RIGA CONFERENCE

Southland Times, Issue 18934, 22 September 1920, Page 5

RIGA CONFERENCE

ANOIH R FIASCO FiARED

POLAND AND LITHUANIA (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, September 19. A message from Riga reports that mutual distrust threatens to make the conference a fiasco, the same as that at Minsk. r ihe Poles are convinced that the negotiations will be broken off the moment the Reds are Teady for a new attack. POLAND AND LITHUANIA. A DRAMATIC RECONCILIATION. AGREEMENT ON ARBITRATION. PARIS, September 20. A dramatic scene occurred at the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, When the prospects of a settlement of the Polish-Lithuanian dispute were most gloomy and Paderewski made a stirring speech expressing Poland’s desire for peace and confidence in the Lithuanians' similar desire. Woldemar. the Lithuanian delegate walked over In the Polish del-gates and warmly shook hands, after winch Poland and Lithuania agreed to suspend hostilities and iiiiow the League to arbitrate. RED INVASION OF CENTRAL ASIA. REFUGEES FLEEING TO INDIA. DELHI. September 20. The Bolshevik? are now pouring troop? into Central Asia, extending their hold over Bokhara, and merchant? are fleeing to India with their possessions. The Amir of Bokhara. who esc sped before the Bolsheviks arrived, is negotiating with the Amir of Af-ghani-tan for help, and «ill probably seek refuge at Kabul. Documents winch have fallen into the hand- v’f the invaders, show- friendly sentiments and promi.-e- of assistance from Afghanistan ami Bokhara after the, treaty with Britain hj id been cneluded. The Bolsheviks are giving further assistance to Persian rebels. MONARCHIST SCHEMES IN BAVARIA. SOCIALIST REPORTS. MILITARIST COUP CONTEMPLATED. LONDON, September 20. Report? from Germany appear to indicate that monarchist schemes are on foot in Bavaria. Vorwaerts .-ays that the Socialists in North Bavaria sent a urn-sage to the German Government, .-tating that Iluidenburg, Ludem.iorff, a»d rh" ex- King of Bavaria would attend a shooting competition at the Bavarian Kmwohn-Twehr. tn i■ o held in Munich on September 2-t and 25, ami that military circles had made minute preparations for the establishment of a military dictatorship. It L? significant in this connection that at a meeting of the Bavarian People's Party at Bamberg on Seoiember IS a resolution wa,adopted lay a large majority affirming the right of individual Staffs tn choose their own form of Government, conduct their own foreign ' .1 control their own taxation. and hj t * • Reirhswehr formed on the basis of fed contingents.