Evening star., 1917-12-26

d. b.
-Ssia and adding ~ there now are three
.riifhcult to avoid the appearance %
Shaving relations with more than one
Firms Appeal to Germany.
= 1t is reported from Brest-Litovsk by
way of Petrograd that Finland mas ap-
.-independence and that the Germans ex-
e-press the willingness to do SO.
= Leon Trotzky. the belshevik foreigh
minister, is said to have shown ms IT
;sthe Germans direct instead of through
1.-The bolshevik commissaries. StocS-
: holm dispatch to the Post records ene
arrival there of a Finnish delegation 10
I. ask Sweden's recognition OF the mae
= pendence of the Finns. According to
.Athe same correspondent anarchlstlc con-
Editions prevail In parts Of Finland Ine
!. .Swedish consul at HelsinStors mas sem
Ian urgent appeal to his government TO
: protect Swedes at Abo. where there rs
reign of terror. Bandits are said 70
be running wild in Uleaborg ana IN
: various other districts. the s.oexh1,a'' baa
= -Tidningen reports an agreement pc
!, tween the Finnish senate and the Bai-
: tic fleet committee under which fln-
: land virtually will buy its independence
!. for 100000 rubles-
]; VIII Convoke Assembly.
line SOCIAL I0VOlutlOHdiy iAeAJOstsS 80
: the constituent assembly has decided to
= ccnvoke that body January 2, according
: to a Petrograd dispatch to the Times.
!. although the bolshevtk government mas
!. said that 1t was determined 20 present pst
: the meeting of the assembly independent
= Of it's sanction.
/, M. Borovsky, the bolshevik representa-
: tive in Stockholm. a dispatch to the
: Morning. Post from the Swedish cap1tal
!. says, confirms reports that Stockholm
will be the scene of the continuation OF
the Russo-Gern1an peace negotiations,
He says that the sessions in Stockholm
will begin early in January. when all the
I. delegates now at Brest-Litovsk are ex-
I, pected in the Swedish capital
Emissaries to Go Over World.
{ PETRoGRAD, December .5.-The bol-
I. shevik government has decided TO seno
: special representatives to all countries,
3ielligerent as well as neutral. 70 Iur @ Tnel
Ee propaeanda of internationalisna Two
IiIlion rubles have been appropriated Tor
Shis purpose.
I An American Red Cross train left
|. Petrograd today for Rnmania Win VIII tnH a,,
its original supplies. except automobiles
I. Speeches Against United States.
!, A mass meeting of anacharsts was
held Sunday afternoon at which infian-
Tnatory speeches against the United
J. states were delivered, Ine SPEAKERS DeiStiS
. their attacks on the arrests of Emma
. Goldman, Alexander Berkman and Louis
! Kramer. Some Of the speakers urged
Z violence against the American embassy,
: but only mild resolution of protest was
: the outcome of the affair. A congress Of
) anarchists has been called to meet In
!. Fetrograd on Christmas day Of the Rus
, sian calendar.
Germans Transfer Troops.
Z Ensign Kryienko. commander-in-chief
of the army, reported to the Bolshevik
headquarters Sunday that the Germans
i. were transferring troops in very large
numbers and as quickly as possible to the
western front against the allies, and also
, to the southwestern Russian front.
! Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign
/. minister, has called the attention Of the
peace delegation to this fact. A special
dispatch from Brest-Ldtovsk announces
the Germans were not ready yesterday to
. reply to the Russian peace terms. and
consequently the meeting Of the peace
delegates was postponed until Monday
afternoon.
!. Heavy Fighting In Siberia.
= PEKING. Deeember as-The trans
3bsrian railway has been severed near
. Irkutsk, In eastern Siberia, where the
bolsheviki have destroyed the locomo-
: tive sheds and workshops. Heavy
. lighting between belshevtk forces and
supporters OF the original revolutionary
. party IL occurring in many places in
Siberia