RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1920, Page 5

RUSSIA.

A PEACE CONFERENCE. SEVERAL STATES REPRESENTED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—rCopyright. Received March 3, 7.25 p.m. Copenhagen, Feb. 2S. The Foreign Ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latavia, Esthonia, Finland, and Roumania are meeting shortly at Warsaw, to discuss peace with the Soviet—Reuter (Service. PEACE TERMS. London, Feb. 28. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Chronicle interviewed the Soviet representative, Victor Kopp, who enunciated the Russians' condition for peace as including the resumption of trade with the rest cf the, ivorld. Russia will recognise the new border States. Russia is prepared to pay her debts provided guarantees are given for the maintenance of peace. Russia is prepared to open trade with all nations of the world and undertakes to refrain from political or economic interference with other countries. Russia has no aggressive intentions regarding India or elsewhere, and is willing to export to Britain timber, flax, hemp, and later grain and butter.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

JAPANESE TROOPS IN RUSSIA. Tokio, Feb. 2S. The Premier states that it is impossible for Japanese troops yet to evacuate Siberia, but there is no intention that they shall remain there permanently.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK ATTACKS. London, March 1. A South Russian communique, date-i February 28, statss that the Bolsheviks arc advancing on a broad front extending from east of Rostoff to north of Stavropol. Bolshevik attacks on the lower Don and Crimea front were repulsed with-severe, losses. The War Office reports, on February 2i>:—The Bolsheviks advancing on Stavropol were thrown back ten miles, also the Bolsheviks astride the TsaritsynKkaterinodar railway, and the Red cavalry were forced back with heavy losses on the cast shore of the Black Sea. The Green Guard? have seized Tuapse. The British guardship Standfast was fired upon from Tuapse and suffered several hits from 00-pounders. Advices have been yeeoived that the Bolsheviks have occupied Onega.