New Britain herald., 1918-01-03
PLEoGE3 5?6;9,1e .o' '.!|!!|

many'S hypocritical peace propoy Asserting the government of Russi workers would not consent to sui conditions, he said that if the Centr powers did not agree to free the n tionalities of the Polish and Lettf nations it would be urgently necc sary to defend the Russian revolutio He said the needs of the front wou be met.
 Petrograd, Jan. 3, (By the Ass ciated Press) Tho Russian peace de egation officially have suggested to tI Central powers that the meeting piaa of the peace delegates be transfrnz to neutral soil and has proteAu against certain articles in the AusGM German terms already submitted
 The halt in the Russo German pA negotiations, and indications oE German refusal to move the col ence to Stockholm, have revived Nersal discussion in Petrograd of resumption of fighting with srd reduced army, probably three nt mon.
 Even tho most radical Bolsla and the most ardent peace advoc have been aroused by the Gerlnan sition. They declare that u rosuA ton of hostilities is imminent and@ press the belief that it is possibl81 organize and make effective a sm3 arnIy. Indications are that the G8 man attitude is harmonizing domesa differences and is convincing Russia that they must fight to save their re olutiOnary principles.
 Chairman JOffre, of the Russil peace delegation today sent an off1ci telegram to the chairman of the Ge man. Austrian, Bulgarian and Tur ish delegtions, saying the Russian ' public, deems it necessary to condt further peace negotiations on neutl soil and suggesting a transfer of conference to Stockholm. The te gram declares that replies to the m, sage are expected by Russia in PeIr grad.
 Articles 1 and of the Austro- -Gl man terms, submitted December December 25, new styIe), the ni sage says, are in direct conflict wi the principles of. self definition of I tlOnS insisted upon by the RuSSi peace delegation and imported by Russian republic and the cent executive committee of the Congrt of Workmen's and Soldiers delegat
 Petrograd newspapers are unal nous in declaring. the Germans a Austrians have, after one week throy off the mask and made it clear tn the Central powers do not want real democratic peace. The Pray says:
 Herman imperialism, is again ginning to show it's clams."
 Germany's apparent unwillingne to give Poland, Lithuania, Livon Courland and Esthonia the privile of free self definition is the rock upl which the negotiations have sp1 Other peace conditions are ignored the Bolsheviki leaders who say ca many opposes the most vital prini pie underlying the Russian revolutid
 In an interview, Foreign Mints1 Trotzky said peace negotiations pr ably would not be resumed at BrdN Litovsk as the Russians oppose sto Iy the principle of annexation.
 On Tuesday evening, at a jq. IneGIllS OI tue AGnIIdl GAGculING " mittee of the congress of soldiers workmen's delegates. represntat of tn peasants deputies, the Pc grad worl1mcn'S and soldiers cou and representatives of the gen army congress for the demobiliza of the army, reolutioa was ado unanimously declaring the Ger peace terms unjust. It denou Germauy's attitude toward the tic provinces as tyrannical and thorized the government to take to transfer future peace negotia to a neutral country.
 Russians generally favor s holm as the place for the peace ferenCes but it is said the Ger are not willing to go to sweden.
 Articles 1 and of the Austro man terms as cabled under Litovsk date by the way of Berii Sunday, covered the ending of a Continued on seventh Page