ENEMY PEACE TERMS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO BOLSHEVIKS
WAR MAY BE CONTINUED IN GUERRILLA FASHION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. TETROGRAD, Jan. 30. M. Trotzky, in a two hours' speech at the Soviets' Congress, said that the allies were responsible for Germany's heavy terms, which were quite unacceptable. He was going to" Brest Litovsk with two convictions, firstly, that Russia had backed out of the Imperialistic war and would not return to it; secondly, that he would not sign peace on the German terms. The debate was adjourned. It is.evident that the' conference will approve Trotzky's report and allow the war to continue, employing the guerrilla methods of the volunteer army. The Soviet Congress on Monday approved of giving Trotzky a free hand. Trotzky said that Western Europe must not blame Russia if she was forced to conclude a separate peace. The Council of the People's Commissaries have declared gold to be a State monopoly, and that gold articles in the hands of private persons, banks, monastries, and goldsmiths are to pass to the State at a fixed rate. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 5
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