RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

A LOCAL ARMISTICE. WHAT THE GERMANS SAY. London, Doc. 3. Wireless German official: Several Russian divisions have agreed to a local armistice. The Russian army between the Pripet and southward of the. Lipa and several general commands have derided on a truca and negotiations are proceeding. The Russian deputations which arranged tho general armistice have arrived at the headquarters of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. THE MASSES DESIRE PEACE. TO WAR AGAINST THE CLASSES. BOLSHEVIKS' CHANCES OF PEACE UNCERTAIN. ELECTIONS INDICATE REACTION. Received Dee. 4, 0.50 p.m. ! London, Dec. 3. Mr. Bourehier, writing on November 30, warns the Allies that external pressure against the. Bolsheviks might excite the masses, who care nothing for the. integrity of Russia, but desire peace in order to prosecute the war against the classes. Mr. Bourehier thinks the Bolsheviks' chances of making peace arc most uncertain. All the more enlightened sections of the people opposo trafficking with German militarism. The elections indicate a reaction. INCREASED FRATERNISATION. RUSSIAN TORPEDOER MINED. Am. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Renter. Received Dec. 4, 0.50 p.m. London, Dec. 3. The Russian plenipotentiary with the British armies reports that fraternisation has increased, especially on the northern -and western fronts, as the result of the armistice. An enemy mine Mew up a Russian torpedoer. THE UKRANIAN REPUBLIC THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES. Received Dec. 4, 11.10 p.m. Stockholm, Dec. 3. The Ukrainian bureau here, in a statement detailing events since the Bolshevik outbreak, states the Rada voted for the establishment of the "Ukrainian republic on November 24, whereof the territory will extend to the Black Sea, Odessa, Crimea, and eastward to the Don. A Cossacks Commission has also be?n appointed with authority over the Ukrainian, portion of the west front. TO BE MADE PUBLIC. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Received Dec. 4, 11.30 p.m London, Dec. 3. Trotsky informed the military attaches that every stage of tho negotiations would be* made public, also that the Allies may intervene if they think advisable. General Krylenko has sent a force against Dukhonin, the Ukrainian War Secretary. The Ukrainian troops refuse to support the Bolshevik peace manoeuvres, as they risk invasion of Ukraine. GOLD RESERVES SEIZED. Received Dec. 4, 9.35 p.m. Petrograd, Dec. 3. The gold reserves at the State Bank and all its branches are in the hands of the Government. LENIN'S IMPORTANT PROPOSAL Paris, Dec. 3. The Matin says that, in the absence of the full terms of the Russian peace offer, the impudence of Lenin and his confreres was not fully realised. It now appears that they proposed peace negotiations, not only in their own names but in the names of France, England, Italy, America, Belgium, Serbia, Roumania, Japan and China. ATTACK ON DUKHONIN'S HEADQUARTERS. Loudon, Dec. 3. A Petrograd telegram states that the Military Revolutionary Committee has sent a force composed of the reserves of the famous Guards Regiments and several machine-gun detachments against the General Staff headquarters. The Daily Mail's Petrograd correspondent says that M. Trotsky states that General Dukhonin's headquarters are surrounded. WILD TALK BY TROTSKY. London, Dec. 3. Addressing the Soldiers' and Workmen's Council M. Trotsky declared that Austria had accepted Russia's terms regarding no contributions and no annexations and the freedom of the nations to decide their future, but throughout the negotiations they would confront their enemies at the tafcle with questions permitting no Ambiguity. Every word spoken would be written down and sent by wireless to all the people*, wh,o would be the judges of the negotiations.