Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-03-16
news REVIEW OF
THE PAST Week
Russia Makes HumiIiating Peace
But Kaiser's Soldiers Con-
tjnue Invasion.
americans REPEL RAIDERS
Pershing's Troops, Now Occupying
Eiaht-MiIe Front, HurI Back Strong
Forces Of Germans-Fight
Like Veterans.

Extreme chaos has continued to
mark the Russian situation, the only
thing that has seemed really clear
being that Germany is determined to
take advantage of the utter collapse
of Russia to seize such territory ana
supplies as she desires. The boil
shevik ENJOYS presented the humiliat-
ing spectacle Of signing peace treaty
without discussion, fearing as they an
nounced, that negotiations would only
result in the imposition of more OBJ
noxious terms. But even after the
Russian peace delegates had thus
debased themselves the Germans con-
tinued their invasion of Russian terri
tory.
Whether the masses of the Russian
people will accept the humiliating peace
terms agreed to by the bolshevik dele
gates is question that only time can
settle.
The bolshevik government aban-
doned Petrograd as the German troops
advanced upon that city and moved
the administrative offices to Moscow.
which city, it was announced, would
be made the Russian capital. Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign min
lister, indicated that he and his as
sociates are concerned with the future
of the revolution. rather than the fu-
ture of Russia as national entity.
He announced that the bOlShevik lead
ers are prepared to withdraw even as
far as to the Ural mountains rather
than submit to the defeat Of the revO-
luton.
The haste of the Russian ENJOYS in
signing treaty Of peace with Ger
many was explained on the ground
that the terms proposed by the leu
tonic ENJOYS were growing more oner-
GUS hourly. At the last minute the
Germans demanded three great trans
Caucasion provinces-Karabad, kars
and BatOum-presumably for their
Turkish ally, and they got them, OF
course. The Russian ENJOYS shut
their eyes and signed the document as
it was pushed across the table by the
Hun ENJOYS.
With Russia in thorough subsection
60 far as the bOlshevik government
was concerned, the central powers
turned their attention to ROumania
and, as was to be expected. they forced
that country to sign preliminary
peace treaty which Is little less hu
initiating than that forced upon thu
Russians. Under the terms Of thi:
treaty Roun ania cedes the province
Of Dobrudja. as far as the Danube. t.
the central powers. agrees to evacu
ate all occupied AuStrO-Hungarian ter
ritory, promises to demObilize its arm!
and agrees to support with all 1T
strength the transport of troops o
the central powers through Moldavi'
and Bessarahia to Odessa" The sub
mission by ROumania to any terms i'm
POSED by the central powers was ex
pected, as that country. abandoned b.
Russia, and entirely cut off from al
possible aid from the allied powers
was absolutely ut the mercy of tn
Teutonic powers. 4 peace treaty be
tween Russia and Finland has ais
been signed.
While Germany was working its vii
IN Russia and Roumania. the diplt
matte situation growing out of the pro
posal Of Japan to intervene in Siberi
for the purpose Of protecting the vas
stores Of supplies paid for with none
furnished by the allies. occupied tn
attention Of the United States and tn
entente governments. 1t was indica
cd that there was some divergence G
opinion between President Wilson an