Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-04
Diplomats Hurry to Russia IS Soldiers Confer With
 Two En1perors.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS;
 WITH B0L F3EVIKI
StroHp Faction in Germany Opposes Terms Which Chased Break ilu, garial Lo.n d fnilurt Fronts
 Quiet Na3 Ration Engiand.

The virtual collapse of the negotia- the Russian Bolsheviki for peace, and the possibility that hoetillties again may be resumed by the Russians on the eastern front, even though with only a comparatively small army, have caused surprise and perturbation in Berlin and Vienna. Realizing the sori- ouSncss of the situation. the German and Austrian empcrosa have confer red at length with their chiafs of staff and the Garman and Ausuro- Hunga- lian foreign ministers, who attended the peace negotiations at Brest- IWotSk, have been sent back there post haste. probably for the purpose of attempting to moderate the sltua- ton.
 German Socialists With Russ.
 Not only are Leon Trotsky the Bolsheviki foreign minister, and the other leaders of the counter revolution in Russia, utterly dissatisfied with the peace proposals of the central powers, but the heads of the German social ist faction also have expressed their antagonism to those sections of them which call for the retention of Po- land, Lithuania, Courland and other territories now in possession of the invaders.
 T'rotsky. as the mouthpieco of the Bolshoviki, has announced in unmiS- takable terms that the Russian work ers will not accept the peace propo- sa's, which he terms "hypocrtical." He asserted that if the central pow CTS did not agree to the free destiny of the Polish and Lettish nations, it would be urgently necessary to defend the Russian revolution. The central committee of the council of workmen's and soldiers delegates in a resolution approved Trotsky's stand Apparent , lv adding to the crisis is the refusal of the Germans to transfer the ad- ioumed meeting of the peace confer enc? from Brest-Livotsk to Stock holm.
 Hungarian Loan Fails.
 The financial situation in Hungary seemingly is not what it once was, for !! the seventh war loan from which was expected to obtain 5000, 100000 kro- nin brought forth only 3,000,000 000 kronin. According to reports, the greater part of the amount subscribed was forced from the leading banks, the populace generally taking only an insignificant portion of it.
 On the battle fronts, the infantry continues virtually inactive, but bonn bardments of considerable propor- tions are taking place on various sec tors in Belgium, France and Italy. Nothing of importance has occurred on the Italian front since the driving of the enemy from the western bank of the Piave at the Benson loop, which gave the Italians full control of the right bank of the stream.
 Austro- German airmen are keeping up their raids on Italian open towns, the latest of which to be bombed be- ing Castelfranco Veneto where two hospitals were hit and IS patients 1 killed.
 May Ration England.
 If plan that has been formulated 1 by the British food controller is given the sanction of the cabinet, compul- sorry rationing shortly will be put into effect in England to prevent wastage and conserve food supplies. The food controller announced that there would continue to be a shortage in food but that the situation would improve steadily. "There is nothing alarming in the situation" said Lord Rhondda in making known his intention to place the subject of rationing before the cabinet You have only to tighten your belts, The people of this coun- try are undergoing nothing like the privations in Germany, where they have less tha na pound of meat a week"