Arizona republican., 1917-12-28
WAR SUMMARY
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 Terms under which the Teutonie allies would be willing to make "an immediate and general peace have been made known to the Russian delegates engaged iii the peace pour parlers at Brest- -Litovsk. The terms have been set forth in an address by Count Czernin, the Austro- Hun garisn foreign minister
 As in previous Teutonic allied in timatOns of what will be required from the Germahic viewpoint to bring about a cessation of hostilties and eventual peace, the latest terms are hedged about by conditions which seemingly are insuperable from the standpoint of the United States and the entente allies.
 The basic principles of the peace terms of the Russian revolutionary masses-no anneXations and no in | demnities-Count Czernin said he be- l lieved could be made the basis of a | general peace, but that the Teutonic allies could not bind themselves to 1 these conditions unless a guarantee were given that Russia's allies would recognize and fulfill them.
 Notable omissions in the statement of Count CZernin connected with the
 concrete demands of the United
 States, Great Britain and France as
 already made known, are the ques- tions particularly of the rebuilding Of Belgium and Serbia, the returr. of
 Alsace and Lorraine to France and
 the overthrow of the militaristic gov
 ernment in Germany and the forma-
 tion in it's place of a government that
 can be believed-the latter demaLd as
 set forth by President Wilson in his
 address to congress calling for war
 with Austria Hungary
 - Pending the placing of Count
 Czernin's proposals before Russia's
 allies, the Russian delegates to the
 peace confereLce have asked for a
 ten days recess in the negotiations
 at Brest-Litovsk.
 4 Within the Russian empire fight ing between the revolutionary ele-
 ments continues at several points
 while the Bolshevik troops at Harbin Mahchuria, have been defeated il battle by the Chinese. who captured the garrison. Apparently distrustfu of the Rumanians. Ukrainian forces who are opposed to the Bolsheviki have occupied several Rumanian di.
 Wsional headquarters on the battl, front, disarming those of the Ru } maniahs who offered resistance D An indication that things in Ger many are not going in accordanc i, with the German governments de sires is the report that more than 3G
 members of the German minority so . cialist party were arrested in numer 9 ous cities Christmas Eve. Thi 2 branch of the socialists long has de j. sired peace and refused to acquiesc , in the governments war program. y Once again the Germans have en l deavored to break the French iron { on the Nerdui. sector, but again hay f failed. Two assaults delivered mort y of the Caurieres wood resulted in tn f defeat of the enemy and the inflic
 tion of heavy casualties. The Ger t mans at one point succeeded Tn pene y tratinG French front lihe trenc d but were immediately rejected
 = On the northern Italian front ther d has been an abatement in the artil = lery activity between the Asiag
 plateau and the Brenta river, bu O the intensive duels, between tn = Brenta and the Piave continue. Tn = infantry forces of the belligerents al d virtually inactive.
 IT Austro- German air squadrons al teAiptluS to DollD the NeHetldH pldl = towns of Treviso and Monte Belun
 suffered the loss of eleven planes i
 spectacular aerial battles with Brit
 ish and Italian aviators. Over Ire n viso twenty five enemy machine y were attacked and forced to flee, wit Il loss of eight planes, while later v squadron of eight Austro- Germans y 0 fight over Monte BelluLo, lost thrt l. machines All the British and Italia l. aircraft returned safely to the l. bases. Little damage was done
 the bombs dropped by the invader