The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER XXXIII.

secretly o. openly. Germany viii pro
pose 20 tho world 20 take her pa: from
tho skin q: tho Bear. from the con
Qn"rcd territories OF Russia which re-
main in her possession. The inhabitants
ot those territories would have % be
come tho slaves or Prussia as did the
inhabitants ~ Belgium and n"rth"rn
France. Russians % Russia pay the
aEitator 20 AK about peace without N
IDENTITIES. Germany since the first days
6; the war has been taking Ind2Tnnitles
no: ronly IN money. bur in property and
in aahor from m" conquered countries.
Belgium alone has been compelled to
payT a tribute nf 10000. 900 francs a
month Na,"ly 1000 .o00) TO hec con-
querors. and vast sums have been exact
I'd from Lille and other conquered cities.
, E~"prrty. including machinery. has been
seized and transported to Germany in
the effort nor only 10 obtain a temporary
advantage. hu, t" destroy forever fac
tories tha compete with German manu-
factursrs.
Especially do The German autocrats
hope 10 obtain the So-cailcA Baltic prov
laceS as Il spoil Of war. Of Fourland.
l.;v"nia and Esthonia. nos largely oc-
cupicd by IN" German invaders. CouT-
land and I.ir"aIA wsr" originally pos
sessions OF III" T"utnu,c Knights. then
became 4 ;iHrt % Poland ana naat!S
passed I" Russia. tn" tire" provinces
wore governed ~"n..-iad"p"ud"ntiy until
1875. when my h"ctfne in all respects
a. integral i,tr, III th. RUSSIAN empire.
Th" land IN tn. provinces is hid by
sr"a, ~ianio~n"r<.- iniv>;ly - German
blood. and '!ic mas i n population
belongs a. n. I.I:i.. III. church. III"
PEASANTS ha;" bed E'rt DIV" by II"
lords ~ n. sui. w,ap-. ~y:nratn!'S turIi
to Germany.
J.: I?I.-Ir!i ! ra"; N Berlin several
landlords from :h"$. i'"Hr'u,,> wh" act
ci in E.r,iu ard w.. I-'t-'ti s" b"r!i"
llHc Germans. although >lnJ'"tS ~ tn"
Russian war. 50 backward ~"r" ;"'>e
provinces IN liberty und.r th":r German
landlord iuut ;. Was not until iS+S ihat
tho Infamous right -: -" i"ri 'droi;
Gu Scieucu: ~ :Gs H!:mtv no"taeI Mas
abolished.
rannenerE on Russian Heritage.
Wha. Tanu"nh"!E hd% :" say about
Cauriaud. Ltvoait and t.S;h"n:I = Nj!
worth studying II" writes:
Tho lroSi ;r.rinu> portions :r7 u$ OF
the Russian heritage A." IN German
baltic provinces. 'rurlnuG, !-lr"n!a and
E:s;honta.
TO III, nor;h IN ~F.StA"u,a ard III III"
northern par; - t.lN"nIt IL" ~" f.Sth-
Dn:anS. Ia IN" south. IN" '"N''i'NHS -
,he Lithuanl.n branch. E.$ta"aiAnS AID
I.ivonjarS ar" LuthcrauS and form IN"
;,riuciIal ruc; 81 ~" population. There
,rs .5nuna M Eu. III" EivIiiZa-
,lon : t:er,uuu and s'v"S I" HE who'll"
,.4un,rv = -. rmai ~;@sHi' III N" rural
districts IN. er.a; lard!"r'is. tbs minis
.<rS OF "a" soSp". aid ,h'' $"h""inaSt'rs
a.. German. In - "l;!"N in". miadi"
classes ar. Ii"-ritn. Bat the WORKING
mon arc ESthonianS ~ Liv"n1ans. INC
Russians az. Only r"r~C">"n'"@ n the
;.rsa 'ci,t"> l.: officials.
1T was in IN" middl' - n" tw''''h
can;ur. the: n" hrs; ';er'nrn settle
r.n,s w.r.. made a. Tn" mouth al ih''
i,,a IN ?&al Eiga was t"und"d. and
:n.l.rn in. order o. the Knights t.; ihe
S3rrd. In l2:. thI> order was united
.y:,h ne uray rial order al IN" T"utontc
ko,rhts Tn.r. MAS Ii" thought then
:. n. MuS,",r'.S. From Ma"I"aburS 20
:.,na II =: 5nn &iI3m"irrS. from h"tSs-
burg ~ i:;sa %i". 4" Moscow $50. 'd"S-
,oe. VAS then going through a very az
,.ul, ,s7l,d. In 49, n" hattt" q; IN"
NalXa .o.?. pl.c.. which pat an end |"
IN, Power .: III. great RUSSIAN princes
rom RIGA &" katNa. l'anfziG. St"''in
and L.uh"cN 'h"T" was S"' '"n''ho'''"-
ron Tn. al~i-p"w"r!"l merchant marine
.: I'll" IIarssat'' '.'hS'' ~ - -
hriShi.
r,nnerh.vc describes i"% t5"S' pro-
,,.,e iaaii, ir-c-lm. par' ~ Russia, ant
".":.lani l.lv"u,a- nd r:<,h"r.a 10
s.,m. ia. ,nu'.l provinces - n" "h"t'.
crD:r.. ~. German nobility FURNISHED!
t;IS..a wish rs generals and itS h'S,l
..ai,ja's. -. i'":~cr>r;; ~ f"rpa, Was
founded a:,l MI IN. :I"'i.i '.c n" "IGii
..-N,,I. ,...e6 later ~ lsttS=3I.