PEACE TALK.
CENTRAL POWERS WANT PEACE. NO INDEMNITIES; NO ANNEXA- ' TIONS. Copenhagen, Dec. 27. Official - advices from Vienna state that the Central Powers join Russia in condemning the continuation of the war, the sole object of which is conquest. They solemnly declare that they are willing to sign a peace with all the belligerents, but demand that all must accept the principles of no annexations and no indemnities and require a Russian quarantee that all Russia's allies will adopt these principles. The Russian proposal concerning the peoples deciding their own national grouping is rejected, so far as the peoples Of the Central Powers are concerned. The matter cannot be settled internationally, but must be done independently by each , State and people. ' PRISONERS IN RUSSIA DEMAND PEACE. Petrograd, Dec. 27. A committee representing several hundred thousand Austro-Gennan prisoners passed a resolution at Petrograd demanding the acceptance by Germany of Russia's "democratic peace terms," otherwiae they will declare war on the AustroGeraan Imperialists and join the Russians in order to enforce democratic terms. They urge Austro-Gennan soldiers is the trenches to surrender.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1917, Page 5
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180PEACE TALK. Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1917, Page 5
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