Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-04-11

the matter. Before FOch had begun
his negotiations correspondent In
Paris cabled that the big Four" had
decided that Danzig should be made
n free port, and added that It was re-
ported the disposition Of the vlstula
valley would be left to plebisclte.
A Rome paper asserted that the
italian frontier question had been set
tied favorably to Italy by the peace
delegates.
The Infrequenf communicates OF the
peace conference are about as Inter
esting as excerpts from an almanac,
and less informative. One bit OF news
was given out-the fact that General
SHUTS had been dispatched to Hun
gary to study the situation there. This
did not please the Paris press, which
saw In It only another delay. 1t had
been hoped that General Mangin
would be sent east to deal With the
Hungarians. Official advices from
Budapest were to the effect that the
new soviet government was establish
ing itself and maintaining order, ana
that 1t was disposed to make large
concessions to the allies In return for
food and fuel. 1t was supposed
SHUTS would open negotiations for
nm amicable agreement. Bella Kun and
his associates Insist their government
Is communistlc rather than bolsheyis-
tic. The fact remains that Kun Is IN
constant communication with Lenine,
whose secretary he formerly was.
The allied delegates also were said
to be. considering the ACCESSIBILITY or
coming to an understanding with the
Russian soviet government and per-
hitting II to get food and materials.
This, Lenine says, Is all he wants; II
1t Is granted his government can make
good. and then the allies can recognize
it IL they wish to. He declares he Is
willing to make peace without includ-
ing Hungary In the pact and will then
cease fighting and stop propaganda
work In other countries. All this, II
was reported sounded good to the
peace- makers In view Of the threats OF
Germany to form an alliance with Rus
sia or to allow itself to go bolsheyik
II the terms OF the treaty should not
be to their liking. Meanwhile the
soviet troops of Russia were very busy
carrying out their threat to start ma
Tor operations on all fronts as soon as
the weather permitted. They began a
rather formidable Invasion of East
Prussia and were met there by Ger
man army which has been organized
by Won Hlndenburg. They continued
their operations In the south and made
repeated and heavy attacks on the
allied forces in the Archangel region
There, however, they had little sue
cess. But that the northern Russian
situation Is considered serious by the
niles Is evidenced by the fact that the
British government announced that re
endorsements would Immediately FOL
low the American troops then on the
way to North Russia.
Official Russian wireless messages
that came from Petrograd Thursda.
may change the Russian situation ma
terially. They told Of an anti-bolshe
visit strike of the railway and trans
mort men which had stopped communi
cations and prevented the city iron
getting any bread. Other dlspatche
said the menshevlki and social revolu
tionarles had actually started revol
against the bolshevik regime and tina
Lenine and Trotzky had come to
definite break over the formers insist
ence on some sort Of a treaty wit
England, France and the Unite
States. Trotzky, of course. holds tn
military control, and he Is regarded a
in n stronger position than Lenine. e'
pecially so long as he can provide nj
troops with sufficient food.
Interesting II not important Is IN
intercepted wireless message frol
Tchltcherin, Russian foreign minister
to Bella Kun of Hungary. saying:
"The revolutionary movement ce'
tainly Is gaining In America. Amer
can newspapers say the states of Ne
York. Pennsylvania. Indiana, lllino
and Michigan are especially imprei
mated by bolshevism. A riot has take
place In Philadelphia, which certainl
must be attributed to bolshevist Init
ence."
Poland IL sending distress calls b
cause OF the actions of Won Hinder
burg's army In eastern German
! These troops, besides combating Il
advancing Russians, are said to be p
laying upper Silesia. destroying
industries systematically and takil
away everything from the factorie
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