Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-17

its policy of awaiting Develop
ments.
II was suggested here that one of
the direct effects of the armistice he
tween the German and Russian armies
might be the financing OF the B0lshe
wiki with paper money. When the
war began Russian money was being
printed in Germany and the plates
are still in Berlin.
/ Doubt Troop Agreement.
! London, Dec. 1.-THE predominant
4 facts as regards the Russian situation
at the moment is the signing of an
armistice, which is announced official
/ iy at the capitals of all the countries
/ concerned. According to special dis
patches from Petrograd every one
there believes that a permanent peace
ers will result.
Correspondents in general treat as
negligible the undertaking of Ger
many and her allies not to withdraw
troops from the eastern front a Pet
rograd dispatch to the Times says
| large masses of Germans already have
been removed, and that probably the
/ German command has transferred all
lit purposes to employ elsewhere. SO
| that its plans are not likely to be de-
ranged seriously.
The reported suicide during the
armistice negotiations at Brest-Lit-
ovsk, of the Russian General Skatons,
apparently has made a considerable
impression at Petrograd, although the
Russian national commissaries are
silent in regard to it. A Petrograd dis
patch to the Post says General Ska
tons was responsible for the armis-
tice conditions, including the eyacua-
ton of Moon sound. which so offended
the Germans at the first meeting of
the negotiations and rendered nuga-
tory the efforts of the first mission
General Skatons returned most I'M
willingly for the second meeting. I'M
der imperative orders Of his super
liors. The correspondent seeks to
show there is nothing to prove that he
committed suicide. which is most inn
probable, and insinuates that he was
murdered
There Is no confirmation of last
weeks official Bolsheviki announce
ment regarding the arrest of General
Kaledines. The situation in southern
Russia continues to be obscure and
/, news is fragmentary and contradic-
tory.
, The latest returns from the cleo
, tons to the constituent assembly, as
supplied by the Bolsheviki shows that
of 237 delegates, So are Bolsheviki
Ink Goaiat DayaI,.+iOuic4e IN Tor.f;+,,
tional Democrats and the others scat
; tering About eighty delegates are
now in Petrograd but no further at
tempt has ben made to hold a meet
! ing.
= Referring to the numerical pre-
{ ponderance Of Social Revolutionists
, among the delegates, the Petrograd
, correspondent of the Daily News says
that the whole crux of the matter is
, what proportion of the delegates be-
, long to the right and what to the left
, the latter being mere tools in the
hands of the Bolsheviki. The real
meaning of the figures cannot be
ascertained at present because tht
names Of those elected are not avail
able.
) Features OF Armistice.
Petrograd, Sunday, Dec Is. - The
} terms of the Russo-German armistice
according to statement issued here
obligate no transference troops unit
: Jan. IA (Jan. /. Russian), no increase
e of troops on the fronts or on the is
3 lands in the Moon sound, or a. re
f grouping of forces.
? The Germans are not to concen
trate troops between the Black Sea
! and the Baltic east OF the 18th degree
: of longitude east of Greenwich In
tercourse between troops may be al
D lowed from sunrise to sunset. Groups
: are limited to Is persons at tint
e who may exchange newspapers an(
/. unsealed mails and who may carry Oh
I trade and exchange articles of prim,
: necessity.
a As Relates To the Sea.
A special agreement will be mad,
e by the general staff regarding the ex
e tension of the armistice to the Whit,
sea and the Russian coast in the Arc
G tic zone, Ii is agreed also that al
r tacks on war and commercial vessel,
: must stop in these regions in order Il
!. avoid attacks in other seas.