Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-15
Russia Makes HumiIiating Peace
But KaiSer's Soldiers Con-
tinue Invasion.
AMERICANS REpEL RAIDERS
Pershing's Troops, Now Occupying
Eight-MiIe Front, HurI Back Strong
Forces of Germans-Fight
Like Veterans.

Extreme chaos has continued to
mark the Russian situation, the only
thing that has seemed really clear
being that Germany is determined to
take advantage of the utter collapse
of Russia to seize such territory and
supplies as she desires. The boil
shevik ENJOYS presented the humiliat-
ing spectacle of signing a peace treaty
without discussion, fearing as they an
nounced, that negotiations would only
result in the imposition of more OBJ
noxious terms. But even after the
Russian peace delegates had thus
| debased themselves the Germans con
tinued their invasion Of Russian terri
tory.
Whether the masses of the Russian
people will accept the ~humiliating peace
terms agreed to by the bolshevik dele
gates is a question that only time can
settle.
The bolshevik government aban-
doned Petrograd as the German troops
advanced upon that city and moved
the administrative offices to Moscow,
which city, it was announced, would
be made the Russian capital. Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign min
lister, indicated that he and his as
| sociates are concerned with the future
of the revolution, rather than the fu-
ture of Russia as a, national entity.
| He announced that the bolshevik lead
efs afe prepared to Withdraw even as
far as to the Ural mountains rather
than submit to the defeat of the revo-
luton.
The haste of the Russian ENJOYS In
| signing q treaty of peace with Ger
many was explained on the ground
that the terms proposed by the Teu-'
tonic ENJOYS were growing more oner-
Gus hourly. At the last minute the.
Germans demanded three great trans
Caucasion provinces-Karabad, Kars,
and Batoum-presumably for their
Turkish ally, and they got them, Of
course. The Russian ENJOYS shut.
their eyes and signed the document as
it was pushed across the table by the
Hun ENJOYS.
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With Russia in thorough subsection,
SO far as the bolshevik government
was concerned, the central powers
turned their attention to Roumania,
and, as was to be expected, they forced
that country to sign a preliminary
peace treaty which Is little less hui
initiating than that forced upon the
Russians. Under the terms of this
| treaty Roumania cedes the province
of Dobrudja, as far as the Danube, to
the central powers, agrees to evacu-
ate all occupied Austro-Hungarian ter
ritory, promises to demobilize its army
and agrees to support with all its
strength the transport of troops of
the central powers through Moldavia
and Bessarabia to Odessa" The sub
mission by Roumania to any terms Inn
posed by the central powers was ex-
peeled, as that country, abandoned by
Russia, and entirely cut off from all
possible aid from the allied powers,
was absolutely at the mercy Of the
Teutonic powers. A peace treaty be-
tween Russia and Finland has also
been signed.
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While Germany was working It's will
in Russia and Roumania, the diplo-
matte situation growing out Of the pro-
posal Of Japan to intervene in Siberia
for the purpose Of protecting the vast
stores of supplies paid for with money
furnished by the aNies, occupied the
o+onHon of tho I1nited States and the
entente governments. 1t was indicat-
ed that there was some divergence of
opinion between President Wilson and