The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
Germany Will Not Vacate
Invaded Lands, Nor Trans
fer Farley to Stockholm
BOLSHEVIKI FAYE
GERMAN DELEGATES
Insist on Evacuation of In
vaded Lands Before Peace
Parleys Continue

Berlin (via Amsterdam, Jan. 5.--Ad
dressing the Reichstag main committee
Thursday, Chancellor Won Hertlng SAID
in regard to the Russian rejection OF the
peace proposals dealing with disposition
of the occupied Russian territory;
1--WE can cheerfully await the further
course of this incident. We rely upon
our strong position, our loyal intentions
and our just rights"
The chancellor announced that Dr. Won
| Kuehlmann has been instructed to reject
the Russian proposal to transfer the
peace negotiations to Stockholm.
The chancellor said he greeted with
satisfaction the opportunity of the gov
eminent and the peoples representatives
of comforting on the Weigh and fateful
decisions which at the present time were
being discussed.
The government would take advantage
of this opportunity, the chancellor said
to make communications on the course
the peace negotiations so far had taken,
and he said he desired to receive sugges
tions from the representatives of the
people.
Count Won Hertling said the foreign
secretary, Won kuehlmann, had on
Wednesday. after only stay of two
days in Berlin, returned to Brest Ltovsk.
He, therefore, to his regret, was unable
himself TO report on the course of the
negotiations with Russia. The under
secretary for foreign affairs, Baron Won
Dem Bussche- Haddenhausen, would in
stead undertake the task.
Baron Won Dem Bussche- Haddenhans-
en-, gave TO the main committee the his
tory of events leading to the peace nego-
tiations He said the armistice negotia
tions bad taken a rapid and smooth
course and had reached general salts
factory conclusion on Dec. Is.
Parallel to the negotiations at Brest !
the foreign under secretary said, |
ran the negotiations at .Focsani for an |
armistice on the southeastern front at |
which conference Rumania was repre-
sented.
The peace negotiations which followed |
the baron declared, naturally were very
difficult as they had to be conducted be
tween the coalition on one hand and a
single power on the other hand. As to
The course of the negotiations the public
mad been informed TO greater extent
han usually was the case. This has
made the negotiations more difficult, as
he entente powers were enabled to
impede the negotiations by circulating
alse news"
Baron Won Bussche- Haddenhausen then
eviewed the Russian proposals, the Ger
nan counter proposals and the tasks of
he German commission sent to Petro-
rad to deal with the questions of sub
ects of the central powers interned
Wounded soldiers and prisoners.
During the debate a member of the
'entrist party expressed approval, on !.
he whole, of the attitude of the German
representatives at Brest Litovsk, and
aid:
Our aim must be not only to arrive
t an understanding with the Bolsheviki J
overnment, but to reach lasting peace I
Nth the Russian people and prevent war; ,
n future"
The speaker asserted that the consti-
utional bodies now existing in Poland. \
and Courland, established on 7
aid law, express the will of the peoples t
f those territories z
During the debate Socialist member
eelared it would be in the interest of 8