TURKEY'S PEACE TEEMS HANDED TO RUSSIAN DELEGATES.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 88, 7 January 1918, Page 5

TURKEY'S PEACE TEEMS HANDED TO RUSSIAN DELEGATES.

(Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, January G. Tim Turkish delegation at Brest Litovsk has handed the draft of Turkey's peace terms to the Russian delegation.—Renter. NEGOTIATIONS FOR HEPATIZATION OF WAR PRISONERS HELD UP. (Rec. January G, 5.5 p.m.) Petrograd, January 1. The People's Commissaries promiso that they will not wage war against the Ukraine, if the Ukraine allows the Maximalists to attack General Kaledin. The negotiations regarding the repatriation of war prisoners are Held up owing to tho Maximalists' insistanou upon freo communication with Austrian and German Socialists and the appointment of a commission to report upon the hundreds of thousands of Polos forced to work in German factories. Tlie Council of Commissaries has fixed the dato of the opening of the Constituent Assembly as January 18, provided there is the necessary quorum of 400-Router. BOLSHEVIKI OPPOSED BY ALL EDUCATED RUSSIANS. (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, February <1. The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent says: "The members of the German delegation here admit that they only realised the state of affairs on arrival. They imagined .the Bolshoyiki to bo the real Government. When they found that all educated Russians in tho whole of the territories opposed the Bolsbeviki they declared it to be impossible to conclude a peace with these people. The Bolsheviki will probably summon the Constituent Assembly and impose upon it the responsibility of the conclusion oP peace."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ENTIPvE FAILURE OP THE BOLSHEVIKI IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) Petrograd, January 4. Reports from Southern Russia show thitt the Bolsheviki have entirely failed, and the Cossacks and Ukrainians continue to advance.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. VIEWS OF FRENCH REPUBLICANS AND SOCIALISTS CANNOT BELIEVE RUSSIANS WILL SUBMIT TO PRUSSIAN DICTATES. Paris, January A. The radical Republicans and Socialists have issued a stirring manifesto to Russian Republicans. It states that its authors refuse to believe that the Russians will abandon themselves to the dictates of Prussian militarism, and forget their ancient friendship. "Tho actions of Lenin and Trotsky sadden us; but work for tho public safety, though hindered by treason, will be continued by the French soldiers and the Allies." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIES LIKELY TO RECOGNISE THE LENIN GOVERNMENT STATEMENT OF ALLIED POLICY TO BE SENT TO RUSSIA. London, January 4. The "Daily Chronicle" states that owing to the breakdown of the Brest Litovsk negotiations the Allies are likelv to recognise the Lenin Government, and that a diplomat in sympathy with the ideas of a Revolutionary Russia will be sent to Petrograd to replace Sir George Buchanan. It is exnected that Citizon Litvinoff, the newly-appointed Russian Ambassador, will be recognised and allowed to occupy the Russian Embassy's offices. A statement will shortly be sent to Russia of the Allied policy, which is of a democratic character.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. REPORT OF PROBABLE RECOGNITION BASELESS. (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 5. The "Daily Telegraph" says that yesterday's report that a do facto recognition would probably be accorded to the Bolshevik usurpers and to Citizen Litvinoff as Russian Ambassador was baseless.—Reuter. BRITISH RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA A CHANGE.HERALDED BY SIR GEORGE BUCHANAN'S DEPARTURE. (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) . . Petrograd, January 5. Political circles, despito official explanations, interpret Sir George Buchanan's departure from Russia as heralding a change in British relations with Russia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE INTERNED EtTSSTANS RELEASED. London, January 4. Tchicherin and Petroff, the Russians interned in England, whose release Trotsky demanded, have left St. Pancras for Russia. After leaving the Brixton Prison Tchicherin had a long interview with Mr. Arthur Henderson, who explained the views of the Labour Party. There was ■ a demonstration ns the train steamed out.—Asu.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FEARFUL EXPLOSION AT A RUSSIAN STATION TWO THOUSAND COSSACKS KILLED. London, January 4. A Haparanda telegram describes a horrible disaster on Christmas Eve. An explosion at a .Russian station destroyed two trains crowded with Cossacks'. Two thousand men were killed, and buildings within a radius of over a mile were -wrecked. An entire munition depot for the eouth-western front was blown up.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CHINESE RESTORING ORDER IN MANCHURIA (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) Peking, January i. A telegram from Harbin staFes that order has been lestored along the Chinese eastern railway, where the Maximalists surrendered. Thousands of Chinese troops have arrived at a Manchurian station.—Reuter. OFFER TO WITHDRAW RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM PERSIA (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) Petrogratl, January 4. Trotsky lias sent an address to Persia, offering io withdraw the Russians if Turkey will act similarly.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FINNISH REPUBLIC FAILS TO SECURE RECOGNITION FROM THE POWERS (Rec. January 6, .5.5 p.m.) HDlSingfors, January 4. Finland's efforts to secure recognition as a republic failed owing to the Senate's unwillingness to negotiate with Lenin. The Powers replied tha£ Finland must first obtain Russia's approval to the separation.—United Str< vice. SWEDEN RECOGNISES FINLAND AS A FREE STATE. (Rec. January 6, 5.5 p.m.) Stockholm, January 5. The Swedish Government has recognised Finland ns a free and independent State.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.