RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
FRENCH COMMISSIONER SHOT DEAD. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright) - (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BERNE. December 20. Colonel Villiave, Chief French Commissioner, who was sent to collect evidenco concerning the conflict in Ukraine was shot dead by Ukrainian soldiers, j LETTISH GOVERNMENT'S APPEAL. WASHINGTON, December 20. I The Lettish Government has appeal- | ed to the United States, in common with the Allies, for protection against the Bolsheviks. The withdrawal of the Germans from Lithuania is leaving the country at the mercy of the Bolsheviks. PRINCE LVOV IN ENGLAND. LONDON, December 20. Prince Lvov, ex-Premier of Russia, has arrived in England. PADEREWSKI GOES TO POLAND. (Renter's Telegrams.) NEW YORK, December 19. Paderewski, the famous pianist, has left aboard a British battleship. He will go to Poland to rally the people against the Bolsheviks.
THE ESTHONIAN REPUBLIC. COPENHAGEN, December 20. The Esthonian Provisional Government has placed the republic under the common protection of the Entente, pending the decision of the Peace Conference.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16403, 24 December 1918, Page 7
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