RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12176, 27 November 1917, Page 2

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

CAREFUL CONSIDERATION

CENTRAL POWERS WILL HOLD

CONFERENCE

AMSTERDAM, November 25. German messages state that von Hindenburg and von Ludendorff are carefully considering the Russian offer of a truce. An Austro-Germnn military conference will be held in the next two days to settle the terras on which the Central Powers are prepared to accept a truce. The terms will be published before the Reichstag ir.fc.ets on Thursday. THE BOLSHEVIK AIMS. UNIVERSAL AND IMMEDIATE PEACE. Router's TslegTSWi. PETROGRAD, November 25. The Maximalist News Agency sntes that M. Trotsky has notified th* neutral diplomats 'at Petrograd cf the measures taken to obtain an armistice. H 0 says that immediate peace is demanded in all countries, both belligerent and neutral. The Russian Government counts on the support of workmen in all countries in the struggle for peace. ARMISTICE PROPOSAL PRESENTED. NEW YORK, November 25. A Paris despatch from Vienna states that the Russian General-in-Chief has formally proposed an armistice to the Austro-German commands. GERMAN'S ATTITUDE. WILL DEAL ONLY WITH LEGAL GOVERNMENT. KYLENKO'S APPOINTMENT DISPUTED. LONDON, November 26. The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that sevonl regiments, in accordance with M. Lenin's orders, have sent peace parliamentaries to Russian Headquarters, which has received a German wireless message saying that Germany will refuse to deal' with the parliamerinries and will only negotiate with a legal Russian Government or constituent "assembly after the Russian armies have retired sixty miles. General Dukhonin refuses to surrender the chief command to Ensign Kylenko, whom he. threatens to_ r.rrest if he comes to Headquarters. KClenko has already left for Headquarters. The Bolsheviks have appointed Colonel Mouraviev as War Minister. The proposed Tehernov Coalition Government has fallen through owim? to lack of support by the army committees.

Other correspondents say that the Entente Ambassadors are leaving Russia in a few days.

CONFERENCE OF PEASANTS' DEPUTIES. INVITATION TO SOLDIERS. A. and K.Z. Cable Association and Renter. LONDON. November 25 A Russian wireless message states:— M. Spiridonov, Chairman of the Assembly, addresses all deputies from the front, armies, corps, divisions, and district deputies, as follows:—"Extraordinary—The Assembly has been opened and comrades are requested to come immediately to a conference of all Russian peasants' deputies." KALEDIN'S MARCH TO MOSCOW. PETROGRAD, November 25. Kaledin continues to march towards Moscow, where the situation is increasingly critical. CONDITIONS TN MOSCOW. STORY OF A VISITOR. " The Times " Service. PETROGRAD, November 25A correspondent who has returned from a visit to Moscow says that the town was outwardly calm. There were enormous queues everywhere. Foodstuffs were scarce, and the bread ration had been reduced to half a pound. The damage to the town in the recent fighting was less than would be expected. The Hotel Metropolo was wrecked and looted, and some churches and other large buildings were damaged. Visitors were not allowed in the Kremlin, which was badly damaged and looted. During tlie fighting people spent five days in cellars with little food. THE DVINA FRONT. ENEMY MORE ACTIVE. A. and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, November 25. A Russian wireless report states:— Livelier fusillades are being; experienced in the direction of Jacobstadt, where the Germans opened a strong fire. There have been fusillades and reconnaissance on other fronts.