ENEMY’S DEFIANCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17699, 28 January 1918, Page 5

ENEMY’S DEFIANCE.

COUNT HERTLING’S SPEECH BETRAYS

MILITARIST INFLUENCE.

BRITISH FRONT EXTENDED.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

ENEMY’S WAR AIMS

Count von Hertling, in a reply to the Allied statements, said that Germany and Austria could determine the future of Poland alone. He regarded Belgium and Northern France as pawns in Germany’s hands. The speech is regarded as closing the door on peace. Count Czernin stated that Austria would not annex anything and would demand no indemnity. RUSSIAN SITUATION. It is reported that Lenin has declared that the Brest Litovsk negotiations will he broken oft' without any result. Another message says that Austria has offered to make a separate peace apart from Germany. Telegrams from Petrograd express the fear that a reign of terror will be instituted by the Bolshevike. THE WESTERN FRONT. The British' have taken over another sector of the French lines, the front extending now from a point a little south of St Quentin.

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