The sun., 1917-11-21
RUSSIA TO QUIT
WAR IS REPORT
SENT LONDON
BOlsheviki Said to Be Ne.
gOtiating With the Ger
man Socialists.
"PEACE BY CANCELLATION"
MaXimalists Claim to Have Es-
tablished Power Through
out Nation.
"PEACE BY CANCELLATION"

LONDON. Nov. 20.-Reports that Rus.
were received here to-day from separate
sources and backing apparently was
given to them by another despatch from
Copenhagen to the effect that Philip
Scheidemann and Friedrich Ebert Ger
man Socialist leaders. were advancing
plans designed to force the Austrian and
German Governments to abandon their
present plans for annexations under the
guise of protectorates for Poland. Lii
thuania and the Baltic provinces and
accept the peace offer OF the Bolshevik
faction in Petrograd.
From Copenhagen there came a des-
patch saying that the Berlin correspon-
dent OF the National Tidende learned
that the German Government had re-
ceived information by an indirect route
that the Russian Maximalist Congress
! had declared Russia out of the war
The correspondent ascribes his infor-
nation to competent source. later in
the despatch indicating that it was re-
ceived from military quarter. where,
, he declared. the belief was now held
that the prospects for peace of con-
citation were far better than before.
He added long statement on the mill
tary situation to indicate that the En-
tcnte might as we'll give up all hope
. of defeating Germany and come to terms
with the Central Powers
News Regarded ms u Feeler.
The whole despatch gave the impress
sion of having been carefully prepared
officially for the corres spondent, and may
be regarded as a feeler.
Reports from Stockholm. also mention
, ing the alleged determination of the
Bolsheviki Government to declare the
war ended as far as Russia is concerned.
indicate that the indirect channel through
which the reports were received is neu-
tral diplomatic one. although il was de-
! clared that the Swedish Foraign ONCE
was not the source in question. The
Bolsheviki. in the alleged overtures,
claim to have established their power
throughout Russia and to be in a
position TO enforce their will.
The Alton Tidin1en in Stockholm as.
serts it has learned through diplomatic
. channels that Russia will shortly with
draw from official participation in the
/ war
In his peace campaign address in Ger
many Herr Schedemann said Germany
would be endangered and the proposed
general disarmament and lasting peace
placed in jeopardy II Russia should he
forced by German pressure TO become a
/ military state. He expressed pleasure
at the general condemnation which h.
said was being made manifest within
the central empires of the plan to make
the Austrian Emperor King of Poland
and invest the German Emperor with
the mantle of Duke of Gourland and
Prince of Iithuania. Such disregard of
Russia'S vital interests. on the principle
that the foe had been vanquished, would
SOW permanent dsCord between Russia
and Germany. he asserted, and perpetu-
ate the war in Europe,
German Unity with MaximaIists.
Herr Ebert. like Herr Scheidemann.
proposed resolutions of solidarity with
the Russian MaXimalists, and declared
that German labor must do duty TO
force the Government to make an unam-
biguous affirmative answer to the pro-
posals of the Bolshevki
The Associated Press correspondent
III Copenhagen cabled that nothing had
been heard of the peace offers in VII
informed Danish quarters, but a Dane
VINO Is IN "A position to judge the senti-
ment of both England and GERMANY
told the correspondent that he expected
LONG continuation of the war.