Show RUSS ACTION TO BENEFIT r HUNS LITTLE IS U. U S. S VIEW SonIC Some Troops Will ill Be Freed Free d in Ukraine For Service o on n n I the West Iest Front Otherwise e Military l y Gains Are Nil Ni T GREAT GREA T OFFENSIVE TE BY ALLIES IS FORECAST r Lloyd Lloy l Georg Georges George's Statement t I Shows 1 War Var I. I ar Council Given 1 Powers Po to ordinate Co-ordinate All Forces For Giant Thrust t WASHINGTON Fe Feb 10 19 AnO Announcement An ement of or the purpose O of f tHe tile Bolshevist st go government o of Hu Russia Hussi gi gito to sign a ml pence peace treaty treaty based hR asid 1 upon th lh o conditions imposed b by bythe the tit Germans caused cl no surprise in official official official of of- circles here in view of the failure fail fail- ore ure of the Russian Hussian attempts to influence duce ence e the German socialists socialist to prevent pre an attack on unresisting people An Irresistible demand b by the gr great at masses of oC the tIne Russian people for peace had brought about the downfall do in turn o of three c successive ro that of oC Czar Nicholas that o of Prince Lvoff and that o of or Kerensky Lenine and according to the official understanding here were fully aware that their re regime would share the same fate tate if Ir the they failed to respond to the time overwhelming o demand of the thc public Treaty Wont AVont ont Stand After our Such a peace treat treaty a as now ma may be e signed according to the official view and andle here must depend on its vitality taUt le legality entirely upon the outcome of or orthe the tho great treat war wal Being made malIc under absolute absolute ab ab- solute compulsion and b by what is re regarded regarded re- re as nothing than a n faction of the Russian people the allies In a peace conference would demand that It be disregarded Accepting as accurate the statements credited to hi inn his report unon upon Continued on Page 2 HUNS WILL GAIN CAIN LITTLE US U.S. ViEW Continued from Page Pago 1 1 the nf negotiations that the time German terms Included the retention of Poland Lithuania Riga an and Moon Island and an In Indemnity of It Is pointed out that the time proposed pro pro- po posed ed treaty will be In direct violation not only of oC all peace Principles laid down b by the time entente spokesmen nn anti and President Wilson Ilon but the often orten quoted Teutonic declaration of no mo annexations and no Indemnities Will Help Militarist It 1 realized Is how howver In diplomatic circles th that t the signing of oC such a trent treaty will ill servo to strengthen tremendously the military parties pallIes In Germany and anil A Austria As the trent treaty mu must t mean of ot orthe the tho Bolshevik lk attacks upon the tho the time German troops which were to have hi been heen sent to tho defense of ot will be reI released cased for western service Otherwise It Is not miot perceived ly Lv the officials here how the com com- j signature I o of a n Russo German treaty can an have any ammy further effect upon the conduct of or the time war var as us the time transfer of or the time German eastern arm army to the western mont front has han been fully anticipated ted by the entente military commanders commander who are confident ent of ot their ability to cope with the time reinforced Germ n armies It developed de today that the lie officials here are arc awaiting with the keenest in interest Interest In- In terest crest confirmation of oC reports that Turkish and allan troops In lar large e numbers arc being sent Into Belgium It may mav be stated on omm authority that lint such n a n movement would have the gravest gray grav est cst consequences so ro far ar as America is concerned conce and anti that lot t would be re regarded re- re as Justifying an nn Immediate declaration of the tie existence of or a state etalo o of war between America and Tur Turkey i and Bulgaria e I h by lorr I Frank admission b by Premier Lloyd George that tho the demand for or unifier I military effort under a single Je directing body bOlly had imad come from the time United States confirmed the tho Impression that has hns prevailed pre pre- hero since the tue proposal to send the time mission headed b by Colonel House to Europe Clr first t became 1 known It was Inow known unofficially at that time that President Wilson IIRon had become convinced that the time allied c cause u e stood In grave dan danger r unless t a central contral body bor could be Ime erected with authority to initiate vigorous orous warfare based on u a well- well digested h plan of or strategy that covered nil all fronts The Time Italian disaster has been cited no atm a striking example of or what the lack of complete tc operation co-operation among the allies might bring about There Thore are arc officers here who believe bellevo that the war would have ha been virtually over o now had Cadorna's glea great t effort eort been made with the tho full support of oC the British and French b behind it it- Falling Failing that It was as swept back and the time enem enemy given the best military po position illon he had oc occupied occupied oc- oc since his defeat of or his drive e In 1914 at Jt Paris II H Still Mill Hold Balance Taken faken in iii connection with President reIden Wilson's Wilsons r recent statement that 1913 would be bo the time decisive year car and the tho re repeated re- re d warnings from the time western front that a se great t German offensive Is imminent there today's proc proceedings in London arc are regarded as highly siga sig sig- a i I i cant It h has s been asserted officially and unofficially that the tho allies still have ha havea haea a a. preponderance of men mon and arid guns uns on the time western vestern front and the belief here Is that tho tIme allied council would not be content to await enemy the thc olo tJ The explanation or of th 1 rejection o of oC o Sir m proposal to I p Hate nate officer ns as Great it a ln's IU r. r on time the r ably throws lI light ht UPOn the thc tho time i Washington ov ar Gen Tn Task Tasker II T. Bit BlI BH l i B C t U It at nt V r rR r staff although h alt all his a nil cht chin capacity are in process in q Major General Peyton c of March tarch |