WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918.
TELEGRAMS
«(Continued from Page 2).
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
BESSARABIA A MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC,
ATHA PELOR NEGOTIATIONS.
SECOND AUSTRO GERMAN DELEGA FION ARRIVES
Rod, Dec. 8Q. È The second Austro-German Dele gation has arrived and comprises of representatives of the Ministries of Cry an and Finance and also Red Cross and Economic experts.
Some French residents at one hotel obliged to evacuate their rooms to accommodate the Austriace and
LONDON, Dec. 81. The Times Fetrograd Correspon-were dent states that Bessarabia has pro claimed itself à Moldavian Republic
COURLAND FOR GERMANY.
Loypos, Dee. SLp The Daily Chronicle's Euparandu Correspondent states that the news. paper Den, of Petrograd, says the. Parliament of Courland, on Decem- ber 17, pronounced in favour of the early cession of Courland to Ger-
ADY:
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN FINLAND AND GERMANY OPENED.
LONDON, Dec. 31."
It is reported that communications have been opened between Finland Land Germany.
THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 31. The Constituent Assembly has issued a manifesto urging the people to refrain from participation in pro cessions, repudiating the Müxim- list authority and proclaiming the supremacy of the Constituent Assembly.'
"PETROGRAD, Dec. 80. - Soldiers raided the premises of the Union of Defence and the Consti tuent Assembly, arresting all present
ARRESTED BANK DIRECTORS RELEASED ON BAIL.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 80. The Bank directors, who had been arrested on Christmas Day, were released on bail of a million roubles euch, with the exception of M. Vyshnegrudsky.
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A WEEK'S FIGHTING AT IRKUTSK.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 80. Fighting at Irkutsk bus lasted for a week, between the regulars, the Red Guards, the Cossacks and the Military Cadets.
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It is reported that whole quarters of the town have been devastated.
A BRITISH PRONOUNCEMENT IN
FAVOUR OF BOLSHEVIKS.
LONDON, Dec. 31. The Daily News makes the first pronouncement of any English news- paper in favour of the Bolsheviks.
The paper published a telegram from its special correspondent, Mr. Stafford Ransome, who has returned to Petrograd after an absence of three month, in which be describes the City us being more orderly than it had been for months before the Bol- shevik control. Mr. Ransome says the Bolshevik Government la ex tremely efficient, energetic and deci sive, and he denies that it is refusing
Germans, while some Britishers left the hotel as a protest against the hotel lodging enemy delegates... GERMAN HOPES OF TERRITORIAL EXTENSION.
LONDOS, Dec. 81. The newspapers are silent with regard to Berlin's statement of the Brestlitovek proposals.
THE CHINA MAIL
NEW YEAR HONOURS.
Losmos, Dec. 91 The New Year honours include the following f
BARONI.
Mr. Almeria Paget, F.Enjonish -Member for Cambridge.
Sir Frederick Cawley, Liberal Member for Prestwich
Sir John Brownlee Lonsdale Conservative
Member
for Armagh.
HOPES
Dec 81
The Prim
Year messag
the United States,
New
gium which he
Lord Derby, the Britian Secretary of State for War in a message to the Matin, mys that be hopes Greece and Fra coming year will see the troops Feemphasises "the hopes of turning home after the victory of humanity centre in the triumph of the right over might
Allied cause, Musus friendship and Lord Robert Cecil, British Minis- respect are becoming more and more Midter of Blockade, in a message, admits the cement of the Alliance which is that the French and the British have the guardian of Justice, and the Sir James Thomas Woodhouse, hard year before them, but, liberty of the world. He thanks J.P. Liberal Member for Hudders-strengthened by America, they will individual armies and movies for the baki aut till victory. Let us hope fortitude shown by them in the year that the war will end before the next continue the struggle until the world now puisied, and their readiness to New Year.
is rid of the domination of a military
fiold.
Xxnarqoods.
Major William Northrop McMillan. F.R.G.S.. C.M.Z.S., the East African explorer.
Mr. Bartle Henry Temple Frere, .C., the Chief Justice of Gibraltar.
PRIVY COUNCILLORS.
Lord Hugh Cecil, Umonist Member for Oxford University.
for Monmouth.
Mr. T. Richards, Labour Member
And four others.
The Daily Chronicle alone maken the statement the subject
6945 un editoriit article and says the state nient indicates that the Germans hope to retain possession of Poland. Lithuania Courland, portions of Exthoria and Livonia, where they
The Rt. Hon. Ellia J. Grinth, huge already induced a fuked Assem-R.G.. Tiberal-Member for Anglesey bly to declare for the
from
Rs. The paper adds that the cynicism of these proposts is too mich even for the Bolsheviks who are now temporarily taggling over their form: But they are not likely to alter their substance.,
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THE ALLIES AND THE GERMAN
PEACE TERMS.
IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN A
NON POSSUMUS.
HARONETS
Sir George Allardice Riddell, the newspaper proprietor.
The Rt. Hon. Sir F. E. Smith, the Attorney-General.
Lieut. Col. James Craig Unionist Member for Co. Down, East.
And sixteen others.
KNIGHTS.
او.
༞།
NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHINA Butocracy whose discredit and defeat
TO FRANCE.
are essential to lasting pence NS
The Prime Minister expresses fulk confidence in the victory of Fre
of Freedong NERE
in the New Year.
We
-PARIS Jan 1 The President
the Chinese Republic, kas sent a message to X.
He tells President Wilson Poincars on the occasion of the Dewald rolving on
ara Toving on the great addition of pear sadigibabwin the bap-strength of the young American plifese of the gallant Finch people. army and expresses to Signor and expressing to firm conviction Orlando his admiration of the suc that the heroic efforts of the Franch cessful Italian resistance and big troops will triumph in the struggle for the defence of right and justice.
M. Poincaré replied, thanking the President for his greetings."
confidence that Italy, ere long, will strike another mighty blow for the liberation of Italy.
THE PREMIER AND LABOUR."
LONDON, Dec, BIL- The newspapers state that the ätterview between Mr. Lloyd George and the Labour Deputation, on Friday, was most cordial and has re finally removed any misunderstand- ing that may have existed between the Premier and Labour
Mr. Ainos says that the Labour Leaders, buying secured the unity of the British workers on the war aims,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
AMSTERDAM, Dec 31, At the Peace conference at Brestli tok Germany proposed that the first
should be as follows two Articles of a preliminary Treaty
Mr. Robert Bruce, journalist. dr. Emsley Carr, journalist. Mr. John Galsworthy, novelist. Mr. Antony Hope, novelist. Mr. Leslie Ward, portrait painter.
That Russia and Germany declare the etate of war ended. Both nations are Mr. Jolin Lavery, A.R.A., artist.
resolved to live together in future in Mr. E. L. Lutyens, A.RA., artist.
peace and friendship. On the condition Mr. Sydney Low, M.A., bistorian.will now, work to secure the unity of of complete reciprocity vis-a-ris her Mr. John Scott Keltie, F.R.G.S.,
aims among the Labour and Socialist Allies, Germany is ready, as soon as geographist.
parties in the Allied countries, which peace is concluded with Russia and the Rusnan armies are demobilised to is an indispensable preliminary to evacuate her present positions and the participation in an International Con-occupied Russian territory, so far as no ference with the Socialist Delegates different inference may result from
MILITARY HONOURS.
x.c...
Article 2.
LONDON, Dec. 31.. The Daily Chronicle Petrograd Cor respondent states that it is impos sible longer to observe a non pos Ama attitude to the German peace terms. It would be a short-sighted policy for the Allies to allow Russia And forty-three others. to conclude a humiliating separate peace. The Bolsheviks are deter mined to make the Constituent Assembly a mere shadow of the
of enemy of neutral countries. After the Russian Government, in The Swedish Socialist leader, M. accordance with its principles, bas Soviets, avowing their intention of
C.B.
Brinting, in letter to the London proclaimed for all the peoples of Raisin expelling from the Constituent Brigadier E. Nortbey is promoted Press, hopes that the Entente will
the right of self-determination, including: complete separation, it takes cognisance Assembly the Cadets and the to Major-General.
give such an iswer to Count Czer of decisions, as expressing the will of moderate Socialists, whom they
nin that further discussion of honour-people, demanding fall state indepen describe as funkeys; hence the
dence and separation from Russia for able peace, terms will be moderate Russians and anxiously. locking to the Allies somehow to help. Russia to secure a decent peace.
ALLIES WILL PROBABLY REPLY..
LONDON, Dec. 31:
Surgeon-General Sir David Bruce,
SOCIALISTS AND PEACE.
Have shum mama ANOTHER CONGRESS WANTED.
STOCKHOLM, Jun. 1. Mr. Arthur Henderson has tele- graphed to Mr. Hnysman, Secretary
The Daily News states that Mr. of the Dutch-Scandivanian Com-
FIGHTING TAB
RUSSIAN TROOPS SURRENDER TO CHINESE.
