Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-06

Agreement for suspension of hostlities
/ from the Black Sea to the Baltic. and
also In the Turco- Russian war theatres
In Asia, from noon tomorrow until De.
| cember II was announced officially to.
day.
Negotiations for the general Russian
armistice. IL was stated, will be con-
tinued in few days
PETROGRAD. Dec. 6.
Germany made formal effort to oh.
tain peace last August through Spain
according to revelations in the latest
chapter of Secret DIplomatic Archives
made public today by B"lshevilI For
eign Minister Trotsliy.
The evidence consisted of "A telegram
from NJ Nabokoff. Russian Charge DAT
faires at London. to Provisional Foreign
Minister Tercstchenlo, dated IN August
1917. and notifying Russia that British
Foreign Minister Balfour had called a
special meeting of Ambassadors of
France, Italy. the United States and
Japan. To this assembly he said he had
received information from Madrid that
"a high parsonage in Berlin had in
| formed the Spanish Amba ssador that
Germany wished to negotiate"
Balfour said. according to Nahokoff s
message. that Britain was ready to re-
ceive any German communication re-
garding peace and to consider it in con-
| Junction with the Allies.
Whether there was any reply from
Germany to this noncommittal state
rent was not indicated in today's reve-
| lations
A number of newspapers. under spe-
cial permission from Trotsky. have been
publishing ,~ecret state papers covering
all the period of the war. Trotsky made
them public on the ground that the Boil
| sheviki plan was to give the people all
information of diplomatic dealings
COPENHAGEN, Dec. E.
Germany's negotiations FOR an extend
ed armistice on the eastern front as a
preliminary to separate peace with
Russia and Rumania are meeting with
obstacles. Reports from Berlin today
stated that the Russians had not only
refused to accept certain German terms.
but had laid down counter terms which
were not acceptable to the German Of
fcials.
"a temporary truce is already under
way on parts of the eastern front, ac'
cording to an official announcement made
by the German War Oflice)
IT Is understood that the Germans are
insisting upon terms which may be
grouped in a general way as follows:
Austro-German forces to retain their
present positions. but the Russian and
Rumanians are to retire behind their
defensive lines" and are I" deliver up
certain part of their arms Austro-
German prisoners In Russia are to be
released. but Russian prisoners in Ger.
many are to be allowed to remain as
laborers and are to be given "a reason.
able wage"
PETROGRAD. Dec. 6.
Russia will insist if an armistice is
signed with Germany that none of the
Teuton troops now on the east front be
transferred to the west front for use
against the Allies. Foreign Minister
Trotsky declared today in a speech at
the Circus Moderne.
He also announced that General John
son, American attache, had visited S'mol-
| ny Institute, headquarters of the Boil
shevilIi, and declared Colonel Kert's pro-
test to headquarters had been ''msun-
IderstCod.' America, according to Cen
eral Johnson's statement as repeated by
Trotsky did not wish to interfere with
Russia's internal affairs
L.. ..., wASHINGTON, Dec, 6.
A story emanatng from the Bolshe-
Wiki in Petrosrad. purporting to show
that the Allies last August were willing
to receive peace proposals from Ger
many. was promptly nailed as false by
Secretary. of State Lansing today.
The Petrograd outgiving was to the
effect that in that month the German
|Government informed the Spanish Am
bassador at Berlin that 1t would dis
cuss peace with. the Allies. The Ann
bassador, 50 went the story, transmitted
this to the Entente and the United
States, whereupon Germany's enemies
replied hat they would receive proposals.
Secretary Lansing said that he re-
membered no such incident, and that
obviously ne would If there had been
mch an occurrence.