IMPORTANT BEARING ON EASTERN SITUATION

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7

IMPORTANT BEARING ON EASTERN SITUATION

ICOMMENT ON THE PYRRHIC VICTORY 1 GENERAL PEACE MORE REMOTE i,> '/>*). fßr TItEOBAFH.— UNITED MESS ASSOCIATION.—OOPYRIOHT.) />] (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) v? (Received February 27, 8.30 a.m.) V< LONDON, 26th.February.' ?\' Germany's terms are interpreted to mean a desire to make the Baltic a -,V' Gorman lake, to establish a chain of buffer States between Russia and Germany,, ;'.: ,1~ and to secure a footing in the Black Sea through the Ukraine. :}J'\ The last-mentioned object has an important bearing on the Eastern situa- ■ '':| tien, as it would make Germany independent of Turkey and Bulgaria,' because :';';ij' the new line of communications between Berlin, Odessa; and Trebizond would '■!■''\ bring Germany deep into Persia and close'to India. "'-1 The Guardian says that a strange thing about Germany's terms 'v 1 is that no demand has been made for the Russian Fleet. Presumably it was 'I'jj feared that the Russians would destroy it, and Germany hopes to get it later. '.'■"■ i ■ (PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES.) ,';| • AMSTERDAM, 25th February.. '.| Tho Vorwaerts says : "One shudders at the thought of how lightly the i "s Bolsheviks surrendered Russian territory. The German democrats could never f\ do likewise.' The Bolsheviks have strengthened German Imperialism, and made i''\ an effective fight against it most difficult," 11-':.!I 1-':.! (BEUTER'S TELEGRAM.) *'•;■ . AMSTERDAM, 25th February. V><r The Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung says that a separate peace with Russia will ';• only make a general peace more remote, 'because America, Britain, and "*•'.. France will fight to the bitter end. It declares that Austria needs a general .;-'- peace. Hence she does not rejoice over Germany's 'Pyrrhic victory in Russia. "'•'■ The Leipzigei' Yolks Zeitung says: "The Russian Government's latest ',"•■ r\ rapid move has upset a carefully-prepared game by the German Government, ■■",'; which does not want peace."