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L VOL. XXXVII—NO. 348
RUSSIANS BREAK OFF PEACE PLANS
Constant Stream of Troops to France
PLANS OF
WAR BOARD
GIVEN OUT
Allies Arrange for Adequate
Supply of Necessary
Transports.
MORE ACTION BY NAVY
Report of American Mission
and Decision Reached
Made Public.
MUST SPEED UP SHIPS
Closer Co-operation in All
War Activities Agreed
Upon.
By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON D. C. Tan.
2.— American troops are to be
rushed to Europe in as large
and as constant a stream as is
humanly possible; the allied
nations will so arrange their
shipping as to provide the nec-
essary transport; the merchant
shipbuilding program must be
rushed; there is to be closer co-
operation of all the co-belliger-
ents to present a single and
united front to German autoc-
racy; the part of the United
States has been clearly defined
and arrangements made to car-
ry it out.
Council Gets Results.
These are the principal re-
sults as they affect America
of the recent inter-allied war
council in Paris announced to-
day by the State Department.
These recommendations made
by the American delegates of
whom Colonel E. M. House
President Wilson's personal
representative was the head
are the result of the great
council of heads of all the co-]
belligerents.
A definite plan was formed for;
more active utilization of American !
naval forces and an agreement was
made with the British admiralty to
effect certain plans for anti-sub-
marine warfare.
The contributions of the United
States to a pooling of war resources :
was agreed upon. The arrange-
ment guarantees full equipment of
every kind will be available to all
American forces sent to Europe dur-
ing 191 S.
Arrangements were made to have;
the United States participate in mili-|
tary deliberations of a supreme war
council “as a step toward efficient]
and centralized unity of control of;
military operations."
General Food Control.
Plans were also worked nut where-
by in order to permit the United 1
States to visualize the problem of
food control at home Great Britain
France and Italy agreed to put in i
legalized and compulsory control of
foodstuffs in their countries.
The extent of the military efforts •
to Oe aimed at by the United States ।
was clearlv determined ami an allied
advisory board was created to advise
each nation on allotments of ships i
so as to permit the American mili-
tary effort to be realized
I'rgc Unity of IHort.
The principal recommendations uf
the An.ericin delegates headed by •
Colonel House as President Wilson’s)
personal representatives are:
“That the United States exert all
’.heir influence to secure the entire ]
unity of effort militarv naval and
economic between themselves a »<l.
the countries associated with them.
In the war.
“Inasmuch nr the successful ter-j
ruination of the war by the United
States and the allies car be greatly .
hastened by the extention of the
United States shipping prog im. that I
the government and tl.e people ot
the United States bend every effort
towards accomplishing this result
(Continued On Page Five.)
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
’ Spring-Rice to
Quit Embassy
* . - • ■ ■
SIR CECIL SPRING’RICE.
British Ambassador to Unit-
ed States Will Retire
From His Post.
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. 2.—
The report from London that Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice British ambassa-
dor to the United States will retire
from his p«»st here was confirmed
today in official circles. The ambas-
sador arranged to see Secretary
Lansing this morning and it was
understood he would inform the sec-
retary of the change.
The retirement uf Ambassador
Spring-Rice will not be followed by
any change in policy at Washington
by the British government it was
said.
Aftef the ambassador ha 1 con-
ferred with {Secretary Lansing he
made this statement:
“The British ambassador is going
home on leave but he can make no
further statenu nt at present in re-
gard to the matter."
It ia understood a formal an-
nouncement will be made in Lon-
don.
Bertie and Burlianan Next?
LONDON Jan. 2.—ln announcing
that Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Loru
Bertie are on the evo of .otiring
from the embassies at Washington
and Paris and in reporting the ru-
mor that Sir George Buchanan is
about to resign from the Petrograd
post the Daily Chronicle pleads the
"urgent need or bringing fresh blood
into a service which has long been
divorced from the actualities oi
modern life?’
The paper asks whether the gov-
ernment had the courage to make a
new departure in filling these im- ■
portant posts.
It does not criticise any of the am- ]
bassadors and especially commends]
Sir George Buchanan's work but ;
"speaking broadly the ptestige of the |
British ambassadorial service stands
none too high today." It remarks
that Viscount Bryce v.as the most |
successful British ambassador in the.
past decade and hopes that Mr.
Lloyd George will follow the exam-;
pie then given by appointing new ]
men.
THE WEATHER
TEMPEKATI RES.
Jan. 1. 2 a m. 41
3 n. TH 5S m 45
4 V 111 f.H 4 8. in 4’o
3|» D. 1)1 '2 5 ni 46
. *'• <• a in 48 ;
7 n Hl 7 a. in 45 :
8 w. in 33 * a. in 4 3
n in 3” !• a. in 45 i
l A P. m 58 io a. ni 57?
11 r. ir 17 11 m. m. 67
12 midnight 47 12 noon 1
Jnn. 2. 1 p. in 71 j
1 a. in 46 2 p. m 72 j
•
WEATHER FORECAST.
For San Antonio and vicinity: Tonight
fair and colder. Thursday colder.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
(Forecasts by The Light.)
ST. LOUIS: Tempt raturc IS: partly
cloudy: 2"-inilc wind from the north: cold-
er; lowest temperature in last 24 hours is.
(’HIC.MID: T. mp> rature 20; cloudy; 36.
mile wind from the north; colder; lowest;
temperature In last 24 hours is. ।
MILWAUKEE: Temperature. 14; snow-
ing; 28-milc wind from the northeast;]
:old<r. lowest temperature in the last 24*
lours 12. |
KANSAS CITY; Te mpi nature. 32; raili-
ng: 24-milc wind from the north; colder;
owes! temperature* in last 24 hours. 32.
NEW YORK: Temperature l . 6; cloudy;
12-mile nind from the northcast: snow;
owe st tempi ruture- in last 24 hours 4.
WASHINGTON 1» '' Temperature 10
mowing; 10-milc wind from the northeast;
nore snow aril colder; lowest temperature
n last 21 hours. la
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2. 1918.—SIXTEEN’ PAGES.
REVERSES 1110
REMANDS SUIT
AGAINST LIGHT
Court oi Appeals in Opinion
by Chief Justice Fly
Makes Decision.
IS IN HUNTRESS CASE
Jury Had Given Candidate
for Office Verdict for
$15000 Damages.
The judgment for $15000 dam-
ages returned in favor of George W.
Huntress against The San Antonio
Light for alleged libel was reversed
by the Fourth Court of Civil Ap-
peals and in an opinion written by
Chief Justice W. J. Fly the case is
remanded. This opinion handed
down Wednesday holds that the trial
judge erred in not submitting a
charge to the jur that Judge Hun-
tress at tiii- tun the articles com-
plained of were printed was a can-
didate for I'Ublic office. This as
pointed out by Judge Fly made the
question of judge Huntress' fitness
for office a public concern and "the
only inquiry should have been as to
the reasonableness and fairness ot
the comment or criticism arising
frum the publication of the privil-
eged proceedings of the Probate
( ourt as to the estate of F. Kruse
deceased."
The suit was brought by Judge
Huntress in 1916 following his de-
feat for the Democratic nomination
as candidate for county judge for
civil cases on the allegation that the
publication of < ertain records in th"
Probate Court as to Judge Huntress’
connection with the administration
of the estate of F. Kruse deceased
constituted libel. This story com-
-1 lied from the records in the Pro-
bate Court was first published in
1912 when Judge Huntress was a
candidate for county judge. The
Lilts therein contained were again
jTinted in 1916 when he became a
canditk • • ' Ju ge John H.
