Show Conference Ends Ends' as Huns Refuse to Sit Sit in Neutral City I By United Pre Press I. I I AMSTERDAM Jan 11 The The Rus- Rus German so-German peace conferences at Brest Biest- have been terminated The Tho I sittings were suspended according to dispatches received here today when the Germans flatly and finally reused refused to transfer negotiations to neutral sol Bolshevik For Tor- eign l Minister ter himself moved tho the conclusion conclusIon of the meeting The German delegates formally announced an that all aU plans for a general peace meeting were were considered as definitely off by tho central powers I because of th the failure of the entente powers powers to respond within ten days to the Invitation to participate Count I Czernin Austrian foreign minister formally that henceforth I II I the cental powers were willing to neg negotiate only a sep separate rate peace with j Russia That the session was more or less bitter was evident from dispatches I q General Hoffman one of the German delegates as protesting angrily angrily an- an I to the conference against wireless wire wire- j less messages signed by the representatives representatives of the govern govern- vern ment which he says insulted the German military command by urging the German troops to revolt Hoffman protested that such messages mes meo- sages transgressed the spirit of the Other central powers powers' delegates joined in this protest It was Immediately following this I assault on the Russian plan to es establish establish es- es harmony of effort between the tho 1 plain people of Germany and the I Russian proletariat that Minister formally moved suspension suspension sus sus- pension of the tho sittings I Immediately before this however German Minister l Kuehlmann asserted positively I I I do not consider the difficulties now developed as great enough to toi tomake i make our peace efforts fall fail or to force forc resumption of front Count announced formally that henceforth only the question of ofa a n separate peace could be considered considered consid consid- ered by the Brest Brest conferees the tho ten days days' limit within which the German delegates granted the entente allies time to Join the general peace deliberations having expired He lIe In Insisted insisted in- in the Russian scheme for transfer of the negotiations neutral soil would simply grant the allies a chance to Interfere with the tho Russo- Russo German separate peace negotiations although he expressed willingness to conclude the last for such a peace agreement on neutral soil Regarding the points in disagreement disagree disagree- ment between tho two sides Count Czernin recalled that it had been decided decided de de- at a previous session to place them in the tho hands of a a committee The central powers he said had now decided to conclude the negotiations on the basis which foreign Secre Secretary Secre-I Secre tary Kuehlmann and the Russian I committee members had already considered considered con con- binding If the tho Russians Russians' intentions arc not altered ho he added satisfactory re results re- re HUltS may be reached If It not nOt mat i tel'S will take their course and responsibility for continuation lon of or orthe I the war will fall exclusively on the Russians General Genral for Bulgaria and amI Talaat Bey foi fOl Turkey Turley both an an- announced d' d their indorsement of the position thus outlined by Czernin and approved by Kuehlmann |