The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-03

with Russians who were too outspoken in their
denunciation of the robbers. When peaceful
methods failed to get the grain supply of the
Ukraine, Eichhorn resorted to the practices OF
the Middle Ages, sending his soldiers into the
rural districts to take what the Germans wanted,
the result being that the peasants soon arose in
revolt. Armed bands have united into the SEM
blance of an army and, according to news dis
patches, are marching toward Kieff.
Germany's brief occupancy of stolen Russian
territory exhibits her admirable faculty of MAX
ing other people hate her. And Russian terror
lists have the training and experience to kill off
their teuton oppressors in very efficient man.
ner. To borrow trite saying, "a nice time will
be had by ALL
The appended commentary on Eichhorn's re-
gime, printed in New York paper, illustrates
how the Germans try to exploit a conquered
territory:
Before the European war began General yon Eich
horn Of the recognized leaders of the Prussian
military ring, and favorite of the Kaiser.
In March. 1913, he sent to Kiev German mill
tary commander of the Ukraine. AS such he the
supreme authority in the Ukraine. Being concerned
chiefly with the task of extorng foodstus from the
Ukraine for German consumption his military policy
ward the population and the Ukranian Government
of peremptory demand followed by the threat and
often the application of force whenever the peasants
failed to comply Many sporadic uprsngs resulted in
which blood of peasants was freely shed.
Rather than release their food the Germans the
peasants would burn and destroy their crops General
Echhorn repeatedly issued DEGREES ordering the
ants to SOW and threatened dire punishment they
failed Just repeatedly however the peasants listened
with deaf and this last Spring. despite the oppres
sive tactics Of General Echhorn only so
the Spring sowing had been done in the Ukraine the
peasants preferng to starve rather than put their labor
into the fields for other than to produce food
that would be taken away from them.
When the Ukranian peace made tho Rada agreed
to supply Germany with 100000 wheat by August
/. 1918.
When the helpessness of the Rada to its obi
cations became evident, General Echhorn and the
German ambassa dor in Ukraine Baron Won Schwart
zensten decided dispense with the support
i'll its stead dictatorship with General Skoropadsk the
head Under such arrangement the German military
leader believed he could better obedience
of the peasants. Having nothing give the peasants
for their wheat, he adopted system ruthless
wherever possible On the whole, however, method
merely made things much The policy
and only famed the flames and antagon
ism in the population, and Hetman Skoropadsk either
could not would Germans in achieving
their purpose.
Kiev and other parts of the Ukraine became the
of many riots in protest of the against
Echhorns DEGREES. Desperate their failure to
obtain the promised wheat, the German
ready to employ available from the
Ukraine whatever resources she held. In several in
stances it reported that General Echhorn dis
i'll order that they might effectively suppress the
outcries of elements which demanded
of real government and the cessation Germanys op
pressive tactics.