The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-17

the Petrograd Council Of Soldiers
and Workmen's delegates tonight
that an armistice governing opera
tons on the Russian front would be
signed today or tomorrow. He added
that peace negotiations would be be-
gun Immediately after the armistice
has been signed.
The foreign minister announced
that for time a break in the ne
igotiations seemed imminent because
General Hoffman, the German ne
gotiator, insisted on the right To
transfer troops In small units. The
German commander finally accepted
the Russian formula.
we can't and won't aid mill
tarism in any way" Trotzxy said
''This question Of transferring troops
was most fundamental / think our
formula is considered by our allies
to be satisfactory"
The Russian delegates constituting
the armistice committee at Brest-
Litovsk have advised the Bolsheviki
authorities at the Smoiny institute
that an agreement was reached with
the Germans on Friday concerning
the transfer Of troops. It was to this
effect:
"Both sides signing this agree
ment bind themselves until Dec 30
(Jan. -, 1913, new styIe), not to
carry on operations Of military
transfers on front from Baltic to the
Black sea except such transfers as
were already begun up to the mo-
ment OF signing this agreement"
As- London Views Armistice.
London, Dec. 1.-THE predominant
facts as regards the Russian situa-
ton at the moment is the signing
OF an armistice, which is announced
oficially at the capitals of all the
countries concerned. According to
special dispatches from Petrograd,
everyone there believes that per-
manent peace between Russia and
the central powers will result. Cor
respondents in general treat as neg
ligible the undertaking Of Germany
and her allies not to withdraw
troops from the eastern front. A
Petrograd dispatch to The Times
says 1arge masses OF Germans al
ready have been removed, and that
probably the German command has
transferred all it purposes to employ
elsewhere, so that its plans are not
likely to be deranged seriously.
The reported suicide during the
arrnistice negotiations at Brest-
Litovsk Of the Russian general,
Sketons apparently has made a
considerable impression at Petro-
grad, although the Russian national
commissaries are silent in regard TO
1t. A Petrograd dispatch to The
Post says General Sketons was re-
sponsible for the arnistice condi-
tions, including the evacuation Of
Moon sound, which so offended the
Germans at the first meeting of the
the efforts of the first mission
General Sketons returned most I'M
willingly for the second meeting,
under imperative orders of his
superiors. The correspondent seeks
to show there is nothing to prove
that he committed suicide, which is
most improbable, 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 south
ern Russia continues to be obscure,
and news is fragmentary and con-
Trajectory.
The latest returns from the cleo
tions to the constituent assembly,
as supplied by the Bolsheviki, show
that OF 237 delegates So are Bolsh-
eviki, lis social revolutionists, 10
constitutional Democrats and the
others scattering. About so dele
gates are now in Petrograd, but no
further attempt has%been made to
hold q meeting.
A strike at Moscow began yester-
day.