The German peace terms accepted by M. Lenin are the
terms of a pitiless conqueror. Russia is to cede not only Courland, Lithuania, and Poland, whose further fate is to be defined by Germany and Austria " in agreement with their populations," but also Livonia and Esthonia, which German " police " will occupy " until the date when the constitution of the respective countries will guarantee their social security and political order "—or, in plain English, as long as Germany can keep them. Russia must make peace with the Ukraine and remove her Anarchist troops from Finland. She must evacuate Armenia. She must demobilize her whole Army at once, including the new " Red Guards." She must recall all her warships to port, where as a matter of fact they have long been rusting. She must grant to Germany all and more than the commercial privileges enjoyed by her under the tariff of 1901. She must agree to pay indemnities for civil damages and war prisoners. Last, but not least, the Anarchists must promise " to put an end to every propaganda and agitation " against the enemy Powers and their political and military institutions, even in places occupied by the enemy. The Bolsheviks' occupation will then be gone.
