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Show a i' ; iNSHBLIll iChancellor Believes Good Conic Con-ic elusion Will Finally Be Aril Ar-il rived at in Russ Ne-IS Ne-IS gotiations. jgl AMSTERDAM. Jan. 25. In his ad-Wdress ad-Wdress before the reichstag main com-Mmlttee com-Mmlttee Chancellor von Ilertling re-; Mfcrred to the negotiations with the, Russians at Brest -Litovsli. saying he held fast to the hope that a good con-tWcluplon con-tWcluplon would be arrived at. rM He continued: IV "-)ur neS0jations "with the Ukran-tnian Ukran-tnian representatives are in a more fav-' Worable position. Here, too, difficulties j have yet to be overcome by both , sides. We hope to reach conclusions Mwhicn will be economically advantag- j Meous. I S "One result, gentlemen, might be, mrecorded as you all know. The Rus-1 tiauo 1UOI uiuuw iiiuiuouu LU JDOUC 1U ! i invitation to all the belligerents to I ; participate in the negotiations. Russia ! submitted certain proposals of a very ! general character. At that time Ave ac-I ac-I ceptcd the proposal to invite other belligerents to take part in the nego- ) Nations on the condition that they ' reply within a determined time. At 10 o'clock on the ovening of January 4 j the period expired. No answers had ! come and as a result we were under rio obligations and had a free hand for j separate peace negotiations with , ? Russia. Neither were we longer J bound, of course, by the general peace proposals submitted to us by J the Russian delegation." |