The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 24, 1918, Image 3
-J’
• *
r
THt NM’i •
INVESTIGATION DISCL^:
' SPLENDID WAR RECOru
1,100 STEAMERS ARMED
Con^reNsional Committee Is Well
Pleased With Ordnance Bureau of
the Navy—Guns of All Sizes and
Ammunition Supplies Have Been
. ‘ .• —.—1-——— . - ;
T'umislied Allies and Many of
Their Vessels Armed.
(Vmiplete satisfaction with the
work of the navy’s ordnance bu-
leau and its preparedness for war
is exprt*ssed by Representative
Oliver, of Alal)ama, chairman of
th6 House naval investigating sub
committee, in a statement summa
rizing for his colleagues results
of the ordnance phiuie of the in
quiry'.
“The testimony convinced the
committee.’’ say® the statement,
’’that the prevalent^ belief and
opinion as to the navy’s readiness
are well founded.”
Many Interesting facts brought
out in secret sessions ar6 disclosed
by the chairman. Among other
things he says more than eleven
hundred merchant ships have been
equipped with guns and ammunition
by the navy since the steamer Cam
pania was fitted out March 14 last,
and that appreciable quantities of
guns, large and small, with ammu
nition for them, have been furnished
to England. Prance and .Italy. Many
merchantmen of the Allies. In addi
tion to virtually the whole Ameri
can merchant fleet, have been arm
ed to fight submarines
“The committee was so Impressed
■MirwIgMMlvtrHMinlrji fcy t the ef •
fftrteut manner In whteti the bureau
had in every way performed the e*
traordtnary duty which war I
additional machine guns, the bureau
wisely conducted a'test of the Lew
is machine gun early In April. 1917,
< with a view to definitely determin
ing Its serviceability. Recent re
ports from the war zone indicate
that'the gun is giving entire satis
faction:
’’Under depth charges, which the
committee thinks may be properly
termed ‘the terror of the submarine,’
have been produced in^-quantity, and
are in use by our destroyers and
submarine chasers. ' 7 > -
\ ”It was especially gratifying to
note that the skill, ingenuity and In
ventive resources of the bureau have
been productive of new designs de
manded by the present methods of
modern warfare. Advantage has
been taken of every suggestion irre
spective of its source.
< “The committee was gratified at
the executive ability shown by nav
al officers placed in charge of indus
trial work. As an illustration, the
bureau found it necessary to com
mandeer a plant producing binocu
lars and other optical instruments
for the navy. Under the former man
agement this plant produced but 168
standard binoouTars in two months,
whereas during the first two weeks
of operation under navy manage
ment it has produced 600 satisfac
tory binoculars for the use of look
outs and for spotters. • . .
“The committee made a special in
quiry as to the damage done to tor
pedoes at the Bliss works. It ascer
tained that no torpedoes or damag-'
ed parts have found their way into
service; that spare parts for torpe
does, such at gyrowheels, had been
GIVE lli» OR FIGHT
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS GERMAN
REPLY IS “NEVER”
WILL NOT HADE PEACE
•g.” ttys Mr. Oliver, “that the com- ahows a rnmparathH> sthall per
mittee dim ted me to make a •um <wiitage were •»rre**f»»l and that
wf what was aarertalaed ta *he rhancee of earape. whea a aah-
Addr^saing Labor Conference l*re»
mier Tells People to Change Their
Government if it Does Not Suit
v • v .
Them—Calls for Voluntary Advtee
Chi How to Knd War.
. Addressing the final conference of
the representatives of the trades un
ions affected by the mon power bill’
which passed the hous of commons
David Lloyd George, the British
prime mfister, gave the government’s
reasons for the necessity of raising
more men for the army and also
referred at length to his own and
the recent speech of President Wil
son regarding the war aims of the
entente allies and the United States.
After thanking the representa
tives for the spirit in which they had
met there was no other alternative
for raising men except either by
raising the military age or of send
ing wounded men back to the front.
As to the urgency of raising more
aa gyrowneeis. nad oeen I n ien, Mr. Lloyd George said that he
tampered with but this was prompt- [ an d his colleagues are on the watch
ly detected by the naval inspector 1 tower he did no deny. \
•' t here if mti k
should have been done before,’’ said
Mr. Lloyd George. “There are men
who believe we ought to dot it on
a much more sweeping scale. There
are a few who aay we ought not to
do it at all. and there are some who
say both things simultaneoualy.
