Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-03

roneous in view of the context of this
statement, which takes a resumption of
the parleying for granted. 1t is de
clared however that in case the Ger
man delegates insist upon their terms
Russia will maize peace with the
"German imper::tiists." Her peace will
be made with the representatives OF the
people, the German socialists" the
spokesman for the Russian delegates
insisted with evident reference to the
often expressed hope of the bolshevists
for q social revolution in Germany
London. Jan. S.--Peace negotiations
4 at Brest- -Titovsk have been broken off
by the bolsIlevist government owing to
the German attitude in regard I" Poland
and Liihuania and the enelny's pro-
pOSal that earriSonS be retained al
I4i!,au Riga and elsewhere, according TO
"a telegram from the Petrosrad cofre-
spondent of the Daily News appearing
in that paper today.
The dispatch quotes an article from
the bolshevist newspaper lzNestia dis
cussing "the new phase in the peace
negotiations" The article SAYS that
owing to pressure from below the Gel
mans have been obliged to soil tbeir
lips with the formula put forward DS
the socialists at the beginning of the
war, hut the German inlperialists would
moi be inlperialists if they DID not Try
to tal;e back IN fact what with s.!tted
teeth they yielded in words.
Dares Germany to Try II.
THE Russian revolution cannot ac-
,3scept their conditions to retain Poland
and Lithuania. Just YOU try it. gentle
men" says the Tzvestia.
This is the line, the correspondent OF
81 Tie Daily News adds, that prohaly will
he taken at a general meeting tonight
~ Tuesday, to consider The report of the
Russian peace delegates.
The bolsl,cv;s: aim, lie adds. is a
world revolution of peace en- their own
terms, which they think will discre,tlt
the inlperinlists generally The coric,
spondent continues:
And if i'll the long run Russia is
s driven to conclude {. separate peace OH
any other terms l prophesy that ne
I Russian signatories to such II peace
will not lie bolshevists. but members OF
opposition political parties
Prepare for Defense.
The Daily News correspondent! SAYS
I farther .ha. considerable numbers OF
Rcd GUARDS ore being sent 10 reinforce
the front nrl that other preparations
for dcfcnse are being made.
Il is not clear from the dispatch OF
the Daily News correspondent, when
the meeting. which is said to have re-
sultc;l i'll the breaking off of peace ne
gulatinns was held and there is Il pos
l sib;iity that the report refels To an
y, alleged rupture OF negotiations severe
duys ago. when the discussions wire
adjourned.
Il have private aud reliable i1,forma
ton with regard 10 the areakins of the
! peace negotiations which established
!, >boyentl doubt the honesty of purpose
u bf the bolshevist." sass the correspond
jent whose dispatch is dated Tuesday.
The central powers proceeded lt
make q more detailed statement o1
terlns from which it appeared tnes
considered Poland I.ithuanla Eourtllna
etc, had already defined themselves.
The further based their demands OF
The statement OF Ukraine that it wntit
not recognize peace negotiations a
which, it WIS not represented officially
They demanded that they should lseel
Earrisons at Riga. l.ibau ard other
strategic points
Insist Troops Withdraw.
The Russian delegation, acting OF
ureuiivGca! instructions from the boil
shevist authorities took an uncom
finitis,n was Impossible until the las
German, soldier had left the country
Further, they jecred the Germans ask
ing what they proposed tc do. The,
asked whether they intended to talk,
PetrograG anl feed 3.noo.00o starvn:
folk; or to disarln revo'utionar.
country in wisic!, every workman: !lld ;
rifle
pr0Gosed to say to- their own democrac.
whirl, protested Il couple of months ag,
against the proposed annexation of Po
lnnsl and I.thnania. They remarked
that they were surprised that even TIL
Pr,,ssian jtIlkcIs had such autlacity.
..Tke Germans asked time for consid
GRAFTON and begged that this stage Q
stie csotations should not he published
JTne Russians refused to allow this an,
leass E.est-LitoEsk.
Make Bo!shevists Goats.
We,.man i,avlovitch. n nonbolsllevis
snenl!jer of the Russian delegation I
J3rest- ]4;tcvsk. according to an EX
FcllaEgo telegraph dispatch from Petro
rad, gays t!la. the German attitude i
regard TO the freeing pf occupied Rus
:..,,, territories depends entirely on th
$50, al lie bolshevist govern
ment with the Ukraine and The Cos
.,,i,is. :har If me e1Nente al
lies vet,lsc 10 negotiate n general peac
Issslgary wi! not consider her declara
t;ons 30 The bolsFcvists binding.
lserrnarS's Fundamental: war aims, n
nomic union stretching from Hanlbur
to the PEI star gnlf, giving Turkey an
Bulgaria. With certain restrictions, th
same position as that occupied by Aus
tra]ia and Canada iii their CO.. .omic re
1ations with Great Britain. The repre-
sentatives of Bulgaria and Turkey, til
Russian delegate said, are most obsti
ftat e sgart.ing concessions as compare
with the German delegates and he be
lieves tliut tEc..,' attitude will hampe
kurtliei Negotiations.
~. P;:vloNits''i thinks that German