Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-01-07
Kaiser Breaks off Peace Nego-
tiations Rather Than Send
Representatives to Neutral
Territory,
B0LSEHVIKI AT PEACE
WITH UKRANIANS
Rumania Decides to Continue
War; France Promising Ac-
tive Assistance in Strug-
gle,
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London, Jan. 6.-An official state
ment issued at Berlin Yesterday and
forwarded by the Zurich cortespon-
dent of the Exchange Telegraph COM
tany announced that, because of the
Russian request to transfer the peace
pour parlers from Brest-Litovsk to
stockholm, the central powers had
temporarily suspended the nexotia-
tions with Russia.
The message which was filed at
Zurich on Saturday, said:
Another crown council was held
today at Berlin which Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Won Lud-
endorff attended. After the meeting
The following official statement was
Issued:
German Official Statement.
IN consequence of the request of
the russian government to transfer
the seat of negotiations from Brest
LhtoVsl< TO Stockholm, the central pow
ers have temporarily suspended the
negotiations with Russia"
Dispatches received here from Pet
rograd dated Friday and Saturday
confirm the previous reports that the
RUSSIAN peace delegation, including
Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign
minister, returned to Brest- -Litovsk. in
an endeavor to arrange for transfer
of the negotiations to neutral territory.
The German refusal to acauiesce in
Nd
these dispatches, was based on the
TACT that their delegates already had
larrived at Brest -Litovsk
Armistice I'm Ukraine.
An armistice has been declared in
the Ukraine region, the rada. the
Ukrainian Legislative body, and the
Bolsheviki having agreed to a COM
promise of their difficulties. The rada
Is said to be ready to decline to give
support to General Kaledines and his
Cossacks in return for the withdrawal
OF the Bolsheviki troops from the Uk-
raine.
The Petrograd Post says the king of
Rumania has cabled the entente allies
that the Rumanians are determined
to continue the war, Notwithstanding
he desires of the troops on the Rus.
-Rumanian front, and that NJ. Po-
incare, the French president, replied,
assuring the king of Frances support.
The French government has protested
against the seizure of French banks in
Petrograd
Assembly Powerless.
The central eXerutive of the Work.
mems and Soldiers deputies has de-
cided to assemble the third congress of
Workmen's and Soldiers deputies jan
uary 81. According to NJ. Zinovieff, one
of the Bolsheviki leaders, there is no
intention to conceal the fact that the
motive for calling the congress is to
oppose the constituent assembly,
which, in view of the fact that the
candidates were nominated before the
| October revolution, may not be repre-
sentative of the country. NJ Zinovieff
says the Bolsheviki program will be
submitted to the constituent assembly
for approval, and if the assembly is
willing to work in harmony it will
| justify the hopes and expectations of
the people. On the contrary. should
! it reject the Bolsheviki program the
assembly would find itself in conflict
with the laboring masses and be
brushed away.
The workmen and soldiers deputies
have decided to send a delegation
abroad with view Of calling an in
| ternational socialist conference in
Switzerland.