“The government's view la thl.:
It would be folly to withdraw men
from the Industries one hour sooner
then the need arose On the other
hand, it would, he- treason 10 the
stmte.wtreneon to onr country, to de
mocracy end to the muse of freedom
if when the need did arise we had
not made the demand
“I assume that all of yon here
| in yonr hearts believe that the war
aims declared by tbet greet labor
of ordnance and a close watch was
maintained upon these articles, with
the* result thst the perpetrator of
the damage, one Paul Charles Hen
nig. a native of Lelpsig. Germany,
who had been In this country alnce
1908. has been arrested end Is
awaiting trial.
“The committee was supplied with
fall Information of how many at
tache of submerlnee upon armed
merchantmen has been awerded off
by the ship’s crews using the bat
tery with bravery and ItnT.'and wls
given the details ef certain engage
meats of special Interest The record
of attacks on oer merchantmen!
alms to which yon have had any
response from anybody In Germany
who hat got any authority to speak ”
Not one. 1 will tell you. another fact
which is very signlticantj There has
been no civilian answer at all.
’’There have been conferences hur
riedly called together. Generals von
Hindenburg and von . Ludendorf f
were brought back to Berlin but
Herr von Kuehlmann baa. not been
allowed to speak. Why? IX it
meant this: That the Prussian mil
itary power is dominant and the an
swer which is to be given to dvlliiar
lion is an answer which will be given
from the cannon’s mouth,.
“You might as well stop fighting
unless you are going to do it well*, if
you are not going, to do it ^iih all
your might It is real murder of the
gallant fellows who have stood there
for three years.
’’You either have got to put yoiur
whole strength In to it or just do
what is done in the Russian army
and tell those brave fellows that they
can go home whenever they like.
“Believe me, if there are men who
say they will not go into the trenches
then the , men, who are In the
trenches have a right to say ‘Neither
will we remain here.’
“Suppose our men wonld leave
the trenches would that end the
war? Yes, It would; but what sort
of an end?
“When The Russians ceased fight
ing and simply talked ideals and
principles with the German army
did the German army retreat? No.
They took Riga and the islands.
“The channel ports are not so far
from the fighting line and unless
we are prepared to stand up with
our whole might, the people who
are dominating Germany now will
^^ . 1 i:iw ctiP •
KEEP AFTER PLACE
B0LSREVIKI IN NEGOTIATIONS
# AT BREST-LIT0VSK
iEIMANS RECALL TERMS
ATTACK AMERICANS
Recognised at Council—9L
Trotxky Defends Telegrams to Ger
mans Bv Command er-ln-Chiefi—
Declares Opening of New Confer-
.*' ' f
swee si to Prevent Fa-lure to
; cure Reasonable Peace.
The Central Powers have with
drawn their peace terms made pub
lic at the Brest-Litovsk conference
on December 25, It was announced
by Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German
foreign secretary, in his speech at
the Breet-Litovsk conference with
the Russians.
Owing to the non-acceptance by
all the enemy powers of those terms
Dr. von Kuehlmann stated, that doc
ument had “become null and void.”
Dr. yon Kuehlmann said the first
task of the conference was to re
sume negotiations at the point where
they vfere broken off at Christmas.
Referring to the fixed determina
tion of the Central Powers not to
accede to the Russian suggestion of
transference to neutral territory be
Teutonic RnkSen .specially Atten
tive to Reserve Centers of V. ft.
Enemy air raiders are sho nog an
increased interest In the American
aviation centers, especially those
nearest the Lines. During one of the
meat recent incursions the German
airplanes descended within 200 feet
of the ground, endeavoring to make
sure that the several bomba which
they dropped should hit their tar
get. which In most cases were bmlld-
ings in which men are billeted.
Luckily the German aim at inch
close range was poor,, for no Amer
icans were killed.
Another German machine later
dropped a bomb from a higher alti
tude at a hangar. The bomb dug
a great hole In the adjoining field.
At a certain point nearby an ene
my squadron descended within 300
feet of the earth and sprayed an an
ti-aircraft machine gun position with
a hail of bullets, but did not bit
any of the gunners.
1 — ♦ ♦ »
IRISH MAY AGREE
...... ... ^ said Germany and her allies were
dominate the world tomorrow IT wo BOt , **,Uo« to contact olao-
allow them. 1 ^
What sort of terms do you think
where the discussions
Brest-Li to vak althoagh 'bay
Y«L VT^ . ..V Brest-uuovaa aitnougn insy were
we would get from G«jer.l ,on Hta-; wlUlB , to h „, formBl
deoburg If w. Mid U. him Wo want |loni rtrrM OB tnd lhB - * Bmtur-
row to clear oat of Betgtam?- Ho lk . —t affix
would say la his heert ’You cannot
ftirn me out of Belgtam with trade
unloa resolutions.*
“Hut 1 will tell the answer yon
can give him: ‘We emu sad will
turn jeon
to ths preliminary
sd at some place to be
after the debets.
The Central Powers’
oa Pifhsr 2S were
will
to
itM
wltbonl forcible an-
that ftt was not the Is tent low
marine’ is Mghtsd. before she has ^ roaferemre represent ths ttMMftftPju conviction, to carry to triumph. •iipoUted that thn
mary
ths hetftlag and investigation
♦The bureau, so far as could be V" 1 * •• f,r * • hl * l| ;| of Justice on which yon can puusibly'
ha* fully petlaflsd the 4e-1 "*• *° efficiency of the aaval | mH||« us a settlement of this tetri-
meads made upoa it by the vessels
operetta* la Koroi^sa waters A
them.* ’They have broken his line
Aready and If we endure with the
spirit of ewr fathers sad the spirit
that hs« made the grestneas of tblsipf in* t'eatral Powers to deprive ..f
land Its power Its prestige and tte | political ladepeadeocw those nations
honor, we shall yet he able to carry ! abirb had lost It luring tbs war. but
of po
letter from Vice Admiral Hlma com
pltmeate the work and spirit of the
ordnance department Other offi
cers in the war tone, writing In elm*
tlay vein, have given like testimony
“As a preliminary to lie hearings
the committee visited the off Ices of
the bursa a and personally esamin-
ed late the ergaaiiation and npanp j
lion of the administrative details
The committee wan most favorably,
waadkn ha g haso SS k aanSi^mi dttPdBth dh m
llBHi ^Wwn W attw ^Pw^gtt^d
I sat loa Inquiry revealed the fart
that practically All letters are an- *
sue red on the day nf their receipt
By a system nf progress reports and
foltew-ap methods provisions exists
to Insure the actual delivery of aw-
tcrial The signing ap of a contract
marks hnt* the h* ginning of actios
"The or gaa I sat ion of the bursa*
ta tin* of ponce has been develop
ed so as to make It an organisation
for war with the result that it Is
working smoothly sad effldoatly
aotwltjstaadtag the fsrt that the ei-
peadttaree have tacreaeed from
ahoat 93.to more then
diddL—dyidiL • I
l«rrwi»aa«»| The am
•powslble for to
aiabtaga.”
i<
per
lo la ro
il of tb«
NOT PORTION OF GURI
i*oo hot lie MNHad.
At a meet lag In (’olamhla Tues
day of the officers of the Third red-
bir dlspwie If we art not able to
defeat the Gorman facres, if wu are
not able lo reelet the military pow
er of Prussia, la there aay man here
la the poaeeeaMHl of his wits oho
bwHevos that one of yonr terase
the leas! of them -would he eafocc-
lo^tt ■ lM j
I -| am not talking about the go-
I mauds of the imperialleta. I am not
| lathing about the demands of the
1 extreme war mon. who want to grab
- " r r ao 1 annex! the earth I
the front aim that yoe la your own
language and President Wllaeo la
hts noble laagnage have been pro
claiming la the last few days
**las! algbt tbls message was rar
lltlral
not now
loft to
it nrt.l Its
pointed in confer and report upon mm talking about the moderate da
. medl. dtate troops, a com mil tee ap*
the legal statue of the orgaaiaatloa
reached the cone lesion that l here Is
legal aelborlty already existing for
the orgaaisatloa nf thane troop*
Mter as careful a consideration
of the whole axatler as the brief
I time sllotled the committee allne
ed. It Is stated, the committee con
cluded that the gtgte troops do not
‘ cuastltate a portion of the Nation
al Guard of this Htate. and are not
subject to he drafted Into the service
of the Dotted Hta lee aa a part of
the aatloaal guard, nor will they
fled In the heaos of Tomm
out a dtaaeoilng solo I
put hi plain ttram. la poeommeol bp
a ma)**nty of tbo p^m-i** if
feeelon or one trade or <
claims to be In
Hone wbteh are
reel tbot ti g fSSSSSSfTnSSS
of tbe priactplee of demoernry -
tbni la tbo tttttnj up of a uow auMb
crury You and I In tbo past have
i This qualified
'fT right of self-
of the
mauds of the most pacific souls In
this assembly Try to cash that
check at the !<in.!«-nt>urg bash It
will be returned dl*b'*n«)rc«i Whst
ever terms are eel forward by aay
pact fief orator la tbeeo lands, you
will not got them cashed by von
Ledeodocff or the haleer unloea yon
have the power to enforce them
-| felt very strongly that the time
had come for restating onr war
alms and for restating them In a
way that would carry with na all
■ the moderate rational oplaloa of this
(land and all* other lands Almost
nss of in
truly Ini
the raatral Powers. In which II
claimed that this right already had
ftn Maadt Onuvlnud
The refusal of the
1 to cons sat to the
withdrawal of I heir troops from
these ruglene led to the
Long Convention Appears to Have
a Solution to Submit
The Irish home rule convention
will hqld its 31st sitting Tuesday.
All the proceedings of the grand
committee of 20 are now before the
convention and a definite, conclusive
agreement should. It la believed be
reached, and its announcement may*
be expected almost at once.
Whether or not the convention
■onreeded In bringing the Uleter un
ionists into an Irish parliament.
Irishmen think proceedings have ac
complished a great good la bringing
together the aatlonalleU sad union
ists nf the south and weet and de
termining the principles on which
Irishman of nil sections could come
together In a; large schema of au
tonomy ^
ARRESTED* AS A SPY
h"i-e you
ftafctiM Mata* prt.tk*. 1 1 tatarrupi .n of th.
he fight lag ou the
the
be liable to bo called for service; *|multsaeously the same idee cm
outside of the State of ftoeth Caro
lina. except for tbe usual constltu-
oaes aa set forth In aril-
section ft. subdivision la of
the Dnlted Staten constitution, which
Despite tbe pressure placed upon
the bureau by the demands for more .P
ordnance material of xtandard types. f * •• 1
It has been able to develop much ... 9 ....
new material, including large depth f rm '*** uUUlT
charge*, new submarine bomba, now- einfUtn- ths mme^du-dMB^ l
Hfurhot shell*. bomb dropping j ****' »"*
sights, howltiers, guns for throwing . .. . . .. . u . 4||
•tu». h„»l«T ordnance on »trcr»ft , f 0 *-^ 1 '
on
•nd many other Important de.lan. *•>« were appointed onthe
which we feel It unwise to disclose. r wnn*ltt«U.
and made much progress on essen- 1 ° 1 **
tlal articles of lesser importance.”
“Where there were shortages In
the market of various materials the
bureau took steps immediately to
develop new sources of supply.
“Reserves of ammunition and
shells have been acquired, and
Henry T. Thompson, com
mander of. the regiment, recently
railed the meeting to consider a
number of important matters in eon-
nection with the organization of the
troops. Matters to be discussed in
cluded the amount of the appropria
tion to he asked of the legislature.
money placed' at the disposal of the! uniforms, etc. Most of the officers
bureau, we find, has been spent
wisely, and has been obligated prac
tically as Aoon as it became avail
able. The bureau had for years
been preparing for war. Guns,
mounts, shell, powder and ordnance
•QUlpmetlt in large amounts have
been manufactured and held in read
iness for eventual use. With the dec
laration of armed neutrality guns
and ammunitions were promptly
placed on the merchant ships of the
United States. ' Upon the declaration
of war telegrams long held in read
iness were put in motion—-without
a jar the machinery took up the load
placed upon it. There has been no
breakdown, no let nn: on the contra^.
*ry there has been increased speed
and greater momentum.
“Deliveries upder war-time con
tracts of guns, mounts and acces
sories now are being received, little
or no delays have been experienced.
“The navy’s industrial ordnance
plants have* been and rre being ex
panded as rapidly*"as' practical with
out interfering with their produc
tion. The resjltft of much of this
expansion will be fot- this spring in
Increased deliveries of all types of
ordnance material. .
. “Anticipating the needs of the
naval service and marine corps for
who have been appointed attended
the meeting.
FIND STOLEN MONEY
Uaptain Whistler’s Rooms Give Up
JjW’i.OOO in riirreiicy
The money taken fyom the army
hank at Camp Funston by Capt.
