Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-06-01
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8Petrograd, (via London, June 1,
1910 a. m.)-Maxim Gorky. the
Russian author, publishes q sensa.
tional account of an attempt by ID.
Rizow. the Bulgarian minister at Ber
lin, to inveigle him into clandestino
negotiations for a separate peace.
The peace proposal, Gorky de-
clares, was delivered to him at Pet
rograd in duplicate by two German
agents, acting individually. =
In the Novaia Zhizm, of which
Gorky is the editor, he prints Rizow's
secret dispatch. occupying three col
umns, with concrete peace proposals.
and. although he himself is an almost
fanatical advocate of peace, de-
nounces RiZow.
Repulsed ny Mikuloff.
Rizow begins by proclaiming that
already in January he had approach
ed the Russian ministers at Stock
holm and Christiania with a proposal
to conclude IAN honorable peace" be-
tween Russia and her foes. He re-
ceived rebuff. Immediately after
. the revolution. Hizow renewed. his at
tempt with the Russian minister at
Christiania, who was an old ac-
quaintance and obtained. through the
minister reply from Professor Paul
Milukoff. then the foreign minister
in the temporary government, that
there could he no question Of a sep
arate peace.
Would Evacuatc Russia.
Notwithstanding his two repulses,
Rizow. declaring himself as Russia's
real friend, now approaches his ac-
quaintance Maxim Gorky. He at
tempts to refute successfully the argu-
ments customarily used by the Rus
slams and the allies against a sepa-
rate peace. He offers to guarantee
that Germany and Austria will not
again undertake an offensive against
free Russia and adds that both powers
are willing to evacuate the occupied
territory without the expenditure of
another drop OF Russian blood.
England Miiitarist Nation.
He declares that Germany and
Austria In nowise menace Russia's
new freedom. He accuses England of
being the real militarist state, not
Germany. and declares that Russia
has no moral obligation to keep her
treaty with the allies. because treaty
breaking has been common In the
present war.
The provisional government, adds
Rizow, must be forced to answer the
question: who. after three years
massacre. gave you the right to con-
tinue shedding Russian blood?"
Rizow thereupon makes the fol-
lowing concrete proposal:
Proposal 10 Russia.
"Rusisa to conclude an immediate
armistice with her foes, both bellig-
erents retaining their present fronts,
and to summon Immediately n Rus
sian constituent assembly with the
aim of deciding on peace or war"
This. says Rizow, is the only means
to save the Russian revolution from
disaster. He invites Gorky to meet
him at Stockholm or some other
Swedish town. or. il that is impos-
sible. to send a representative. who
must be a Russian OF authority. He
invited Gorky to acknowledge the
dispatch and appoint meeting place
by telegraph to a certain Grecoff, re-
siding in the Strandvag in Stock
holm. and suggests that he conceal
his identity by signing the telegram
with his christian name Alexei. or by
the name Max.
In his newspaper, Maxim Gorky
characterizes Rizow's dispatch as
base and stupid" and declares that
his only reply would be its publica-
tion.