Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-27
French Foreign Minister Tells
Correspondents No Re-
Sponse Has Been Received
From Any of Factions.
B0LSHEVIKI HAVE A
De FACT0 EXISTANCE
French Attitude in Regard to
West Bank of Rhine Has
Not Been Accurately Out
lined in Reports,


Paris, Jan. 26 tby the Associated
foreign minister, received the Asso-
ciated Press and a number OF Ameri-
can, British, Italian and Japanese
newspaper correspondents at his pri-
vate office in the foreign office today
and talked freely and frankly of the
status of the big foreign questions as
they are affected by the conference.
The meeting was III the same room
where the council of the great powers
meets
I'VE have no response from any of
the Russian elements" said the min
lister, answering the first question, rel
ative to the invitation to The Russians
to meet at Princes islands for a con
ference with the allied and associated
powers.
The minister was asked if these
non-official statements We're accepted
as indicating that the meeting at
Princes islands would not take place
'''Thel, a8as tsNfltt Wss y
replied NJ. Pichon, "as the Bolshevists
in this non official statement do not
say positively that they will not at
tend, but merely present some objee-
tons"
AS to whether a meeting could be
arranged elsewhere than Princes is
lands, the minister replied that was a
question for the council. and as he
was only one of the members he could
not say what they would do. The
minister added. however, that the
opinion expressed by the Russian
groups in Parts seemed to embody
the views of the governments they
represented. If no meeting place on
Princes islands, it would then be for
the council to say what the next step
with reference to Russia would be.
Have dc FactO Existence.
When asked if the Bolshevists were
n de facto government the minister
answered.
They have de facto existence and
this has led to their being invited
with the others"
Concerning the various interests in
Syria and Arabia. NJ. Pichon express
ed the belief that "all can be recon
ciled by mutual concession"
In reply to the question as to how
long it would be before there was an
agreement on the league of nations
he said:
THAT is difficult to- say before we
have o full plan. The drafting will
be the work of a committee and then
the conference must pass on the work
But it is evident that there will he
an agreement on a common plan,
Preparing Damage Data.
Speaking of claims for reparation
NJ Pichon said that France and al
the other countries interested were
preparing data, but it would take
some time to arrive at exact figures
The published reports concerning the
amount of the claims varied. and Il
was impossible, the minister added
to give the exact figures at present
Territorial questions. he went on
were beginning to be considered now
in connection with the various ques
tions before the council AS to the
possibility of the discussion of the
league of nations delaying territorial
adjustments he said:
mot at all, as the examination O
the two questions proceeds alont
parallel lines
Relative to the French attitude to
ward the holding of the left bank o
the Rhine, M. Pichon declared tina
various published reports We're pre-
mature and more or less incorrect
When his attention was called to re
marks which Marshal Foch had re
Gently made on the subject, NJ
Pichon said Marshal Foch spok,
in his personal capacity on this sub
ject and II has not yet been consid
cred here"