I^ewis Whistler, last Friday night,
after he had killed, four employees
and injured a fifth, said to have been
more than $62,000, was found Wed
nesday hidden in the walls of Whist-
ier’F qiinrtprs in the barracks-
The money, in currency was found
stored in a hiding place. Captain
Whistler evidently had prepared for
it. Its discovery, it was said, prob
ably clokes the case as far as the
theory that Whistler had an accom
plice^
... ■» — -
Drop Wilson’s Message.
The newspaper Les Nouvelles
says that a number of Allted air
planes last Thursday dropped a thou
sand copies of President Wilson’4
message to Congress in occupied
areas .In Belgium.
to President Wilson and without aajr
previous roaxultattoa because there
was need for none
“President Wilson and myself
laid down substantially the same
program of demands for the term
ination of this war. 9B
“How has lhat program been
* received? Throughout the allied
countries It« has been received
with acclaim
“The Socialists of France, the So
cialists of Italy, as we)l as the So
cialists of this country, have In
the main accepted them as very
fair general demands.
"What has ben their reception in
Germany ^ I beg you to consider
this, especially those who think we
are responisble for p"* petuatlng this
horror. . I would not have this war.
for one second, on my soul if 1 could
stop it honorably.
“The only enemy comment* has
beenq ‘Behold, how England is
weakening Go ,t*n and they will
come down.’ ■ ‘ .
“Again there has been no resopnse
from any man in any position in
Germany that indicates a desire on
the^part of the ruling powers to ap
proach ttie problem in a spirit of
equity.
“We demanded (he restoration of
Belgium. Is there one man here
who would take peace without the
complete restoration of Belgium and
reparation for its wrongs?”
Dries of “No.”
—“What is (lie answer from Ger~
many?” Mr. Lloyd George contin
ued. “There has been but one an
swer and it came from von Tixpitz’s
soul: ‘Never.’
There was a. demand for the re
consideration of the wrongs tof Al
sace-Lorraine. What is the answer
from Germany—-‘Never!’
“When I suggested that Mesopo
tamia and Palestin should never be
restored to the tyranny of the Turks,
what was the answer of Germany.
‘We will go on until they are restor
ed.’
' "Is there a single question laid
down by you in your trade union
by th* Rue-
that further dlornsoAons of
Wo are fighting now ngnlnst prt pnuro ho transferred in 8i<>rkh«.im
Vilogs Clalttod by n military rusts, which question apparently was still
Hemorrury. If |« moons anything, i ponding when the full sitting of the
must moan that the people of nil \ pone# conference was called to order
classes, nil sortlons. nil trades and yesterday
all professions mast merge their prt-1 Th# report of the Wolff Bureau,
vlirgee and their rights la common th* Gorman official sows agency, on
•loch “ | Baturday’s deliberations at the
A vole# And oeattb * Brest-IJtovsh ponce conforonco says
“Certainly.* replied the premier. | that at the opening of ths sitting
who continued * If any man stand- \ Count Ciornln. Auetro-Huagartaa
lag In my place can Dad na honors- ■ minister, announced that the central
Me. equitable and just way oat of! powers, recognised the Ukrainian
this conflict without fighting It delegation representing the Ukmlne
through, for heaven's sake let him repubHr,* hnt that formal recognl-
tell mo. My owj conviction Is this; tioa of the Ukrainian republic as aa
The people either mast go on or go ] independent state would be reserved
under “
A great number of quesiloaa were
put to the premier by the delegates
regarding the advisability of enter
ing into pence negotiations of the
permitting of a conference at Stock
holm. Mr. Lloyd Geoge. In replying
said:
“Germany always has been ready
for peace at her own price, but that
is not a price that we are prepared
to pay. The moment the Germans ;
for the peace treaty
M Trotxky. the Bolshevlkl foreign
minister followed Count Cserntn.
saying thst sucb conflicts as had
occurred between the Russian gov
ernment and ttue Ukrainians have
had no connection with the question
of the salf determination of the Uk
raine. concerning which there la no
room for conflict between the two
•Ister republics.
