Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — HUNS HEED RUSS THREAT [ARTICLE]

HUNS HEED RUSS THREAT

Germany Promises to Stop traMa .. —Slava Seat Prates*. Washington, May 17. —A M-csww dispatch to ibe state defartwemt. axai Germany had given iiswirancie to the Russian soviet government that German armies would advance » farther into Russian territory. A copy of The protest made by the soviet government to the Genusa* stfnIstry of foreign affairs «m April 28 against German aggresskmsu arnle public today by the state dc*axtmra*. shows that the Russians g*w oMfive of their intentiew to msWßae “hB necessary forces In order to swwt the freedom and independence off the Russian republic which i* n>«w snranced beyond the limits estaddistoed hr the Brest treaty.” “The Russian government.” the message said, “has taken every ■aeaswrepossible strictly to fulfill the treaty from their side and la tMs way to secure for our people the rMrf aJto eff this treaty, a state off pence. Bat in reality no such state off peace extots."