The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
TEUTONIC RULE
TERRORIZES TN
RUSSIAN LANDS
Berlin Newspapers Protest
Policy in Ukraine and
Elsewhere.
NO PARALLEL KNOWN
Made Peace with People,
Then Arrested All
Members.
NO PARALLEL KNOWN
by n. II. sTANsBURY.
STAFF Correspondent l. n. s.. Etc.

Teutonic terrorism is on the in
crease in Russia, according to re-
ports received at the State Depart
ment.
During the last ten days. German
U-boats have been active in sink
ing Russian fishing trawlers. On
the 18th OF this month. n Russian
transport. returning to the manila nd
with emigrants and supplies from
the north. was sunk without warn
ing and many lives lost.
On land the policy of ruthless
ness extends to all territories which
have been penetrated by German
there was passive submission. open
rebellion has developed.
The great Berlin Socialist and
Liberal newspapers call the change
in Ukrainian affairs a change for
the worse. A few weeks ago the
Ukrainian Rada agreed to recognize
the German authorities. and invited
the soldiers to occupy cities and Sec
tions.
Arrested the Rada.
The troops came. but their first
act was to place the members of the
Rada under arrest. The reflexes of
such a policy are found in extracts
from German papers which have
been cabled here. s---- ~.
Conrad Haussmann. Reichstag
deputy. writing In the Berliner
TagebIatt, on May Z. under the title.
''So-called Ukrainian Policies" said 4:
An exceptionally earned discus
sion in the Reichstag tested the
main direction of our eastern poll
cies. and asks whether these actual
ly are policies. 1t must be remem-
bered that in order to make the
eastern peace at all. Germany recog-
nized the Ukrainian State and gov
ernment and Rada as legitimate,
and that Ukrainian delegates them
selves gave warning OF the diff
culties of delivering the grain II
agreed upon.
Kuehlman Views.
"Ruehlmann later expressed the 20.
litical and economic dangers in the
application of force and in procuring
grain through Poland After the Ham
burg conference, Kuehlmann was the
object OF bitter personal attacks, be-
! cause Of the failure to realize this
plan.
THE present Cossack dictator seems
temporarily the only kind of a ruler
possible. The government. although
inconsistent, appears Russophile. This
development is as mortifying as II ID
logical. and far beyond Kuehlmann's
worst fears. The present methods
have grounded and made serious Do
litical consequences imminent"
This comment was obtained from
the Muenchner Post:
The fear of the Social Democrats
that the Eastern peace would be no
pease at all. now becomes true, as
clearly indicated by recent events in
Ukrainia. The overthrow of the TX
rainian Rada had no precedent in
international law.
No Parallel I'm History.
According to the latter. the ar
rest of the Ukrainian war minister
by German military authorities with
the consent of the German Ambas-
sador is essentially the same as II
the Russian Ambassador to Berlin
should have the Prussian war min
lister arrested. The only difference
dor could do this, whereas the other
cannot.
Never in the history of the world
has a case occurred that one power
which concluded peace with another
is called into its country. and then
arrests the country which invited II.
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