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Show WHAT IS liEHlNI) IT? Thn atlif-H hao liouti to ttikn btart of hnpo a littk- too early in the pcai-c n 19 nru nrs hot u ron t h r ( Jt'rnia iih aii'I their npnt, I, mine ami Trotsky, lea'l-'8 lea'l-'8 of the ItnhtM iki govern niont. The an pry d mi uncial ion hy the Bolshevik i . of the (inrntan peafi trius ia evidence tliat, most of the followers of Lenine fitnl Trnt.ky are ainrere an-I arc not anxious to turn over western Ku.ssia and Poland to II or many. But Leniue ami Trotzky are thoroughly difihonest and the Bolsheviki aro ehildish visiou-iirii.. visiou-iirii.. Kven if they Hhould wish to eoii- i tinue the war, they liavo so weakened the army that it iH virtually impossible. j One of the absurd features of the Kolshfviki protest 6 the appeal to imaginary im-aginary hosts in Germany, Austria-Iiun- i iry, Bulgaria and Turkoy who aro sup- poed to sympathize with the Russian n'volut ion and see to it that the linssian proletariat obtain justice. When the German delegates started for Brest - Li tovsk tho people of Berlin crowded to tho railway station and cried out to tho departing delegates, " Brinp us back a strong peaee." That was tantamount to saying, ' Kob the Uusnians of all you can. ' ' And the delegates, dele-gates, taking tho people at their word, generously offered tho Russians peaee if they would commit national suicide. Tho delegates demanded the surrender , of territory moro than half tho size of Germany. The wail of indignation that has gone ! up in Russia is duo largely to wounded pride. The Bolshevik i pretended that Germany was intimidated by revolutionary revolu-tionary factions among the German people and would agree to Russia s terms of "no annexations and no indemnities.-' instead the German dele- j gates, after tho manner of the gentle- man bandit, politely demanded not ! only Russia's money but coat, trousers and shoes. j The Bolsheviki entered upon the negotiations in the most egotistical manner. They insolently commanded the entente powers to join in the negotiations ne-gotiations or suffer tho consequences and when the powers refused to have anything to do with the Brest-Litovsk farce Leuino and Trotzky declared that the proletariat of the allied countries would lis;1 in wrath aod overthrow the governments. This was on the supposition, supposi-tion, no doubt, that the people of Great Britain, Krance, Italy and the United States were as childishly ignorant as the people of Russia. On the other hand it is not safe to assume that Germany will insist on annexing an-nexing all that she has demanded in her peace terms, the may be satisfied satis-fied with two-thirds or a half. Moreover, More-over, the terms offered to the Bolshc-Mki Bolshc-Mki may be merely an iuvitatiou to tho entente powers to come in and divide up the spoils. As we have pointed out on several occasions Germany may be willing wil-ling to join the entente powers in the j pillaging of Russia. If this conjecture be well founded, Russia, so to speak, would serve as an indemnity. Germany would sav to ! Krance: ''If we give you back your i territory, retire from Belgium and re- build it would you be willing to let us ' have certain parts of Russia, the faith- ! less ally that betrayed you?"' And; Germany would say to Great Britain: : "Let us keep Poland and all the terri- j t o i y w e now h o Id in Russia a nd w e will make it worth your while. ' ' In other words. Germany, according to this plan, would urge all the western west-ern powers to make peace aud use Russia Rus-sia as a fund out of which ta pay expenses. |