going to France
Farmers Open Revolt
Bolsheviki Who Gave Ru,.;.
10 Germany Now Menace
Invading Forces
By Wilbur Forrest
Especial Cable to The T,4bunel

NbptCtUt CQDtS 70 1 ne It1bHusl
Copyright. 1918. by The Tribune Association
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES A,u
3.-The assassination of Field Marshal
Won Eichhorn in Che Ukraine is =.
garded in army circles as importa,.
emphasis of Germany's rapidly IA
veloping troubles on her Eastern from,
The situation in the Ukraine, whs,.
the entire population of 25,O0O .ooo
small landholders has risen in gueriu.
revolt against Won Eichhorn's trooc,
has an important bearing upon n.
future military operations on ,bs
Western front.
The Won Eichhorn command in ~.
Ukraine is composed of about tb;r.,
five German divisions which. throuvh
mediocre landsturm units, possible
might have been reckoned with to aia
Won Hindenburg's badly punished
forces in the Western battle ara.
These divisions were left in Russia
where they were regarded as capabla
of the almost peaceful occupation ~
y
Over month ago the Ukrainian farm.
ers revolted against the pro- German
akoropadsky government, whose CON.
scrlptlng them into the Ukraine armv
was regarded as q plot to restore TIM
land to the arlstocratic proprietors
Won Eichhorn, with the subtle Ger.
man purpose of gaining strategic ad.
vantages by maintaining his troons
IN the Ukraine, offered the Skoropad.
SKY government his aid in Queling tAs
revolts.
The occupation of their farms b,
German troops was more than tbe
peasants were willing to stand, and
tney rose to man, against not only
the Skoropadsky government, but also
the German invaders.
The assassination Of Won Eichhorn
Is the strongest indication of the
progress now made by this guerilla
war. Latest reports are that chaos
reigns throughout the Ukraine, and
instead of any hope of relieving the
situation on the Western front, Won
Elchhorn's troops may themselves need
reinforcements.
Moreover, the rich crops on which
Germany counted so strongly are
being destroyed in Wholesale man.
ner by the guerilla warriors and eco.
nomic production of all kinds is par-
alyzed. The entire Ukraine is a hos
tile battle-ground for Germany, and the
killing of the fed marshal may pre-
sage graver events.
The same Bolshevlsm which turned
Russia over to Germany seems now to
be wrapping its Shiny coils about the
invaders. The defeat of the Germans
and the Red Guards by the Allid
forces under the Anglo French off
GERS on the Murman coast few days
ago is also regarded here rs the mos.
important development in the situation
in Russia, which bids far 10 soon be-
come battlefront with which Germany
must seriously reckon anew.
The success of the C2echo-Sloyak
forces in Siberia is another portion Of
the Bolshevik boomerang. Germany's
losses in the Ukraine granary, her
failure to seize the ports on the Arctic
Ocean and the White Sea with the
aid of the Finnish Red Guard, and
her new menace from Siberia remove
practically all possibility of her OBJ
taining further reinforcements from
the Eastern front. II is even probable
that the aged landsturmcrs in the
East win soon be calling to Hinder
burg for help