El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05
Cars Three Offers To Betray His Allies
We're Refused By Germany Sure Of Victory

\ providing rich loot FOR Bulgaria.. and
I both countries to be united with the
former Saujak and the Scutari dis
trict so as 10 form a kingdom under
the PetrOgrad dynasty. In an eX-
IRENE case Il might be possible for
Austria-Hungary TO consent TO Servlan
possession Of mount LevOhen (Monte-
negro's Black Mountain}. provided
consideration we're given the interests
and grievances OF the dual monarchy
The rest Of Albania TO be divided into
three states, republics or princlpal-
ties the northern Catholic part IN
der o-HunSarian protection
central Albania as a Mohamme dan
state under the protection Of Tur-
key and Germany.
Planned Turkish Egypt.
In exchange for the complete sur
render Of Libya to italy. the porte
viii be guaranteed the retention Of
Egypt. The Suez canal. with a strip
Of land two miles east and west Of IT,
as wei as the straits between
Aegaen and POntus, VIII be interna-
tionalized and placed under a SOW
ereign International commission.
Moreover. Rssia would be prepared
to recognize the complete independ-
ence Of Poland on condition that all
Polish districts In Germany and AUS
tria are included. so that no danger
10 Europe may arise through renewed
Polish irridentism-"
But this appeal come too late
though IL went much further than any
former one, and IN addition held out
pleasing prospects to tbs enemy that
italy could be detached. along with
Russia. from the entente King Ferdi-
nand. enhanced by the prospects OF
booty in Turkey and Macedonia
promised him by Russia. personally
went 10 the emperor and the kaiser
and begged them 70 give favorable
reply But Ludeudorff and the gen
eral staff preferred the revolution
that they knew was coming and that
would soon eliminate Russia from the
ranks Of COMPLAINT powers
Even after kerenSky was IN power
and the car was a prisoner In his
palace at Thaskoe-SelO a group OF
grand dukes and dignitaries OF the
old regime through the same neutral
channel made a final appeal 20 the
central powers 10 make peace and
crush the Russian revolution These
proposals. which I believe the Ger
mans did not deign to answer, also
contained good advice Tor the three
sovereigns TO whom II was addressed
Ferdinand, Charles and Wilhelm. all
OF whom were 10 lose their thrones
within IS months. were informed BY
the Russians:
ave viii not assume that SOW
ereiGnss however hostile they
may be toward each other for the
time being. are prepared TO let
a red chaos arise In Russia. the
consequences Of which would In
all probabilities, reeon upon
themselves"
To this appeal II IS probable that
the car was a party, though his name
was eliminated IN order 70 protect
him from the revolutionists in whose
power he was when the note was dis
patched.
Whom the Gods would destroy they
first make mad" The old tag comes
TO mind in reading these proposals
OF treason from Petrograd. made be-
fore America entered the war. For
had not arrogance or the VIII Of
Providence blinded Ludendorff and
the other rulers OF Germany. Il doesn't
seem that any human power could
have saved the allied cause Had the
treason Of czarist Russia been ac-
cepted while the car still had q
mighty army IN the field. enabling
Germany 20 throw her whole army
TO the west, possibly reinforced BY I
Afuscovits divisions, all would have I
been over before an American unit ]
could have entered the b1ttle--Copy- !
right. 1873. by Mcclure Newspaper !
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