Evening star., 1918-02-17
Lenine and Trotzky Make
Further Teutonjc Aggression
a Matter of Course.
KAISER WILL PROMOTE
SPLIT-UP OF NATION
By Trickery He Will Strive to Gain
Control of Various Sections.
UKRAINE IS AN EXAMPLE
Position of Rumania Now Extremely
Peri1ous and Separate Peace Is
Extremely Likely.
UKRAINE IS AN EXAMPLE
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.


yourself. We will not oppose
you in whatsoever direction you
may reach out, for we have dis
banded all our military forces.
We dare not, however, sign
treaty which would formally
cede away the territory which
you now hold, else we might lose
our grip on things Russian and be
no longer able to serve your pur-
pose"
Foreign Minister Trotzky of
the bolshevik government on the
breaking up of peace negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk loudly pro-
claimed his action as one serving
the best interests of the bitterly
abused peoples of Russia, but
had he made statement similar
to the one above he would have
come nearer approaching the sit
uation as it exists today.
AS pointed out in my review of last
Sunday. the bolsheviki have gone to
great lengths
Recent Actions in serving the
Are Bolshevikesque. ,hs ss;ser ~ ~
the eastern arena. That the bolsheviki
should demobiiize the Russian armies
completely and at the same time de-
clare to the German negotiators that
Russia would not fight, neither would
she sign treaty disposing of the oc-
cupied Russian provinces to the west,
is an action typical bolshevikesQue. If
there ever has been doubt as to the
real caliber of the bolshevik chieftains
Lenine and Trotzky this doubt has been
removed for all time in the minds of
the entente powers.
Russia stands today completely help
less before Germany. The kaiser can
rip up her boundaries he sees fit.
He can give here and take there. He
may enslave millions of Russian people
in the western provinces of Russia as
he enslaved so many negroes in his
reach farther into the heart of Russia
he has but to do so. Nothing stands
in his way. not even the disorganized
Slavic soldiers, who, during the past
eight months, have formed but skele-
ton of a once great army. Border bar
riers are to be eliminated. The kaiser'S
spirit, not the bolsheviki, rules SUI
preme in Petrograd. while he in per-
son chuckles at the havoc that has been
wrought and the damage that has been
done to the entente cause.
But Lenine and Trotzky undoubtedly
have other purposes and other missions
to perform before they have completed
their task for their lord and master. the
German emperor. They undoubtedly
will endeavor to keep Russia in the
present state of anarchy until the
bear. now so grayely i'll, must not be
permitted to recover and once more
sink his claws deep into Teu-
tonic flesh. 1t is perfectly natural, un-
Trotzky should refuse to cede away
Russian territory at the present mo-
ment for fear that the masses of the
people, worn and weary of the chaos
which prevails under bolShevik lead
ership. might arise and overthrow them
and consequently hazard their future
endeavor.
The Russian peoples are yet to be
heard from. They ever have been pa
triotic, though misled. When the
smoldering sparks ignite, the flames of
national ardor are sure to incinerate
the present band of political pirates in
Petrograd and set in motion a real re-
adjustment of conditions within the
Russian empire, though it will take
many years to do what the bolsheviki
have undone during their compa ratively
few months of tenure in the capital.
Since the announcement that Russia
would lay down her arms and that the
bolsheviki would refuse to sign any
formal peace treaty advices from Petro-