The Washington times., 1920-08-01
BY FRANK MASON,
International News Service.
(Copyright, l920.)

Copyright. 1900
BERLIN, Aug. IA movement
for an alliance with Soviet Russia
''is sweeping Germany like tidal
wave," it was declared today by Gen
eral Hoffman, foremost authority on
Russian affairs in the German ma
tion. ,....r
DEADLxg RHEArz OF REDS.
General Hoffman himself. however.
is a deadly enemy of Bolshevism. 1t
was he who dictated the German
peace to the Russian soviet govern
ment in March, 1918, and he asserted
that If he had known as much about
the methods of Russia's red govern
ment then as he does today, instead
of making peace, he would have
hurled a German army into MOSCOW
and overthrown the Bolsheyist
regime. .
The German officer bitterly accused
France of maintaining . policy which
will again lead to war, . wnr. he
claimed, which may exterminate
France. General Hoffman issued SOL
emn warming to the allies not to re
peat the error that Germany made
i'm concluding peace with the soviet
In 1918.
He declared his belief that Moscow
would not enter into any pact with
the sincere determination to abide by
it If more could be gained by violat-
ing the terms.
DICTATED BREsT yEACE.
General Hoffman was chief of the
German military delegation that
signed peace with the Russian soviet
government at Brest-Litovsk on
March 3, 1918. He was called at
the time "the dictator of the Brest-
Litovsk peace" but that pact proved
boomerang for Germany. During
the war he was the chief of the Rus
sian section of the German general
staff. .s
81 believe that IL the proposed gen.
eraI conference ls held In London the
soviet government will sign many
clauscA which they intend to observe
only temporarily, declared General )
Hoffman. "But ! see no reason 10
believe that the soviet will respect
md keep such a treaty any more con-
scientiousIy than they did the peace
Of Brcst-LItoysk.
"The outcome of the parley at
Brest-Litovsk in 1918, which proyeo
so advantageous to Russia, was DOWN
right fatal to the imperial govern
ment of Germany, which was in pow
er then. Our fundamental error was
our belief that IT was possible to apply
to Russia the same standard of deal
inss as with any other European
state. We relied upon Moscow to
keep its promise to refrain from pro-
paganda in Germany. But what hap
pened?
JOFFE PLAYED TRAITOR.
1--WE received Joffe as the soviet am
-
nage of CONNIE rcial negotiations Joffc
organized and directed German rev.
olution.
ave have learned to our sorrow
ths ehc soviet government negotiates
and concludes peace when II is unable
TO attain its objective by force OF
arms, but again employs military for
its attack as soon as the obJectives
have been weakened and undermined
and rendered incapable OF resistance
continued the German officer.
r"Do you believe General BrusI,
will lead a counter revolutionr" Gel
eral Hoffman was asked. .
BRUsLoFr TOO Old.
"Bruislorf is getting old" replied
General Hoffman. "and I do not think
he has sufficient determination to
face the possibility OF the sacrince
might entail You know that
families OF Russian officers are h
a. hostages by the Soviet to ins
hdelity in the field. Brusiion
NOT won't 20 receive the hand
dcrd wife or the arm Of his
~hild ns n pruesome tokeu n
Soviet IN not yet In rotcrt"
iFrom your experii Ice witi
as peace negotiG.sr do
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