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Ambassador Noulens that the Boil.
sheviki desired the sort of peace
where all peoples were free and
might dispose of their own affairs.
The French ambassador asked
Trotsky what if the Germans refused
this sort Of a peace.
Trotsky. it was reported. replied,
under these conditions peace would
not be signed because the maximal'
lists might be brought to a reyolu.
tionary war"
"If public opinion is refractory
Trotsky added, '.the constituency
should be consulted"
The Bolsheviki foreign minister
said in conclusion that "if the Boil.
sheviki succumb, anarchy threatens
Russia"
Bosheviki Ship in Port.
A PACIFIC PORT. Dec. 24.-The
Russian freighter shilka, the first
Bolsheviki ship to reach the United
States, may be interned temporarily
while United States marine and Gus
toms officials investigate her status
and inquire into the truth of reports
that she brought 100000 in Russian
gold to be used for the defense of l..
w. w. members now under arrest IN
Chicago, it was reported today.
The ship is held at her berth here,
today, and no member Of the crew
are permitted to leave. A search of
her cargo and other effects Is beinS
made by federal agents.
Although Captain Boris Dogal is
nominally in command of the vessel,
under Bolsheviki practice, a com-
.mittee of five members of the crew
is really in control.
Saturday, members of the crew
were seen to fraternize with l. w. w.
here. When the identity Of the Shilka
became known, federal officers re-
CURED the rev to return aboard. 1t
was then the report OF a 100000 l.
w. w. defense fund was spread.
Reign Of Terror in P%etrograd.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-Rnssia's Boil
sbeviki are dreaming the fantastic
nightmare of peace at Brest-Litovsk,
while fighting desperately at home to
maintain control, according to late dis
patches today. Petrograd was report
ed in almost a reign of terror. Sol
diers from the garrisons, drunk with
wine from looted shops, INDUCED in
the widest rioting in the streets.
Firing of machine guns and rifles was
constant.
The soldiers formed a regular Skin
mish line in the Marie theatre square
and were not dispersed until after
vigorous fighting when Bolsheviki
guards ran down scores under armored
motor cars.
The disorder was reported still con-
tinuing.
Moscow dispatches reported a de-
claration of martial law by the Cos
sacks. General KaIedin formally re-
tired from his place as military die
tator Of the revolt against the Boil
sheviki. urging choice by the rebels of
a government which would be repre-
sentative Of the whole people.
In the meantime the Bolsheviki
delegates to the peace congress at
Brest-Litovsk were endeavoring to
ing with the Germans.
Reports showed the whole program
OF mo annexations and no indemni.
ties" had been outlined to the sitting
by the Bolsheviki representatives and
anime it.
'ti IolciSh -htillSLti NOil
Kuehlmann opened the meeting with a
speech urging peace. To London, the
most significant phrase in that adj
dress was the Teuton minister's dec
laration:
MY idea is to fix the important con-
ditions for peaceful and neighborly in
~tercourse, especially in the cultural
and economic sense"
A Cnppnho 0pn decnofoh fo tb- r.
change Telegraph company reported
Kaiser Wilhelm as preparing to go to
Brest-Litovsk in case of an agreement
between Russian and German dele
gates and as urging a conference be-
tween all the sovereigns of Europe to
discuss general peace.
Peace Program Approved.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24.-The Ger
man federal council has approved
Chancellor Hertling's Russian peace
program, according to a Berlin dis
patch today. Details OF the plan was
withheld.
Socialists and I~mperiaIists.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Serious
difficulties" between the imperial Ger
man government and the majority So
cialists have resulted from the con-
clusion of an armistice with Russian
maximalists, the committee on public
information learned today in a radio
message from Lyons, France.
German military authorities the
message say are strongly opposing
socialist assemblies and are doing all
within their power to thwart an ex-
pansion Of the socialist movement.
The message is quoted from Zurich
dispatches to a French news agency:
Word comes from Berlin that the