Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-16
PEACE OFFERED
TO HUN BY RUSS,
ADV|CES INDICATE
German Socialists Urge Imme-
date Reichstag Session
to Take Up Lenine Plan.
BOLSHEVIKI ARE STILL
HOLDING PETROGRAD
Kerensky Masters Revolt in Moscow.
Movements of Forces in Region Of
Capital Cause Conflicting Reports.

Capital Cause Conflicting Reports.
Germany is believed to have received
. peace offer from Nikola Lenine, the
bolsheviki leader.
Communication with Petrograd again
has been restored, but no direct news
has been received from the Russian
capital. The bolsheviki are still in con-
troll in Petrograd, while Premier Keren-
sky's troops are reported to be in flight,
and, agiin, to be marching on the boil
sheviki stronghold. Efforts of the So
cialists to arrange a settlement with the
bolsheviki and to bring about new
coalition government have failed. 9th
er reports say that the maximalist lead
ers, Lenine and Trotzky, are losing their
popularity.
The bolsheviki, in Moscow, are re-
ported to have been defeated completely
in street fighting, which claimed 1000
lives. Heavy fighting has occurred at
Kiev, where the Cossacks were said to
have arrived several days ago.
Reichstag Session Urged.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 16.-The inde-
pendent socialist group in the German
reichstag has requested the president
to convoke an Immediate session of the
reichstag to discuss the peace offer of
Nikolai Lenine. leader of the Russian
bolsheviki, the Amsterdam correspond
ent of the Central News cables. The
the reichstag take up consideration of
the new state OF affairs as regards
Courland. Lthuania and Poland.
eNo word has reached the United
States of peace offer by the bolsheviki
to Germany. although telegraDhic conn
munfc1tion has been interrupted for
nearly week. The program Of the
boisheviki calls for an armistice. but
dress their proposals to all the bel
lgefents and not to arrange o separate
peace with Germany
Kerensky Holds Moscow.
The Wolff Bureau. the official German
news bureau. according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Geneva, ad-
mits that the provisional (Kerensky)
government has mastered the revolt in
Moscow. It says that Lenine still con-
severe yesterday afternoon.
A Stockholm dispatch to Reuters
LIMITED says that ,felegraphic commu-
nication with Petrograd has been re-
stored.
An attempt to negotiate for the crea-
tion of socialist government in Rus
sia and the postponement Of a railway
strike there are described in an Ex-
change Telegraph Company dispatch
from Petrograd. dated Tuesday. The
socialist leaders offered the bolsheviki
the following basis for an agreement:
First-The disarming of the red
guard.
Second-The transfer Of the control
Of the Petrograd garrison to the mu-
nicipa1ity.
Third-The cessation of milftry oper-
ations. and in consideration Of the ac-
ceptance of these terms.
Fourth-Fu1l guarantee that Keren-
sky's army would be the only one en-
tering Petrograd and would not fire a
single shot.
Fffth-The army would abstain from
Negotiations Collapse.
The negotiations for the armistice
collapsed because. although the boil
shevfki agreed to the terms. the So
cialists insisted that the bolsheviki be
excluded from the proposed govern
ment.
has issued proclamations declaring his
adherence to the revolution and guar
anteeing the clearing out of the boil
sheviki. as we'll as to the transfer of
power to democratic organizations. the
preliminary parliament and the COM
mittee for safeguarding the country
and the revolution.
The railway union has sent dele
cation to Kerensky proposing that he
should withhold aggressive measures
against the Petrograd garrison and the
workmen- The premier. it is said. re-
piled that he would not pursue an
measures in the event of the socialist
party arriving at an agreement. 1t is
reported from Kief, the dispatch adds.
that there is heavy fighting through
pating on both sides and there have
been numerous casualties.
Retires to the South.
COPENHAGEN, November ia Hell
singfors dispatch to the Politiken says
that the military committee last night
received the following by telephone:
when the revolutionary troops re-
conquered Gatchina. Kerensky with
5000 to 5000 men retired to the south.
An order was given to cut off his re-
treat and part of the northern army
was dispatched to attack him in the
rear.
THE people seem to have lost conf
dence in Lenine and Trotzky. 1t is in
tended to form a social revolutionary
coalition government. with representa-
tives Of all parties except the well-to-
do. The first task of the new govern
ment will be to make peace with the
enemy"
Garrison Loyal, Is Claim.
STOCKHOLM, November ia Rus
sian who arrived at Haparanda from
Petrograd Wednesday says that Keren-
sky's troops had not entered Petro-
grad Monday and he did not believe
they would enter. as the garrison. num-
bering $4,000. remains faithful to the
maximalists.
The cause of Kerensky's unpopular
fty. according to this Russian. was his
opposition to peace. and he further de-
clared that il the maximalists could
have made peace they would be mas
ters everywhere. All hope was in the
proposed coalition cabinet. and. he
added: IF such a government cannot
be formed we will have civil war"