SECOND EDITION RUSSIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 17, 22 January 1919, Page 1

SECOND EDITION RUSSIA.

BOLSHEVIKS’ (REQUEST TO AMERICA. ■; (Rec. Jan. 22, 2.20 p.m.} " I STOCKHOLM, Jan. 20. . . I Tchocherin forwarded to the United | States a request to allow Bolshevists to ’ meet representatives of the America^ / Government with the object of reach* j ing an agreement for further intervene'. «a. | tion in Russia. • -!| I (Rec. Jan. 22, 2.4 Sp.m.} \ NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Despatches from Omsk say that General Janin has been given sppreme com* ; mand of the Allied troops on the Siberi- • an front.

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CONFLICTS IN HAMBURG. i| (Rec. Jan. 22. 2.45 p.m.) J LONDON, Jam &. Spartacists stopped the German efec* tions in several ports and Rhineland /|| towns. ' . „'. v l Armed conflicts with poaoe in Hamburg resulted in casualties. RHINE THE BARRIER. >j| TO PROTECT THE ALLIES. 'jfi (Rec. Jan. 22, 2.45 P-ni) 'TI '' i-dl NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Edwin James, telegraphing _ from;,; | Treves, reports that Foch, interviewed^ I by an American .correspondent, 1 the Rhine must be the barrier that j protect the Allies and civilisation xj I Germany. ntncir. Ki AWnc. ' ’> ,'r&.

MB, HUGHES’S INTERVIEW/-*4 J ; M (Rec. Jan. 22, 2.20 p.m.) ■“ -• tjß NEW YORK, Jan. 17.Mr. Hughes, in the course of hisin.’ terview with anj American paper, sakfc ; k| —“Australia feels she stands where America stood at the end of revolution. She- won liberty on fields of France, and deserves recogni.%, tion as an autonomous nation. Her ||| fighting record surpasses any nation.; ( She wants self-deternwsation,. and op-j. poses the Pacific Islands being con-" (ib trolled by another Power. Her war • * debt was,a most frightful and Germany must pay indemnitiee^to,.,^, her utmost ability, Australia proportionately to the played in the war! President fourteen points did not includtf indenan* ties, but I believe that nevertheless just. A League of Nation* ,1’ is desirable; but it must not impair- *-■: dj, nation’s right of self-government, andp.^ 1 though valuable as an instrument .for J, & the preservation of the world’s -peace,' 'J we must keep our powder dry, Australia. has a splendid system of military train- , ing, which partly explains our record, in Prance. Ido riot think a .League of "• Nations would abolish out system. , J do not know the precise meaning “freedom of the seas,” but we must de- ' pend on England to protect Australia’s line, therefore we oppose nny - limitation of England’s supremacy.” '- „ ' ' ?* M I.W.W. LEADERS. , . ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CASES; ' (Rec. Jan. 22, 2.4 6p.m.) NEW YORK, Jam 18. The San Francisco I.W.W. leaders; were sentenced to terms of imprison-* meat. Three have not yet bee» sanf . tenced. . , , " A national strike- of organised labour j Z. will be proclaimed next Fourth of JuJy - if Thomas Mooney is not given a ijswu trial, according to a Chicago message*'’