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Show separate He Trotzky and His Associates Asso-ciates Take Stand That the Baltic Provinces Prov-inces Are in Reality Under Military Pressure Pres-sure While They Continue Con-tinue to Be Occupied by Germans. NEGOTIATIONS ARE BROKEN OFF London Daily News Correspo n d e n t Declares De-clares Bolsheviki Government Gov-ernment Will Not Sign Treaty Giving the Germans Ger-mans Vast Stretches of Russian Territory. FETEOGRAD, Jan. 2 (By the Associated press ). The chances of a separate peace between Russia and the central powers being of-fectod of-fectod seem remoto, because of what are regarded as Germany's unreasonable demands. Leon Trotzky, Trot-zky, the Bolshoviki foroigu minister, minis-ter, and his associates take the stand that the Baltic provinces are in reality under military pressure while they continue to be occupied by Germany. LONDON, .Inn 2. Pe;no ncgotia tions at. Bio;t -Jifiiv.sk have been broken off by tho Bolsheviki government, owing to the German HttHude in regard to Poland and Lithuania and the enemy's proposal that garrisons be retained at Li ban, KigH and elsewhere, aeeordinst to a telegram tele-gram from the, Pet rograd correspondent of the Daily News appear insr in that paper pa-per today. The dispatch, quotes an article from the Bolsheviki newspaper lzvcstia, discussing- "the new phase in the peace ne-sutiations." ne-sutiations." The article says that owing to pressure from below the Germans have been obliged to soil their lips with the formula put forward hy the Socialists at the beginning of tho war, but the German Ger-man imperialists would not be imperialists imperial-ists if they did not try to take back in fact what with gritted teeth they yielded yield-ed in words. "The Russian revolution cannot accept ac-cept their conditions h retain Poland and Lithuania. Just you try it, gentlemen,' gentle-men,' says tile lzvestia. This is the line, the correspondent of the Daily News adds, that probably will be taken at a general meeting tonight (Tuesday? to consider the report of tho Russian peae delegates. Bolsheviki Aims. The Bolsheviki aim. he adds, is a world revolution of peace on their own lerms, which they think will discredit the imperialists im-perialists generally. The correspondent continues: "And if in the long run Russia is driven to conclude a ser arm e peace on any other. I prophesy t hat the Russian signatories sig-natories to such a peace will not be Bolsheviki. Bol-sheviki. hut members of opposition political polit-ical parties." The Daily News correspondent sa ys ll'l.',"'.'-' I- ad. i." '' ! Private InJ'orn'.atiLn. ti,,,! w.i,. r'--'. i! I f-. : nr.-;ik.: j; , : t' - t .. Ij:;o'. I;-, -f tl n-, .-..fi " ! 1 i,,-, Hid d'.'i'' ti.e li'd: t-- or f. it i'J '.h-Vi-h i dai.l'i '' . -. iv. II,,t: ' ro. to r..; a I'.-r-d.-r,-,..-;i; i.' M or" : -. I r . it .!;. ...ii-i-.I ih 1 1 t. ' :.-. i.-r.-d i i-- yd. j flti-'d t ! i -'n !.-'! ' 'H- ' y INi-l-.-i- li .--d ; I 11 fir fi.-1 1 i.i nd ;i t.t- ; :i ! 'tit-f 1 1 .r I kf I :.e 1 j ;,;ir it would not v--i,-j:;7.- p-a-e n-.- .:o-t...nor.s .:o-t...nor.s at v .i-h it wa t- t i-nrt-r... d or ri.-S.i.lV. T :.-V rif:.. ;,(! -d t!. .f fi-V k.-f,-j u-arri -"t:s at I,;n;iu f;i.d otiifL- Mra'f -;! pmni.s. "Tli: J'i!"ii.ir. .I" 'i,'aflon. on un- f.'(iiivi,i ;il Ui.-ini':'.lnfi.i r'iO;n ill'1 H-'ishr. viki j a' ihonti-s, t.-k an un.-ou,pr"n:!::n::; at-' at-' lit !;!. Tii-' v .-.ill s.'.i-df f itili ion w;i.s i Ui.pnssit.lf until the Ijsi German soldier had K-m tli country. Jeered the Germans. "FunduT. tht' j'fred the Germans, asking u h:.f thev p': '? 1 do- They ask'-d (vhc ther ilif-v int.-ndr-d to- tali; i'f tro-rad and feed 3.nni,"ifn) starving folk; or to disarm a revolutionary roim-trv roim-trv in whi'di every workman had a nfie. ' Ti t".- al.-o askt-d what th Germans p!"-j p!"