New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
From Nebelspalter, Zurich


which, under the existing German circum-
stances, was obviously intended as high
praise. The dietary aspect of the
Ukrainian peace also appealed strongly to
the hungry Austrians. At Vienna the peo-
pie went mad with joy, emotional men en-
braced one another on the streets, women
cried for joy, and the crowds shouted:
"Now we shall have plenty Of food"
There appears, however, to be some
doubt in Germany as to the food value of
the Ukraine settlement for the immediate
future. The "Kolnischc Vokszeitung,"
discussing this aspect of the peace, said
that "Ukrainia certainly has large guam
ties of foodstuffs and fodder, but it re-
mains to be seen how soon Germany can
hope to benefit by these.' The Crank
furter Zeitung," also, in advance of the
conclusion of the Ukraine peace, an
nounced that a great German company
had been organized for bringing into Ger
many Ukraine wheat and other food prod
uctS.
The performance at Brest-Litovsk is
duly discussed by the American press, and
from varying angles Of disapproval. The
New York Tribune saw that the dreamers
who engineered the Russian Revolution
and drove out the Gar "are already paw
ing the way for an alien KAISER" and had
this moral to draw from the peace nego-
tiations: "Whoever sups with German
militarism must have a long spoon.
Lenine and Trotzky went to Brest-Litovsk
without any spoon. They were armed
with nothing but phrases" AS to the po-
litical consequences for Russia herself, The !
Tribune believed that "for the dream Of
German empire extending from Bremen to
Bagdad may be substituted the dream of
German empire extending from Stras-
burg to Vladivostok. Truly at Brest-
Litovsk new and mighty vista of world |
dominion was opened to the eager eyes of
the pan Germanists"
turning Russia Over to
Germany With Gesture
'The New York Times" saw similar
result of Trotzky's action, writing:
"a moment ago he was dramatically stand
ing out against the surrender of Courland
and Lithuania; now, with gesture, he turns
over to Germany all of Russia, all that she
wants and is able to take, and orders the re-
mains of the Russian army to throw down it's
weapons and stand by to watch the process.
While playing Germany's game he
was posing dauntless proletarian, equally l.
hostile to all governments and ready to de-
fend the rights of his class against Kaiser
as we'll as against a democracy"
"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" read the
result in this fashion,:
For the moment nottingham stop the Ger
mans from consolidating their gains and
rounding out their conquests except the anti
annexationists in Germany 1t remains to be
seen If they oppose annexations on their own
account or merely oppose fighting for more
territory"
And it saw in the action of the Bolshe-
wiki and the Ukraine peace "a terrible
blow to all plans for permanent peace"
"The New York Globe' remarked that
the surrender of the Bolsheviki is "now
openly revealed in all it's ghastliness, but
1t IS only what intelligent observers long
expected; Russia will have to mobilize
again IN the not distant future eff her
liberties are not saved by her Western AL
lies"
The Philadelphia Record" while ad-
mlttlng that it is "small comfort" never
Ineless ventures to remark that the lack
Oh formal peace "seems to preclude eco
homlc pacts and commercial exchanues
wn'ch Germany seeks SO eagerly. In brief.
thls reluctant suspension of hostilit;es
leaves Germany with an embittered and
potentially hostile neighbor on her from
tier, instead of the humble and x;ll;,r
tool she had hoped to create.'
turning an eye to the effect of Russia's
withdrawal from the war, "The Washing
ton Star" says:
The very spectacle of the Russian debacle
serves to stimulate them (England, France.
Italy and the United States) to the utmost en-
dcavor to prevent German victory; whereas
'Germany's supreme test is now at hand.'"
Turning now to the Ukraine peace, "The
New York Evening Post" attributes it d.
rectly "to the Bolshevik gospel of imme-
diate and remorseless class warfare"
and further writes: "The Central Powers
have utilized the fear of the Bolsheviki
in the Ukraine to win that country to their
side"
"The Brooklyn Eagle" admits that "the
signing of such peace treaty is victory
FOR the Central Powers, regardless of it's
Ultimate value" yet it draws the comfort
ng conclusion that "the separate peace {,