RUSSIAN CRISIS

Southland Times, Issue 17868, 19 January 1918, Page 5

RUSSIAN CRISIS

THE BR EST-LITOVSK CONFERENCE THE CENTRAL POWERS FIRM. RUSSIAN TERMS NOT ACCEPTABLE. (Australia:; A N.Z <' TU Aa-:.. ri Renter. U"Nt:. i\. ,ry 17. V. ;m he-- t,. --n.m rn - • V ‘ n■ 1 hron Lm-w : . gin: on V...- ■.m; Kuhb K-e- ■ a-. • c0.,,;a ; h--y more- •. ;• ;• • '•(•cupifi! : { ' rr • THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. ASSEMBLIES MUST DECIDE. RUSSIANS MUST ACCEPT GERMAN V I EVV. i.’ ’\ •a >N . .1 a-i■ i nry )7. R r .. •., ,- ■o- Kuhlmann sea. r.h - t'r.e I'• ■ rr■ i! Rower- were prepared bn' a----- , ■ no-.- : , riOrnpu-n \'"ii Iv.him in:; ;mo : "'i thin the Ukraine EP . r ■ raI:j;:■: had : ;. i r-'at.vi independent fe ; . - ’• >. }. ; r.f-!is of tiie National A-.-emoiv ; a each case. "An understanding b-e.-.v-eR : ; -ia md the Central Powers iirr.r.O'SirJe,' r- .-a:d. ' unless Russia sees the qcp.iiin freer -■ i;r sir;e instead of forBvii inr.g dictatorial one-sided aims," BOLSHEVIKS AND THE UKRAINE. RELATIONS STRAINED. KALEDIN THE BONE OF CONTENTION. 1 I;c' 1 1•• r'- Telegrans,-. 1 PUTT;I K iRAD. January 17. lU-ee;l .lat.uiry Is, 7.4 d p.m. Tie- i .I-he'. i i-t i om m i-sioneo- have rep,n p, ; r- 'k oh r.-m .i mnons with the Uk-t.me lUni 1 on. mg to the Rada's failure i,, p.-rlv th-- i iue-1 m whether the PI;. ,V OU 1 O C 1,-e to .'Uppoft 111 C Kalei 1 lou Co- niek- n The (iirnniission , i,.,. I 1 r ,. linn ' fie Radi is solely respon--kike f< r the eonlln' I'inee ol civil war. RUSSIA'S FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. SECURING BRITISH LENDERS. Li i.NDON. January IS. Received .January lb, 12.35 a.rn. A!r JJr.nar Raw .-tat. d that he had arranged for the Treasury - to ttike over the right- of British holder- of Rus.-ian Treasury - Bills maturing on 28rh January - in exchange f ()r twelve-year three per cent. Kx-chc-uuer bonds at par. The cable news in this issue accredited to The Times has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such the editorial opinion of The Times.

| ROUMANIAN EMBASSY INCIDENT. I I ARREST OF THE AMBASSADOR. ‘ REASONS FOR BOLSHEVIKS’ ! VIOLENCE. i i | PETROGRAD, January 17. Received January Is, 7.40 p.m [ dare.-ineh. the Roumanian Minister, was attending a New hear’- dinner when the police arrive.;, 1 hamandi was tmt'eriiatcly -.Usee, to the iortrrss prison of St. Peter are: Sr. I'anl. N.. charge aas formulated, i Th-‘ r »-al re-i.'on i- is,.: the Roumanians , have rrine.cn m their lot with trie Southern ! Union . the Ukraine . Diamnid; i< well ■ known, for hi- Socialist -ympathie,-. He was -■ eeo■ t .ra or the Roumanian Legation at U.erlin : :.r wa- force.; [i, res’gti owing to rf-'Ure put upon he- Government by the