Show J ENVOYS CARRY NEW PEASE PEACE PLANS TO RUSSIANS By International News Service LONDON Jan 3 Whether 3 or or not negotiations will bo ho reopened between the tho governs goern t ti i merit ment of Russia and tho the central li powers was as the tho chief question n inthe In the peace situation today h t tIt It was reported from Amsterdam Amster Amster Amsterdam dam that Dr Richard von Ku Kuehlmann Kuehl Kuehl- Kuehl hf- hf mann the German f foreign reign minister minis mini ter is returning to Brest Brest from Berlin which indicated that the Teutonic envoys may h have ve fresh proposals to make malc to t the tiie Russian delegates 4 The action of Germany in re refusing refusing re- re fusing to withdraw troops troops' from rom Russian territory strengthens s a belief lief which has been gaining ground round for fox some time that the kaisers kaiser's wish to make makov a protectorate protectorate protectorate an and l of Poland Toland Courland Livonia This would be almost equivalent to annexation o 9 The break in the Russo German Russo-German German negotiations has the created utmost ut utmost utmost ut- ut most satisfaction in London All of the details have not been re received nor had official Information tion bearing on won the subject come from the Teutonic or Russian governments According to Arthur Arthur R Ransom the Petrograd correspondent of the Daily News the Russians were easily vare a aware of the trickery of the proffers at Brest While Vile reports that the theRus Rus RusSian tin army is heln being J strength strength- embd on n time the battlefront the opinion opinion io ion vms expressed hero here rc that there r. r ti i j 11 i is little likelihood of fighting even If it is true that the f peace negotiations nations have been abandoned entirely r l The armistice is still I in effect on the w western stern front and according to its terms terms' either side must give seven seen days days' notice before reopening reopening reopen reopen- 4 ing hostilities Ensign the I commander in chief chiet reports that Germany has violated the terms of the armistice not only by r removing re removing re- re moving certain tr troops ops from the Russian to tu the western front but also by reinforcing the German forces holding the river I between Riga and The new turn turn which the Russo- Russo German Gelman negotiations have taken is not expected to affect the plans of the allied governments to make a serious and studied reply to Germanys Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's peace offer However I Germanys Germany's offer has been beren put in ina ina i a a. new light by her refusal to re re relinquish re- re linquish her armed grasp op Poland Po land and adjacent towns J. J The next meeting is e expected to open at at Brest adjournment ad- ad ad adjournment was was wa's taken on December 25 but since that time there has he been en informal discussions on nu numerous nU- nU points and several agreements agree agree- I I I lne merits ments s were reached d. d I Dy By onal International News Service COPENHAGEN Jan Phe 3 3 The I are are threatening to d deClare declare de- de clare war war against Rumania unless I Continued J o on page 5 S. J I pa 4 r ft 1 1 r ENVOYS ENVOYS' Continued from page 1 the Rumanian army ceases to give support to the counter revolution of the Ukrainians and Cossacks according to a report reaching here from Petrograd today Leon the foreign minister sent an ultimatum ultimatum ultima ultima- tum to the minister at Petrograd in which charges were made that troops to together together together to- to gether with Ukrainians were pillaging pil- pil pil laging the province of Russian territory in reply the Rumanian minister r retorted that Bolshevik adherents among the Russian troops now stationed on Rumanian soil were plundering Rumanian villages Russia's civil war tear has tae taken on ona ona ona a dangerous new aspect with the killing of foreigners in the interior It Is not known whether or not any Americans have met their death but a number of British and French citizens have lost their lives In the fighting in Siberia Both the forces and the anti army are are gainIng gaining gain- gain 1 Ing strength and it begins to look loot as though Russia will pass through a nightmare of bloodshed before peace is restored in the country Both sides are plundering arsenals arsenals arsenals ar ar- and munitions of ot and are equipped with large numbers num num- bers becs of machine guns and cannon I I By Associated Press PETROGRAD Jan Tan 3 Petr Petro Petrograd grad newspapers ar are unanimous in declaring that the Germans and Austrians Austrians- have after one week thrown off the mask mash and made it clear that