RUSSIA'S CRISIS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1917, Page 3

RUSSIA'S CRISIS.

ADDRESS TO ARMY DELEGATES

TAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION & REUTER.3 .

LONDON, Nov. 2oth

Russian wireless: M. Spiridonov, Chairman of the Assembly, addresses all the deputies from the front armies, corps, divisions, and district Deputies as follows: —“ An extraordinary Assembly has been opened. Comrades aTe requested to come immediately to the Conference of all Russian Peasants Deputies.” Another.wireless message reports live lier fusilades in the direction of Jacobstadt, where the Germans opened a strong fire. There are fusilades and rcconnaisanoes on other fronts:

NEWS OF KALEDIN. PETROGRAD, Nov. 25th. Kaledin continues his march towards Moscow, where the situation is increasingly critical.

GERMAN REFUSAL

WILL DEAL* WITH PARLIAMENT LONDON, Nov. 26th.

' The Daily Chronicle’s Petrograd correspondent states that several regiments, in accordance with Lenin’s orders, sent peace parliamentaries to the Russian Headquarters, which received a German wireless message saying that Germany would refuse parliamentaries, and would only negotiate with a. legal Russian Government or a Constituent Assembly after the Russian ai mios had retired sixty miles.General Dukhonin refuses to surrender the chief command to Ensign Kylenko, whom he threatens to arrest if he comes to headquarters. Kylenko has already left for headquarters. The Bolsheviks have appointed Colonel Mouraviff War Minister. The proposed Tchernoff Coalition Government has fallen through ft)i lack of . support from the army committees.

Other correspondents say that the Entente Ambassadors are leaving Russia in a few days.

MOSCOW QUIET.

PETROGRAD, Nov. 25th. \A correspondent who has returned from a visit to Moscow, says the town outwardly is calm. There are enormous queues everywhere, and foodstuffs are scarce. . The bread ration is reduced to half a pound. Damage from the recent fighting is leiss than was expected. The Hotel Metropolo was wrecked and looted. During the fighting, people spent «vo days in the cellars with little food. GERMAN-ROSSO TRUCE. WHAT GERMANY WANTS. (Received Yesterday at 11.10. p.m.) AMSTERDAM November 25. German messages staes that Generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff are carefully considering the Russian offer of a truce. An, Austro-German military conference in the next two days will settle the terms on which the Central Powers are prepared to accept the truce. The : terms are being published before the Reichstag meet* on Thursday. A CORRESPONDENT’S OPINION. (Received This Dav'at 10.15. •i.n; ) NEW YORK, 'Nov. 26. The “New York World’s” Petrograd correspondent reports the Russian peace move is thoroughly impregnating German soldiers and will, certainly, weaken their morale. The Russians are now doing more damage .than they ever accomplished by fighting. ■' PROPOSAL FOR, ARMISTICE. REJECTED BY AMERICA. (Received This Day at 12.25. p.’ ■ NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The United Press Washington corres pondent Teports President Wilson has received the Bolsheviki proposal for an armistice and universal peace. The State Department says America will not consent to an armistice, and wil not negotiate for peace. Is is not known if Mr. Wilson will reply, as a reply may he construed as a recognition of the, Bolshevikis. CONCERT TOUR ABANDONED. /Received This Dav at 12.25. p.m.) NEW YORK, November 26. In consequence of the public’s hostility, Kreisler has abandoned bis concert tour in United States, forfeiting 85,000 dollars. - RUSSIAN OPERATIONS. ~ rADMIRALTY —VER WIRELESS PRESS.] (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.} LONDON November 26. A Russian official states there were fusillades on the northern and western - Roumanian fronts. Fraternisation was observed southward of Narotch Lake. We repulsed a strong Turkish attack on the sea coast , in the region of the Caucasus.

INFERNAL RUSSIA. Received this day nt 2.36 p.m.,) I LONDON November 26. The ‘Chroitfcles Petrograd correspondent reports the executive council of the Soviet seriously disagree over the peace proposals. Lenin denies that he proposed an immediate peace He merely suggested making peace proposals. . Another version states Lenin dia propose an immediate peace and thus secured the support of the masses. - Somo members of the Soviet declare * the executive were not consulted. 'Kamenoff urged the executive to publish a special declaration tfliat peace negotiations wouldnot be begu n unless the Germans guaranteed not to use the armistice to remove troop, to other fronts. Lenin evaded this demand. The military revolutionary committee suppressed three Socialist news papers. The Bolsheviks arrested tin manager and seized the State Bard in Moscow and confiscated the golc deposits-