Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-24
GREAT POWERS AWAIT
 WORD FROM RUSSIA

Paris, Jan 23.-(By The A. P.) Whether the effort of the great pow CTS to tranQuilize Russia was to sue cced or fail was still in the balance tonight. No reply had come from the RnlSheViki or from any other faction, and as the wireless message embody- ing the proposal of the associated powers was not sent until two o'clock this morning, some days may inter vene before anything definite is known
 In the meantime, prominent anti | Bolshevik leaders in Paris are not | clear on their course and the first re- ports that they were favorable to the | plan have been followed by a state ment by such leaders as Sergius Sa- zonof that they would not sit at the | table with asSassinS.
 l The semi official Temps also as
 serts that the supreme councils pro- | posal permits traitors who withdrew | Russia from the war and turned the | entire German strength against France
 to be received on the same footing as
 tie faithful"
 The American and British delegates feel, however, that the proposal was the only course open.
 Information reaching the allies in- diCates that the Bolsheviki have a pOWtIIui dI1uN III WHICH u1SciDll0e IS being enforced. In view of this in formation one of the prenliers pointed
 out today that the Bolsheviki could
 only be combatted by large number
 of allied troops, which would have to be on the spot immediately, whereas 1none of the governments could ask |, people already wearied by war to un-
 dertake another large military expe-
 dition
 The council of the great powers to-
 day definitely, set four main subjects
 to be presented at the full conference
 or Saturday-frst, international labor
 legislation: second, responsibility and DGniShments for the war; third, in-
 demnities: fourth, internationalizatior
 of ports waterways and railways. These subjects are not to be dis
 cussed in detail, but will be irnmedi- ately referred to committees for study , and report. The American member! Of these committees were selected a an extended conference between Pres
 ident Wilson and the American dele Sates this afternoon.
 The American plans on the frs topic are already well advanced Whil,
 there is no definite information on tn. , second point, relative to responsibil ity and punishments for the war. tn, sentiment in American quarters in ! Cllnes to a negative attitude with som suggestions that those responsible Wh, have fled from Germany should b. returned for Germany to deal with. 5 The third subject, indemnities, vii l not be presented in the conferenc
 with the amounts claimed by eacl !, government, but a committee will b 7 charged with the task of assembling = these amounts and also of determining the probable maximum the enem
 powers are able to pay.
 The meeting tomorrow will hay , added importance in bringing togethe I the supreme war council with Presi ! Gent Wilson, the premiers and foreig | ministers, reinforced by arshal F'ocl e Field Marshal Haig, General Pershin
 and General Diaz and the full mem
 bership of the war council of Yer
 Sailles.
 ' The subject for consideration is nc
 Russia, or Poland as was suppose, ,, but the status of the present militar e occupation of Germany, on which tn = council desires information from th military leaders. In some allied qual G ters it had been suggested that tf V American strength in the occupied re a gions should be relaticly larger tha = that of the other forces as the Euro
 pean allies have gone through longt c service. This view is not shared O American quarters, where it is main tained that the relative America V strength is fully up tc the require ,t ments.
 The presence of the military leadeI il tomorrow is expected to bring pre- n ty full understanding on this subjec