FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1919, Page 5

FRANCE.

THE FEAR OF BOLSHEVISM. HEATED DEBATES IN CHAMBER. Keceived March 30, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 27. French apprehensions regarding Bolshevism were reflected in tlse heated debate in the Chamber of Deputies during the last few days on the situation in Russia. M. Pichon declared that- Bolshevism was not only the plague of Russia, but of humanity. The French Government had been accused of playing into the hands of the Russian reactionaries, which meant that all who were not partisans of Lenin and Trotsky were to be regarded as Tsarists. He regr-tted that the Socialist minority had united to support the Bolsheviks against his Government. What the latter desired was a federal republic. He did,not despise the Bolshevist army, which was stalled by German officers. The Socialists hotly protested against being stigmatised as Bolshevist because they resisted the idea of military intervention in Russia. M. Piehon rejoined: "You are not Socialists." The uproar drowned M. Pichon's further remarks. M. Pichon maintained that it was necessary to retain Allied forces in Russia. He stated there were 13,000 British, 5000 American, 2349 French. 2500 Italians and Serbians, and 12,000 Russians in the Archangel region.—Aus. Cable Assoc.

TO BLOCK BOLSHEVIKS. MOBILISATION OF FRIENDLY RACES Received March 31, 1.30 am. New York, March 20. The Herald states the Council of Four, after consultation with the Allied generals, propose the mobilisation of friendly peoples between Baltic and Black Sea under an Allied military direction with complete Allied aid to cthpck Bolshevik penetration.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn.