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Show SLAVS 1ST ANSWER FOR GIVING AID TO ENEMY Suspension of Warfare Will Be Held as Unfriendly Un-friendly Act by Allied Powers, Because It Will Confer a Marked Advantage Upon Germany. Ger-many. LENINE BEGINS TO DISBAND ARMY Armistice Note Is Received Re-ceived by Our Ambassador; Ambas-sador; Germany. Is Ready With Peace Proposals; Russ Soldiers Sol-diers of 1909 to Be j Sent Home. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23. According Ac-cording to advices received here, General von Ludendorff, first quartermaster quar-termaster general of the German armies, has started for the eastern front in connection with the Russian Rus-sian offer of a truce. He is said to be accompanied by a numerous staff. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23. A dispatch dis-patch to the Frankfurter Zeitung from Vienna says reports received from Tarnopol are to the effect that Russian troops are preparing to evacuate the east Galican towns 1 of Gmaymadoff and Skalat, near j the Russian border. The dispatch adds that the advanced positions j already have been voluntarily evac-! evac-! uated. i . . , . - 1 WASrrrXGTOX, Nov. 23. Officials of tliis government regard" the Bolsheviki Bolshe-viki move for an armistice between Russia Rus-sia and her enemies and the opening of immediate peace negotiations, as an at that would place Russia almost in tho list of unfriendly nat ionn. Press dinpntehes telling of: the poaeo movc;nent were confirmed hy a cablo-gru cablo-gru m from A nili:iss;tdor Krancis, received re-ceived todnv nt the state department. It is said that Leon Trotzky, national commissioner for foreign affairs in t ho Bnlshcvnu government , had sent formal for-mal notification to diplomats at Petro-giad Petro-giad that his government had proposed an armistice with a view to immediate peace negotiations. It was pointed out. that should these negotiations he successful, it would he most difficult to deal with Russia as a neutral muiitry, in view of tho position she lias held as an ally of the nations fighting ( ienna ny, and t he marked ad -vantage in the war that such a course might ; i c the latter country. A ml i:isa dor Fra ncis has boon given no instructions to deal with the .Bolsheviki .Bolshe-viki government. In reporting to the state department, on the peace, move merit, he made it r dear that he. had not formally acknowledged reecipt of the Trnt.ky note. M said he had been ad vised that the Snv iet congress had adopted a resolution instructing generals gen-erals at the front to enter in to nego-tiations nego-tiations ;ii mi'-e with Die Dernmn commanders com-manders rclnlivc to a three months' armistice, with instructions to report to 1 he '-ongn-ss. Uehorts that b'ussia was socking peace created apprehension in official circles, and every dispatch from Petro-grad Petro-grad was analyzed with the hope that, some promise might he found that Russia Rus-sia would continue the fight. Ambassador Krancis 's dispatch, dated November apparently dispelled anv hope of a strengthening of Russia's re- (Continucd on Paso Thirteen.) LEW OilDii .. the mm m (Continue! from Page One.) sistance. unless the Bolsheviki government govern-ment should be quickly overthrown by a counter-revolution. PROPOSAL FOR AN ARMISTICE MADE BY LEON TROTZKY PETROORAD, Thursday. Nor. 22. The note of Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki for-i for-i eign minister, to the allied embassies, conveying the announcement of the proposal pro-posal for an armistice, reached the embassies em-bassies last night. The text follows: T herewith have the honor to inform in-form you, Mr. Ambassador, rha.t the ail-Russian congress of soldiers' and workmen's delegates organized on October Oc-tober -6 a new government, in the form of a. rouneil of national commissioners. commission-ers. The head of this government' is Vladimir flieh Ientne. The direction direc-tion of the foreign policy has been entrusted en-trusted to me. in the capacity of national na-tional commissioner for foreign affairs. af-fairs. .Drawing attention to the text of an offer of an armistice and a democratic demo-cratic peace on the basis of no annexations an-nexations or indemnities and the self-determination self-determination of nations, approved by the all - Russian congress of soldiers' and workmen's delegates. I have -the honor to beg you to regard the above document as a formal offer of an immediate im-mediate armistice on all fronts and the immediate opening of peace negotiations nego-tiations an offer with which the authoritative au-thoritative government of the Russian republic has addressed itself simultaneously simul-taneously to all the belligerent peoples peo-ples and their governments. Accept my assurance, Mr. Ambassador, Ambassa-dor, of the profound respect of the soldiers and workmen's government for the people of France, which cannot can-not help aiming at paee. as well as all the rest of the nations, exhausted and made bloodless by this unexampled unexam-pled slaughter. ' (Signed) L. TROTZKY, National Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. LENINE BEGINS TO DISBAND THE RUSSIAN ARMY PETROORAD. Nov. ?3. A reduction of the Russian armies, beginning with the class conscripted in 1009. has been proclaimed pro-claimed by the Bolsheviki leader, M. I.enine, an official announcement today states. The order is to take effect Immediately. Im-mediately. The official announcement foil owe: The workmen's and peasants' government gov-ernment of the people's commissaries has decided to undertake without de-. lay reduction of the armies, and orders, or-ders, to besin with, release from their military duties of all clt izen sol-" sol-" diers of the-class conscripted in Instructions concerning the -liberal ion of other classes from military service ser-vice will be issued at a later day. Vpon demobilization, all arms must be hamled over to regimental committees, which will be responsible for their safety. The highest commander-in-chief i.s obliged to hrin r this decree directly to the knowledge of the rank and file. I Signed) LFXINK. President, and OVSRV KXKO, ANTONOFF and KRY I.KNKO, People's Commissaries for War." |
