BOLSHEVISM.

Taihape Daily Times, 31 March 1919, Page 5

BOLSHEVISM.

THE LANDING AT DANZIG.

NO ■ REPLY RECEIVED FROM GERMANY.

Received March 31, 9.20 a .in

PARIS, March 30

A telegram from Warsaw says the Germans have not yet replied to the Allied ultimatum demanding facilities fo,r landing Poles at Danzig.

ALLIES' ASSISTANCE.

TO SERBIA AND ROTJMANIA

Received 10 10 a.ni

PARIS, March 30

General Mangin will command the Polish and Roumanian armies. Thus there will be unity of command from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The Supreme Council is also re-arming Roumania, sending locomotives and other equipment, in addition to assisting Serbia in view of the Hungarian mcncae. PREPARING FOR AN EASTERN WAR. TO CHECK BOLSHEVISM. Received March 31, 9.25 a.m. PARIS, Marcli 30.

With the approach of spring, the French leaders, who have alwayf taken a more serious view of the Bolsheviks' military pretensions than the -AngloAmericans, and have formulate'd plans for a new Eastern war. Clemenc'eau and Foeh still hope for intervention by ia. itself. The deputies, except the Socialists, strongly support intervention. Foch's new plan provides for the mobilisation of all friendly peoples between the Baltic and the Black Sea. including the Czeeho-Slovaks, Greeks, and Serbiai}'.

POLES FROM FRANCE. A LANDING AT DANZIG. . . COPENHAGEN, March 28. It is reported that th'e Gorman National Assembly has been asked to allow the landing of Polish troops from France at Danzig. POLICY OF FRANCE. TO DEFEND LITTLE NATIONS Received 10.1 G a.m. PARIS, March 30. M. Abrami, in the Chamber, announced that Clemenceau 's policy was not to send troops to Russia, but to defend the little nations against Bolshevism, especially Poland and Jtoumania. ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY. OVER OCCUPATION OF DANZIG.

PARIS, Mnrch 29,

The Allied command :it Sol demanded a landing for Polish tr)7.is vc Piv.zig, stating that rofu ; \) w)iid be regarded as a breach oi tbo armistice BERLIN, March 21',

The "Lokal Anzieger" reports Ihat susper ion of the armistice by the Allies is possible.

LONDON, March 2&

From a French source it is learned that the National Guard of Austria is displaying Bo| hevist tendencies. The Germans are sending more troops to Danzig, and also strengthening the coastal defences.

GERMANY SHOWS HER TEETH

BERLIN, March 29

Erzeberger, speaking on behalf of the Government, demanded the Entente's as> urance that Haller 's army will not occupy Danzig and operate against the Germans or join the Bolsheviks. Otherwise the Government will refuse to consent to ( the landing Decause Paderwski promised that East Prussia would be given to the Poles.

LONDON, March 30j

The "Daily Chronicle's '*'Berlin correspondent states that all parties support the Govjefc'nment's a +Y -i.ty,de Regarding Danzig. ~ The "Deutsche Zeitung" urges the Government to stand firm. It describes the reply to the Entente as the first firm act of a weak Government.

"The Tageblatt" says the PolcJ cannot be regarded as Allies of the Entente. They are not one of the Powers with which Germany condi-Hed the armistice. The Entente have experienced a surprise in Hungary, and must surely see that Germans cannot subscribe to a peace that will condemn them to inldeterminart-ft periods of slavery and deny them the right of self-determination as well as reducing them to treatment as cattle.

The *' Vorwaertz" says the Entente, apparently wishes to satisfy the Poles' aspiration by securing Dantzig, and this regardless of the ,resultant dangers in the East. The Entente's threat) of termination of the armistice are scarcely conceivable.

A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

PARIS, March 29

It is understood that. Air Lloyd George and President Wilson are in agreement in connection with Dantzig. It is believed teiat the con'-traction of a new railway through the area peopled principally by Poles, and where few Germans arc located, would largely overcome the German objections.

DEBATE IN FRENCH CHAMBER.

OX INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA.

Received 11.35 a.m

PARIS, March So

Everything points to the supreme necessity of a definite policy in combating Bolshevism. After a debate, the Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 362 votes to 131. The Social: :ts hotly denounced armed intervention in Russia, and demanded the refusal of credits for the maintenance of French troops. M. Renaunel said the policy of rne ePace oCnfcrence was one of distrust of democracy. The Bolsheviks shoi<U) be asked to enter the League of Nations.

HUNGARIAN CRISIS. ENTENTE INACTION BLAMED. PARIS, March 29. General Haller, in command of the Polish Division in France, complains of the indecision of the Conference in regard to the return of the division to Poland. What had happened in Hungary and elsewhere would have been impossiblebut for the passive policy of the Allies. He does not consider the upheaval in Hungary serious, but only symptomatic. If would! not m'e difficult to linkup the anti-Bolshevik forces fyom Serbia to the Black Sea. with the help of th,c Poles and Roumanians, and thus create a barrier which the Bolsheviks could never pass. NEW YORK, March 29.

The "Herald" states that the Council of Four, after consultation with the Allined generals, propose the mobilisation of the friendly peoples between the Baltic and the Black Sea, under Allied military direction, with complete Allied

aid to cheek Bolshevik penetration. According to a Vienna despatch, tnc Entente Note which precipitated the crisis defined the zone as a belt 140 miles long and 40 miles wide, virtually

shutting Hungary behind the rivers, Theiss, f3zamos, {and Maros. The Note required the withdrawal of Hungarian troops behind the western boundary of the belt within ten days and authorised the Roumanians to advance on the eastern boundary, civil government within the zone to be exercised under Allied control. Statements issued at Budapest accuse the Entente of forcing- a revolution but the revolt is more probably due to the occupation of parts of Hungary by Czecho-Slovaks .and Roumanians, while signs are not. wanting of German collusion wltn Czecho-Slovaks. GREAT VICTORS FOR B'OLSHEVIKSS.

PARIS, March 29.

Hungary's adoption of Bolshevism is regarded as most serious, chiefly as endangering the Entente efforts to build up the Roumanian, Polish, and Czeeho-Slovak States as bulwarks against German domination in Cential Europe. All three States are menaced by the advancing Bolshevik armies.

The neutral zone decided upon by the Peace Conference was intended to make the Hungarians desist from attacking the Roumanians and communicating with the Russians, while it closed the gap between Poland and Ron mania.

A NOTE FROM THE ENTENTE COPENHAGEN. March 29 Advices from Berlin state that the Entente Powers have demanded the Hungarian Government's resignation and the election of a National Assembly under the Entente's supervision. HINDENBURG REVIEWS TROOPS AMSTERDAM, March 29 Hindenburg inspected troops on fhe oPsen-Silesian front.

A telegram from Warsaw says tnc Poles expelled the Bolsheviks from Minsk, which was a great centre for Bolshevik propaganda. The Poles arcalso progressing in East Galicia. The Ukrainians are retiring in disorder along the KokowelzJ-aworow line.