Evening star., 1918-02-25

Gen. Won Linsingen's troops.
in the south, has reached
Zhitonlir, IS miles west of
Kiev, and established con-
tact there with Uhainian
troops. !
By the Associated Press s.
PETROGRAD, Sunday, February "a
Acceptance by the bolshevik govern.
ment of the German peace terms fol.,
lowed stormy argumentative night
meeting at the Smolny Institute. Leoa
Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign minister.
did not attend, but Premier Lenins
urged acceptance of the terms and the
bolshevik delegates voting practically as
unit swung the tide with him. A bel-
shevik party conference had previously
voted seventy-two for peace and twenty
six against, with twelve abstaining.
The social revolutionary membarS
fought against acceptance of the terms
and insisted upon the assembling imme-
diateIy of new constituent assembly to
pass upon them in their final form.
Their knees are on our chest and
our position is hopeless. declared Ni-
kolai Lenine, the bolshevik premier. in
the course of his long speech to the
central executive committee of toe aiI-
Russian council of workmen's and SOL
diers' delegates. in which he insistently
urged the acceptance of the Austro-
German peace conditions. however OPP
pressive and unfortunate they might
appear.
This peace must be accepted as =
respite" he continued. "enablt1g US -
prepare a decisive resistance to the
bourgeoisie and imperialism The prv-
letariat of the whole world will come tS
our aid. Then We shall renew the
fight"
posed peace meant the end of Russia.
SO far as her political Independence
was concerned, and that the day after
the signing of the peace the soldiers
and workmen's government would De IN
bondage to Germany.
Too Firm to Perish.
NJ. ziaovisE, supporr1nx Lcnnss. i'm
sisted that the soviet authority ~as
too firmly established throughout the
country to perish.
II is announced by the bolshevih
that their troops have entered Rostov-
and that fighting is pro-
ceeding in the streets.
Leon Trotzky. bolshevik foreign min.
lister. will not go to Brest-Litovsk to
sign the new peace terms, nor viii
any of the other members of the Rus
sian delegation which conducted the
earlier negotiations there, with the ex-'
ception of NJ. Karakhan. secretary OF
the former delegation. The work.
mems and soldiers delegates today chose
for the new delegation. M. Zinovieff. pres
ident of the Petrograd council of work.
mems and soldiers delegates; NJ Aie-
yxieff, acting commissioner of agricui-
fure and NJ Sokolkokor. This dele
CATION, accompanied by naval and
military representatives, will leave to-
night for Brest-Litovsk.
Send Message to Berlin.
A Russian government wireless mes
sage addressed to the German governs
ment at Berlin announces that par
liamentary representative left Petro-
grad Sunday at noon for Dvinsk for the
purpose of transmitting to the German
high command at Dvinsk Russia's Off
cial reply to Germanys peace condi-
tionS.
Another communication. addressed
ITO ALL" announces that the following
message has been sent to the govern
ment at Berlin:
According to the decision of the CEN
trail executive of the soviets, taken at
1870 Sunday morning. the so<iets. and
peoples commissaries have decided to
accept Gernany's peace conditions, and
will send a delegation to Brest-
Question Hun Terms.
NJ. Karakhan. who was secretary of
The Russian delegation at Brest-
Litovsk. explained to the Associated
Press that the bolshevik government
most ambiguous the part OF
he German terms concerning the de-
of the Russian army.
lteral translation of up to newly
'ormed battalions." NJ. Karakhan said.
nay either exempt or include the new
red army"
This is disputable." no added. ~
.htnk. of course. that they meant the
ed army also must be demcbiiixed. but
IN this we viii not yield without dis