Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21
HOLD EASTERN
TREATIES VOID
Allies Refuse to Acknowledge
German Peace Pacts With
Russia and Roumania.
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
Win Fight to End to Establish Peace.
ful Reign Of Justice Instead OF
Teuton Policy Of
Plumber.

Plumber.
| London, March ia statement
mas been, issued by the supreme war
man political crimes against the Rus
sian and Roumanian peoples and re-
fusing to acknowledge Germany'S
peace treaties with them, and also de-
claring:
I'VE are fighting and mean to con-
/ tinue fighting, in order to finish once
for all with this policy of plumber,
and establish in it's place the peace
full reign of organized Justice"
| The document is in the nature of a
| restatement of the Allies war aims
1t embodied a protest against Ger
many's action, in the name of Ger
man peace, toward the Russian peo-
| pie.
The statement makes plain that the
Allies scorn any peace at the expense
| of Russia.
| The councils, statement, which is
Issued through the foreign office, says
| Note Crimes of Enemy.
"The prime ministers and foreign
ministers of the entente assembled
In london feel 1t to be their bounden
duty to take note Of the political
crimes, which under the name of
German peace, have been committed
! against the Russian people. Russia
was unarmed. Forgetting that for
four years Germany had been fighting
against the independence of nations
and rights of mankind. the Russian
government, in mood of singular
creduality, expected to obtain by per-
suasion that democratic peace which
| It had failed to obtain at war.
"The results were that the inter-
mediate armistice had not expired be-
fore the German command, though
pledged not to alter the disposition Of
its troops, transferred them en- masse
| to the western front, end so weak
did nussh find herself that she dared
| to raise no protcr- against this flag
rrnt violations of Germany's plighted
word.
| annexation CamCulIaQeo.
"What fo,owed was Of like charac.
ter, when the German peace was
translated into action. 1t was found
to iAvolve the invasion of Russian
territory. the destruction or capture
Of all Russia's means Of defense, and
| the organization Of Pussian lands for
Garmany's profit, proceeding which
Aid not differ from annexation though
the word itelf was carefully avoided,
Judgment Never Doubted.
"For us OF the Entente government,
the Judgment which the free peoples
Of the world will pass on these trans
actions would never be in doubt. Why
waste tine over German pledges when
we see that no period in her history
| Of conquest-not when she overran
| Silesia, nor when she partitioned 70
land-has she exhibited herself so
cynicaliy IS a destroyer Of national
| independence, the implacable enemy
of the rights of man and the dignity
Of civilized nations?
| peace treaties such as these we do
not and cannot acknowledge. Our own
ends are very different. We ara fight.
ing, and mean to continue f,hting, in
order to finish once for all with this
policy of plumber and to establish in
its place the peaceful reign of or
gani2ed justice.
Only Appeal Is to Right.
"As incidents OF this long war un-
| roll themselves before our eyes. more
and more clearly do we perceive that
| the battles for freedom are every
| whcra irtecGooendent; that no sepcr-
ate enumeration of them Is needed
| and That in every case the single.
but all-suificient appeal is to justice
and right.
"Are Justice and right going to win?
| insofar as the issue depends on bat
ties yet to come, the nations whose
fate Is In the balance may surely
put their trust in the armies, which.
even under conditions more difficult
than the present, have shown them
selves more than equal to the great
cause entrusted to their valor"