Show mant get w S IL JL gr gru grain u in of ukraine aks 1 ai washington amid the many easy triumphs which enabled the this year I 1 6 0 slice great sections from th the 0 map of russia like coupons from a bond germany and austria both suffered one frightful disappointment and the pang was in the weakest part of their political anatomy the collective stomach of their peoples the e grain of which the two kaisers keisers expected to plunder the ukraine 6 was not there at least there was so little of I 1 it that germany had to lower her bread ration while aust austria ria continued to starve a bit m more ore rapidly the supplies supplier had been burned these fires were lighted with ft ath a kind of poetic justice by the remnants of the czechoslovak czecho slovak army deserters from the austrian ranks and inveterate enemies of the Haps burgs who had been reconstituted into russian military units under the kerensky regime and fought so splendidly tor for russia before the whole nation bation collapsed from the triaN gnawing ving of the bol sheow fortunate for the allies until march of this year this czechoslovak army had bad been stationed in the ukraine men in alno and more in reserve then bolshevik representatives dissolved their organization and took away their arms though about refused to part with their weri weapons pons they were given promises that they would be allowed to leave russia forthe united states but ot of course no I 1 means of transportation were provided and so they remained where they were it was fortunate for the aillean that they did As soon as they realized that germanys germanas Germ anys chief objective in russia was the ukrainian grain supply they began a systematic campaign of pillage and burning in which they were assisted by the peasants themselves aroused aro used at the thought that the old landowners were to return under de german protection the evidence that the sto were successful Is incontestable count czernin Czer austro prime minister until his litle exchange of pleasantries pleasant ries with af M clemenceau Clemenc cau placed the responsibility for the bare ukrainian cupboard on the shoulders of the czecho slovaks german representatives I 1 in n the austrian repeated the charge la in greater detal details I 1 8 A M magyar ag yar deputy in the hungarian do da dared that the th czecho slovak army in ukraine had burned or taken away everything of value had th their air revenue revenge not only did they destroy what they could con id but they fought foughi bitterly to prevent the taking what waa W as left retiring and hampered by their jack lack of equip equipment meni they stopped to ic meet the advancing germans repeat edly in the field certainly in ukraine the czecho slovaks have had their revenge for three centuries of suffocation and oppression in bohemia but throughout tho t dewar war they have launched shattering r blows against their austrian austria n and german enemies and the whole idea europa |