Clark for judge of the county court
lor civil The plaintiff alleged
that the publication of these mat-
ters was libelous exposed him to
1 üblic hatred contempt and ridicule
and financial injury as well as tend-
ing to impeach his honesty integrity
xirtue ami reputation both as a
lawyer and as a man as well as a
candidate before the people. He
asked for 150000 damages.
Jury Ciaxe V erdict of 915.000.
At the trial which was held before
J. T. Sluder oi the Seventy-third Dis-
trict Court the publication of 1912
was withdrawn and the case sub-
mitted to the jury on special issues.
The jury returned a verdict in the
sum of $15000 and the case was
;■ ppealed.
After tracing the history of the
case and quoting to some extent from
the law of libel. Judge Fly in his
opinion said: *
"Under the facts in this case ‘a
fair true and impartial account oi
the proceedings' in the county court
g. Bexar County was published by
the appellant. It is admitted by ap-
Hllee that the account of the pro-
ctedings was true and there is no
evidence tending to show that the
account was not fair and impartial
and indeed this phase of the matte’
was not made an issue before the
jury. The only issue submitted in
connection with fairness and reason-
ableness was as to the comment or
critiebns indulged in as to the pro-
ceedings that were published.’’
I resumption of rairncss.
The court then points out that
under the law even privileged mat-
te rs such as court proceedings may
lose such status by "proof of actual (
malice." At the same time it holds
’hat the law presumes the publica-
lion of these matters unless actual]
malice is shown is based upon fair-I
l ess and truthfulness and that the I
burden rests upon the aggrieved per-1
son to siiow falsity and unfairness. |
li is in this particular that privileged 1
matters differ from those not sol
specified by law. Pointing out that]
the statue of 1901 defining the law I
ul libel did rot take away civil de-
lunses accorded under the old com-I
mon law but added certain ones
to the publishers of newspapers and
periodicals. In this connection Jus-j
tice Fly said:
"The facts in this case show thai ]
the appellee was a candidate fur a
county office and that appellant op- |
posed him and was endeavoring to
defeat him and it became pertinent
just and proper for the jury to be
instructed as to the rights of newspa-j
pers in the discussion of a candidate
for public office."
The court then quoted from an i
opinion rendered in Massachusetts’ I
snowing that when a num becomes |
a candidate for office he put bis I
••baracter and fitne.;- to hold such |
Dffi<e in issue before the people. A
similar extract is quoted from the
Texas reports the < isc of the Ex-
ihuss Publishing Company vs. Cope-
kind. w herein the fa< ts were similar
to those in the one at issue. Then
follows a question from Judge
(Continued On Pa ph Five.!
Generals Mann and Sibert
Are Given New Command?
M\.l. GEN. WM. V MANN.
Returning From France Are
Assigned to Eastern and
Southeastern Departments.
WASitINGTON. D. Jan. 2.—
Major General William A. Mann
v ho returned yesterday from France
w here he has been in command of a
division of American troops was as-
signed today to command the East-
ern Department at New York. He
lelieves Major General Eli D. Hoyle
a retired officer who has been at
the head of that department since
Major General J. Franklin Bell was
assigned for other wrork.
Major General William 1. Sibert
who also returned yesterday from
France w here he has been since he
PASSENGER TRAINS
CUT TO CLEAR THE
LINES FOR FREIGHT
105 Trains on Pennsylvania
Cancelled East of
Pittsburg.
PHILADELPHIA Pa.. Jan. 2. —
The Pennsylvania Kailroad today
made a drastic cut in the passenger
seivi< e in an effort to clear the lines
for freight traffi«-. The company
canceled H»l trains including the
Congressional Limited operating or
the lines east of Pittsburg.
The change will take effect on.
January b. Nut inure than one par-1
lor <ar will hereafter be permitted]
on any day train anywhere on the
Pennsylvania system.
All parlor cars will be withdrawn
on the Schuylkill division which in-
< hides Reading Pottsville and Wil-
ktsbarre
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
will not -use the Pennsylvania station
ii New York because it would create
too much congestion but the two
companies will alternate in train ser-
vice between New York and Wash-
ington. z
WANTED: A FAMILY
I
I'cdcra! I>em<mstrutor Will "Hooter-
i/c” li—(.uarantecs a Saving.
"Wanted —One San Antonio fam-
ily willing to be Hooverized guaran-
teed pleasa it to the pocketbook.” ;
To demonstrate that the average l
American family can comfortably |
live on Hooverized rations. Miss Iva
Scott federal demonstrator and the
San Antonio food conservation ad-
visory wants a patriotic San 1
Antonio family to allow Miss Scott
to plan the daily menus and super-;
vise the kitchen expenditures for one
month. The identity ot the family)
will n< ver be made public. The only:
<ualifications absolutely necessary .
..re that there be at least four in
the family and not more than seven
at least one child in school who takes
mnehes. that these may figure in
the experiment ami that each mem-
ber of the family shall be willing
io follow explicitly Miss Scott’s di-
rections. The demonstrator pledges
her word to stay within the limits of
ine usual monthly expenditures for
food.
Applications for the "Hoover fam- '
iiy" service may be made by writ-
ing to Miss Scott at The San An-
tonio Light. r
Uottou Sells at 31 Cents.
SELMA. Ala. Jan. 2.- —The most'
important cotton deal in point of
L rice ever transacted in Selma was'
on< hided yesterday when the Yare->
fzky Cotton Company sold to M. Ho-
henberg and Company 500 bales at!
31 cents. This is the highest point
xer reached on the Selma market I
:ince the exchange was established!
lb years ago.
■*cx<ii killed When Mine Explodes.
LDNL»ON Jan. 2. — Seven xv*e;
killed and twenty-four injured by I
hi explosion of a mine that was
>vHshcd ashore yesterday betxveen ‘
Ramsgate and Deal. It exploded
vhile an attempt was being made to
Lau’ it to land
MAJ. GEN. WM. L. SIBEKT.
took oxer the first division of Amer-
ican regulars sent across as the ad-
vance guard of General Pershing's
at my. w ill be assigned to command
the Southeastern Department it is
understood relieving Major General
William P. Duvall retired.
General Mann xvas found physical-
ly unable to stand the strain of
campaigning after his arrival in
France and was ordered home on
that account. No announcement as
to the reason for the return of Gen-
eral Sibert has been made.
It is understood that Major Gen-
erals Hoyle and Duvall will return
tu the retired list of the army.
PLAN ALLIED BUYING
Crosby Presides at Meeting of Coun-
cil for War Purchases.
PARIS (Tuesday) Jan. I.—Oscar
T. Crosby assistant secretary of the
United States treasury and presi-
dent of the Inter-allied Council for
War Purchases presided this after-
noon over a meeting of the council
in the palace of the Legion of
Honor at xvhich purchases of mate-
rials required fr< m the United
States by the allied governments
and various neutral countries xvere
considered.
Great Britain xvas represented by
Chancellor Bonar Law J. Austin
Chamberlain former secretary for
India and Lord Buckmaster former
lord high chancellor. Italy by Fran-
c seo Nietti minister of the treasury;
1 rance by Louis Klutz minister of
finance Etienne Clomentel. minis-
ter of commerce and Louis Lou-
cheur minister of munitions. In ad-
dition to Mr. Crosby his legal ad-
visers Paul D. Cravath xvas present
for the United States.
A separate meeting for the con-
sideration of the financial affairs
xvas held by Mr. Crosby Chancellor
Bonar Law M. Klutz and Signor
Nietti. The conference will be con-
tinued tomorrow.
PLAN TO GET FOOD
Imf toiling Syndicate Is Ikung Or-
ganized in Ik'rlin.
