Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
PEOPLE IN RtiT,t LANDS
DID Nul WANT .t.RItN UNION

False is me statement that ia the
l'aiti" lands tn" mass az the people
wishes havt not even rct been consult
ed the STAY tribes Of the Baltic re-
on have hitherto been so hostile to
everything Germ. 4 that the ruling
BulshcNiSts may h sure Of losing their
lcttish guards o" the day that Lii
voni1 and Esthonia are In any way
attached to tn" German empire.
\ hollow and rcpusnant mockery is
the assertion that foumania is salts
circumsrribcd her within limits even
narrower ,han those by which Prussia
Was bound under the treaty OF Tilsit
Lcnine's successful coup accrued, TO
military eXert!ous OH tEeir part. like
the grand prize in a lottery. Had they
honestly conceded { II tho idcalist de-
nIhnds al the i-"ninitcS. had they con-
Guided y large hani-d pcare. then from
Lake i'eipus TO the BLACK Sea all the
troons mot as ro@ merely "a majority
OF ,he,ND would hJ -. bean made avail
able fer service lscwhcre; then in
deed, all the raw materials and food
stuTs 80 urgently acedcd could have
been bad for the pur, 'nsiuE: and the
people OF peasants. Workmc I and trad
crs, spared and treated WITH considcra-
ton BY tn. invader. would have be-
conc Nrmly reconciiod with the Ger
man spirit.
such peacc at III. came time would
might after a brief in,.rvat perhaps
hive borne back TO us, either from the
w n .. rouse or IRON the Calnr OF the
allied ocalisis. some echo such as
ih5S. Since the Germans are 80 mani
fcstly resolved TO restrict themselves
within Tho bounds pi good sense and
moderation il would ne objectionable
folly 10 hici. against general discus.
s.on OF pcac. questions" No lapse Of
years can redeem the sin of Count
Czeruin and Of Herr Won kUehlmann in
that they allowed this harvest mcrcy,
paid 70; in blood, 70 he swept away
that ny their lust for the plaudits OF
q day they dissipated the profits OF this
grand prize
outcome OF their dcspicable little game
nov with the promise o! free democ
racy. now with the threa; OF brute
force is that, without the slightest
reed. almost everywhere from kola
to the Lower Danube enemies are ar
rayed against US. and that at every
warnings are loud against the people
whose mmoSt aspirations have been
y bucharest The voice OF duty now ur-
gently cnjoins that these treaties shall
be so transformed as TO satisfy the
sentiments OF every contracting party.
ed. the opportunity viii never return.
SIiORT-LI.ED HOPES
OF HERR IiEI.TFERICH
1t was my hope that Herr Helnerich
would undo the evil that the treaties
had wrought: that ne woLld not regard
himself IS d sort OF arch -requisitioner
but would on the contrary waive the
German demands for an indemnity OF
f6Oo 10000 or >f7Oo, 100000 for the re-
turn Of Lumber of historic paintings
from the Hermitage TO the CasSel Gal
lery. and above all for the cession of
Esthonia. Indispensable to Petro-
grad for its existence. Bad as adj
nit the treaties TO be. can see no
alternative for Germany. but to revise
them in concert with the Boshevists.
NSince, though their hands arc stepped
in blood. they are the only party in
Russia that does not openly dissociat e
itself from the Brest peace.
The i'll news from Moscow and Kiev,
the bombs thrown ut a young diplo-
matist and at Il veteran field marshal.
have more ominous sound than the
ball which four years aso proclaimed
that the heir apparent OF AuStro- Hun
>gary had been murdered on Austrian
soil by Bosnian youths, subjects of
Austria.
To-day nobody dreams of making n
whole nation the scapegoat for such
a deed: those who know their world
history remember thor .hn 'nr"sS,ur r
every now age was draped in the scar
let OF some such breach of law and
order.