THE RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 145, 8 March 1918, Page 5

THE RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE

GERMAN LOANS TO BE REPAID -■'■... TREATY WITH RUMANIA SIGNED ByTelograpi-Presa Aaeoointlon-CojiyTiEliii . ' (Rec. March 7, 8.5 p.m.) ■ ' ■ > Amsterdam, March 6. A' Berlin message says that supplementary Russo-German treaties guarantee to Germany free commercial intercourse with Persia and Afghanistan, via Russia, indemnification for damage to consular property and the private property of German subjects, ako the cancellation of the order annulling the, repayment of Gorman loans. The agreement permits Germanj to organise' Spitsbergen—Aiis.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ALL GEEHAN PRIVATE RIGHTS RESTORED. (Rec. March 1, 11.15 p.m.) . . Amsterdam, March 7. A semi-official message from Berlin states:—"The. economic political appendix to the Eussian peace generally restores Ihe Eusso-German conir mercial treaty of 1904, secures direct commercial connection with Persia and Afghanistan, protects Germany against increases in the Eussian duty until ] 825, restores all German private rights, including the earliest' payment of debts'to German creditors. Both parties undertake to organise Spitzbergen /according to German proposals."—Reuter. , ' ./ ■ ■ ■ ' " ! "A CRIMINAL SCRAP OF PAPER" , .: OUTBURST AGAINST LENIN'S PEACE TERMS. . ■• ' . I London, March 6. The correspondent of the "Daily Express" ,at Petrograd states that lienin's peace terms caused a storm of indignation in the local Soviets, which were not consulted. They fear the terms mean that the Mailed Fist will crash the Revolution, cripple Russian industry, and alienate the symi pathy of the European workers. _ Maxim Gorky's newspaper is particularly bitter. It calls the treaty "a criminal scrap of paper."' and wonders why the Lenin Government is still in power.—Aus.-N.Z., Cable Assn. i LENIN ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER RUSSIA INTO GERMANY'S HANDS. -~.•- , . Washington, March 6. 'Authontative advices have been received stating that Lenin is attempting to deliver.Russia into Germany's hands. Officials'at Washington have been informed that Lenin is trying to arouse the Russians against the "Allies' militarism."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■•. - ■ / BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT DIVIDED. New York, March 6 Officials at Washington, still believe that Troteky is trying to keep the Eevolution alive, with the, result that the Bolshevik Government is' divided —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ENEMY TROOPS STILL FIGHTING KRYLENKO COMPLAINS TO ARMY CHIEFS. (Rec. March 1 8.5 p.m.) .... . . London, March 6. A wireless Russian message states,that General Krylenko sent a message to the Auetro-German Army chief?, complaining that the troops' were ' still fighting at Jamburg, Orsha, and Komelbriansk, and inquiring whether the cessation of hostilities had been ordered.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asan.-Eeuter. \ EVACUATION OF PETROGRAD PROCEEDING (Rec. March 7, 7.4.0 p.m.) . .. lL _ ' , , Petrograd, March 6. Apparently the Government has resolved to evacuate the city. It has established State institutions at Moscow, Nifninovgorod, and Cagan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Roads have left. The population is hastily departing in all manner of vehicles.—Reuter, ' THE MAIN 'OBJECTS OF THE BOLSHEVIKI NO POSSIBILITY OF REVIVAL OF ROYALIST REGIME. Sydney, March 7, M. Limonoff, a young Broken Hill miner, formerly a, journalist in Rus-. sia, who was appointed by the Bolshevik Government as Russian ConsulGeneral in the Commonwealth, declares that the main objects of the Bolaheviki are the establishment of a common ownership of land, just and equal distribution of commodities, and the abolition of all exploitation. Ho believed the Bolsheviki would remain long in power. They wore strong enough to carry out their purpose unloss something happened from outside. The Royalist regime was dead, and there was no possibility of its revival unless forcod by outside intervention.—Press Assn. ' RESTORATION OF THE TSAR PROBABLE UNDER GERMAN PROTECTION. (Reo. March 6, 7.40 p.m.) Berno, March 6. The "Neueste Nachrichten," in au inspired article, states that there is a strong reaction in Russia in favour of a monarch. It is probable that the Tsar will be reetored under German protection.—Aus.-N.Z. Cnble Assn.

GERMAN CAPTURES AT REVAL EIGHT SUBMARINES AND THREE STEAMERS SECURED. (Rec. March 6, 7.40 p.m.) Amsterdam, March 6. old submarines and three serviceable steamers wero secured by fche Gonnana at Berall—Renter.