. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . , theGerman militarists, with the grossest of bad faith, shame-lessly broke their many pledges to the helpless Bolshevikiand forced upon Russia the Peace of Brest-Litovsk. Bythat dictated treaty, Germany virtually became overlordto a broad belt of vassal states taken from Russia — Finland,the Baltic Provinces, Lithuania, Poland, Ukrainia —■ andeven the remaining Great Russia had to agree to Germancontrol of her industrial reorganization. When the Germanperfidy had revealed itself suddenly, after long and deceitfulnegotiations, the a
. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . , theGerman militarists, with the grossest of bad faith, shame-lessly broke their many pledges to the helpless Bolshevikiand forced upon Russia the Peace of Brest-Litovsk. Bythat dictated treaty, Germany virtually became overlordto a broad belt of vassal states taken from Russia — Finland,the Baltic Provinces, Lithuania, Poland, Ukrainia —■ andeven the remaining Great Russia had to agree to Germancontrol of her industrial reorganization. When the Germanperfidy had revealed itself suddenly, after long and deceitfulnegotiations, the angered and betrayed Bolsheviki wished to THE LAST GERMAN DRIVE 725 break off, and renew the war. They were absolutely helpless,however, without prompt Alhed aid upon a large scale. Thisaid they asked for, but urgent cablegrams brought no Allies apparently had been so repelled by the Bolshevistindustrial and political policy that they were unwilling todeal with that government, and preferred to leave Russiato its fate — and to the The MiTTEL-EuROPA Empire at its greatest extent in March, 1918. In Asia,only a few months before, it had reached to the Persian Gulf and the RedSea (cf. p. 729), but lacked then the parts of old Russia afterward acquired,marked here by perpendicular shadings- Naturally the Germans opened the campaigns in the Westat the earliest moment possible. They had now a vastsuperiority both in men and in heavy guns there. ^^6 lastMarch 21 they attacked the British lines in GermanPicardy with overwhelming forces. After fivedays of terrific fighting the British were hurled out oftheir trench lines and driven back with frightful lossesnearly to Amiens, leaving a broad and dangerous gap 726 AMERICA AND THE WAR between them and the French. But, as so often in theirgreat offensives in this war, the Germans had exhaustedthemselves in their mass attack; and, while they paused, aFrench force threw itself into the gap, and British reservesreinf
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