Evening star., 1917-11-28
Teutons Declare Willingness
to Enter Negotiations Be-
tween All BeIIigerents.
OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN
RADICALS is GROWING
Conference Held at Army Head.
quarters-Many Officers Join
Forces With Kaledines.

Although the bolsheviki apparently
have been unable to extend their power
over Russia, except in the cities of Pc
trograd and Moscow, they continue their
efforts toward an armistice and peace.
Bolsheviki representatives have crossed
TO the German side and are negotiating
with Teuton commanders Germans are
ready for general armistice, they have
been told. 1t is reported that German
officers have arrived in Petrograd to aid
the maximalist leaders with their advice
and counsel.
Foes of Bolsheviki Grow.
Indications are that the opposition to
the bolsheviki is rapidly gaining
strength. A conference of antf-bol-
quarters for the purpose of forming a
coalition government is reported.
Among the men there are Prof. Milu-
koff, leader of the constitutional
nent actors in the March revolution;
members of the socialist party and
prominent military leaders.
Meanwhile Gen. Kaledines. hetman of
control the grain-producing territory
of southeastern Russia, is growing in
power. Many army officers opposed to
the bolsheviki regime have Joined his
forces. including members from the
front. Government employees in Petro-
grad have refused to recognize the
bolsheviki and have been dismissed
from office.
PETRoGRAD, November 2s.-Repre-
sentatives sent by Ensign Krylenko.
the bolsheviki commander-in-chief Of
the Russian armies, have been received
in the German lines and informed by
the German commander that the Ger
mans have officially consented to i'm
mediate negotiations for an armistice
on all the fronts of the belligerent coun-
tries.
The Germans have set December
for conference for negotiation OF an
Ensisn'' Kry1enko sent three repre-
sentatives with instructions to request
The German commander of the sector Ia
which the crossing was effected to In
quire of the German commander-in-
chief whether it was agreeable to him
that representatives be sent for fmme-
diate negotiations for an armistice on
the fronts of all belligerent countries,
and in case his response was satisfac-
tory to ask him to fix time and place
for a conference of representatives of
both sides.
The Krylenko emissaries crossed the
German lines at o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon and were received by the Ger
man commander of the sector. A reply
was promised at o'clock. At the APP
pointed time the Germans gave official
consent to conducting negotiations. The
conference was set for December ..
1t was announced yesterday. official
ly. at the Smolny Institute. the head
quarters of the bolsheviki, that repre-
sentatives of Ensign Krylenko. the boil
sheviki commander-in-chief. have
crossed to the German side and en-
tered into pegotiations with the Ger.
man military authorities.
The removal of Gen. Balueff, com.
mander on the western front, is re-
ported by the revolutionary committee
at Minsk. He refused to negotiate an
armistice with the Germans and has
been replaced by a maximalist.
The Russian 5th Army announced to.
day that it purposes choosing parlia-
mentarians to be sent to Germany. This
is the second instance of an announce
ment of definite support of the boleshi-
Wiki program by the military. the first
being the second army, whose action
was previously reported.
Announcement is made by the maxi.
malists that they are in control of
Tashkent, capital of Russian Turkes-
tan, after four days of fighting The
military revolutionary committee has
seized the customs department
Spanish Envoy for Peace.
The Spanish ambassador. according
to the Pravda, the bolsheviki organ,
has replied formally to the government
notification of its action in regard to
an armistice and peace negotiations. He
promised to advise his government.
In acknowledging the note of the boil
sheviki the Spanish representative said
he would do all in his power to contrib
ute to peace. for which the whole of
humanity thirsts," a Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd reports.
American Shoes Needed.
In response to representations that
members of the railway union and their
families were suffering from want of
Shoes American Ambassador Francis.
in speaking to the supply committees of
the minister of communications and of
the northern railways, says that he was
urging the immediate shipment of
shoes contracted for in America.