PROBLEMS FACING THE ALLIES

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1540, 20 January 1919, Page 5

PROBLEMS FACING THE ALLIES

POSITION IN THE EAST AND WEST

DIFFICULTY IN DEALING WITH BOLSHEVIKS WOMEN FLOCGED FOR DEFYING THE " FREE LOVE" DECREE By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. L A. X.Z.) (Eec. January 20, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 16. The Australian Press Association understands that the situation of Germany is very uncertain. The 1890 class, numbering 500.000, has been retained in the colours, apart from at least as many others already under arms. Hence it is essential that the Allies should agree to all Marshal Foeh's requisitions for men. Thus far, 8047 officers and 145,776 British prisoners from Germany have been repatriated. The' situatiou in the Balkaus continues difficult. French troops were compelled to occupy Arad. There are conflicts between the Bulgars and Rumanians in Dobrudja. The railway from Batoiun and Baku is now in British hands. Therefore it is easier to supply General Maleson via the Caspian, where a heavy winter has set iu. The British force is the only stable factor in Transcaspian. It is essential to prevent Bolshevik penetration in Northern Persia, and it is equally necessary to retain the present force in Northern Russia, though there is no intention to send large reinforcements or to attack Russia. The Bolsheviks on the Ural front are advancing on Orenburg. The difficulties facing the Omsk Government are largely due to the condition of the trans-Siberian railway, which is only capable of one train daily. About 120,000 Bolsheviks are operating on the Omsk front, including many German officers. Severe fighting occurred in the Don Caucasus, where General Deniken is commanding all the anti-Bolshovik forces. General Denikeu defeated the Bolsheviks in severe fighting east of Stavropol. Nevertheless. 140.000 Bolsheviks are fighting well, owing to discipline harshly enforced by the death penalty and corporal punishment. General Poole telegraphs that refugees from Central Russia state that the Bolsheviks continue to destroy the economic and social life. The decree for the nationalisation of women has been put into force, and commissaries of free love have been established in several towns. Respectable women were flogged for refusing to yield. Experiments were also made for the nationalisation of children. ' BERLIN EXPERIENCES QUIETER DAYS. PREPARING FOR TEE ELECTION OF THE ASSEMBLY.

L & N.Z.. (Roc. January 20. 5.40 a.m.) LONDON, January 15. Berlin's Chief of Police. Herr Riehmer, has restored the old police, with the arms of the former authority, but he will maintain a soldier defence corps until it is absorbed into the police. He is also forming a flyi.ig corps and employing armoured cars. utilising all services for the protection of the elections. The German Government has issued a proclamation appealing for national unity, and threatening sharp punishment for disturbance of the peace. It says the settlement of the eastern frontier must be left to the Peace Conference. Germany needs protection against Polish annexation, and must also protect her frontiers against Russian military despotism, that is seeking to impose its own anarchistic conditions on Germany by a new world war, of which Germany [■would be the theatre. Bolshevism, it declares, means the death of peace, freedom, and socialism. ANOTHER REPORT OF LLEBKNECHT AND LUXEMBURG.

i. k N.Z.i (Bee. January 20, 11.10 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, January 16. It is reported that Herr Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are now at Benthoim, awaiting authorisation to enter Holland. Both Lielikne.-ht and Jln-a Luxemburg were recently reported to have been shot in Berlin. BRMS OP THE EXTENSION OF THE ARMISTICE ALLIED COMMISSION DETECTS GERMAN TRICKERY. k. ic X.Z.) (Bee. January 20, 10-30 :i.m.) PARIS, January 16. A new armistice condition will insist on Germany giving up a number of submarines which she lias tlnis far hidden. The Allied Naval Commission has also discovered that [Germany has not given full details of her uncompleted submarines.

MARSHAL FOCH RECEIVES THE GERMAN DELEGATES A. & X.Z.i (Bee. January 20, 10.10 a.nO PARIS, January 16. Marshal Foeh yesterday received Herr Erzberger and Herr Winterfeldt in his railway saloon at Treves. It is expected that the discussion of the armistice will be concluded this evening. VON BISSING'S AECHIVES CAPTURED.

ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE THEM TO GERMANY FAILS. [A. ft NX) (Roe. January 20, 10.10 a.m.) BRUSSELS, January 16. General von Biasing's archives were discovered hidden in a cart that wa* beiug driven off towards Germany. Tli-se contained a plan for the splitting of Belgium, and a list of the moneys stolen. GERMAN INTENTIONS TOWARDS POLAND. HOPES OF PLUNDER NOT YET WHOLLY DISCARDED <A. k 52.) (Bee. January 20, 8.40 a.ni.) LONDON, January 15. It Is now revealed that it was Germany's determination to sebe all the provisions of the Poles in Prussia if the Polish provinces in Germany were restored to Poland. All parties in Germany agreed to this step, as Poland was regarded as even more important than the left bank of the .Rhine.

Herr Ebert declared that if the Polish provinces were returned, Germany would reconquer the West through the East. These statements were made at a secret meeting of all parties, convened when Prince Max was Chancellor. The German policy now is to have Poland as a prey after the Bolsheviks have ravaged it. Henee the Germans are handing ,«ver their arias to the Bolsheviks.

" Occasions, like 'clouds, soon pass The Empire Express Co. an experts away.''—Arabian Proverb. in forwarding and removal by pantecliBut coughs and coMk are ' 'stickers'' — nieon. Toe company have a staff of ami rale** a specific like Baxter's Lung experts, and careful handling, combined Preserver is taken they are going to j with quick delivery, is assured to patrons, stay and caase trooble. "BaxU|°s" isiPacking is a speciality, and satisfaction the sure protection of the \rholejto customers will be given. Brick atorfarojlv. Baxter's has been New Zea-jage. "Phone BS4. M land's friend for 53 years. Get a 2/61 In 1572 vagrancy was punished in bottle to-day. Chemist or store. v .B England by death.

FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM IN RUSSIA.

ALLIED ASSISTANCE TO GENERAL DENIKIN'S FORCES.

(A. & N.Z.) (Bee. January 20, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, January 16. Three of the Allies are helping General Denekin with arms and ammunition, but only a few French detachments landed at Sebastopol and Odessa.

REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE TO MAKE INQUIRIES

(A. & N.Z.) (Rcc. January 20, 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, January 16. It is understood that a committee of six of the representative and principal Allies will examine the situation in Russia. Representatives of the southern Russian States and also of Omsk will give evidence before the committee and also various Russian personages now in Russia who have been grouped under the presidency of Prince Lvoff. RUSSIAN COMPLICITY IN BERLIN RISING. STOREHOUSE FOR ARMS UNDER THE EMBASSY. (A. & X.Z.) (Bee. January 20, 11.10 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, January 16. The ''National Tidende" reports that a secret staircase and an enormous store of arms and ammunition have been discovered in the Russian Embassy at Berlin. AUSTRALIAN CRIMINALS ROB A CAFE. CAPTURED AFTER LIVELY FIGHT WITH REVOLVERS. (A. & X.Z.) (Bee. January 20, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, January 16. Four Australian soldiers, including a negro, entered a cafe near Montreuil and called for drinks. The negro conversed with the landlord and then covered him with a revolver while his companions cleared the till. Gendarmes and police agents were soon on their tracks. The soldiers turned their revolvers against their pursuers, and a fierce bout ensued. One of the Australians received a shot through the lung, and another fell owing to a shot in the arm. The others bolted, but were finally captured and handed over to the British military authorities. THE LONDON DRUG-TAKING REVELATIONS. FURTHER REVELATIONS AT THE CARLETON INQUEST. (A. & X.Z.) (Bee. January 20, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, January 16. The inquest on the actress Billie Carleton, who was found dead iu a West End flat after a fancy dress ball, has been resumed. Deveulle, iu evidence, denied giving cocaine to the deceased. He first took cocaine in America, and then ceased until .a few months ago, when he bought some from a Chinese woman and a film actor named Belcher.

Witness denied evidence by Miss Longfellow that he entered Miss Carleton's bedroom. He merely got his wife's face powder and handed it round as a joke. The coroner commented that this statement was very ingenious, but unconvincing. I>r. Stewart, recalled, replying to the coroner, said that Carleton (old him that Jack May taught her to smoke opium. May is an American who started Murray's Night Club, where the Tango craze raged in 1913.

A message received last month stated: —Sensational evidence was given a! the inijiiest on Billie Carleton, a well-known beauty and leading lady at the Haymarket Theatre, who was found dead in a ilat in the Strand after a fancy dress ball at the Albert Hall. The evidence disclosed a remarkable drug-taking habit in certain theatrical circles, including "dope" parties, where opium and cocaine were dispensed, also visits to Limehouse opium decs. Billie Carleton obtained cocaine at a cost of £6 for a small packet worth 2/-. Mrs Lo Ping, the English wife of a Chinaman, has been arrested. She cooked opium for "dope" parties. Several well-known actresses were mentioned in the evidence. Curious details were given of how male servants were sent to Chinese opium dens in the Enst End to secure the drug. They resorted to ingenious expedients to secrecy, owing to the stringent anti-opium law. Lo Ping was charged with being in possession of opium, and his wife was charged with supplying same. NEW BRITISH GIANT DREADNOUGHTS. MAMMOTH FIGHTING SHIPS THAT DEFY TORPEDOES. (A. & NX) (Pee. January 20, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, January 16. Some details are disclosed of the Admiralty's surprise class of three super-Dreadnoughts, of which iI.M.S. lood has already been launched and is nearing completion, while 11.M.5. Rodney and ELMS. Howe are well advanced. They will be the world's largest battleships. They are only seven feet shorter than the Aquitania (868 feet), and carry eight 15-inch guns. The ships will be practically torpedo-proof, being fitted with a blister-cushion, against which torpedoes and mines explode harmlessly. Their speed is about 30 knots, and they cost £3,500,000. A battle-cruiser of a smaller type, but faster, is now being built, and two others are on the slips.