26 JANUARY 1918, Page 2

The Russo-German peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk have not yet led

to any definite result. The 'enemy claimed, falsely it seems, to have reached an agreement for a separate peace with the Ukraine, involving the withdrawal of troops on either side and the immediate resumption of trade. The enemy is of course anxious to import corn from the fertile region round Odessa, as well as to bring pressure to bear on Petrograd Anarchists. M. Trotsky, however, informed the enemy delegates that the boundaries of the Ukraine had yet to be settled, and the relations between Petrograd and the Ukraine Rada at Kieff seem to be far from friendly.