Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
WITH RUSS
FORMULATED, SAYS
GERMAN REPORT
Step Toward Definite ConcIu-
!. sion Of Peace and Settle
ment of Terms.
TROTZKY SAYS REFORM
CAN'T COME in MONTH
scheidemann Conducting Secret
Negotiations With Lenine. Rep
resentative in Stockholm.

resentative in Stockholm.
By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM December 15.-A treaty
between Rnssi< and Germany has been
formulated according to an official Ger
man ststemenk received here today. At
yesterdays session Of the Russian and
German representatives discussion of
the proposed treaty was postponed until
today. The German announcement fol-
lows:
"On the part Of both sides the con-
ditions and draft of a treaty were
finally formulated in the plenary sit
ting Friday. As, however, the Russian
delegates desired to obtain supplement
tary instructions on some points from
their government the general discus
sions were postponed until Saturday"
Treaty Steps Toward Peace.
tThis is the first intimation that the
Russian and German delegates have
carried their deliberations farther than
the consideration of an armistfce, al
though a Petrograd dispatch Friday
quoted Leon Trotzky, bolsheviki for
Ieign minister, to the effect that IL an
armistice should be signed the Russian
delegates would have the power to en-
ter into peace negotiations The
formulation Of treaty would be pre-
ceoeo py oeHnlte conclusion OF peace and
settlement OF the terms. 1t Is possi-
BILE, however. that the word "treatv.
-. ~. .-...
90 oeeo III Inc Amsterdam olspatcn, IS
q loose translation from, the German,
and that the statement refers TO an
armistice agreemento
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|. .LONQONs December IA Petrograd
,dispatch dated Friday anfiounces the
Ion Qfs sRNgaas7etynAA AJmtstics
concerned With the transport OF troops
from the front, the 4aentioa sof TIE
4eAs snd condition OF fraternfxatfon.
IpSc f6 q a {s t6sfs D n ~ y m
ia fsAsmsssS sjsrs,SS ~ snak
tI.ss a 81 "a Srr ,,s ,.S IS
- s5sss5 81 sr-eeS ,sarSsss,e 49, Z .un..
HPY1 fraV> a
mana fr,re 55isa IN Z rn.nT ~ ~. sa ue
snasi.n : s rn,x 49, .'ll' OF tne entire
Rnish evil nn;f. AZ xy,.,, h.ya 49,
Edisarnfed bys the Jrkranisn. % ana esTt sent
=, -+t,asr ,1oTnA. o@iu sen.
= .ne.1 AsN ho'nes.
no1ebaviL, W.T. e.,
sss -'--s - - - -
A dispatch from PetroErad bolshe-
the elections to the constifuent assem-
biy i'll the fifth and twelfth armies and
In the army in Finland give the boil
sheviki an overwhelming ma jority. THE
ciaIists.
leon sTrofzlv tbe bolsbay;lki fora,on
minister. in, a speech delivered in Petro-
grad vesterdsy revtewinr tha - wnrE
nas.ih,s .ne ns,ra.leh: 4nrfnr said u was nm
tion Of Russia in month.
nut we ,aireauy nave introduced a
measure giving land to PEASANTS"
Irotxky continued. and are preparing
pansion OF production. We have taken
steps toward peace on general and
democratic basis.
r.
have been offered US for the reorgani-
ries have been rendered for the trans
port OF food.
"The German government opened
peace pourparlers with US because the
discoutent of it's masses forced ii to
this step"
Trofxl<v then referred IN the r,,ove
ment ~ Cans KaIedinAs and putofr
and the sfens that fad heen taken 70
cr,,.,s q bpt
o'aTH s.s1. ano;s,. rho or,.a a.. ~.
,r.n.n;.S aaSaS ..~ra ,,n,,,,,I1r III .to ~
S.A.s , ..;ts. y nsorI. d. ~. S.,.;,3 ~
work WIN tne peopLe. but we VIII
snow IneM tnat ne VINO VIII not WORK
Will n0l eat.
ITot1ky cohciuoeo MS aouresS as ioi-
lows.
Strengtn ana power cannot come IRON
above IN a single mohtn. t Is Iormeo
from below py CONTINUOUS ana I'M
piacaoie struggle
some feace IermS.
AccoIoins 20 one verson on GeIHany GERMANY
ssepaI Ats pssoS .erI11s rs.cns e'au
a abandon her innence In the salkans, Esah. y
export manufactures into Russia for fif-
teen years without customs duty. Ger
many and Austria have made confessional
rights to Russia. beginning from the day
OF the signing OF peace treaty ana run
ming Tor forty years.