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Show SOVIETS' PEACE PLAN PUBLISHED London Journal Gives Outline Out-line of Proposal Made by Russ Reds. IXNDON, Thursday, Nov. 6. The Daily Herald, the labor organ, today prints the full draft of the conditions upon which the leaders of the soviet government gov-ernment In Russia are willing to discuss peace terms with the allied and associated powers, which were brought to London by Lieutenant Colonel Lestrange Maione, Liberal member of parliament, who recently re-cently returned from a visit to Russia. The soviet government, according to the draft, proposes a peace conference in a neutral country after an agreement on an armistice for all the fronts, including the border states, all the de facto governments govern-ments meantime to remain in control. The blockade would be removed and the soviet government and the nationals of the associated and allied governments would have free right of transit over all the railways and at ports of the former for-mer Russian empire, Including the border states of Finland, and free trade communication com-munication in and out of the country. The conditions provide that the soviet government would be entitled to send representatives rep-resentatives to all allied countries; for the withdrawal of all allied troops from Russian territory and the cessation of allied military help to the Russian forces. The soviet government also promises to recognize all foreign debt obligations of the former Russian empire. Willingness is expressed by the soviet government for a conference on this basis, provided the allies make a proposal before be-fore November 15, The soviet government Is "anxious to have a semiofficial guarantee guar-antee from the American and British governments gov-ernments that they will do their utmost to insure that France lives up to the conditions con-ditions of the armistice." The draft concludes by saying that the soviet government "hopes it will not be necessarv to transfer this offer with necessary nec-essary modifications to the central powers." |