Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-29
GERMANS TO OCCUPY
RUSSIAN TERRITORY
Hun Delegates at Brest-Litoysk
Conference Intimate as
Much.

LONDON Dec 2N-Thr u,Irg..i
correspondent of the Times drscrHos
the effect upon the Polsheyiki Wthu.-
tiles oD tho rmorcd proposal uf the
German and Austrian delegate to thc
BIcst-litoNsk conference that n "a Ger
tain contingency various strauc''C
,oints i'm Russian territory should Dee
occupied hv the central powers. Ac-
cordiug 20 the rumors IL Lgd been
propo-ud 10y the representatives of
Germany and Austria that pcudiu-
the resumption Of the negotiations
Russia should mediate between tho
central ana the entente allies " IN
a view to bringing about genera.
peace.
Should the attempt fail the occU-
patton of the several strugetic points
by the central powers was proposed
so tl,~t pressure might he brought
upon the entente. The proposal says
tho correspondents, caused ,uustcrua-
tion at the Smoluy institute, the Iiot-
ShCVii headquarters. Dr Won kunhl-
mann. the German foreign secretary,
is tcpurtcd as having replied To IN"
Russian complaint regarding the rc.
fusal of passports To German minority
Socialists 10y stating that hn did not
see any mndrance To peace I'm Pre-
Venting communication between the
Russian and German Socialists. Re
-orts of fighting and other military
activities iu interior Russia continue
numcroua but 'hcy are So coutradtc
tory that il Is Impossible to get at
IN trut!. II the situtlun For instance
9th the Bolshcvik and the G.rain-
iaIs claim a complete victory at l'l"l
rorud. whcr" II Is stated that the
1.t - ts.,.tu1 NArHI IlAfi e
forces numbered six thousand mon
with two hundred guns
Several other CnuO3i-. uCtudnL
No at kHpttuot, lre reported WITH
.ot any certainty as reSi,-dS the uoi-
crs or mdicauou of important results.
The MaAimaist, claiu. tnlt the cos
sacks nave lccOme duIoali/'d ana
are rcfusius 10 nsut BolSh'NIk
tro ,ps
The Mornihr Posts pe:;oStud cor-
respondent quotes u'uIu the noWsph'
per the report OF france commissioner
on the Financial condition Of Russia
o.. which it is stated that all sources of
TIA" states income have been. abao-
lutaIy cut off II SHOWS he railru1d"
entirely occu Jied with moving troops
and mvmbers Of ;h' rcd guard WHO
raVel free, ,hcrc prin-, therefore. ~"
receipts i,um passenger ,raillr. Ih'
''''i res tf''litNli 9tiNH wv. 'NlN ''.'''N'
cf ,hc state is the printing of raper
money and ;hat 'hc government is
hupelr~sh bankrupt
\ field hCadquIcicr, cpmnuNiuue
issued after a long interval mentions
| culN tho western and southwestern
frorta. /; ignores the northern front
! out indicates that there Is StIll Rus
| sian front in eNstcnrc aiuuG about
| tWo-thirds the length Of the Rus
| sian lines.
The semi-oinciai russian news
! agency reports Il general meeting ol
representatives Of the Pctrograd gai
risou to SNauinc in" iutcrnattodal
J conference. Leon Trut2hy. the B"lshe-
ilii foreign inniSter IS quoted as de-
| Glazing to assemblIl,c In an address
! that as peace had not vet been con
ciuded the front "usht to he main
! tanned intact and The petrpsrad gar
,1sun ought to participate In holding
| =. The repre- seAtdtiNcS Of th5 gar
rison, says the agency dispatch. voted
! in favor of sending dettchnents to
| oints where they Were needed.