5 JANUARY 1918, Page 10

The Anarchist and enemy delegates then proceeded to discuss various

matters which would have to. be settled in the event of a general 'peace. As for the occupies territories, the Anarchists proposed.ethat the Russians:should -evacuate Galicia, Turkey, and Persia, and that the enemy should -evacuate Pdland, Lithuania, and. Courland, the peoples of 'which -should be allowed to decide freely whether they would join Russia, Germany, or Austria, or become independent The enemy replied with a proposal that revealed his true aims. Germany should evacuate Russian territory only when peace had been made and the Russian. armies had been demobilized. Further, Russia must recognize that Poland, Lithuania, Courland, and portions of Esthonia and Livonia had. already decided for " full State independence and separation • from the Russian- Empire." The German offer to evacuate Russian territory would, therefore, not apply. to these provinces. • The Anarchists protested that the will -of the people could only :be expressed by a free vote .taken in the absence of foreign troops, but they accepted the. German offer of a Special Commission to fix the conditions for a Referendum.