THE ECONOMIC SITUATION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11760, 21 February 1919, Page 5

THE ECONOMIC SITUATION.

LIFTING BLOCKADE IMPERATIVE.

RUSSIAN SITUATION INSOLUBLE.

(Atiot. und N.Z. Gable Association.) New York, February 15 Interviewed at Paris prior to his departure, President Vv'lisou said : The most tremendous issue in the world is the economic situation. People are more interested in where tbe day’s food is coming from than who will be their rulers. Lifting the blockade is imperative, unless we wish to see Germany becoming the same as Russia,” President Wilson said he considered the Russian situation almost insoluble. The invitation to a conference at Prince’s Island attracted the least desirable Russian factions.