The sun., 1919-04-01
LONDON DISCOUNTS
REDS PEACE MOVE
Allied Diplomats Say If Pro-
posals Were Made They Are
Not Bona Eide.
EDITOR DEFENDS RUSSIA
Labor Paper Declares Lenine
and Trotzky Are "0utragc-
ously Slandered."

LONDON, Mafon 31.--Publication by
the Daily Herdh, the new labor news
paper. OF a report that those In power
In Russia had made comprehensive
peace proposals to the allied and asso-
ciated Powers, caused no stir In diplo-
matte circles in London to-day.
Those in a position to speak author
itative1y on Russian affairs say that
IL such new proposals were made they
doubtless would be considered as not
being bona fide az have been other
proposals or feeiers put forth by Pre-
mier Lenirie.
George Lansbury. editor OF the Daily
Herald. declares that the Allies have re-
ceived a proposal for an understanding
with the present rulers of Russia, and
intimates that the conditions of that
understanding are the withdrawal Of
allied troops from Russia and the aban-
donment OF the policy Of interference In
Russian affairs.
Would Pay Russis's Debts.
Russia, on her part, would be willing
not to interfere with the affairs Of other
nations; allow Finland. Esthonia.
Ukraine and other republics formed from
the bygone Russian Empire to choose
their own forms of Government, and to
pay Russia's international debts.
The writer minimixes stories OF out
RACES by Russian revolutionaries de-
claring that such happenings have been
less frequent than in other revolutions
on a similar scale. He AYERS that Niko-
lai Lenine. the Bolshevik Premier, and
Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik Minister of
War and Marine, have been outrage
ously slandered," and describes the pres
ent administration of Russia as clean
and uncorrupt" The reorganization Of
industries Is proceeding everywhere In
Russia, Mr.. Lansbury says.
Coincident with the publication Of
peace proposal story. batch Of Petro-
grad newspapers arrived in London to-
day. In the Northern CoDtite, a Soviet
publication, zinovieff. the dictator OF
PetrosrAd and represented as being next
to Lenine in power. 10 quoted as again
referring 10 the proposals as not bona
fide.
Cannot Give Guarantees.
After stating that I'VE would promise
to give the Allies twenty, or even forty
billion rubles." Zinovien said:
sour Russian counter revolutionists.
hlluhOu, SdNthhoA ahu
understand very well that our conces-
sion TO the Allies Is purely OF sham
character. That is why they try to per-
suade the Allies not to conclude peace
with the Bolsheviki, pointing out that
the Bolsheviki cannot give any guar
antees."
Zinovieff is represented as often
making undiplomatic statements when
warming up In speech On previous
occasion he said that any peace the
Bolsheviki could make with the Allies
would be "a scrap Of paper" and a
repetition of the Brest-Litovsk peace.
An official communication issued TO-
day by the Esthohian army says the
Esthonians on Sunday captured the
town Of Pechory. in the Pskon sector
and the town OF Hainash, on the eastern
shore of the Gulf of Riga, about thirty
miles south OF Pernau. Both battles
were won after hard fighting. The vic
tory OF the Esthonians has released the
strategetically important railroad be-
tween Hainash and Tolmar. on the AS
River, from the hold OF the Bolshsv,ki.