Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-16
HUNS REMAIN
At WAR WITH
RUSSIA, SAYS
kUEHLMANN
Foreign Minister of Germany
Declares That State of
War" Still Exists Between
Central Powers and Slavs.

CBy Review Leased wfrs)
AMSTERDAM. Feb. l5.--Inat Ger
many and Austria are still al war with
Russia was the belief expressed by
DR.. Richard Won kuehlmann. the Ger
man foreign secretary. az the conclud-
ing session of the recent peace confer
ence at Brest-IitOvSk after Leon TrOt-
zky. the BolSheviki foreign minister.
had made his final statement that
Russia was out OF the war and her AZ
mics would be Gemobilized. but that
she would desist fro msigning formal
peace treaty.
The acts OF war. DR.. Won Kuehlmann
said. ended when Russia and the Teu-
tonic allies signed the armistice, but
when the armistice ended the warfare
must he revived. He added that be-
cause one or two Of the contracting
parties had demobilized their armies
this facS would in no wise alter the
situation.
Germany was pictured as a peace
loving. non-aggreSSive nation. in the
speech OF Or. Won kuehlmann. who
said the Russians should have no fear
that Germany held any designs on
Russia.
German Basis
Il need only refer NJ. Trotzky (the
Bolshevik foreign miniSterl to the
permanent basis Of the German policy.
which. up 10 the time when war with
Russia was forced upon the German
people. consisted in the preservation
OF good and friendly relations between
our eastern neighborS.~ De. Won Knehl-
mann declared. ~Germany's policy
will always continues soon as the
war has reached s satisfactory con-
cluSion-to strive for the friendlieSt
relations with newly organized Rus
sia BY avoiding all interferences in its
internal affairs
DIR. Won Kuehlmann said the German
idea in drawing the frontier lines for
Poland. Courland and Lithuania was
to observe the racial point OF view as
suggested BY the Russian delegations.
and We have done this in accordance
with historical demarcStiOn and ethno-
graphical position.
As regards the future lots Of these
peoples. DR.. Won kuehlm0nn contin-
ued. although we believe their wishes
already have been expressed in accord
ance with the principle OF Self-deter-
mination. We are ready, by a Ss-stefaat-
ic extension OF existing representative
bodies. TO provide for the possibility
OF q further expression Of the national
will on the broadeSt possible basis.
The determination OF the time and
form OF this expression Of popular will
must be decided by existing represen-
tative bodies in those territories.
- To Ukraine
As TO a separate peace with Uk-
raine. Or. Won Kuehlmann said the
central powers must reserve the right
10 be their own judges as TO what
states they should recognize. They
had recognized Ukraine. he added, and
there was use discussing that QueS-
ton any further.
Count CEernin. AuStrO-Hungarian
foreign minister. expressed surprise
that Trotzky had introduced the sub
ject Of the Ukraine at the peace coz
ference.
The relations between the Ukraine
and the Petrograd government said
Count Czernin. do not concern the
central powers. and our conclusion OF
a peace with the Ukraine cSnOt be re-
garied as an unfriendly act toward
the Petrograd government. We signed
no treaty OF alliance with the Ukraine
against the Petrograd government. but
only a treaty OF peace which makes
the Ukraine. so far as the central pow
ers are concerned. merely neutral
state"
Replying to TrotEky's inquiry re-
garding the frontier south OF Brest-
I.itovsk. DR.. Won Kuehlmann said;
Missile Course Sought
In drawing these frontiers we at
tempted TO find middle course be-
tween racial divisions and the hiStori-
cal frontier"
Or. Won KuehlmSnn proposed a new
ext for the second article OF the peace
treaty. TO the effect that certain mon
tier territories. which were not detln-
ed. should no longer be subject to the
territorial sovereignty OF Russia. and
that in the future the lot OF these ter
ritOries should be decided in agree
ment with their respective peoples ae~
cording to agreements which Germany
or Austria-H Hungary shall make with
them"
The point was. DR.. Won kuehlmann
added. that evacuation Of certain ter
ritorieS by the central powers was
promised on condition that the Rus
sian evacuated Turkish territory sim
A subcommittee having
failed 20 reach an agreement on the
new frontier proposed by the central
powers. another plensry meeting was
held Sunday. when NJ. TrotEky made
his statement regarding the ending OF