The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-25

both Russian and German territory. EV-
en- II Galician Poland is added to Russia.
there will be- made only the beginning
OF the real Poland: il will b" al best
faint promise. Yet thu liberation IF six
teen or seventeen million Poles will be
a step toward Tho final restoration Of
this tragic people 10 freedom. As was
said of Nan"!ccn's Treatment; Of III"
Poles. this step either goes too far or
not fnr enough: II gives tn" basis for
hopes il does not realize. and Ivy not real
izing them il opens the way IL new
conflicts But f"r the momcu, this Pol
ish state is 70 exist on the man. hound
by Gcrnan bonds. even though it he NOM
ina1ly an Austrian dependency.
No one Should be deceived by any Ger
man propaganda into believing that 4
real Poland has been created. The new
schnmr does not in any sense provide the
Polish people with the basis OF free OK
iS,vnc". II is nl"r,ly plan for post
poning a final settlement uf the Polish
question and freezing Germany Of all
charge ur ann"Xati"ns on this side of
Euru7" Iu, actually Lithuania and
POLAND will II" ;wn more subject states.
zach containing ;hr seeds of pew Euro"
pcan conflict.
the Br"Sr-LituvSk plan the basis for
settlement with Euu'nan;;l This unhappy
state is To r"cciv" In" Russian province
Of Rcssarabia. and III return Is 20 h"
compalIrd 10 give NJ TIC i1ohrudja which
contains It's only seaport. tonStanZG. Ey
;hls exchange Eul;;arll. the advance
agent Of thu Central Powers. Will hc
placed On guard 1t the mouth Of the
Danube and me whole south bank OF this
stream from tn" Iron Gates To thu, Hack
Sea. will l." in tho hands of Car Fcrdi-
uaud. And it is we'll 10 rcInrmbcr that
:"r the Middlruropa conception III" Da
nubc. with its canals connecting it with
the Rhine. tho F:lbc and the Dd"r - thr
. very lifeline of communications.
SuCn in brief Is tho BrcSt- l.itOvSk
document. Ekrauia is created on terms
which max" it Il future ally; Roumanin
and Poland are reconstructed in such
fashion as Ia l." stranEl"d At will. since
both are deprived OF outlets 20 the sea
Finally. Lithuania IS erected. Il mockcry
of a state. solely for tho purpose ~ Civ
ing Germany tho mastery Of all Of nor
;h"rn RusSa'S water exits. Thus Poland
northern Russia and Enumania are rui
nj once under tho economic domination
Of tn. Germans. wnilc Ckrauia is "a hn
CtEtTDllfu ny nor lflTS III lntaS ION ana
conquest by northern Russia This is
the Er"St-LlCvSk settlement, hv which
Russia Will los" upwards of 100. nn6
Suuar" miles. nearly twiy" tn, area rf
France and 5000 900 "r pcorlc--:l,
many as lived in .Nus;ria-IIuncary at 'hr
outbreak Of thr worId-war
AS To the effect of this agreement
upon tho wnrld-war. certain things nrc
ar lCySt t.lnnr
! lions can hc rcStur"d-surrly before
next wintcr--thc food problem If th,.
Central Powers will h. solved tkrainia
and Rnu!nauIa Will hr tho Granari"S 81;
the Central Alliance, AMI the danger If
starvation. the pcrilS of luug-r"iitinln,d
prvation. will b" abolished Germany
/ and Austria will not have tn" old
spectre of actual want At their doors
when the winter Of 19lS-l9 comes. even
ii the war is SIM going on.
In the second place" Germany and
Austria will b., freed from making any
military effort in the east. They viii
have /" keep many tru"pS along their
+ new frontiers and in TIA" states they
have created. Particularly in Poland and
lithuunla Will they need llr.s" .:arrI-
SONS. both 10 kr"p GU: The l:"Sh"r!k IN
vadcr and Ia rrprc%S tn" rising - thnS"
who will seek In obtain for tIi"s, !nUd<
a real. As con,rastrd with Il paper fr,r'-
dom.
But Germany VIII gain SOM" din ISiO1Is
Of troops. All her heavy and most al
her field artillery. all her munitions can
h" diverted :" III" Western 'front.'. aud
In" prisoners which com" back from
! Russia when IN" rxrhrnG" TX completed
will give her fresh supplies of labor.
even though they a." not furnish many
new recruits. IN" majority OF tho
troops available for us" upon the Vest
cru trent have long ago been s"nl: they
cannot he estimated at much ah"v" zoo
200. and this is not great reinforce
mcnt BUT tho relief from an eastern
danger: thu immediate" Increase III labor.