Postcard of Myslowitz and the Dreikaiserreichsecke — the three empire's corner — where the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and German empires met. The left pane shows a Bismarck tower. The three emperors are Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Willhelm II of Germany, and Kaiser Franz-Joseph of Austria-Hungary.
Myslowitz O.S.DreikaiserreichseckeBismarckturm bei MyslowitzThree Empire CornerBismarck Tower at MyslowitzReverse:Postmarked January 12, 1911, ГРАНИЦА (border)Dreikaiserreichsecke, No. 65, Verlag M.
"The government of the Russian Republic considers it necessary to carry on the further negotiations on neutral ground, and proposes removing to Stockholm. Regarding attitude to the proposals as formulated by the German and Austro-Hungarian delegation in Points 1 and 2, the government of the Russian Republic and the Pan-Russian Central Executive Committee of the Councils of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies consider, in entire agreement with the view expressed by our delegation, that the proposals are contrary to the principle of national self-determination, even in the restricted form in which it appears in Point 3 of the reply given by the Four Powers on the 12th ult."
A telegram from the Russian government in Petrograd to its delegation negotiating a peace settlement with the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk. German and Austro-Hungarian delegates feared that socialists from many lands would descend upon a conference held in Stockholm in neutral Sweden. The Russians feared that Germany and Austria-Hungary would recognize the independence of nations — such as Poland and Ukraine — within what had been the Russian Empire.
In the World War by Count Ottokar Czernin, page 255, copyright © 1920, by Harper & Brothers, publisher: Harper and Brothers, publication date: 1920
1918-01-03, 1918, January, Brest-Litovsk, Myslowitz
