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Levin Daily Chronicle, 5 January 1918, Page 3

- . climb disclos. Ed her ' intention/i*nd«fc 1 the pretext of to retain - Poland and Lithuania. KeminefE Germany now moved troopfe ; #gainst revolutionary Russia, 1 _ be evident her the final enslavement of Poland and Lithuania.This would instantly cause an explosion' which would destroy German imperialism. The soldier delegates then aifircned that they would_ continue the war. despite the conditions unless the Germans agreed to a <.3mocratic peace. A resolution waa carried denouncing the forcing of the will of strangers upon . the people of Poland trJ Lithuania, and appealing to the people of the Central To wers to uso pres. sure on their Governments to ensure a policy of no. annexations and noindemnities. _ / „ 'Bolshevic Leader's Declaration. • - London, January • • ■ Trotsky (addressing ihe Conferal Committee of the Soviets unmasked what, he described ax U»e peace proposals' or ■'Germany, and declared that his ' and the workers •'would never consent to such conditions. ! "If the Central Powers would not consent loyally to the free disposal of ilii*. uesti uies of the Polish and LoUi-di nations, it would -bo urgon:n !i<M*ess *ry i«» counigeihp i ion. ' y : ■i . i ''.If Austrti--*'.y refusal : » ja. . guarantee ihe i' ' i'dii'i*-'. ii!!l ' 1 - revocable reiuo\-u <»! ihrii- troo| - ( from Poland, li'ilitc.mi-t. (on ! I land, and parts ot Livonia and ] V Esthonia, the free affirmation of •I' the will of the populations of the ; I occupied countries was impossible until the populations return. : "d "We will defend the .njrht, f'i i f Poland, Lithuania, and Courlan i t to dispose of their own < 1 n"-tin\ | K really and freely. " , T After the speech, <hr- Sovkms |t i passed a resolutioii ih i l-it Hig Mia! i ». the refusal of t-lu? ivpvespnlat t;-i I •■»%>!' Germany to ad nit the free > f. of the of'iprfised nations and "colonies il before the dispose of their • ovy"!i. deslsiiy sigr x the fierrn'tti iiiichont- |; J ics were adopting iho "'<l unnexat. 'if | ioui-jt policy. | I Subsequently tkc representaI tives on all the fronts' were sum- \ I moned by telegraph to Petro- / grad. It is admitted that the situation on' all the fronts is distressing. The armies will defend the lius- '■ sian revolution, but have demantii ed bread and boots.