Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-01-10
Germany's Plans for Annexation
Disgust Russia and Check
Peace Negotiations.
0RRasED,By ALL SOCIALISTS
French Troops In Italy Whip the Aus
trians-Am;rican Ordnance De.
partment Is Reoraanized-
Plans ade to Hurry Our
For;es to France.
BY EDWS.RD W. PlckARp.

nplicity expbsed themselves last
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BrestLltovsk, and in consequence Inn
meeting broke up with fail prospects
that hOstilltles would be resumed be-
tween Russia and the central powers.
After making all sorts Of promises to
refrain from forcible anneXations and
to hermit self-dcfinition by occupied
territories, the Germans made Ii clear
that they intend to impose an Aus
trian monarchy on Poland and to
make German duchies out of Lithua-
mia and Courland. Their contention
was that these countries already have
declared their desire to be severed
from Russia. Furthermore, they de-
cllned to consider the evacuation of
Riga, IJbuu and other occupied cities
until certain that all Russia sane
toned the peace.
Whether or not Lenine and TrOtzky
be IN reality German agents, they
could not stomach such terms, and the
foreign minister Of the bOlSheviki de-
clnred the government of the Russian
workers would not consent to the Ger
man proposals. Petrograd leaders
said the government might put an
army of 3,000000 In the field, and the
bOlshevlki red guard was reported to
be already moving back to the fighting
front. The resumption of hosHlities,
of course, would upset German plans
for great offensive on the west front,
us many Of the troops removed from
the east front would have to he re-
turned to the line there, That the sit
uatlon was considered critical by the
central powers was shown by the hur'
.ried conferences Of leaders In Berlin
and Vienna. The negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk were interrupted nj
least temporarily, and the Russian del
egates demanded that II they We're re
sumed & be In Stockholm.
In Bad All Around.
The German official attitude, as ex
pressed by DIR. won Kuehlmunn, dldn'
seem to he pleasing to anyone. II
Russia all factions, even the most rnd
ical and peace-loving, denounced |
and began to perceive that they mus
fight to save their revolution. In Ger
many the leaders of both the regula
and the Independent socialists eN
pressed great dissatisfaction with th
governments evident aims cOncernln
occupied territory, and told No
Kuehlmann his course justified el
tente statesmen In declining to plac
confidence In the word Of Germany
leaders and rulers. The Leipsi
Volkszeitung went 50 far us to declar
that everyone now knows Germany
not aiming ut Just peace without al
nexutlons and indemnitles, that she II
tends to annex all territories she no
holds, and that these intentions mu,
strengthen the war will of the entent
Also the pan.Germuns are highly di
pleased because they fear the COVER
ment will abandon those very Int
lions that the others are denounelng
Q From southern and eastern Inss
h and Siberia came repeated stories
civil war Qnd disorder, and of the Sc
ting up Of independent government
: The UkplnlNn rada sent an ultlmitu
!, to Pctrograd demanding the immedla
. withdrawal of the bolshevlkl trooI
!, and cut on shipments Of sugar ~
!. grain to northern Russia. The enl
population Of the Don valley n
4, moblllzed and all Of Its men join
!. Kaledlnes, who was said TO have fouf
q bloody battle viii the bolshevik \
tween Moscow and Rostov.