BOLSHEVIK SCHEMES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 122, 17 February 1920, Page 7

BOLSHEVIK SCHEMES

SECRET CONFERENCE BROKEN UP WORLD-WIDE REVOLUTIONARY STRIKES PLANNED (By Telegraph-Press Assooiation-Copyriffht Amsterdam, February 15. The "Handelsblad" state Hint the nolico have arrested or expelled a number of Germans, Russians, and others who were attending a secret Bolshevik conference, at which there were British and American representatives. It is reported that Sylvia Pankhurst was present. It is alleged that the Russian Soviet Government is financing the conference bv means of pearls, diamonds, and other iowels. worth twenty million roubles, in order to support world-wido revolutionary strikes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GREAT OFFENSIVE AGAINST POLES FACING- AN IMPREGNABLE WALL. London, February U. 'The Times" correspondent at Warsaw states that General Pilsudski, in an interview, confirmed the recent reports that the Bolsheviks are rapidly preparing for a ereat offensive against the Poles. Nevertheless the Poles, although inferior in numbers, do not fear the results, as the Reds are poor fighters. The internal conditions in Russia are now critical for the Soviet. The people are hungry, utterly tired of war, and embittered through onnression.—"The Times." London, February U. Mr. Peacock, special correspondent, writiiiff from "Warsaw, says that after consultinsr the Polish Foreign Office, and studying popular opinion, he belives that if the Bolsheviks attempt a .forcible westward penetration they will encounter an impregnable wall' - The Poles are cherishins the national motto, "Equals with eouals: freemen with freemen." They reeard Bolshevism as essentially despotism, which must bo fought for the sake of Poland's new liberties and the safety of Europe—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

A BOLSHEVIK SUCCESS London, February 11. A Moscow report states that tho Bolsheviki have captured Plesetskaya, near Archangel— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. TYPHUS MAGES ARMY Christiana, February 15. Reports stote that typhus is ravaging the starved remnants ot the North-west Russian Army at Narva. Eight thousand men are affected, and a great proportion aro dying—"The Times." AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND RUSSIA Copenhagen, February 14. Mr. O'Grady and Litvinoff have reached, an agreement It is expected that all tho British will be out of Kussia within a month after tho ratification of tho agreement—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. distresslnlussia London, February 13. A report from Moscow states that the Soviet spent twelve million roubles in the second half of 1919 for the alleviation of distress.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn'.