London, Dec. & Strong resolutions urging the making of
peace with the entente were adopted by the seventh congress
of Russian Soviets, meeting in Moscow at which Premier Le
nine and War Minister Trotzky were present, as was also
Tom Paine, '"on behalf of the American communists," ac
cording to a Moscow message today. The resolution passed
by the congress read:
"The Soviet government proposed peace to the entente
on August five and has repeated the proposal eight times
since. It affirms again its unalterable desire for peace. It
offers to all the entente powers, England, France, the United
States and Japanese to mother our separately tc begin ne
gotiations. It directs the executive and the commissiary of
foreign affairs to continue systematically the policy of peace,
taking all steps to attain success."'
PALMER ORDERS
PROSECUTION OF
OIL PRODUCER
Are to Be Tried for Alleged
n r. . -rii
Profiteering- -Embargo
Ordered
Washington, Dec. 6 Prosecution
of Western oil producers for alleged
profiteering was ordered today by
Attorney General Palmer. On com
plaint filed by Senator Capper of Kan
sas, federal agents were instructed to
proceed at once against producers
who have taken advantage of the fuel
shortage in the West to increase the
price of their product.
Simultaneously the railroad admin
istration established an embargo ef
fective Monday against shipments of
fuel oil from the west to points east
of Chicago and St. Louis. This ac
tion, it was explained, was necessary
to conserve the small supply of coal
available for the territory west of the
Mississippi river and to compel,
where possible, the use of fuel oil
instead.