ZURICH. Jan. 2 —The Frankfur-
ter Zeitung a copy of which has
been receixed here prints a Berlin
dispatch which says that an import-
ing syndicate is organizing in Ber-
lin for the purpose of bringing
breadstuffs from Russia to Ger-
many The German govt rnment is
said to have a half interest in the ।
undertaking. J
The dispatch adds that similar
syndicates are being organized in
Austria-Hungary Bulgaria and Tur-
key.
Trooo of German
Cavalry Routed
by Lone Airman
OTTAWA. Jan. 2.— A xvonder-
ful story is told in a dispatch
from London receixed here by
Reuters Limited Agency of the
adventure of a young airman
who in thick weather landed
and asked a peasant his xvhere-
abouts. At that moment he be-
held a troop of German cavalry
galloping toward him. He im-
mediately opened his engine full
and skimming the ground
charged the advancing Germans.
The leading officer fired an
automatic pistol and the air-
man began operating his juachine
gun. The enemy's casualties in-
cluded the officer and numerous
men ami horses. The remainder
bolted.
The airman intended leaving
r.vtning to chance so he flexx’ a
great distance xvestward to in-
sure landing on the British side.
When he next landed it was
needless to ask his xvhereabouts
because he recognized Paris only
a few kilometers away.
RK NEGROES
Mt SENTENCED
TO BEIBEO
Execution to Be Suspended
Pending Review of Case
by President.
TEN TO GO TO PRISON
Three Sentences of Ten
Years Each and Seven of
Seven Years Each.
Five additional negro soldiers of
the Twenty-fourth Jnfantrx charged
with participation in the Houston
riot the night of August 23 last
for which thirteen members of the
regipient have already paid the
ueath penalty will be hanged un-
less President Wilson interferes.
Findings of the court-martial which
tried fifteen of the negroes at Fort
Sam Houston last month were an-
nounced Wednesday morning by Col-
onel Munroe McFariand chief of
staff al the instance of Maj. Gen.
John W. Ruckman department com-
mander. Each uf the fifteen was
found guilty. Five were sentenced
to Le hanged three were sentenced
to imprisonment at hard labor for a
term uf tea years each and seven
were sentenced to imprisonment at
hard labur for a term of seven years
each.
The charges against the fifteen
were based upon occurrences distinct
from those filed against the negroes
x.ho were tried by the first court-
martial. The defendants at the sec-
ond trial were charged with the mur-
der of E. M. Jones a white man
who was shot to death in his auto-
mobile near Camp Logan and were
also charged with mutinous and
riotous action. They were mem-
bers of the Lower A guard at Camp
Logan and are said to have de-
scried their post of duty and march-
ed toward the camp of the Twenty-
lourth with intent to join the other
rioters.
The M<*n Condemned.
Those against xx hom the death
penalty was assessed are:
Privates Babe Collier Thomas Mc-
Donald James Robinson Joseph
Smith and Albert D. Wright all uf
Company 1 Twenty-fourth Infan-
try.
Two-thirds of the members of the
court concurred in the death sen-
tences.
Those sentenced to ten years in
prison to be dishonorably discharg-
ed from the service and to forfeit all
pay and allowances are:
Uorpural John Washington Cor-
poral Robert B. Jones and Corporal
Earl Clowers all of Company M
Twenty-fourth Infantry.
Those sentenced to seven years in
prison to be dishonorably discharg-
ed from the service ami tu forfeit all
pay ami aollwances are:
Prix’ates Louie < I’N'eil Ed Mc-
Kenney London Martin. Will Porter
John Smith. Eugene B. Taylor and
Ernest Wilson all of Company 1
Twenty-fourth 1 nfantt y.
In the cases of the five decreed by
the court to be "hangod by the neck
until dead" under the provisions of
the Fifty-first article of war the
sentence is suspended until the de-
cision of the President shall be
r.nowu. This action results from an
order from Washington issued Sat-
urday December 29 which an-
nounced that President Wilson has
prohibited the execution of any more
American soldiers except in Gen-
eral Pershing's expeditionary forces
—before the sentence of the court-
niartiai has been reviewed in Wash-
ington. Heretofore under the mili-
tary regulations the commanding
general in time of xvar xvas the final
rexi» wing authority in such cases.
