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Show UKRAINE WANTS TC : OUST HUN AND BOLSHEVIK! ; Country Rich in Resources ! Asks Aid in Its Plans. By Newspaper Enterprise Association. klly. lN'c 16 The rkraiiie. coveted cov-eted by Germany for Its wealth and suffering fruni twin evils ut Germanism German-ism end F.oliifievisni. is endeavoring to ent.tl.lit.il polltlt.il and economic inde-p inde-p ll.lefH'e The 1 k rii llll.l ds h ive ap-pe ap-pe tl. d to thf allies f.r. aid In eject- n,kr their oppresoiH. To further Its cinomlc iitinw the roti ni ry ban established a new t ur i T IU V. Tlie I krainfr has been known for 100 eai mm the Ktati.irv of Kurope. fiiven a tal.le coertinu nt favorable to the ; ! . clopni.'ut of its people, and it would be mm on- if the richest spots on ' earth. Within this area of approximately i .'.3 1.ovo sii;ire itiiles, w 1th a popula-j popula-j tion of 3i, ((. ooo, more tnan one-tnrd 1 of ItuMsia s f:irm products were ramed In t he DVHKfin before tlie war bmke. ' While it comprises a sixth of the area of Km ope n Husma. the t'kralne lli-i lli-i chides more than a third f t's farm . la nit More than f.O per cent of the fkrairo is under cultivation. With modern methods of cultivation. its f wHipoi of a third of I Its wheat and rfc-ainl rfc-ainl bin ley of Hu.Mia would be a si - , cr ased many fold. J ; The I'kraine produces 0 p-r cent j f.f the crude sugar of Kuria and near- ! t lv fi't per cent of the refined eug.tr. j j In pe.ic-e times, as much tolcco and 1 half of all the livestock. ; Its mineral resources are equally ; surprising. Nearly three-fourths of , j HnsMta s coal has come fiom the j j I'kraine and ns muth of its pig iron and steel. Other minerals ore also I found in abundance. J I It was in keeping with the Ormnn ' , policy of seizing "the salt of the earth" ; 'that she proposed to dominate this j ri h reg.on. ! |