The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-21
Relief TO Be
SENT RUSSIA
CONSIDERED
BY CONGRESS
Need Of Sending Food to Save
Country from Belshevism
Advanced by Peace Dele
gates.

(By Associated Press)

PARIS. Jan. 21.-The Russian Ques-
tion was again taken up by the su-
preme council Of the peace conference
when 1t met for today's session at
lO:3O o'clock. There was a full at
tendance OF members OF the council for
this meeting. Vittorio Orlando. the
Italian premier. being present for the
first time since his recent trip to
Rome.
Harold Scavenius. Danish minister
to Russia, who had been asked to give
his views on the Russian situation to
the council today, arrived at the for
eign office as the members assembled
and Immediately went into the con-
ference chamber.
The peace conference now has the
Russian situation under active and
continued examination. while the
plans for the league OF nations are
being fast brought into shape and
were expected to be taken under gen.
eral consideration for the first time
when the supreme council OF the con-
ference re-asseE lied today. The lat
est information available was that all
the associated governments were pre-
pared for the presentations of plans
that had been variously formulated, in
response 10 tHe CdIl iOE lHeu lsSucu
last Saturday
Memoranda at Hand.
President Wilson had in hand this
morning the memoranda on the sub
'ect prepared by the American mis-
lion.
NJ. Sazonoff. former secretary of the
Pnssian duma, has been in conference
nth some members Of the American
'olesation, urging the admission to
me conference of delegates from the
0msk government in Russia, which
NO represents here.
After the conference has heard such
~eports as are available from men
who have first hand information on
Pussian conditions and has considered
the memoranda from the various gov
ernments It will attempt to reach
some decision as to what unified &C
ton may be taken to deal With the
situation.
Two Views Given.
In the general informal discussion
which is taking place outside the Sc
crccy of the peace conference with
may be assumed to reflect the views
being expressed within that body, the
two considerations given first place
are believed to be whether to attempt
to build wall or establish quaran-
tine around Bolshevik Russia through
giving assistance in the setting up of
governments in the Independent
states surrounding the maximalist ter
ritory, or whether to attempt to re-
lieve conditions in European Russia.
which relief many statesmen believe
would remove the cause of Bolshev-
ism. The third consideration is the
question of extending armed aid to
the forces within Russia which are
openly fighting Bolshevism in the
field
or all the courses suggested 1t
would appear that the last mentioned
Is the least favored, certainly by the
United States and it seems also that
the first named Is attracting much
support. The recent agreement OF
the factions in Poland is looked upon
by some observers as step In this
direction, the assumption being that
II was taken in the belief by Poland
that the associated governments might
consider the sending OF some armed
forces in the plan for building wall
around Russian Bolshevism so as to
cut it off from western Europe.
Watch Food Condition.
The food situation in Germany also
is being kept under close scrutiny in
the same connection. The latest re-
ports available through agents who
have just returned from the Rhineland
support the view OF Herbert c. Hoov-
er that in this territory there are food
reserves sufficient to last the people
until March. but that the supplies in
other parts Of the country are smaller.
AS President Wilson is convinced
that the people of all the recently lib
Grated countries must be fed if they
are not to be in danger Of lapsing into
Bolshevisn. and has asked congress
TO advance money for feeding them. 1t
is considered evident that the provis-
ioning problem continues to occupy a
prominent place in the discussions
now going on.
The plans for the league of nations
are continuing to develop and it is
deemed not improbable that the con.
ference will get to its first full dis.
cussions Of that subject by the end OF
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