Said Protests Were Made.
It is believed that President Wil-
sun's aettun followed protests made
Gf the execution a month ago at
I'ort Sam Houston of thirteen mem- (
bers of the third battalion of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry who werei
found guilty by the first court-mar-]
tial to sit in connection with the
Houston riut and condemned to
death. They were hanged. It is
said protests were sent to the Presi-1
dent against the execution of sol-j
cliers in this country without Wash-
ington authorities having reviewed)
the record. Then came the order;
that no more executions xvould be
made until Washington had passed’
upon the case. At the same time it
was announced from Washington 1
that "no fault was found in the ver-
dict of the court" at Fort Sam
Houston "nor was there fault in the
execution of the verdict."
In the case of those sentenced to
terms of imprisonment. Major Gen-1
eral Ruckman announced the des-
ignation of the United States Dis-
ciplinary Barracks. Fort Leaven I
worth Kan. as the place of con-
finemer^ They will be sent to
prison mrly next week. It was also
announced that in considering the
case against the seven men sen-
tenced to seven years’ imprisonment
tour previous covictions had been
(Continued on Paw Five )
GERMAN EFFORT TO KEEP
POLAND AND LITHUANIA
LEADS ID OPEN BREACH
Bolshevik! Newspaper Declares Imperialists Are
Trying to Take Back Words Uttered in
Fear of German Socialists
NEW STEPS TAKEN TO GUARD THE BORDER
Russian Delegates Also Object to Demand That
Kaiser Keep Garrisons and Refuse Re-
quest to Suppress News of Break
By the Associated Press.
T.ON DOX. Tan. 2.—Peace negotiations at Brcst-Litovsk
have been broken off by the Bolsheviki government owing to
the German attitude in regard to Poland and Lithuania and the
enemy's proposal that garrisons be retained at Libau. Riga and
elsewhere according to a telegram from the Petrograd corre-
spondent of the Daily News appearing in a late edition of that
paper today.
Attempt to Withdraw Promises.
The dispatch quotes an article from the Bolsheviki news-
paper Izvestia discussing “the new phase in the peace negotia-
tions.”
The article says that "owing to pressure from below the
Germans have been obliged to soil their lips with the formula
put forward by the Socialists at the beginning of the war” but
adds that the German imperialists would not be imperialists if
they did not try to take back in fact what with gritted teeth
they yielded in words.
Contrary to Bolsheviki Aims.
“The Russian revolution cannot accept their conditions to re-
tain Poland and Lithuania. Just you try it gentlemen” says the
Izvestia.
This is the line the correspondent of the Daily News adds
that probably will be taken at a general meeting to consider the
report of the Russian peace delegates.
The Bolsheviki aim. he adds is l
a w orld revolution of peace
their own terms xvhich they think l
w ill discredit the imperialists gen- 1
erally. The correspondent contin-
ues:
"And if in the long run Russia is
driven to conclude a separate peace
on any other terms 1 prophecy
that the Russian signatories to such
a peace xvill not be Bolsheviki but
members uf opposition political]
parties."
The Daily News correspondent ]
says further that considerable num-
bers of lied Guards are being sent
to reinforce the front and that other]
preparations for defense are being'
maae.
It is not clear from tl.e dispatch)
of the Daily News correspondent
when the meeting xvhich is said to!
have resulted in the breaking off of!
peace negotiations was held and
there is a possibility that the re-|
port refers to an alleged rupture |
of negotiations several days agoi
when the discussions xvere ad- I
journed.
Honesty of Pnrjiosc Shoxxn.
• I have private and reliable in-
formation xvith regard to the break-
ing off of the peace negotiations. |
v hich established beyond dol»ut the]
honesty uf purpose of the Bolshe-
viki" says the correspondent whose;
dispatch is dated Tuesday.