-j y,f-i to hv to tlifdr own dm!. ra. y, i win, proifsi-l a fouple of mouths :vao ! against the proposed amifxation of Poland Po-land and Lithuania. Th.w remarked ! t liat t lifv were, surpri.serl t'uat even llie j Prussian' junkers had sucli audacity. I "The, Germans asked time lor consideration consid-eration and liege.d tliat this stae of thor nenot ialions simuid not he published. The i:u--ians refused to allow tliis and lgtt Lu-st-Litvsk. Negotiations for a aenftral peace at Brest- Litovsk were adjourned December i: until January 4. Since then at Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk and in Petrogrnd representatives of Russia, and the eentral powers have been discussing informally points to tie settled in the event of a peace agreement agree-ment being rea)d. Provisional agreement agree-ment lias bPt-n reached on some iioints. hut the Russian proposals regarding -occupied territories were not received with tax or' apparentlv, nv the Germans. A rciiort from Amsterdam on December M said that ir. von Kuehlmann, the German foreign Neciotarv. would appear belore the foreign committee of the German Buii-desrath Buii-desrath on Wednesday to explain the status of the Russian negotiations. German Terms. The German terms as submitted to the Brest-Utovsk conference were reported in substance as follows; (Articles I and II, treating with the ending end-ing of a state of war. evacuation of occupied occu-pied territory and exceptions to the latter provision in the cases of Poland. Lithuania. Gourland, etc, are as cabled under dale, via Berlin, on Sunday last.) Article 111: Treaties and agreements in force before the war are to become effective ef-fective if not directly in conflict with . -bailees resulting from the war. Kadi party obligates itself, within three months: after the slmdng of peace treaty, to in- ; form the other which of tile treaties and anv agreements will not again become effect ive. I Article fV: Ear-h of the contracting, parties will not discriminate against the; subjects, merchant ships or goods of the , oilier parties. I Economic War to Cease. Article V: The parties agree that with the conclusion of peace economic war shall ; cease. During the time necessary for the restoration of relations there may he limitation! upon trade, but the regula- rions as to imports arc not to be of a ton burdensome extent, and high taxes or duties upon imports shall not.be levied. For the interchange of goocte, an organization organiza-tion shall be affected by mixed commits--sions. to be formed as soon as possible. Article- VI; Instead of the commercial treatv of navigation of 1 Sa-i-1904, which is abrogated, a new treaty will accord new conditions. Article Vll: The parties will grant one another during at least twenty years the rights of the most favored nations in (p; est ion of commerce and navigation. (This clause is apparently that carried in a German wireless message received in London and sent by cable on December De-cember 3D Article VT1I: Russia agrees that the administration of the month of the Danube be intrusted to a European Danube commission com-mission with a membership from the countries bordering upon the Danube and the Black sea.. Above Braila the admin-is admin-is tra tion is to be in the hands of the countries bordering the river. Laws Abolished. Article IX : Military laws limiting the the private rights of Germans in Russia ami of Russians in Germany are abolished. abol-ished. Article X: The contracting parlies are not to demand payment of war expenditures, expendi-tures, nor for damages suffered during the war. this provision including requisitions. Article XI : Kaeh party us to pay for ' damage done within its own limits during the war by acts against international law with regard to the subjects of other parties, in particular their diplomatic and consular representatives as affecting their life, healt h or property. The amount is to be fixed by mixed commissions with neutral chairmen. Article XII: Prisoners of war who are invalids are to he immediately repatriated. repatri-ated. The exchange of other prisoners ' is to he made as soon as possible, the times to be fixed by a Germano-Russian commission. Article XI IT : Civilian subjects interned in-terned or exiled are to bo immediately released re-leased and sent home without cost to them. Article XIV: Russian suhjoets of German Ger-man descent, rarticularly German colonists, may within ten years emigrate fn Germany with the rirht to liquidate or transfer their property. Article XV: Merchant men of any of the roniractintr parties Tvh'Hi were In ports of any other party at the beginning of the war, unci also vessel taken as prizes which have not yet heen adjudged, are to he returned, or, if that be impossible, impos-sible, to he paid. for. Article XVI: Diplomatic and consular relations are to be resumed as soon as possihle. ' ' |