Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13
RUSSIA YIELDS
T0GERMANSAN
WILL TALK PEACE
Objections to Brest Litovsk
Session Withdrawn by
Leon TrOtzky.
PEACE CARDINAL PRINCIPLE,
SAYS BIOL SHEVlK SPOKESMAN
Declares He Will Demand 1t, De-
spite Refusal Of Entente
Powers to Join.
UKR.AISIANS MAY FAVOR HUN
Provided Settlement Made Is Ap-
proved and Accepted by Fac
tional Leaders.
PEACE CARDINAL PRINCIPLE.
SAYS B0LSHEVlK SPOKESMAN
uKRA1NlANs MAY FAVOR HUN
TBy Associated Press. I

Yielding TO German insistcnce. Russia
has withdrawn her demand for the
transfer cf the negotiations with tho
central powers to Stockholm and is
proceeding with separatc-pcace discus.
s;or. ct Brcst Litovak.
The Russian compliance on this
point was on tho ground that the
quadruplo alliance would thereby be
deprived OF a prctcat for breaking
+ OF peace negotiations on technical
srounds' according TO Leon Trotzky,
l'hc Bolshcvik Spokesman. The Rus
slams did not Wish to leave any posi-
.hi,ity in the fight for peace unutil
lied. nc said.
Trotzky reiterated that peace was a
cardinal principle with the Bolshcviki
and declared they would continue to
press for il, despite the refusal of the
entente powers TO join in the negota
;ions. While noting that the central
powcrs had withdrawn their mo an
re1ations and no indcmnities" declara-
,fon OF December - as basis for
peace because tho entente powers had
not agreed to participate in the par
i.!$, the Russians, Trotzky added. ud
hered 10 the principles OF n democratic
rtace az they had already set them
forth.
After the Russian position had been
lius voiced the conferees apparently
got down quickly to business. They
LETT the question OF separate represen-
tation for tho Ukraine In the confer
-snce for decision at plenary session
after The delegates OF the central
powers had talked II over among them
selves. They then arranged for the
German. hustro-IIungarian and Rus.
sian delegations to get together for
private discussions. These three sets
OF delegates speedily organized them
selves into a committee for the dis
cussion Of political and territorial
Questions and went into session for
Ills purpose.
The Ukra inian spokesman at the con-
ference gave notice that any peace set.
Element that might be reached would
h. binding upon tho Ukraine only IL
accepted by it, and declared the same
principle applied TO the other Rus
sian republics
RAIDS AND FIGHTING
TAItE PLACE IN WEST
There has been no brcal: in the mo-
notony on the lighting fronts in tho
west. E-ids have taken place south
OF fprcs and in Champagne. and the
artillery activity has been most marked
in the Iprcs and st. Quentin areas. On
tho Italian northern front the artil-
lcry fire has been most intense between
tho Bron,a and the riavc Rivers.
Dispatches from Amsterdam report
that rresiden Wilson's address TO Con-
SrcSs WAS printed fully in the greater
portion OF the more important Berlin
and German provincial newspapers.
Somo or the more liberal organs.
which found some things to CONNIE nd
III tho Presidents uttcranccs, are being
scored by -Gcrman newspapers for
the mildncss OF their comment. The
only Russian comment noted to date
is that OF tho I;olshevik newspaper
pravda, which accuses the President
of hypocrisy and describes him as be
ing the head of rapacious America n
Imperialism
The British navy has lost another
,orpcdo-boat destroyer, the Racoon. OF
gl6 tons. which struck on the rocks
on the north coast OF Ireland during
a snowstorm carly Wednesday morning
and sank with all on board. Her
normal complement was los men. Nine
OF the crew had been left behind at her
last port Of call.