the central powers do donot donot donot not want a real democratic peace The Pravda says German imperialism is again beginning to show its claws Germanys Germany's apparent unwillingness unwilling unwilling- ness to give Poland Lithuania Livonia Courland and Esthonia the privilege of free self definition Is the rock upon which the negotiations negotiations negotiations have split Other peace conditions are aro ignored by the Bol JOl- leaders who say that Germany Germ Germany Ger Ger- m many ny opposes the most vital vital- principle principle prin prin- ciple underlying the Russian rev rev- In an interview with newspapermen newspaper newspapermen men 1 Foreign Minister said that peace negotiations pro probably ably would not Dot be resumed at at Brest as the Russians oppose oppose stoutly the principle of an an- On Tuesday evening at a joint meeting of tho rho central centra executive aYe committee of of the congress congress of soldiers soldiers' soldiers soldiers' sol sol- diers diers' and workmen's delegates representatives of the peasants' peasants deputies the Petr Petrograd grad workmen's workmen's work work- mens men's and s soldiers soldiers' council and representatives of the general army rIpY congress for far the demobilization n of the army a resolution was adopted adopted adopt adopt- ed unanimously declaring that the German peace terms were unjust unjust- It denounced Germanys Germany's attitude toward the Baltic Baltic provinces as tyrannical and authorized the government government gov- gov j to take steps to transfer future peace negotiations to a neutral country oJ Russians ians generally t favor or Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm Stock Stock- holm as s the place of of the peace conference but It is said saW the Germans Ger Ger- tita mans s are not willing to go to Sweden r By United Press COPENHAGEN e Jan 3 Tho Th The Petrograd official Telegraph agency's report of the circum- circum II 1 stances leading to the break in fn t the Russo Russo German German peace negotiations at af Brest as received here today gives this version of On On Friday last the tiie Russian delegates replied to the Germans that the labor government would not accept the German proposal They were held to be a g. step backward and on one likely Q r render valueless the first German state stale ment meet vt wrung rung from the government The delegates said the German statement mentions the so c call called expressions of oP will willas as having appeared ap appeared appeared ap- ap from Poland a and aid d t r Courland The government the statement tate state ment added knows this expression expression sion refers that o of a group of new citizens and land Jand owners in inthe inthe inthe the o occupied districts while the people are under siege and have nothing to say ot of matters It IB is ridiculous to talk tall of ot free expression expression ex ex- of of 01 the peoples people's will unless un unless un- un less Jess the German government agrees agree to evacuate part of occupied occupied occupied pied districts belonging to Russia while refu refusing ing to evacuate from Poland and This will never Hover be he accepted bythe bythe by bythe the Russian revolution By United Press PreEs V WASHINGTON Jan Tan 3 tips Moscow Mos Moa cow is is in a general ventral state o of law law- I e and disorder and martial law has been declared The state department department- messages today declared the Bolshevik have seized the banks there and are arenow arenow arenow now threatening to seize selie the fac fao- tories Thes were the only facts decipherable in a long and badly hadly garbled from the consul consul consul con con- sul today By International News Service I THE HAGUE Jan 3 If H If if of is true that Russia h has s. s abandoned her peace negotiations with Germany Germany Ger- Ger many and is preparing to continue th tit war the government at Petrograd will be formally recognized by the entente powers power it was seas reported in diplomatic circles here hero today By United Press Press PETROGRAD J Jan n. n 3 l Foreign Foreign Minister announced today to a specially called meeting meeting- of the soviet that Germanys Germany's peace proposals pro were were- hypocritical and I I declared the Bolshevik government govern govern- ment meet could not consent to them By liY Associated Press PETROGRAD We Wednesday Jan 2 A A dispatch from Kiev Ilee reports th that t the Ukrainian government has sent an ultimatum to the demanding that they withdraw their troops within twenty four hours and state whether th they consider themselves at war or at peace with Ukraine Shipments of sugar Hagar an and grain to northern Russia have been en cut off oft 4 |