GERMANY AND RUSSIA EXCHANGING PRISONERS.
RUSSIANS IN ENGLAND FREED FROM SERVICE. Australian tnd N.Z. Cable Association. BERNE, Feb. 13. Germany and Russia have commenced to exchange prisoners. A thousand prisoners from Russia traversed Warsaw on their way to Berlin. A German mission has gone to Kieff to arrange an export scheme. LONDON. Fob. 13. Thirty-four thousand Russians in England will now be freed from the necessity of joining the army, owing to the peace agreement between Russia and the Central Powers. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Semi-official opinion is that Russia's defection will not aid Germany, as owing to the absence of a treaty Germany must retain troops on the east front, while the possibility of obtaining supplies from the Ukraine is doubtful. The New York World says: " The defection of the Bolsheviks seems to confirm the worst suspicions of their cowardice and treachery." The New York Herald cartoons Trotzky betraying Russia for thirty pieces of silver.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16775, 15 February 1918, Page 5
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