Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
bREAKSSEEN
OVER FARLEY
TO END WAR
Russians Resent Attitude
of Kaiser Concerning !.
Peace Terms.

London, Jan. 2.-The
central powers within 10
days will make new decla.
rations regarding Ger
many's peace conditions,
a dispatch from Geneva to
the Daily Express quotes
the Munich Nachrichten
as saying. 1t is added that
notifications may be in
troduced owing to the at.
titude of the entente pow
ers.
Petrograd, Tuesday, Jan. 10y
The Associated Press 1.-THE Rus.
sian peace delegation returned to
Petrograd today and reported to
q Joint session Of the central ex.
ecutive committee Of soldiers and
wOrkmen's delegates and the Pet.
rOgrad council Of soldiers and
workmen's deputies the progress
of the negotiations with the Aus.
tro.Germans at Brest.Litovsk.
NJ. Kameneff, q member Of the Rus
,ian delegatiOn. read the German
terms which he characterized az
the positive annexation plans
Of the central powers and he declared
they were unacceptable in their pres
emit form. He added that the terms
had not been discussed.
May Deal With Socialists.
"If, after the resumption Of nego-
the delegates said. "the Ger
mans insist upon these terms. Russia
will conclude peace not with the Ger
man imperialists. but with the repre-
of the people, the Socialists
OF Germany"
Negotiations Arc Broken.
London. Jan. Peace negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk have been broken on
by the Bolshevik government owing to
the German attitude in regard to Po-
land and Lithuania and the enemy's
proposal that garriscns be retained At
Libau, Riga and elsewhere, according
to telegram from the Petrograd cor
respondent of the Daily News appear
ing in late edition Of that paper to-
day.
The dispatch quotes An article from
the Bolshevik newspaper Izvestia, dis
cussing the new phase in the peace
negotiations" The article says that
owing to pressure from below the
Germans have been obliged to soil
their lips with the formula put for
ward with the socialists at the begin
ming of the war. but the German i'm
perialists would not be imperialists IL
they did not try to take back, in fact,
what with gritted teeth they yielded. in
words.
Cannot Accept Conditions.
1.-THE Russian revolution cannot &C.
cept their conditions to retain Poland
and Lithuania. Just you try it, gem
tlemen," says the newspaper.
This is the line, the correspondent
ofthe Daily News adds, that probably
will be taken at general meeting to-
night to consider the report of the
Russian peace delegates.
The Bolshevik aim, he adds, is a
world revolution Of peace on their
own terms which they think will dis
credit the imperialists generally. The
correspondent continues:
And if in the long run Russia is
driven to conclude separate peace
on any other terms, l prophesy that
the Russian signatories to such .
peace will not be Bolsheviki, but mem
bers of opposition political parties.
Preparing for Defense.
The Daily News correspondent says
further that considerable numbers Of
red guards are being sent to REIN
force the front and that other prepare
tons for defense are being made.
Negotiations for a general peace at
Brest-Litovsk were adjourned Dec.
25 until Jan. 4. Since then at Brest-
Litovsk and In Pe.rograd, representa-
tives OF Russia and the central powers
have been discussing informally points
to be settled in the event of a peace
agreement being reached. Provisional
agreement has been reached on some
points but the Russian proposals re-
garding occupied territories were not
received with favor apparently by the
Germans. A report from Amsterdam
on Dec. 81 said that DR.. Won Kuehl-
mann. the German foreign secretary.
would appear before the foreign COM
mittee Of the German bundesrath on
Wednesday to explain the status of
the Russian negotiations.
Depends Upon Relations.
London, Jan. 2.-Weltman Pavlo-
witch. non- Bolshevik member OF the
Russian delegation to Brest-L itoypk.
according to an Exchange TelegfaDh
dispatch from Petrograd says mt
the German attitude In regard % the
freeing OF occupied Russian terfitor-
les depends entirely on the relation
ship OF the Bolshevik government with
the Ukraine and the CossAcks. He
adds that II the entente allies refuse
to negotiate general peace. Germany
will not consider here declarationa "a
tia B0lshevik binding.
0ermany's fundamental war alma