Page 5 Advertisements Column 3

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14492, 2 January 1918, Page 5

to live together in future in peace and friendship, in condition of complete reciprocity and vis a vis. With her Allies, Germany is ready, as soon ns peace is concluded with Riis.sin. and the Russian armies are de-mobilised to evacuate the present position and the occupied Russian territory so far as no different inference may result from Article Two. (2) After the Russian Government has proclaimed for all the peoples of Russia the right of self-determination, including complete separation, it takes cognisance of decisions expressing the will of the people demanding a full state of independance and separation from Russia for Poland, Lithuania, or Courland, and portions of Esthonia and Livonia. As in these districts whereto the foregoing -stipulations appljy, the question of evacuation is not such as provided in Article One, a. special commission shall arrange for ratification by plebiscite on broad lines without any military,, pressure whatever of the already existing separation proclamation. Tlio Russian delegation then insisted on a definite assurance that the plebiscite would be free, and that foreign troops would be completely absent, but agreed to the appointment of a> special commission to arrange the plebiscite and fix the time of evacuation. Presiding over the third,' session on the 29th, the Russian delegate anticipated a speedy end of the war. The delegates departed homeward. The negotiations will be resumed on (Austrnlmn and N.Z. Cable Association.*. LONDON, Dec. 31. A German wireless massage from Brest Litovsk gives further details of the agreement reached between Russia and the Central Powers. It states that the arrangements were conducted in a conciliatory .spirit with a view to a mutual understanding. An agreement was reached to restore the Treaty condition, interrupted by the war in respect of all lights of intercourse. All special war legislation shall he repealed, and persons adversely affected shall } be restored their former rights of being indemnified. Details regarding war damage were left for later determination, but arrangements were made for indemnifying civilians outside the war districts -and the reciprocal return of merchant vessels. Austro-Hungary signified her agreement to the first two articles of the Peace treaty as proposed by Germany. LONDON, Dec. 31 The Daily Telegraph's Milan correspondent says the full text of Russia's demand shows that it was much more detailed than .hitherto reported. There were 15 clauses which included : (1) Evacuation of all Russian territory and autonomy for Poland, Lithuania and the Lettish provinces. (2) Autonomy for Armenia; (3) Restoration of Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia having access to the Adriatic, while Bosnia and Herzegovina. should have complete autonomy and other contested territory in the Balkan, should enjoy temporary autonomy until a plebiscite is taken; (4) Rumania to recover all territory after promising autonomy to the Dobrudja ; (5) Autonomy for Trent and Trieste until a plebiscite is taken; (6) Germany to receive back her colonies; (7) Restoration of Pera to Greece; (8) Neutralisation of marine straits, including the Sue- and Panama Canals; (9^ Torpedoing of commercial 'ships on the high seas to be forbidden ; (10) All belligerents to renounce war indemnities and commercial boycotts; (11) Peace condition's to be settled publicly by delegates chosen by the various Parliaments; lastly,* gradual disarmaments on .land and sea and the establishment- of militia to replace standing armies. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. It is generally expected that the Allies will 'receive a Note from M. Trotsky containing Count Czernin's proposal, and it is believed! that the Allies will formally answer and thus rob Germany of tbe moral advantage she sought to gain by the peace; offer. The State Department has indicated its intention to answer German misrepresentation in the peace . terms,. , It is believed the United States will reply with the Allies. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SOFIA, Dec. 30. M. RadoslaVoff (Premier) in the Sobranje, announced -that Russia proposed to the Central Powers' delegates to de r clare the war between Bulgaria and Russia ended; that the status quo regarding commercial treaties and other agreements- be restored, and that Bulgaria be represented on the Danube , Committee, v Bulgaria has accepted tho terms.

At the beginning of the war broken meat and other table refuse in camp and bar_a_kß in England, was generally thrown into the tubs outside the cookhouse, and sold as swill for pigs at a very low price. Now, a wiser system prevails, and the utilisation of the byproducts of the ration has become 'a vast business. Glycerine is obtained for munitions at the rate of 1200 tons a year at a cost of £59 10s a ton, the price in America being nearer £350. At the present time the profits to the Army from the sale of by-products and swill is at the rate of over £900,000 a year. SERVICE WITH COMFORT ltfOVERLAND "LIGHT FOUR," Serviceability alone is not sufficient in a car — neither is comfort. Overland ','I/ight Four" combines both, and meets every demand of the modern motorist. Buf "Light Jtour" goodness does not end there^ — it includes grace, economy, power, and safety — it is all that a c*r could be. This splendid new model has a 106 inch wheel base and a snug, cosy body. Upholstery is rich and soft, and the car can bo "closed in" in one moment by one man top and aide curtains. ElectrtP lighting and starting are included-— also electric horn, variable headlight dimmers, extra demountable rim, extra tyre and tube, ventilating wind-screem, tools, jack, pump and tyre repair kit. Inspect a model — let us show you its motor and its mechanical goodness. The price is only £360 complete. .A- Jla--r,i 0 k and Co., Ltd,, Wanganui and Wellington. Local agents t—Ar M. Lewis »n4 ,Sk>u, • Gisborno. §}.