New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-24


members of the Ukraine revolutionary
staff the Bo1sheviki government said
they had been suspected unjustly of
completely in a plot to give Gen.
kaledines American Red Cross sup
plies.
London, Dec. 24.-Petrograd de-
spatches report attempts are being
made by Bolsheviki commissaries to
negotiate with the Ukrainans for a
settlement of the differences which
have arisen, and it ia also reported the
officials Of the new Ukrainian govern
ment are ready to accept proposals
looking toward a peaceful arrange
ment.
The movement for harmony is at
tributed by the Times correspondent
to the fact that the growing dangers
of the situation are being recognized
to an increasing extent by the Bolshc-
Wiki. For the same reason, he says,
they are believed to be inclined to
modify their attitude Of hostility to-
ward the constituent assembly.
Concurrently with these statements
appear numerous further reports of
military activities on the part of the
Ukrainians and Cossacks, and of the
sending of more Bolsheviki troops
southwark to oppose the Ukrainlans.
There are disconnected rumors of fur
Their fighting but apparently, there
have been no hostilities on a large
scale or of such a nature as to indi-
cate important developments.
Many dispatches from Petrograd
speak Of the supposed impending ar
rival Of the Germans there, which Is
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cussion In the city, but everyone seems
to have a different version. Many of
these stories centered around the re-
ported concentration near the cap
ital Of a large force of released Ger
man war prisoners to whom arms are
being handed over, according to some
of the reports.
Referring to these rumors, the Pc
trograd correspondent of the Post says
thousands of German
war prisoners are flocking towards Pc
trograd from all parts of Russia. but
believes that at present more I'M
portant phase Of the situation is the
active manner in which the Germans
have been pushing trade with RUSSIA
since the frontier was opened. he re-
ports thew are making the most OF a
opportunity such as the
world has never seen before. mas
much as Russian industries are near
ly dead and the Germans have no
The Germans have refused adm1s-
sion of Trotzky's newspaper printed In
German for army propaganda.
The Bolsheviki are negotiating with
the social revolutionists OF the Lett
for the formation Of a coalition gov
latter
the ministries of the interior, justice,
posts and national affairs.
The trial Of persons who have been
arrested by the Bolsheviki was to-
have begun yesterday before a mill
tary court, according to delayed de-
spatches from Petrograd. The first
would be Countess Panin, former as
sistant minister of education who was
arrested for refusing to turn over to
the Bolsheviki the funds of her de-
partment The council Of Petrograd
university on Friday elected the
countess an honorary member in rec
ognition of her educational work.
A despatch from Tasrkent, capital
of Turkestan, describes the 1ynching
under horrible circumstances of Gen.
Korevitchen, who was Kerensky's
military commander in the province.
The Italian embassy has made a for
NAL protest against the pillaging by
armed men Of the apartment OF the
embassy's first secretary.
It is reported the Germans are NOV
ing troops from the Russian northern
and western fronts to the southwest
ern and Rumanian fronts.