RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 16, 21 January 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA

BOLSHEVIKS RETREATING IN ESTHONIA

FOOD RIOTS AT PETROGRAD. (Reuter's Telegrams.! HELSINGFORS, Jan. 19. The Bolsheviks are retreating in disorder in Esthonia. A great part of the invading troop® have been withdrawn to quell l famine strikes at Petrograd, where internal troubles have caused a highly dangerous situation. SERBIA’S WAR DAMAGE. THE GOVERNMENT’S ESTIMATE. (Reuter’s Telegram*.) PARIS, Jan. 19. The Serbian Government’® of the damage caused by the AustfoGerman and Bulgarian invasion® is eight milliards of marks. BOLSHEVIKS AT REVAL. A HASTY RETREAT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) (Rec. Jan. 21, 11.35 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Jan, ,17. The Bolsheviks at Reval are hastily retreating, owing to the news that a counter-revolutionary movement had broken out at Petrograd.

FEEDING EUROPE

tAtutralian and N.Z. Cable Association and Renter.} LONDON, Jan. 19. Official.—The associated Governments have established a supreme council, con 1 - fiisting of representatives! of France, Italy, the United- States, and Britain, to deal with food, finance, and shipping resources in connection with the revictualling and supply of liberated, and enemv territory, and co-ordinate such supplies with supplies for Allied and neutral countries. , , , At the instance, of ■ the War Cabinet Mr John Ford, Lord Reading and Sir J. Beale will represent Britain for the time being on the Council, and will leave London immediately for Paris,

The American representatives: will be Mr Hoover and Mr Norman D'avis, and the French, members. 'MM. Clemente! 1 and Vilgrain. The Italian representatives are arriving at Paris. Certain emergency measures have altready been taken whereby assistance has been rendered to Serbia and Roumania. 'Concerning 1 Austria and Ger- ■ many an Inter-Allied Commission lias j been working for some time. Sir W. J Beveridge, of the Food Ministry, hav- ! ing met representatives of Vienna and | Austm-German territories at Berne. The ; Commission has since been proceeding | at, Vienna and Prague. The food situa- i tion at those centres is serious, andi is rendered more serious by transport and financial (difficulties. (Interim tar/rangements are being made for the supply of a certain’ quantity of foodstuffs. Some supplies have already _ been sent to Vienna, but further action will doubtless be required when the Commission reports to the Supreme Council. The associated Governments are fully alive to the importance of the problems of supplies, and there is every reason •. to hope that the Supreme Council will shortly be able to establish a comprehensive scheme for dealing with the whole situation!.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

MONARCHIST PROPAGANDA. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aweciation.i (Rec. Jan. 21, 10.50 a.m.) GENEVA- Jan. 17. Budapest police are endeavouring* (p secure the return of the Prince Windischmratz answer a change of conducting a monarchist propaganda from Switzerland. It' is stated that Mihlos, former head of the Hungarian potato monopoly, admitted sending the Prince (XX) for which an account' ‘ ‘ had been rendered. It* is reported that the ex-Emperor Karl is still seriously ill, but bis entourage deny) reports that his condition is really due to alcoholism.

AUSTRIAN FLEET

TO BE HANDED OVER. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association) (Rec. Jan, 21, 10.50 a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 17; It is understood the Austrian fleet will be handed over to the French Ad* miral Gaucbet at Corfu.

GERMAN COLONIES

DR. iSOLF HOPEFUL OF PARTIAL RECOVERY. 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BERLIN, • &n/ 17. Dr. Solf, in a speech at Westphalia, advocated a league of nations. and, expressed a hope that on the ( Wilson programme Gktmany would at least recover, part of her'colonies.

REGULAR AEROPLANE SERVICE

LONDON TO PARIS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) (Ilec. Jan), 21, 10!S0 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 17. A regular (aeroplane; passenger a»id post service between Pans arid London in connection with the Peace Confer* ence begins on Monday.