SECOND EDITION PEACE CONFERENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 82, 7 April 1919, Page 1

SECOND EDITION PEACE CONFERENCE.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association! v (Kec. April 7 y 2.20 p.m.) r ' ' 5 April 6. : -i The Americans were sharply pessimistic throughout the week. w The anticipation, that the narrowing : of the Conference down' to four woulil produce rapid results has not been.wa*? lised. The plan ha*, thrown a number of delegates idle, and great secrecy has sapped the Conference- Vjx **.: public support and engendered susjlJ?' .■ cions. The great democracies are left Vin the dark while four men seek to «e& , ; 1 tie the world’s destinies. The , • j which has been aggravated by\the,t"£iU 'i most daily accruing troubles m varLiije ' parts of Europe, may well overwhelmthem. ' ; 1 The Italians are credited with pre* l' : '_ [ paring; for strong action owing to the O' * : reluctance of other delegates to ajlo** Emme to Italy. - * What is certain (is .that Orlando . . withdrew from the Council of Fqtfj: »- when Ml Trumbitch presented the '-.Tu*- "■-.i f*o-Sla.v&’ claim. Bardlai, one of Ui«r , - Italian delegates, declares that ■ tbg, 34 failure of the Council to respect righs would lead > to a. .dire’ ' situation in Italy. The delegate added that Signor Orlando could .not In dus'-" ■tice to his people, negotiate wi^|f'*, representative of a people which fought*' ' Italy until the last hoar. It low* the dignity of‘the Italiandelegji'- , * 1 tion to deal with thos eresponable for f a portion of the deaths o! Italian sol*, ! t : diers. V ■■

CRUSHING BOL* SHEVIKS. ARCHANGEL, April 5, The British* crushingly , defeated j \ large Bolshevik force attacking ; -;ihe-''?*M Allied blockhouses, “ n(Rec. Acrii 7, B.SO a.m. ,4 VANCOUVER, April 5. J. Boshevists devastated : the town oT , Osea, near Penn, killing, two thou* • sand, including' educated classes. AN ANXIOUS POSITION. NEED FOR ALLIED ASSISTANCE. j (Rec. April 7, 8.50 a.m.) > LONDON, April 3. 41 Sir Ernest Shackleton, who has re* d turned from Murmansk to Archangel,, - . was (bv IRauterV ’ j pendent. He. said 'the ppsitiort of tbe : ,“V Allied northern forces is undoubtedly * an anxious one. The Bolsheviks well equipped and - organised, ably led. They largely outnumbered 4to ’ . Allies, hence* both the Murmansk™ fcMT. Archangel fronts were in danger. ! I*t was not merely a question, of saving _ ; . our own troops, for half a million people threw in their Iqt with os. These were originally against tht Germam, and at present are -against Bolsheviks; conseq-pently there - yzae ’-®‘ moral obligation, to take definite W-* tion. An announcement* to this effect would be » spearpoint thrust in the 1 || heart of Bolshevism, anH an incentive to Russian mobilisation. Sir Shackleton was confident that sum-,. cient volunteers could be obtained ' » meet the. situation. He Britain had not yet realised *| at stake if tfie peril was - ' grappled with. A three monthe , , paign bv a volunteer - break the Bolshevist was becoming far wbrse than ■ k *' ■ militarism. ; &