THE HITCH WITH RUSSIA.
CONTROVERSY IN GERMANY. .AMSTERDAM, January 7. Pan-German newspapers do not conceal their delight at the prospect of a hitch in the Brest-Litovsk negotiations. They point out that tne defeated Russians must realise that, they cannot impose their will upon the victors. The ‘ Voseische Zeitung’ charges the German negotiators with incompetence, in allowing the Entente to get the upper hand. It says i “W© have lost the first rubber to England.” Herr Von Dem Busscho (Under-Secretary for . Foreign Affairs), speaking before the Main Committee of the Reichstag on Saturday, said that Germany adhered to her formula regarding nations’ rights to decide their own destiny. Russia had not definitely refused the formula, but had agreed to further discussion. The Socialist section of the Reichstap discussed the situation on Sunday and urgently requested the Government to adhere to the no-annexation programme announced on Christmas Day, withdrawing the later terms, which Russia would never accept, Herr Maximilian Harden urges the immediate summoning of the Reichstag as the only means of convincing the world that Germany is sincere. If the Reichstag 1 misses this supreme chance, the war must continue, and nobody can foresee the end
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Evening Star, Issue 16626, 8 January 1918, Page 3
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