The sun., 1918-02-12
RUSSIA E0UT0F
WAR BY DECREE;
NO TREATY MADE
Bolshevik Rulers Order
Army Demobilized, but
Sign No Separate Peace.
RuMANIA LEFT ALONE
Central Empires Compact
With Ukraine Is Disclosed
to the World.
RUMANIA LEFT ALONE
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LoNDoN, Feb. .11.-Announcemen was
n,sde to-day that the Bolshevik Govern
mont had Withdrawn from che war with
the Central Empires and had ordered the
dsmobilisa&ion Of the Russian armies.
No formal treaty Of peace was signed.
apparently. The news created no sur
prise. following - II dh the conclusion
q . separate psaos between Germany
and Au1tfiA and che rspvhlic q UkrainA
The Bolshsviki have ~ out appaf-
entity 10 inoculats not only their own
country but Ill Europe with the virus
Of anarchy. but succeeded only IN d.
seroytng Russia ana rsndsring hse in.
capable Of rssistance Paace Of some
kind was inevitable sooner Or later.
The military situation will b AFFECTED
but littiA osrmany's principal forcss
despite the pledges given In the armis-
tee. have been transserred from the
eastern to the western front
BY this douols stroke Germany frees
and II enabled to concentrate her ef-
forts against the western and Italian
fronts. At the same time there 10 opened
TO- Germany; tbs supplies from Russia
and the Ukraine.
Runania's PreAicaAent.
With the action taken by Russia the
situation Of RumAniA becomes doubly
critical. The gallant Balkan State ID
cut on on all sides and Il menaced with
extinction. Its Government recently has
been maintained largely through the as
sistance or at least liberation Of Russia.
The Central Powers arc said to have
sent an ultimatum. or rather . last
warning to Rumanha, and this presuma.
bly, has expired.
Undoubtedly the chief object Of the
Central Powers in agreeing to . COM
promise which enables Nikoiai Lenins
and Leon Trotsky TO ave their faces by
avoiding the signing Of . formal peace
treaty 10 TO obtain uuppliss from Russia.
Austrian delegates are reported on their
way to Klev 70 discuss economic Qus0.
tioiiA but Il 10 doubtful II they win flnd
the full granaftes which tbs people a
Austria ana Germany have bsen led %
bellsvs An tAerA
Nuasia now may - sald - ~ ia.
nltefy out OF tis war. but ~ . real mil.
le4ey sfaVeW 1oo 6e4o14 ~ exi0 7WAn
t.enine and hi coconspirators democrat
iaed tate army several months ago. A.
70 Poland. Courlands and Lkhuania
there seems little doubt that their fa-
ture may be taken ~ separated from
that Of Russia II seems 70 be the Ger
man plan to let them regulate their own
affairs to q certain extent. although gar
risoned and largely administered by the
Central PowesW
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The German programme recently was
eet forth in brutal form BY the North
German Gazette, which said:
SHOULD the agreement with the Ck-
raine materialise, tho development of
come q matter Of indifference 70 u.s.
The Bolshevik collapse was q moral
certainty a. . result Of their machina-
tions. which have been carried on since
the outset Of the revolution. and which
have % exhausted Russia morally,
financially and economically that even
% early ~ August Of last year II Wa
impossible for the country to prosecute
the war with any semblancs Of force.
Lenine and his followers obtained con-
troll over the soldiers and the civilian
Government only by the promise Of i'm
mediate peace and an immediate division
u A1xb0. 4uGy tu0 A0tOu 0Ry
Government, and In their turn were
called on TO make good or BE- swept away
The people demanded conhscation Of all
privately owned and church lands. The
Bolshevild were able to satisfy the ap.
petites Of their followers for q time. but
could not delay indefinitely the promised
peace at any price.
Lsnins and his followers failed In their
efforts q Brest-IAtovsk because they
wanted too much. Thsy attempted Ia
uee thsss negotiations ~ . means OF
converting the masses At homo and
abroad TO Bolshevism. hoping thereby
to obtain . so-eAilsd democratic peace.
ProgFaAns Upset.
Inbsnal factors upset their pro.
gramms. The army. without discipline
or cohesion. was unable to suppress the
Internal diasenSion by force. On the
central and northern tronts. which were
supposed 20 b held by Bolshsvik troops.
the 0eYmAns were tree to do what they
plsassd. including the movement Of d.
Visions and guns 20 the western front
without fear of rsprisalA
In view Of this situation q the Boil
ahsvlki. . separate psAce with the
Lsnino Government offered advanaages
10 Germany only In % far ~ It would
food and mineral rsoourcss oe southern
Russia, but aS' the Bolshsviki had failed
70 bring tss Utrainians and Little Cos
sacks Into lima 1ssmAny had ths au.
dacity to axyangs eepara9e peAcs with
Uknains. while apparsntly trying TO stir
that section on to opposs the Bolahsviki.
with whom Y was nssotiating At ths
came TINA
The Bolshsviki claimed credit, rightly
o. wrongly. for the organization Of the
recent striks movement among the
dustrial centrss The whole farce had
BEEN played 20 long that V became too
much Tor 0srmany's patience to endure
any longer the antics Of Trotsky and
Lsnine Nattsrs wers brought 70 q
head By Arst concluding peace with the
Ulgralnian Rada and then b. applying
pressure which brought the Dolsheviki