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

the eventual increase IN food supplies
these are great gums.
So for Il limited period nf time is
the access ni confluence among the
German people that The: war may yet be
Won ON the west as il has been Oh the
east, and belgium and industrial north
crn France lac transferred int" Il new
Lilhuani:t and Il Second Poland. The
military party has plainly gained Il tenn
porary support 10y bringing To Il success
full conclusion The eastern war and by
marking lis victories by such changes
on tho political map as every German
will recognize amount To tremendous &c
ccSSonS Of territory and population.
whatever tho fiction Of scif-detcrmina-
ton which seeks 20 CtrICcal the fact by
the phrase.
!3ut without minimizing Ihc serious
effects OF the eastern settlement. ana
they are very S"rInuS for The allies. II
is necessary 10 emphasize the c"rrc-
spending weaknesses. BrcSt-LItorsk
showed that the Germans were in fact
seeking lamentations. .Trutzky and Lrn-
inc held on just long enough To expose
to the western world the holluwncSS
of the German professions. Britain,
France and Italy will recognize IN IN"
fate of Russia IN" purposes OF The Ger
mans with respect to themselves IL
must serve these nations 10 still more
desperate effort when they perceive
that defeat means ACKNOWLEDGMENT such
~ has uvcrt;kcn Russia Md IN the
same way the element IN G"rinAflN-itnd
il is ever iucrcaSinS-which desires
peace and does not believe the West
crn victory possible. will be fortified
by the revelation that the prolonCatlnn
of the struggle is due not to the nrccS-
sity of OF defending Germany. but 10
the appetite Of the military party for
now cunQucStS III the west and new VIC
tories in The field This military party
is sufficiently strong 10 have it's way
n tn" moment hut another Ncrdun
might Shak" it's power thoroughly.
Yet IN" Austrian phase IL far more
important at tn" moment. Austria WAS
forced into the war by The fear OF ulN-
mate Russian domination not alone If
the Balkans. but ut the Slav population
0: Austria Her defeats in IN" opening
years uf tho war compelled hrr /" sur
render ir%r her military and then her
political independence. Only with Ter
man hrlp could She rcp"l N" liuSSian.
The !;"uraninn AMI ;hr Italian. Wh:l"
sh. needed This h"lp $h" had I" pay
FOR i, III uh"iicurr /" Berlin.
To-day tho several p"CllS have van
ighcd Russia is eliminated. not for a
moment. but probably for many years
forever ii the Ukrauian stat" rndurcs
and develops Us it may d"r"lur k"u-
mania has become Il helpless fragment.
Whatever happens now. the kinE ~
Rounanion dopricrh of RUSSIAN ala. re-
moved from all communication with the
4 lies must bend his knr" Ia the laps
hurgS lIcmmcd III h"twccn lKralnli.
bulgaria and Hungary, f"umanlh mas
NJ chance In resist now; nor Is II easy
lu see how she can again escape from
the domination 90 III" HalshH!SS what
over Scmblancc Of political! fr"cdum she
lIay retain.
As Tor serbia. it has h"c"re :, name.
= thing thai was. 1t cannot be- re-
stored ,n any ruuicmpvrary strength
even if tn" map nj lH!i hr reconstructed.
and without l.iSsian nd Serbia WAS
never :; real danger lndc"U. until the
chuurr Of dynaSti"S after ihc shocking
assassination IL IN" last "t In" obrc-
nnuichrS 4 few years IG", Serbia Was
Il vuSsal &C III" ilHpshurE%. and It w"uih
seem II might h"c"m" such again. In
ANY event. Austria has nothing NOR" {"
fear from S"rhiHn aGi'Hti"nS hlr""itd at
her southern Sl:lvS. This issue has
been settled. for tn" n"mCnl At least.
hy The Russian collapse and the con-
quest "f Serbia.
FINALLY ltr!y iS no longer an hECrcS-
scr marching ur"u Trieste. II * Ven
ice not Tri">tc which is in dagger and.
now that tn" p".ilS ON nj! other fronts
hnv., hr.n abolished. Austria may we'll
deem hrrSrl; abb" IL deal "ith Italy.
Eyer the French and British armies now
on the Pave lin" ma? u" recalled # the
German attack IN tho west makes mn
,crial progress. In any event Italian
approach to Tri"St" \ not la be feared
~ present
Accordingly Austria. having achieved
All ;ha; shr hur'I :" ""hi"v" by this
war. imIh III nh"li#hn% lmn"'iIai" ana
eventual u"rilS. .;ih gain nothing 10y Il
,,ruiun.:tiI"n Of ia" struggle. Sh" IS
ready fer urar" AMI has IA" 'l"$ir" I" an
,ny ,nrrrr,ri"S. Shc has agreed with th'.
l'krain:.,uH to preserve H." old Russo
Austrian Inc i'll Gall"iH. tn" Polish ST
Element will rr':.. Il Poland. i"rhnlCA'iE
=; least outside NuS: rIan frontiers. whII"