Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-08
bOLSHEVIkI Gf1
 ARMY READY FOR
 RENEWAL 0F WAR
Weed Out Soldiers Who Won't Fight-Weakness
 Is Greatest Defense.

London, Jan 1.-The Bolsheviki are definitely strengthening the front, Petrograd advices say The curres- pondent of the Daily News obtained this information from M RaGek, one of the Russian delegates who took a prominent part in the negotiations with the Australians and Germans at petrograd
 He said the Bolshovilii were intend ing to send home all who did not wish to fight, so that they would have an army which was willing to fight for an ideal
 The correspondent asked what would be the attitude of the Bolshev'- ki in case of actual war, with regard to help from the allies, M. Radek re plicG:
 Weakness is Strength.
 We do not desire their help. Our strength lies i'll our weakness and If we accepted help from the allies the significance Of our position would be destroyed The weaker we are the stronger we are. The Germans can drive us back. but what good would it do them?
 
 been stripped bare. Thera is not enough there to feed single horse. The Germans will not wish millions of starving persons on their hands.
 We stand for democratic peace. So do the German working classes. If the German government attacks us it will display itself to it's own people in it's true light"
 Peace Time Limit Up.
 A tclegram from Brest-Litovsk to Amsterdam gives wireless message sent to NJ. Jofe, chairman of the Russian delegation, by Foreign Min istor vOn kuehlmann for the German delegation, Foreign Minister CZernin for the Austrians, Foreign Minister Nesimy Bey for the Turks, and Min ister of Justice Popoff for the Bull 2arians. It recalls that when the Central Powers outlined the terms on which they were willing to make peace they stipulated that these terms would be valid only if all the belli- gerents bound themselves within a certain period to observe them. The Russians then fixed ten days as the period in which the other belligerents were to decide whether to join the negotiations, but although this time elapsed January f. nothing has been heard from them.
 Say Ukranians Favor Huns.
 Another telegram from Brest-Lit- ot'sk states that informal discussions there on Friday between the Germans and Ukranians took direction favor able to Germany.
 A Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Mail says that General Nissel, head of the French military mission, re- piled to Foreign Minister Trotzky's complaint respecting French military propaganda by stating that certain news received from Stockholm had heen issued by a young officer by mistake. The general promised that no such mistake would be made again M. Trotzky replied with demand that the officer in question leave Russia.
 Mistake to Ignore TroNky.
 The correspondent adds that il Is a pity that some of the allied diplo- mats pretend to ignore M Trotzky, while in fact they are obliged to rec ognize his authority.
 Referring to the same incident. Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd says M TrotZky ordered the immediate closing of the French bureau, the re- moval Of the wireless apparatus and the immediate recall to Petrograd of French officers in tho war area.
 England now has more than 4,115,- A.ln