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Show M SITUATION IN ALL RUSSIA Dismemberment of . Empire One of Most Tragic Things in War. MOSCOW, .lime 20. (Correspondence (Correspon-dence of the Associated Press) Of all sad situations growing out of Russia's dismemberment, that in the Caucasus is most tragic. By the terms of the "Hmof -T .ilnvctr nnnnn tiratv TttlKsia ceded the provinces of Kars and Ba-toum Ba-toum to Turkoy. But Caucasus which is a conglomeration of races, mountain moun-tain tribes and feuds, was as strongly opposed to Turkish domination as It was to Bolshevik rule. The Armenian massacres still fresh in their memories, the Caucasian people peo-ple refused to recognize the treaty and united to fight Turkish aggression. But they were weak and unorganized and could not withstand the onslaught of superior Turkish armies directed by German commanders. Their position posi-tion was" still further aggravated by persistent propaganda of the Bolshe-viki Bolshe-viki who were anxious to rush all opposition op-position and sowed dissension where-ever where-ever possible. The hastily formed independent Trans -Caucasian republic soon crumbled crum-bled to pieces, Georgia alone, of all the component states, retaining a semblance sem-blance of government and declaring itself an independent republic. The rtew-born state was in no position to fight the Turks single-handed and was compelled to negotiate with Turkey a peace that makes virtually Georgia a Turkish protectorate. "United Trans-Caucasia has ceased to.-exist," writes I. Tzcretelli, a member mem-ber of the new Georgia government. "The southern part of it, populated mostly by Armenians, has been occupied occu-pied by the Turks; eastern Trans -Caucasia is willing to recognize voluntarily vol-untarily the power of the Sultan. "Georgia is all that was saved from free Trans-Caucasia, that is not yet enslaved by Turkey." oo |