The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-20
CIVIL STRIFE
RULES RUSSIA
PRUssrAN SOCIALISTS OPPOSE
SEPARATE PEACE
SOLDIERS ARE SUPPL YING FOOD
Germany Taking Large Quantity OF
Provisions-Socialists See Danger
to Their Cause Of Rulers. Garry
Out Present Plans.

! Petrograd, Dec. 19-Heavy fighting
at Odessa was reported today. The
! Maximalists still hold the fort while
the Ukarian troops are Smelling them.
8olsheviki Is Peeved
Petrograd, Dec. 19-The Bolsheviki
government today served an ultimatum
on the Ukranian forces demanding
that they cease granting aid to the
Cossock rebellion within fortyeight
hours or state of war will be de-
clared against them.
The Bolsheviki war department also
announced that the Bolsheviki forces
are advancing towards Kief.
The. Cossock rebels are attacking
Astrakba, 1t was reported.
Huns Are Getting Food
Petrograd, Dec. 19-Trading has be-
gun on sections Of the front and the
Germans are reported every kind of
manufactured goods for foodstuffs on
a large scale. Orders are being taken
at PetrogTad for German goods, the
shop keepers promising that they will
shortly be able to satisfy the demands
,of customers for commodities they
have long been without.
Separate Peace Inevitable.
Washington, Dec. 19.1-A separate
peace between Russian and Germany
is inevitable and only miracle will
prevent it, unless Russia shakes her.
self free from the strong hold of the
Bolsheviki, Russian official here to-
day predicted.
The effects of a separate peace be-
tween Russian and Germany cannot
be overestimated, said another Rus
sian official, and "once separate peace
has been signed it will be irrepara.
BILE. Germany realizes this and will
let no obstacle stand in her way. she
will make concessions which she new
err intends TO keep in order to further
the criminal action OF the Bolshe-
Wiki"
Oppose Separate Peace
Stockholm, Dec. 19-The socialist OF
the Central powers oppose a seperate
peace with Russia.
The fear that such a step might
serve to strengthen the German i'm
perialism and that the German social,
ism might be wiped out
Word to this effect was brought
here today by the international social
list bureau officials.
The bureau eXerted strong pressure
on both the Russians and the Ger
mans against such peace.
The central power socitlists it was
stated Immediately called conference
to discuss the formal rejection of the
separate peace. s.......
Schiedemann Sent Back
Secretary Husman of the Internal.
ional socialist bureau employed Philip
Scheidemann, leader of the German
majority socialist party to return to
Berlin and oppose a seperate peace.
Other German socialists here today
told the United Press that their op-
position to a seperate peace would be
formally registered.
The opposition it was stated was
due to the growing audacitv expressed
in the war aims of the rulers of the
central powers added to the open
boost of the imperial German press.
Socialists Apprehensive
The socialists of the central powers
are APPRENTICESHIP that a peace with
Russia might permit Germany to mass
enough men for victory on the west
ern front, increase their prestage of
the militarsm in Germany and give
them an opportunity to crush German
socialism
Demonstration In Hungary
Doctor Welter, leader of the Hung
arian socialists arrived in Stockholm
today and told the United Press that
more than one hundred and twenty
thousand people held great demon
stration in Budephest, November "a.
by demanding general not a sep
crate peace and that the central pow
ers ouenly stated their war aims.
Rejects Separate Peace
The meeting, Doctor Welder said
rejected a seperate peace with Russia,
openly holding that such move
would in some ways present the
greatest possibility of danger to the
democracy.
Subsequently, according to Welder
the congress of the Hungarian social
lists discussed the same subject, adj
opting resolutions urging the inter
national bureau Immediately 10 call
general conference of socialists In
Stockholm to prevent the consum
nation of the plans which are already