BREST LITOVSK NEGOTITATIONS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11450, 1 February 1918, Page 8

BREST LITOVSK NEGOTITATIONS.

BOLSHEVIK ACUTE DISAPPOINTMENT. HERRING STRONGLY DENOUNCED ALLIES’ ATTITUDE COMMENDED. Received Feb. 1, p.m. London, Jm. 31. A Russian politics! ’ statement from Brest Litovsk r dcnounces Hertling ’s {speech, describes iiim as a Jesuit, reactionary and head to foot friend of junkers jind clergy. The statement declares that the Entente’s refusal to peace negotiations is sufficiently explained by the German Government’s selfconfessed annexationist aims. The Entente Powers were afraid to tall into the highwayman’s hinds.