New-York tribune., 1919-11-15
Plan to Speed Capture of
Petrograd With Help Of.
Volunteers Announced at
Baltic States Meeting
End of Peace Drive
Pressure, Believed to Have
Been From France and
England, Causes Action

EELSINGFORS, Finland. Nov. IL
(By The Associated Press).-The
Baltic states conference at Dorpat has
been advised that Finland has decided
to aid General Yudenitch with 10000
volunteers in a new attempt to take
Petrograd within the next few weeks.
This development. late to-day, may
seriously interfere with and perhaps
speedily bring to an end the efforts
OF the Baltic states delegates here to
reach an Agreements with the Russian
Bolsheviki.
delegate to the conference inti-
mated to the correspondent that such
great pressure had been suddenly
brought upon the conference that it
would be impossible to attempt to
negotiate peace with the Bols' eviki.
Reports here are that the pressure
came from England and France.
An important statement exp aiming
the changed position of the conference
was expecte1 tonight by NJ. Pip, the
Esthonian Foreign Minister. and Carl
Pauluk and DR.. Schlupas, leaders of the
Lettonan and Lithuanian delegations.
Nature of Pressure Secret
at is possible that this will be the
last day of the conference" said the
informant Of the CORES spondent with
regard to the changed situation. Asked
as to the nature of pressure which was
alleged to have been brought 20 bear
upon the confereHce. the delegate said:
"Pressure can be exercised by other
means than blockade, which would be
rather crude There are a hundred
ways, including financial and economic
methods"
The delegate emphasized the assertion
that there were 200 900 German troops
in East Prussia, saying: "They would
be glad to join in the fight against the
Bolsheviki if they were permitted to
occupy the Baltic states"
A great change was apparent in the
demeanor of the delegates when they
emerged from last evenings confer
ence, which was prolonged one. They
appeared to be depressed and detected.
Several returned to their respective
capitals to-day to discuss the new sit
uation with their governments
To Meet Bolsheviki Monday
No change has been made in the plan
to receive the Bolshevik representatives
on Monday, rs it is considered neces-
sary TO discuss with them questions
wholly independent of the subject of
peace,
DORPAT,, Nov. ID (By The Asso-
ciated Press -Four Bolshevik repre-
sentatives. headed by NJ. Litvinoff,
former Ambassador to Great Britain,
are coming to Dorpat, where the Baltic
states conference is in session, ac-
cordng to wireless dispatch from
Moscow received by NJ. = Pip, the
Esthonian Foreign Minister to-day.
The names OF the three sother Russians
were not given.
LONDON, Nov. 14.-7-The Bolsheviki
have been overthrown in Brest- Litovsk,
Soviet wireless dispatch from Mos
cow to-day admits. After fighting the
insurgents there for eight days, the
dispatch says, the Bolsheviki withdrew
underground. (This expression is
common y used in Russia to Indicate
the temporary abandonment of an at
tempt to control, the defeated elements
scattering and abandoning open, organ
ized effort for the time being.)
The commulique assert that the
Bols hevik army in Siberia has captured
80 600 tons 0 grain. Another an
nouncement is to the effect that 10000
tone of oil were burned in fire at
Groznyi, in the Northern Caucasus.