THE RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE TERMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 144, 7 March 1918, Page 5

THE RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE TERMS

INTEGRITY OF PERSIA AND AFGHANISTAN TO V BE RESPECTED TREATY TO BE RATIFIED WITHIN TWO WEEKS By Telegmpji-Press -Association-Copyright London, March 5. The German Peace Treaty with Russia adds . The fact, that Persia and Afghanistan are free and independent States, the contracting parties undertake to respect their political and economic independence and territorial 'integrity. ~ Prisoners of war are to repatriated. The contracting parties to mutually renounce indemnification from war costs of State expenditure, and public and private damages which have arisen through military measures, including all requisitions undertaken in tlio enemy country. , The final clause provides for ratification of the treaty within a fortnight.— Keuter. RATIFICATION DEPENDENT ON DECISION OF SOVIETS' CONGRESS. . Petrograd, March 5. Lenin and Trotsky announce that the ratification of the peace treaty, fixed for Maroh 17, is dependent on the decision of the Soviets' Congress, to be .held on March 12. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • • » ' PROVINCIAL SOVIETS AGAINST PEACE. Petrograd, March 5. Judging by the resolutions, many of, the provincial Soviets are against peace. It seems unlikely that the Congress or Soviets at Moscow will ratify the treaty; The fortnight's grace granted by the Germans will probably be employed in organisation of the Red Army iind means for the defence and evacuation cf Petrograd.—Reuter. 1 REFUSAL TO kIGN THE TREATY MEANT DEFEAT OF ; SOVIETS. • >• !'V . | (Rac. March 6, 5.5 p.m.) ■ „ , Petrograd, March 5. The newspaper "Pravda urges that the signing of the Peace Treaty was justified; because a refusal meant the overwhelming defeat of the Soviets and the advent of a Government under Miliukoff or Kerenßky,—Reuter. GERMANS CONTINUING THEIR ADVANCE PETROGRAD AGAIN BOMBED. (Rec. March 6, 5.5 p.m.) „• ' . petrograd, March 5. The Germans are reported to be continuing their advance, despite the order for a ; .cessation of hostilities. German airmen bombed Petrograd ?nd it is believed that they were aiming at the principal railway , station! , Zeppelins appeared at Gatchina, but were driven off.—"The Times." EVACUATION OF PETROGRAD COMM&NCED (Rec. March 6, 11.55 p.m.) T J j . ~ XL ~. Washington, March 5. iiondon advices state that the evacuation of Petrograd haß ' begun — lleutcr: . 1 b REVOLUTIONARY WAR STILL FAVOURED

CADETS APPEAL FOR DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY. m. ■! ™ •, >.. London, March' 6. The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Petrograd says the majority of the Social .Revolutionaries of .the Left and a section .of the Bolsheviki still favour a revolutionary war, but a serious defence is impossible. The regular army, with few exceptions, is flocking to the interior, as far as possible from tho invader. The bulk of the Petrograd regiments have sold their regimental property, and divided the proceeds and gone to their homes. The now Red Army is enthusiastic, but it is raw, arid cannot seriously resist the invaders. The capital is uncannily quiet. The peaco terms seem to have struck a blow to the national feeling. Tho Cadet Party, in a manifesto, says: "The calamities of anarchy, deplorable as they are, cannot lie compared with the horror of enslavement to a foreign yoke." The manifesto appeals to the country to rally to the defence of the country in association with Russia's Allies.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIKI CALL UPON UKRAINIANS TO RESIST THE ENEMY. Petrograd, March 5. The Bolsheviki have issued a proclamation calling upon the people of the Ukraine to resist the enemy and to destroy the ammunition before evacuating the towns.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SHARP FIGHTING BETWEEN COSSACKS AND BOLSHEVIKI. Shanghai, March 5. There has been sharp fighting at Diouria, on the Trans-Siberian Railway, between the Cossack leader Samcnoff and tho Bolsheviki. Tho latter, in large numbers and well armed, forced Samcnoff to withdraw.—Reuter.