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Show HEAVY DEMANDS I OF TDEGERMANS I Bolsheviki Must Completely !H Evacuate Finland, Esthonia IP and Ukraine and Release jl H Germans. IS AMSTERDAM, Feb. 21. "Befora IB re-opening peace negotiations with n gi Trotzky," said Dr. Gustav Stresemann, l National Liberal-leader, in the reicha. Of jl tag yesterday, "wo must demand com- ?B pleto evacuation by the Bolsheviki of J Finland, Esthonia and Ukraine, the re- jljn lease of German Esthonlans and LetU Etni and recognition of the peace treat7 I n concluded by Ukraine. Until the Bol- sheviki prove by their deeds that they IS are in earnest our military measures should be restricted in no manner. Baltic Germany is being slaughtered IF just because it is German. We would IR not be an honorable nation if we Fj looked on calmly." j Dr. Stresemann's speech, made dur- III ing tho dobato on the Ukranian treaty, H was applauded loudly. He denounced j the Poles, saying they had done noth- ing to win tho sympathy of the Ger- gk 1 mans who "have bled for the inde- J j pendence of Poland." l Count von Westarp, the Conserva- u tivo leader, approved the treaty with Ijj Ukraine, saying: j "It finally breaks the Anglo-Amer- ! j lean blockade and ends the peril of : Turkey from the Russian dream of conquest of Constantinople." He de- ft clared that concessions such as those j made to Ukraine regarding indemnifl- ij cation for maintenance of war prison- Jj ers must not be made to Great Russia or Rumania. H "The good German sword is again at M work," he continued. "We welcome I the quick decision in this respect and fit I have confidence that the army com- I I mand will fulfill its task." E Poland, said Count von Westarp, E B neglected to win its independence in b I open and honorable union with tho El central powers. As Poland could not ju I bo trusted to livo in friendship with Hill Germany, the eastern frontiers must Hjj be shaped in accordance with tho ro- Hil quirements for military security. u 1 |