The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-02
TO-DAY
FOR ARMISTICE;
German Commander Advises
B0lsheviki Of Readiness
to Negotiate.
SIX FEATURES IN REPLY
Leninites Win in Coalition
Agreement With Russian
Socialists.
SIX FEATURES IN REPLY
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Copyright. 1917, sH stohfs reserred
PETKooKAD, Dec. An answer has
beon received from the German COM
n,ander in chief on the Russian front
respecting the conduct OF the peace
negotiations launched by the Bolsheviki.
The negotiations will be opened to-mor-
row. Il contains six paragraphs al
follows:
Tho German commander in chief
on the eastern front is ready to enter
into negotiations with the Russian
commander In chief.
The German commander in chief
Is authorized by the German hiGh
command to negotiate an armistice.
The Russian commander in chief
must appoint committee duly
authorised In writing and send It TO
German eastern heAdquarters.
The German commander in chief
ikewise will appoint duly author
ICED committee.
The German commander in chief
must b informed Of the day ap-
pointed IN sufiicient time to make the
necessary arrangements and prepare
. special train at the place where the
Russian committee purpose crossing
huo toImAh iln0o.
The Germans will arrange direct
telegraph communication between the
committees and the Russian higher
command.
This Is signed Won Hofmeisrer. Lieu.
tenant-General commanding division.
Secret Propaganda Ordered.
A divisional order Of tho 21sth Ger
man division. signed by Major-Gen.
kreinburG, commander Of the Sixty-sec-
ond Brigade. follows:
No, :ss. Secret Not to be taken
into the hrst limo trenches Accord
ing to headquarters instruction, I'M
mediate energetic measures must be
taken for carrying propagana into the
enemy's forces. Tho object Is to dis
organize the enemy army and get in
formation. The propaganda must be
carried on by supplying literature for
the more intelligent elements and by
conversation through carefully chosen
men among tho mass OF the Russian
soldiers.
Company commanders are In
structed to md convenient points for
sending the literature and to choose
men capable Of speaking in the right
way to the Russian soldiers Minute
instructions follow as to how, when
and where this propaganda is to be
conducted. and how reports are to be
made to the German command.
Result OF n Russian Elections.
The elections here for members of the
Constituent Assembly have resulted In
the extremists getting six seats. the
cadets four and the social revolutionary
extremists two. The other parties. ow-
In 70 ,At 49, al, -
be represented.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween Lenine's extremist and interua-
tional groups respecting the formation OF
socialist coalition responsible to new
council. which Is to consist OF los men,
beys OF tho executive committee OF tho
Soviets, l0S peasant delegates, 100 army
representatives. 35 trade unionists. 10
railway union members and post and
telegraph officials.
The agreement does not mean that the
Lenine faction has given up one iota OF
It's principles, but that the other parties
have accepted its tenets. It Is a COM
plete triumph for the Leninites.
Eight keys to the cellars of the State
Bank here have been handed to NJ
OboIensk. the extremist commissioner of
tho bank. who Is now In actual posses-
sion.
The employees Of the bank continue
their strike. All other banks are closed,
greatly to tho Inconvenience Of tho in
habitants, who are running short OF
ready cash.
The strikes Of the employees of the
ministries continue. steadily increasing
the chaos.
A declaration has been issued by the
Lenine Government that all the art
treasures In the PetroErad palaces are
the property of the people. Lenine has
written to the peoples commissioner OF
labor. who is housed In ono Of the
palaces. ordering him to prevent the own
ers from taking away any Of their prop.
erty OF artistic value.