Tokio, Jan. 1
A belated message from Peking
Lloyd George, in receiving a deputs-mittee which organised the Stock-states that 2,500-Russian troops in tion of the Labourites and Trade holm Conference, asking him to com- Harbin have surrendered to the Union Conference, on Friday, gave municate to the Soviet at Petrograd Chinese soldiers, after the fighting them to understand that some, reply the strong desire of British Labour on December 27. would probably be forthcoming from that Russia shall not conclude a the Allies to the German peace offer separate peace. D to Russia.;
AN EX-PREMIER MURDERED.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 80.
The ex-Premier M. Goremykine, his wife and son-in-law and General Ovchinnikoff have been murdered at Sotchy in the Caucasus
MURDERED.
PETROGRAD, Dec.. 30.
Hetmar of the Terek Cossacks, and General Karuloff, vtho is the
his brother and is whole staff of
Mr. Huysman replied urging the convocation of Socialist Congress to prepare for a general as opposed to a separate peace...
PMACLEMENCEAU AND THE-
*** FRENCH SOCIALISTS........
PARIS, Jan. 1.
The Russian troops have been deported.
THE SHORTAGE OR COAL I
NEW YORK.
COAL YARDS STORMED BY GREAT CROWDS:
tre
New Yox, Dec. 80. The unprecedented cold bas ug M." Clemenceau, the French Pregravated the shortage of coal. mier, received a deputation of Thousands of people stormed Socialiste, including M Albert coal yards for a basketful or
which asked for passports for Petro- grad with a view to preventing a separate peace.
situation at Petrogul was too dis- M. Clemenceau replied that the
the
AMERICAN WEEKLY WAR
REVIEW
to allow the opening of the Consti- COSSACK HETMAN AND HIS STAFF Thomas (ex-Minister of Munitions). tuent Assembly, the real reason for the delay being that only 891 out of ~800 delegates have been elected.
The Correspondent says that be
Mr. Bakery So has had
an interview with M. Trot who is of the opinion that the cars and men have been murdered mission. He refused passports us a Year ands the Br zky,
on of ter pod u zoj paqja his weekly statement, says the war will be decided by social, not- military pressure. He said that by soldiers from the Caucation Front:
Card grant them might induce a belief that Flanders plain and the
the Government as participating in
brai, proves that the the pesce pourparlars which was howise in their
hards, the,pbaddce
every Government in Europe is feel-FRENCHMEN MURDERED BY RED ing the pressure of Democracy, but.
the German Government is wiser
than most; hence it has abandoned
îts grandiose plans of conquest.
GUARDS AT IRKUTSK
PERING, Dec 81. The Bed Guards, during the course
The Correspondent adds that all of fighting at Irkutak, murdered the
the Petrograd newspapers, however they differ regarding the Brestlitovsk proposals, are of the opinion, that
French Consular Agent and two other Frenchnen.
The town is on fire and the popula
the Allies are now bound to consider tion is starving, them seriously, and the next word
belongs to them.
Mr. Stafford Ransome says that NATIONALISATION OF INSURANCE
unless the Allies move in the
of the Brestlicovsk proposa
seen possible that the Ger Will
Ask the Russians to help them în
COMP
PETEOGRAT
The Peoples Comm
nforcing their peace tarras on the preparing a decree for he
tion of Insurancé
chance of defencing
of serious proposals from the enemy
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE AT-
«GUATEMALITE
CITY DESTROYED AND 125,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Dec 81.
WASHINGTON There was another earthquake:
Azizually des
Setand
mala City
A report issued Department states
over. A
Enccesses. Devi
thus battles: disaster Battle
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Poland, Lithuania Courland and por
of Lituanie, and Livemix The Kussian Government recognises that those manifestations must in the present circumstances be regarded as expressing the will of the people and is ready to draw conclusions therefrom.
As in these districts to which the of eracuation is act such as is provided forgoing stipulations apply the question for in Article 1 a Special Commission shall in accordance with the Russian ides, arrange - for a ratification by plebiscite on broad liner without any
military pressure whatever of the already existing separation proclamations
· [Nothing is known in London regarding the proclamations mentioned above.}-2
be Russian Delegation thep insisted upon the necessity of a definite assurance that the plebiscite would be fres and that foreign troops would be completely absent, but agreed to the "Appointment of a Special Commission to arrange the plebiscite and fix a time for, the evacuation in
Presiding at the third sitting on December 27th, the Russian Delegate, Doffe, expressed the spinion that the pegotiations have begun well and allowed the anticipation of speedy and oi
the waris yan
The Delegates afterwards returned to their homes
The negotiations will be rea January, 4th.
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