Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-11

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London. Dec. 1.-THE situation In
.Petrograd is reported to be grave, ac-
Cording to Times dispatch from that
city.
The 'bolshevtki. according to this ad-
vice. have placed machine guns in the
streets, fearing outbursts from hostile
parties. The garrison. however, shows
signs of INSTRUMENTATION and is report.
ed TO be disobeyinx the boiSheviki COM
mapder, private named Ma.ronon.
Considerable forces, the dispatch
adds, are being detached from the west
front to be sent against the Cossacks.
Cossaeks Prepared to Fight.
The Cossacks are preparing to dght,
the Petrograd correspondent Of tho
Daily Mail reports. Three traiIloads
Of Cossacks are reported to be at Baall-
dord and three at Sunny. commanded
by General Kornilof. Extremist Red
Guards to the number of about 1000
are expected at Kaharov from Moscow.
Street fighting has occurred In Mos-
COW and the Swedish consul there haS
advised all Swedes there to leave the
city. according to advices from Hapa-
randa and forwarded by tho Stockholm
correspondent of the Morning Post. It
Is added that starvation seems to
threaten Moscow. Most Of the Swedes
there are said to hsye taken the con-
sul's advice.
Ia Copenhagen dispatch says that
the bolsheviki has ordered troops from
the Caucasus to put down Generals
Kaledines. Korniloff and DutoY
Whether clashes have occurred be-
tween the bolsheviM and counter revo-
lutionists Is not apparent1
Germany's Demands Extravasant.
The Petrograd correspondent Of tho
Times attributes to responsible
source a statement that during the in
formal conversation between the Rus
sian and German representatives at
Brest -Lipstvok regarding the armistlca
on the eastern front. the Germans in
dicated the following points must be
included in their peace terms:
Germany to have control Of the Rus-
sian wheat market for fifteen years.
No territory now occupied by the
Germans to be surrendered,
German goods to enter Russia FREQ
Of duty.
The Russians were disappointed at
the reserve OF the German delegates.
They are, however determined to con-
clude an armistice at any cost.
Britain Talks Plainly.
Further details OF the statements
made to Russian statesmen by Sir
George Buchanan, British ambassador
to Petrograd. as forwarded In a Reuter-
kot, CHI that ho oyoh n
declared that the Russian commissariss
were mistaken In believing a durable
peace could be attained by asking the
Germans for an armistice The allies,
he said, first wished to arrive at an
agreement In harmony with their war
aims and then arrange an armistice.
Heretofore not one word had been said
to show that the ideals Of the Russian
democracy were shared by the German
emperor and his government, he said.
He asked whether It was likely thS
the emperor when once he knew tho
a lighting force would subscribe to
Russian idea OF democracy.
Altho the allies could not send rep
resentatives to take part in the nego-
tiations, they were ready, said Sir
George, as soon as a stable government
recognized by the Russian people had
been constituted, to consider Just and
durable peace. In the meantime the
allies were giving Russia the most
effective assistance by holding the bulk
OF the German armies on their respec-
tive fronts.
oermany's Word Violated.
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