The sun., 1918-01-03
PARLEY IS BROKEN OFF.
Berlin Makes DC emands to End ye,
gotiations With Russin.

LONDON, Jan. 2.-Apparently realizing
that she had little to hone from the in.
capable ana unstable Bolshevik Govern.
ment at Petrograd. Germany seems 10
nave brought the Bres.-Litovsk peace
conference to an end by her insistence
upon demands that even the disorpan.
lied Russians could not accept A te,e.
gram from the Petrograd correspondent
OF the Daily Ncrs says the negotiations
have been severed definitely.
Germany not only had demanded
practically free hand In Poland and
Lithuania. but had insisted upon retain.
ing strong German garrisons at Hisa,
1ibau and other strategic points.
An Associated Press cable from tie
Russian capital earlier in the day had
said that the changes Of a separate
peace seemed remote, due TO these Same
unreasona bic demands. The position was
taken by Leon Tro,zky. the Bolsheylk
Foreign Minister. that the Baltic Prov.
incee- are under military pressure SO long
| as they are occupied by Germans and
! that any attempt to obtain a vote Of
the !nha bitants would result In coercion
by the invaders.
In the meo ntin,e tho German dipIo-
mats seem by no means Ia have eN.
iausted their resources. ard already
there are evidences of new peace feelers,
possibly directed this time toward the
western nations. \ Geneva despatch
quotes the Munich Nachrichtcr as say
ing that the Central Powers within tho
next ten days will make new declara-
! tions In regard TO their peace conditions.
with possible notifications owing to the
attitude OF the Entente
! New Phase In Negotiations.
| The despatch regarding the breaking
OF OF negotiations at Brest is based
} upon an article printed in I,rcstio, tn.
Rolshevik organ. which discusses what
. II terms 'the new phase in the peace no.
gotiations." The article goes on to say
| that owing to pressure from below the
Germans have been obliged 10 SOL
their lips with the formula put forward
! by the Socialists at the beginning Of the
war. but the German imperia.is,s would
! not he imper!al!s;s II they did rot try to
! take back in fact what. With gritted
teeth. they yielded in WORDS
Further along the Rolshevii organ
, says
! The Russian revolution cannot ac-
cept their conditions TO retain Poland
and 1.!thuania. just YOU try 4. gentle
! men"
! 4 general meeting in PetroGrad was
/ announced. presumably for last night, 70
| consider the report Of tire Russian dele
gates Ia the conference. Collapse OF the
4, negotiations has been expected for some
days. Some provisional agreements had
hocn reached. hut the Teuton delegates
followed up u policy o! pers stent delay.
DIR, Won kuhlmann, the German ForelSn
Secretary, was scheduled to make an
! announcement on the subject in the Ger
man Bundesrath to-day.
The Daily NrUs correspondent says
that considerable numbers of Red
Guards are being sent out to reinforce
| the front aud that other preparations
for defence are being made.
Date Of Rupture In DOubt.
It is not clear from the despatch Of
tho DaiIy Ncus correspondent when the
meeting which is said TO have resulted
in the breaking off Of peace negotiations
WAS held. and there is possibility that
the report refers to an alleged rupture
of negotiations several days ago. when
the discussions were adjourned.
Il have private and reliable infornia-
tion with regard TO the oreal;.ng of OF
the peace negotiations. which establishes
beyond doubt the honesty of purpose o,
the Bolsheviki." says the correspah dent.
Central Powers proceeded to make Il
more detailed statement OF terms. from
which it appeared that they considered
Poland. Lithuania, Courland. Sc. had
already defined themselves. They FUR
ther based their demand on the state
mcnt OF Ukraine that II would not rec
ogni2o peace negotiations at which It
was not represented officially. They de
manded tina, they should keep garrisonS
at Riga, Libau and other strategic
pointe.
"Ih, Russian delegation. acting on
uneauvocal instructions from tho Eol-
sheyik authorities, took up IN uNcoiu-
promising attitude Thcy 'a'd self'den-
uit,on was impossible until the las; CO.
man soldier had left tho country. l'Gr-
h,hcr. they Jecrcl ~ tho iermans asing
what they proposed u do They asked
,yh.trnr they intended 10 take l'etrHerah
,rd feed 3,00n.ucV starving foli, "r -
dfsarrn q rcv0,u i'oary coiHtry !" "H,ch
ry,ry wur!,iunl hNd n l'l" They ais"
ASKED what n" Germans proposed 10
g.y tn Their own democracy, wAi'h pro
i,s.,i a roup!c Of mrnth. ago asa'hs'