M. Bolubowysch, the Ukrainian
port UMh
Walter gpoermaaa.
being active In Gorman
work in this .nuatrp, I
sold in hnun formerly bean a I
tenant In th* Gorman army. \
brought uad plarod In Jail after
milKT'ZiiU* ^ { m *
II# was arrest sd In
pb-ion of jMfl|
firs to a mag atlas at the
alien field M
Newport Nows. Va^ and II wu
that documents found la his
him with spy and
plots of Captain Hoy Bd.
of
SHELL YARMUTI
The following official
oat was given out In i
the son Inst night. Ftro wm
at Id.lft p. m. and lasted ahoat five
minutes, some shells falling Into
the town
“The Intent police reports stats
that throe persons were killed and
ton Injured. Thu material damage
done was not serious.”
Barmouth la la th# North ana. Ill
miles northeast of London. It la a
dty of some SP.900 Inhabitants with
Important shipbuilding and flaking
Industries.
«ho\v a disposition to negotiate a! necretary of state, accepted * the
peace on equitable terms—and they statements of Count Czernin and M.
are the terms the labor party Itself | Trotzky and announced that his del-
has in substance adopted—there will ' egates would participate in the peace
be no reluctance to enter into peace | negotiations on that basis.
negotiations.”
The premier’s objection to a con
ference at Stockholm or elsewhere
was that delegates of the German
government wodld be chosen. A del
egate here interjected: “Not neces-
sarllv.'* -
Mr. Lloyd George replied to this:
“Do not let us deceive ourselves
Later in the session the delegates
discussed the German claim that the
Russian wireless statements issued
during the recess * constituted * a
transgression of the spirit of the ar
mistice. M. Trotzky desired to
Trnovr trr what particular the spirit
of the armistice had been transgres
sed by the communications and Gen-
with delusions. You can only make eral Hoffman of the German del -
peace with a government. - ff the gation replied:
government^does not represent the I “At the head of the armistice
people of Germany let them change . treaty stood the words ‘bring about
their* governmen.” ‘ a lasting peace.’ Your Russian pro-
In the same breath'the premier paganda transgressed this intention
challenged his audience to change because it did not strive after a last-
ihfiir own government if they were | ing peace, but to carry the resolu-
dlssatlsfied and a delegate called ; tiorm r nm-prning civil war Into the
out: “Give us an opportunity.”
Mr. Lloyd George resumed:“We
have given you the best opportunity
because we introduced a franchise
bill adding 8.000,000 to electorate.
You ean have your opportunity
whenever you, like. It Is not the
government which shrinks from it.”
Then he was asked whether If the
Germans decided on a government
similar to that of the present Rus
sian government, England would
recognize their representatives. Mr.
Lloyd George replied: ”We.will rec
ognize the representatives of any
government whatever s£t up by the
German people.?
countries of the Central powers.”
N. Trotzky answered General
Hoffmann, pointing out that all-4he
German newspapers were being free
ly admitted into Russia, even news
papers which were supporting the
views of the extreme Russian reac
tionaries. Complete equality had
been obfcervcrf. in this respect and it
had nothing to do with the armistice
treaty. ,
General - Hoffman retorted that
this protest was not directed against
the Russian presfi. but against of
ficial government (Statements and
statements which bore tbe signature
of Minister Krylendo, commander
In chief of the Bolahevlkl forces
To this statement Trotsky replied
that the treaty c<uitained no restric
tions on expression of opinion by
citizens of the Russian republic or
their governing officials. Dr. Rich
ard von Kuehlmann, the German
foreign minister, interrupted M
Trotsky, saying: "Non-Interference
in Russian affairs is the fixed princi
ple of the German government, but
the government has the right to de
mand reciprocity, in this respect.’ r
Answering Dr. von Kuehlmann,
Trotzky replied:
_*‘On the other hand the Russians
will recognize it as a step forward
if the Germans freely and frankly
express their views regarding inter
nal conditions in Russia as far as
they think it necessary.”
I^eon Trotzky, the Bolshevikl for
eign minister, at the conference at
Brest-Litovsk said that in order not
to leave any possibility in the fight
for peace unutilized, the Russian
delegation accepted the demand that
the negolialiuiiH tre continued at
Brest-Litovsk.
The chairman of the Russian del
egation said that in full accord with
their former resolution, the Rus
sians desired to continue the peace
negotiations quite apart from the
fact whether or not the Entente
Powers participated.
Trotzky said he had noted the
statement of the Certral Powers that
the basis of a gene»- 1 peace as form
ulated in ..their declaration of De
cember 2$: was null and void, and
added. . .
“We adhere to the pHnciple of
democrat!/? peace as proclaimed by
us.'
Send in Your Renewal to the People NOW