Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-28

B
fessors With the other German high !
schools ut tine ltussian empire. The |
students ui The Baltic provinces
passed several terms IN thc German
univsrsitlr- uf the south aud east
of Germany and then returned 10
Dorpu' H Undergo their 'Nhminn-
tons O. enter In the service ut the
Baltic yU fIEslan state.
"ODN encounters constantly In
our literature allusious to the liAl.
Tie province Kant the philosopher
Of pure reason. published hrs work
at Kiru In the time OF
Goethe ,.4I,n's from Courland and
Lvoniu visited the great Of Weimar,
Richard Wagner commenced nj
riga hi7 .'ntrlcnl and musical ca
tCrryA
TdfT ,uu,.. speaks ~ the rCyolu-
tlOn utfr. me defeat. by tho Jana
nesc ~ 'ho lsusslan troops IN these
provinces vhou tn" castles Of the
German unruuS were besieged by the
people aud SAYS. The cry NJ indig
nation rosulrded thru all Germany
A military German Intervention was
gencruIN expected Against all ex-
I p'rtntiuu nothing of the kind han
pc1'd When Tho Rus
sian government finally got control
the Fussiuu troops treated the rch-
clH ulii'N and n WIS finally the
|hpHrkUne ou 'hc horizon ~ 900 600
I German htyonets that hasteued
matters 80 well that. specifically.
. az least order was re -esta blshcd'
/ Lands Tor New German Peasants.
speaking un the annexation "
I those provinces to Germany he says.
/ There ia no money tn he seized
. In the east bat there In something
Z which g. ~ more Haue than cash.
and that rs lands, lands ot COLOMBIA
I tion Tor new German peasants" Aud
he points out that the Baltic PROV
( inreE are sboutt the samc size as
/ RaNHria and Wurtemberg. hut In
Bavaria and WurtemberR there are
eight and q half millions Of inhnhi-
lanls while the Baltic PROVINCES
support little more than two mil.
Hons
The Baltic provinces have al.
ways occupied an important place in
lhe mot and sentiments Of the Ger
man people. The public as a whole
does not inquire II irs true that
! only - per cent ~ the population
IL German For the public thcv are
simply the German provinces OF the
haltlc, and the German pcpple tif~
right because since seven hundred
Years tho proprietors of the land
| mere are Germans and tho civiliya-
ton has always been German"
| should Germany hc allowed to
seize these provinces. to Increase her
population and man power cnor-
| mouslv. second great war like this
a. hn f.t u
! deprived OF what reter the Great
called His window on tho Baltic"
VIII lose her place Rs European
power
| Tho Germans will endeavor. dur.
Ing any peace negotiations, To keep
their troops there In the homo that
they viii he permitted 10 occupy
these provinces or that. II vote
should be taken to determine to
which country tho inhabitants wish
to be annexed. the latter will be co..
creed thru the German landlords
and by the use OF money and terror
made to appear sp desirous Of an
neNatiou to Germany
Prince Munster who had heen In
this section during the war told mo
once how easy It was TO observe that
the more prosperous sections Of tho
population were German and how
anxious these people we're 10 become
Germans In thia case I thing no
was right to the extent that tho
fcudal landlords OF the Baltlc prov
lnces believe that as prusslnn Junk
srH they would have greater
chance to continue TO oppress the
people than as Russian citizens. es-
peclallV citizens OF n new Russia n
republic.
The allies must guard against any
move which can add 10 the man
power OF the central powers and
this reason alone II sufficient rca
son never to permit the Arabs and
Syrians who have been ~ oppressed
nv the Turks To suffer again under
tho rule of the Young Turks
Tho world must not he dlsiurhc I
again hV Prusslan dreams OF world
conquest, nor mast Jerusalem and
the Holy Land. toward which tho
ewes OF all Christians have turned
for twenty centuries. he voluntarily
b given hack 10 the Turks.
/ Holy War for Hamburg Merchants.
, To allow tho Germans access to
BaEdad ~ 10 invite trouhc--a SOC
; ond attempt of the kaiser to don tho
turban and proclaim a holy war In
tho interest ot tho lat merchants OF
Hamburg and Frankfort
II this were an old-tlme war when
ally diplomats SAT at green table.
exchanging terrinries and peoples
Ike poker chips. W. might consent
TO tho partition and destruction ~
Russia as most natural But -thla
war IL between two sysems and
wars either will he continued or
cease. hereafter We who hope for
the end OF the war cannot permit
Germany 10 add to her man -powcr
any mart OF the rnpidlv muitipl,mg
population Of that great territory
which Nc nov cali Hussia
7 II II urohaile thot Russia v.,f -
thru the stages Of tho great French
revolution We have had already
the revelation made hv tho whole
nation puma army and tho control
~ tho r"sncc'ahlc 0uodoro'r Ronub
leans Tho rcriod of the 1auubirs
tho extremists has come TOO Rrl We
must IN tho C0d expect the nppcar.
arce Of The military leader. strong
man who will bring order That is
what Will hnuncu. for Russia cannot
remain "a nation under tho control
~ hnv VoNerroent which rhcerfII,
consents to dismemherrant ~ her
territory Perhaps Tro'pky wiI ha
clever Cnouch io transform himself
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