"The central powers proceeded to
make a more detailed statement of’
terms frum which it appeared that j
they considered Poland Lithuania;
Uunrland etc. had already defined
tncmselxes. They further bused
tLiir demand on the statement of;
I kraine that it would not recog-
nize peace negotiations at which it!
\ as not represented officially. They!
Uimanded that they should keep gar-]
nsuns at Riga. Libau and other
strategic points.
"The Russian delegation acting on
unequivocal instructions frum the i
Bolsheviki authorities took an un-;
compromising altitude. Thcx said
If-defUiitivn was impossible until j
the last German soldier had lefi
the country. Further thex jeered]
the Germans asking w hat the\ pro-»
posed to du.
Ask Pertinent Questions.
"They asked whether they intend-
ed to take Petrograd and feed 3.-]
000000 starving folk or to disarm]
a revolutionary country in w hich ev-
ery workman had a rifle? They also!
atked what the Germans proposed to)
say to their own democrat which!
protested a couple of months ago (
; gainst the proposed annexation uf]
Poland and Lithuania.
"They remarked that they were!
surprised that exen the Prussian]
Junkers had such audacity. The
Germans asked tune fur considers-1
lion and begged that this stage ofi
the negotiations should nut be pub-
CITY EDITION
4:00 P. M.
CLOSING MARKETS
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
d hshed. The Russians refused to al-
ii low this and left Brest-Litovsk.”
.
PLANS ECONOMIC UNION.
Pcao’ Delegate Says Gennany Seeks
' i Control of Turkey and Bulgaria.
‘I
i LONDON Jan. 2.—Weltman Pav-
] loxitch a nor.-Bolshex iki member of
J the Russian delegation to Brest-Li-
। tovsk according to an Exchange
; Telegrai h dispatch from Petrograd
■i<ays that the German attitude in re-
gard to the freeing of occupied Rus-
Jsian territories depends entirely on
I the relationship of the Bolsheviki
’■government with the Ukraine and
I the Cossacks. Ho adds that if the
‘| entente allies refuse to negotiate a.
| rtner;:l peace. Gt rniany will not con-
!j sider her declarations to the Bolshe-
viki binding.
J Germany’^ fundamental war Rim’
M. Pavlovit h added is to create an
l economic union stretching from
! Hamburg to the Persian Gulf giving
Turkey and Bulgari* xvith certain
restrictions the same position as
that occupied by Australia and Can-
ada in their economic relations with
Great Britain.
Thu representatives of Bulgaria
•and Turkey the Russian delegate
! said are im st obstinate regarding
] concessions as compared with th®
I German delegates and he believes
.that their attitude will hamper
I further neg 'tiation>
M. Pa\i ‘vitch thinks that Ger-
manx certainly w?ll demand the
evacuatb'U of Mesopotamia Arabia
and Palestine for the freeing if
j Belgium and occupied French ter-
• ritur* and if the successes of the
iuentr. I Powers in Italy continue also
| wii! demand the return of TupolL
TO MODIFY DEMANDS.’
Genet a Report Saxs Central Powerfl
Will Revhc PVa<v Prt»|M*al.
—
i LONDON. Jan -' —The Central
Powers within the next ten da s will
make new declarations regarding
I Germany’s pea • idilions a d <•
{patch from Geneva to the Daily Ex*
I press quotes the Munich Nachrichtcn
‘as sayinc.
I It is added that modifications may
] be introduced owing to the attitude
j of the entente powers.
Imcritm to %id Sweden?
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 2 The Sv-cn-
) ska ‘agbladet. ascribes t • the Swe-
dish foreign office tn format ion thtt
; negotiations with the United StitvS
ihaxe been concluded satisfactorily.
( It says that an agreement h u been
reached unde r which 11.“99 tons of
i necessities chiefly coffee petroleum
land drugs will arrive m Swede®
about the middle uf February.
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