Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1918 — RUSSIA TOSSES IN THE SPONGE [ARTICLE]

RUSSIA TOSSES IN THE SPONGE

DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM THE WAR—DEMOBILIZATION OF TROOPS ORDERED. London, Feb. 11. — A German government wireless dispatch received here this* evening confirms dispatches received from Amsterdam during the day that Russia has ordered a cessation of war and the demobilization of the Russion armies on all fronts. Londan, Feb. 11.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam says: “There is great enthusiasm in Germany over the reported end of the state of war between the central powers and Russia. Cities everywhere are beflagged, and there is much rejoicing over Trotzky’s unconditional surrender. It has been arranged that the central economic commission now in Petrograd shall settle the details of the resumption of relations between Russia and the central powers.” Although no formal treaty has yet been signed between the Russians and the central powers the Bolsheviki government has ordered a cessation of hostilities by the Russians against Germany, AustriaHungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, and the withdrawal of its troops from the trenches and fortified positions from the Baltic sea to the Rumanian frontier. It long had been foreseen that such an outcome eventually would follow upon the revolutionary movement in Russia, where for nearly a year civil strife and war weariness generally proved • most potent factors in weakening the battle front. Long ago the enemy forces began the withdrawal of troops from this front,, and virtually only a handful of them have been faced by Russians there. Peace having been effected both by the Russians and Ukrainians with the Teutonic allies, the situation of Rumania becomes a most critical one. Entirely cut off now from her allies the Rumanians apparently are faced with the absolute necessity of effecting a separate peace or being over run by superior enemy armies. Nothing has as yet come through to show whether another Rumanian cabinet to take the place of the one which resigned last week has been formed or whether any - reply has been made to the ultimatum of the central powers that peace negotiations should immediately be started. As had been anticipated, the terms of peace between the Ukraine and the central powers contain the much desired clause providing for the immediate entering into economic relations between the' contracting parties by which Austria and Germany may obtain much desired foodstuffs. Almost simultaneously with the announcement by the Bolsheviki government that Russia is out of the war and that a general demobilization along the entire Russian front is to be carried out, thus permitting the Teutonic allies to withdraw* all their forces for use on other battle fronts.