Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-10
INNOVATIONS
SIGN PLEDGE
T0ENDF|CHT
Agreement Announced By
Teutonic Premier-Slavs
Reject Turk Offer?
BULLETIN.
Petrograd, Wednesday,

Fetrograd, Wednesday,
Jan. 9.-The German DEL
egations in Petrograd are
reported by the Evening
Post to have got into
touch with the Swedish
legation here and to have
expressed the desire that
Sweden act as a go-be-
tween with Great Britain,
France and Italy.
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 10-A
separate peace agreement has
been signed by Russia and Bull.
garia, the Bund reports.
A Bulgarian correspondent Of
the Bund says Premier Radosla-
vOff read the following dispatch
from Brest-LitOvsk in parlia.
ment:
"War between Russia and Bull.
garia ceases. Diplomatic and
economic relations between Rus.
STA and Bulgaria are resumed.
Russia recognizes Bulgaria's right
to nominate a delegate to nm inter.
natiOna. Danube commission. The
first peace is thus concluded with
the consent Of Bulgaria's allies"
The Bund says Bulgaria has up.
pointed minister to Petr0grad
and a consul general to be sta
toned at Odessa, and has ordered
the resumption Of navigation to
Odessa.
Bulgaria took part with Germany
Austria and Turkey in the first nego-
tiations at Brest-Litovsk and 1t has
been assumed that no peace terms
would be agreed to by the central
powers except in concert. However
advices yesterday giving the names Of
those who took part in the first SEES
sion of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations
when they were resumed this week
made no mention of Bulgarian rep
Russ Peace Acceptable.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is cred
tied with opposing the formula OF
peace without annexation or indem-
mites, declaring Bulgaria should re-
tain the territory she has won. This
would not interfere with peace be-
tween Russia and Bulgaria. however
inasmuch as the territoryr Bulgaria
desires consists Of parts Of Serbia and
Rumania.
Premier Radoslavoff was quoted In
a Sofia dispatch last month to the ef-
feet that Bulgaria had accepted the
Russian proposals. providing for end
ing the war, restoring commercial
treaties in effect before the war and
settling the Danube question.
Turk Offer Rejected.
Petrograd, Wednesday. Jan. Sep
arate peace proposals made by Tur-
key, it is reported, have been refused
by the Bolsheviki government. Turkey
was requested to participate in the
conference between Russia
and the central powers
CA dispatch received in London las,
Saturday from Petrograd purported to
give the Turkish peace terms as pre-
scented to Russia, but the dispatch did
not state that Turkeys proposals had
been made Independent of the other
central powers.)
Trotzky Demands Change.
Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 9.-Un.
official reports of tlR first session OF
the peace negotiations at Brest-Lit
oysk when they were resumed or
Tuesday, say that Leon Trotzky, Boil
shevik foreign minister, insisted upor
the removal of the conference Il
Stockholm. He is reported to have
told the German and Austrian dele
gates that if they did not accede Il
his request they would feel the weigh
of the arms of the Russian democra :,
and the weight Of the voice OF theil
democracies.
The Evening Post says the German!
did not refuse to continue the nego
tiations. but that it was not specified
where they would take place.