Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-10
Russians oppose stoutly the principle

ON Tuesday evening at Il joint meet
ing of the central executive committee
of the congress of soldiers and work
mems delegates, representatives of he
peasants deputies, the Petrograd work.
mems and soldiers council and repre-
sentativcs of the general army con-
gress for the rehabilitation of the
army a resolution was adopted unanl-
mously declaring that the German
peace terms We're unjust. 1T
Germany's attitude toward the Baltic
provinces as t~yrannical and authorized
the government to take steps to tfahs-
fer future peace negotiations to Il neu-
trail country.
Russians generally avor Stockhom
as the place for the peace conference
but it is said the Germans are not Will
ing to go to Sweden.
London. Jan. 4.-Petrograd DIS
patches indicate that differences oeNei'
oped at the first meeting there OF the
Russian and German commissioners lor
the discussion of economic relations.
nm Germans desired to reach al UNI
Outstanding with the Russians regard
ing regulation of railroad transit pc
tween the two countries. The Russian
delegates strongly emphasized their un-
Willingness to go beyond the lines maj
Gated in the armistice and refused w
fix regulations without precise denim,
ton as to what classes of persons
goods h railroads We're to carry.
Won't FREQ Able Men.
The %holshevist foreign minister,
Leon Trotzky, is quoted in an interview
as having said that the COMMISSION
! which is discussing prisoners was TAX,
ing up only the question of civilian ana
invalid war prisoners. He said the ex-
change of able bodied war prisoners
| could be undertaken only after the sign
ing of peace.
a Petgrosrad dispatch to the Post
SAYS a very large proportion of the Ger
man war prisoners and still larger pro
portions OF Austrians, will return IT,
| their fighting fronts only under com
pulsion. They have not been confined
i'm prison camps, but have lived among
the people and everywhere have proved
their worth in agricultural. industrial
commercial and even artistic pursuits
Many OF them are getting ON better
than they did at home and are more
than contented to remain in Russia.
Furthermore. it is improbable. the
dispatch SAYS. tina Germany desires
the return from Russia of a majority
of her wdr prisoners. She Will get back
the Officers and noncommissioned Off
GERS i'm amy case. and many of then
already llav" returned. But for botl
NttiIIihIiN 'sliN ttilStI a lIIt 'iSidNNIi
tinlcs. ii is "A soundcr policy to regaro
the rank and file of these men as thu
advance guard of commercial conquest
Plan Peaceful Conquest.
The correspondent adds:
Allied diplomacy is credited Will
having conceded to Russia the ,righ
to make q separate peace and with Ell
deavorins to save it's face by raiSini
the question of the return of German
prisoners. which SAYS diplomacy woult
be regarded as am act hostile to TIL
allies"
The correspondent contends that di
plomacy would be better employed il
obtaining a strategic position in tn
commercial and industrial future O
Russia. He is convinced the COUNT
will fall into the hands of the enter
priSing and industrious Germans. no
by force of arms. but by skillful peace
ful penetration. and asks:
What will be the strength of tina
combination of races when the ma
power of l50. OO0. 900 Russians. added
their inpXhaustible agricultural wealt
and vast mineral stores, come unde
the organizing hands OF the Germans
Germany stands TO gain an undu
proportion of the fruits of victory"
Countess I'anin. former secretary q
state for public instruction. who wa
otI ny llIN tsi hsN1N NV hh6 ~ -
refusal TO turn over to them the fund
of her apartment. has been release
I under bail of $4,000 rlbles. This is tn
: amount of the money which she de
clined TO hand over TO the bolshevis
commissioners.
+ Allies Pull Up Stakes.
The Petrosrad correspondent of tt
1 Times says a deep Impression has bee
4 made in Petrograd by the withdraw
of French and British ships fro
: Archangel and the breaking up of in
portant French and British depo
there. Many Russians regard this mo'
as premature. believing the presel
< state of affairs cannot last.
The military commissioner of pos
n and telegraphs on the northern frol
g has sent "A notice to the postal ar
! telegraph stations that severe punish
ment will he inflicted III amy perso
: who transmits appeals To French
American socialists who are characte
lied as those imperialist hirelings."
a The Petrosrad Den publishes a d
scription of a visit to the Germ;
g linee on the Russian western froI
h where. it says, brisk trade is going
a,nung the f~rateIniZing soldiers to 4
accompaniment Of ceaseiess noise. Z
trading is done by cash and barter. r
Germans sell goods at s~uspiciously IL
prices. They refuse notes issued by 4
n revolutiunaries, accepting only mon
1t issued under the imperial regime. T
IT ! daily amounts to hundreds
~ thousands Of RULES.