The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-04
Civil and Class War VIII Con-
tinue Against Junkers.
Captured Provinces Breadless
Must Be Fed by Germans.
TERMS INCLUDE PETROGRAD
Huns Claim Capital and To Es-
tablish Choice of Govt.
Surrender Caucasus to Turkey,
One of Hun Terms.
BY JOSEPH sHAPLEN


Petrograd. March 3 (delayed).-
Even with peace signed at Brest-
Litovsk the war will continue" Agri-
culture Commissary Kalegayeff told
tl,. United Press todAy.
The sporadic, revolutionary war
already begun thru Russla--wiil not
end.
The country is unable % conduct
reai war against Germany. but a par
tisan life or death struggle IS possible
against the German junkers and white
guards It will be a civil and class
war, similar to that in Finland
Il am convinced the German army,
as such. will not participate. Only the
German counter-revolution and
white guards are now fighting We
can handle them.
The provinces occupied by the Ger
mais are breaGless. The Germans
must feed the Russian population in
occupied territory. as well as its own
arm Y.
Will Have to Eeed Pctrograd.
If the Germans occupy Petrograd
they must feed three million inhabi-
tants. They'll need bread-and won't
get it.
This is equally true of Ukraine.
Therefore, military victories will
simply tighten the moose around the
German imperialists neck The more
starving territories they occupy the
worse will be their own economic
situation.
1T the Germans destroy the soviet
revolutionary government. they must
conquer the workers and peasants of
all Russia. They cart do this.
Therefore, peace cannot be rea-
lizeo The civil war against the Ger
man ruling classes will be continued
we do not need highly technical
materials to conduct partisan war
fare. Our methods viii be entirely
different.
4 believe because of this. peace
will only be possible when the borders
of Russia ana Germany are no longer
filed" "
City Is Dazcd by New Peace.
Petrograd is dazed today following
the action of the Russian peace dele
CATION at Brest-Litovsk in signing the
German dictated peace.
The city i like a man with arms
raist / to strike suspended in mid air
still. angry, but uncertain
The Russian delegation wired:
'rLe Russian delegation declared its
refusal Saturday to discuss the pro-
posed peace terms in view of continual
tiol of the war despite renewal of the
peace conference"
Deny Invasion Ceased.
The demand to cease thu German
offensive has been denied.
Under the circumstances. the
treaty was simply an ulti.natum. sup
p Jrted by armed outrage.
The Russian delegation. while
signing the treaty without discussion
considers its duty openly to tell the
truth 20 the workmen and peasants of
Russia. bringing before their judg-
mert all that actually occurred at the
signing of peace Sunday
Remarka bic rumors regarding the
details of the treaty fill the city. One
declares it provides for German occu-
patton of Petrograd, pending estab-
Hshment of z government to its own
hking-at least c government able to
adjust the treatys working out. NJ.
Krivoshein. Kerenskys secretary of
agriculture, is mentioned in this con-
nection.
Pro-German Factions Arise.
The treatys reported provision for
surrender of the Caucasus district to
Turkey contrar! to the treaty of Ber-
lin. cannot be made permanent until
ratified by an international congress.
Reactiorories at Pskov are reported
to be seeking an agreement with Ger
marv for the formation of a new Rus
sian government which would organ
iza white guards" to fight the allies
Germany lending troops to fight the
soviets SoE2@ Of these same reaction
aries were involved in an intrigue for
a separate peace with Germany before
the revolution.