Evening star., 1918-01-13
Germans and Russians Now
Are. Entering on Separate
Peace Negotiations.
TR0TZKY THREAT AGAINST
TEUTONs is AN IDLE ONE
Slavs Reported Ready to End War
on ANY Terms Owing to :.
Bolsheviki.
COLD HINDERS FIGHTING
COLD HINDERs FIGHTING
Raids Continue on Western Front
Much Speculation as to Where
Hindenburg Will Strike.

helpless Russian people; whether fha
poisneVlki as represented by Trotzsky,
LeHihe ana others are to stand frn,
against any Germanic apgrnssto, or
whether they will concede all Germap;c
cialms with passive show of resistence
or whether the bolsheviki will boil ONT
LIZ II, ana actually inaugurate a form of
powers. INC eeh.rai
win the inauguration of separate
peace negotiations tho true German
purpose i,I soon will be revealed. It soon
srnn @n, De determined whether the gov
relchstag majority as to peace without
annexations and indemnities. Az long
as there was lurking hope that the en-.
Ten. .e4ee powers. through fear of a sepa-
the Brest-Litovsk neeotiatjons ~ NO
deemed decidedly inopportune for the
German negotiators to breach the SUBJ
ysce OF practical annexation of the
RUSSIAN provinces to the east
Now that the allies have n1a;r,y
shown that they will have nothing to
do with discussions of peace until their
aims can be realized 1t is. possible the
German militarists' hands viii be re-
veaisd s;a to the fullest extent, and Rus
sia maze TO pay unless, on the other
hand. the bolshevik leaders, through
the pressure Of the majority Of peonie
ana their own desire to perpetuate
themselves in Russia. suddenly take a
righI about face and throw down the
gauntlet to the Teutons.
X X
The exact nature of future, Teutonic
demands insofar as the conclusion of
a separate
Teuton Demands peace with
Soon to Be Revealed. d Russia @ :, are IRE
not known. When Count Won HertIine,
the German imperial chancellor ap-
pears Before the reichstag main com
mittee Monday he will reveal Ger
many's stand in the east as well as in
all other arenas
The bo1shevikN leaders in Petrograd
have been Somewhat dismayed by the
trend Of events. They absolutely dis
regard any entente influences and care
little for entente aspirations. They are
bent upon handling their own pefplex-
ing situations and those internal eondi-
tioI1s which grow graver as the days
pass.
Trotsky has repeatedly stated that
unless the Teutons asree to transfer
some neutral city the boisheviki will
answer with the weight of Russian
revolutionary armies. Even Lenine, the
mysterious, who continues to remain
In the background directing his pup-
pets. has stated that possibly there
might be an outbreak of revolutioiiars -
warfare. He states that demobiliza-
tion of the Russian armies will be dis
continued until the peace issue has been
definitely settled and It is determined
whether or not the Germans will capit-
ulate to Russian demands.
Just how futile the threats of Russian
resistance to the Germans is Is plainly
indicated by the fact that the Russian
armies are but shells of their former
selves In but few places is there a
spirit of fight. They are hun9ering and
cold. They are without supplies neces-
sary to conduct any sort of aggressive
warfare. They lack munitions and
guns. The spurning of peace now will
not preclude the possibility or an even
tua1 peace on any terms the Germans
may desire to make as long as present
demoraiized conditions prevail in Rus
sia and the allies refuse to render aid
to Russia. Delay by the Russians in the
signing of separate peace pact will
will make possible the perpetuation OF
their future influence in Russia not
withstanding the consistent attempts
Of the bolsheviki to frown upon any
thing allied. Furthermore, the allies
may Illustrate all Germanic plans.
Should, perchance, the bolsheviki fail
I'd conclude Peace now, prolong nego-
tiations, or to resist any terms the
Germans may make, the allies will have
opportunity to strengthen those ele-
ments in Russia which are in sympathy
with organized government, possibly
eventually working. the overthrow OF
the bolsheviki. should this be desired.
AS time goes on the bolshevik lead
ers more and more show their utter in
capacity and this is responsible for the
pulling away of many Of the Russian
provinces to form their own separate
governments. In this they hope to at
least solve their own problems in sys-
tematic fashion. Eventually these prov
inces must realize that only in unity
can they really prosper and when the
process Of solidification of peoples and
purposes Of the Russian nation sets In
the bolsheviki will be eliminated and
their works of chaos remedied.
In their systematic work of creating
demoralized conditions in Russia
whether inten-
Bolsheviki Further toned or
Cause Of Germany. bo1shsviki have AVE-
labored directly in the interests OF
Germany. for Notwithstanding the dec
larations Of bolsheviki that they will
fight, the people of the nation are sc
weary Of the present conditions that