BOLSHEVISM.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16799, 1 April 1919, Page 7

BOLSHEVISM.

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DEBATE IN FRENCH CHAMBER

■ Awtralaa and N.Z. Cable Aisn

PARIS, March 30

Everything points to the supreme necessity for a definite policy in combating Bolshevism. , After a debate the Chamber passed a vote* of con r fidence in the Government by 303 votes to 131. ' The Socialists hotjy denounced armed intervention uT Russia, and demanded refusal of credits for the maintenance of tho French troops, ' M. Renaudtel said the policy of the Peace' Conference was distinctly one of democracy. Bolsheviks should be asked to enter tho League of Nations. TROTSKY'S ARMY. TO INVADE THE WEST. Received 5.5 p.m., March 31stNEW YORK, March 21. Tho "Herald's" Paris correspondent, understands that members of tho Peace Conference have been informed that Trotsky has half a million welltrained troops ready for the invasion of Western Europe. t GERMAN MILITARISTS. COQUETTING WITH THE ENEMY. Received 11.40 p.m., March 31st. 1 ' PARIS, March 31. An investigator employed by the British told the Conference that there had been serious coquetting between tho German governing classes, par-1 ticularly militarists, and tho Bolshevists. They recognise that Germany is dethroned as a world power, and con- I template tho alternative of joining in with the Bolshevists and dragging down the world with them, believing that Germany can recover more rapidly than other nations. FIGHTING IN BALTIC PROVINCES. Received 10.15 p.m., March 31st. PARIS. March 30. The Lithuanians continue their successes against the Bolshevists. In a recent engagement a thousand Bolshevists were killed' and a thousand taken prisoner. The remainder retreated in disorder. It is reported that Bolsliovists aTe sending naval detachments, which are considered their best" troops, i