Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

WapMc Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Place*. RUSSIA IN GERMANY’S POWER Their Acceptance of Peace Terms Changes the Map of Europe. London, February 25. —'Russia's acceptance of Germany’s peace terms cuts from Russia 3 81,001 square miles of territory, 50,000,000 people, and shoves her back from the Baltic, leaving her helpless and Impotent In Germany’s power, economically and physically. The press today had not time to comprehend the full meaning of the situation. The headlines contained such words as “tragic,” “dismembered,” “humiliating,” “impotent.” The Post says there is “no hypothesis but treachery.” "She is disarmed and helpless," says the Chronicle.