The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-02-11
GERMANY GIVES
RUMANIA ONLY
4DA'YS GRACE
Ultimatum Demands That
Peace Negotiations Be
Begun To-day.
CABINET HAS RESIGNED
Settlement With Ukraine
Causes Great Relief In
Austria Hungary.

LONDON. Feb. io.--An ultimatum was
sent to Rumania on February by Field
Marshal Won Mackensen demanding that
peace negotiations be initiated within
four days. according to German news
papers received at Basic, Switzerland.
The Rumanian Cabinet resigned on Fri
day. Confirmation OF this report has
been received in Russian quarters In
London.
Joy bells were rung In Berlin ana
there were rejoicings at Vienna over tne
conclusion Of a separate peace with the
Kiev Rada, while Leon Trotsky. the Boil
shevik Foreign Minister. was still dis
putting the right Of that Rada to repre-
sent Ukraine at the Brest-Litovsk neso-
tiations and while Ukraine IL still torn
by civil war
Nothing 10 yet disclosed concerning the
terms Of peace thus secretly arranged.
but they are supposed TO include the
cesslon Of the Ruthenian portion OF Ga.
licia to Ukraine In return for some sort
OF Austrian protectorate. and sate
70 assume that trade and economic reIa-
tions will enter largely into the new
peace arrangement
Offer OF Military Aid.
1t Is also rumored that the Central
! Powers have made an OFFER Of military
assistance to the kiev Rada in over
coming the Bolshevik invasion. How
far the invasion has been successful, or
whether the Kiev Rada. representing the
moderate Socialists, will be able firmly
! to establish authority against the Khar-
kov Rada. representing the Bolsheviki.
! is unknown.
One Of the first results Of the new
peace has been the German ultimatum
aimed at forcing Rumania to take a
aimilar step. and clearly German policy
ia being devoted to using peace with
bear on Trotsky.
The signing Of peace has been received
with greater enthusiasm at Vienna than
, at Berlin. This y due to the fact that
| Il removes the menace to Austria'S From
tier and raises expectations Of relief OF
the food situAtion from ukraine's grain
reserves.
' German newspapers show little en-.
thustasm over the conclusion OF peace
with the Ukraine. The Tossische zeifWns
says:
"The young State has placed itself
under the protection OF our friendship to
This fact creates n breach in the i'm.
moral ring with which British and
4 American calumry has surrounded ut
during the war"
The Lokaian-ei1er in its comment
says:
For the Central Empires the impor.
tance OF the agreement with the Ukraine
lies principally in the economic domain
The FronklMrter Zsifun0 remarks tina
to overestimate what had been attained
would be dangerous, hut one Of the chic
gains Is "that the almost forgotten ides
Of peace issues forth for the first tim'
before the peoples of the whole worlt
as a tangible reality out Of the unpre
cedented horror Of these times"
Great Relief to Austria.
According to Vienna telegram th'
news came as a great relief TO Austria
the announcement Of the peace in specia
editions OF the newspapers making {
deep impression upon the public. Flag
we're run up on numerous buildings.
The Neus Freic Presse in its commen
says:
felt in Russia and Rumanfa and 1t cal
be expected that other peoples will jo!l
in. The great break up Of the war ha!
begun in the east"
The Reichpost says:
; ut II a great victory for Count Czer
MINIS policy and Ia guaranty that OIL
enemies plot against the economic ant
national existence Of the Central Power
is beginning to be finally broken to bits
; The Ncues Wiener Ta0eblatt is OF tn
, opinion that the ukrainian Rada will b
; strengthened In its nght against tn
Bolshey1ki. whose tendencies towar'
destruction will prove powerless agains
such a great achievement as the peac
, with the Ukrainian peoples republic"
, "ln this sense II adds February
, will be the beginning Of the end Of tn
world war"
Emperor Congratulated.
The leaders Of the Ukrainian ruth
enian) representatives in the Austria
Parliament have sent congratulations
I Emperor Charles on the signing OF peac
with the Ukraine and expressed conf
dence that the approaching peac
would also bring the Ckrainians of tn
Austro- Hungarian monarchy full ma
tional and political freedom"
Separate peace with Ukraine Is IN
equivalent OF a decla ration OF war
the Central Powers against the Bolshr
Wiki, says the Zurichcr Zettun0.
doubts, however. II the Ukraine In
a position to conclude an effective peac,
Announcement OF the signing OF peac
with the Ukraine stimulated trading o
the Amsterdam Bourse yesterday, G,
pecially Russian and Austrian secur
ties, Russian consols were In deman
| at SlA. about 3 points higher than II