The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-18
RUSSIA TIE BIC
PROBLEM IN THE
PARIS MEETING
France Stern in Its Refusal
TO Deal With the
Bolsheviki.
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PARIS. Ian. i-.-liard work and !onE
d:scuSS!nnS haI" uot entirely ci'aE"" IN"
way for n" I'rac" rnntcr"ncr WhlcH
or-,ns tomorrow s. complex ar" thH
>rohieuS OF r";.cc. aHd ;" un&tahI" are
some Of It's clements At present, l. IS mi
! rnSS;b," "a divid. IL" work or peace f"F1
,nal!y INTO preliminary cnnrerSatonf
| and tho corfer"aC" proper.
Matters discussed during ths "prelitni-
nary conversations between tt" great
powers will r"n:irur 1" he discussed ny
! them as the conference nc tn" world pro-
Goods. ard K * useless :" expect that fhe
rnntrrccCn itself ard those moro init
mate considerations" nf peace problems
! can 90 carried on without occasional ar
suments and excursions hoth within and
withou, tho foreign "fttc" walls.
Some 1ndiscretions.
Already We have seen moro than one
! :n,!;scrc.!nn calculated I" disturb the
. .vcn tenor q: In" negotiations. The d.
bate on Russian affairs was sinsclariy
! rc!7plIra,rd b. thu iad!scre:ion OF the
! Iurlr.tr and some comment thereon.
\ dispatch hy the New York Tribune
rnrrrSpcndsni declaring that President
, W lson Threatened 20 withdraw his
troops rom France unless his policies
wrrc accepted. is another inStanc" OF the
,'anS,r nf printing thc product OF an
t,nf"tr"r-d l!naG;no:ion. The politicians
, ali i.r pr"=S have IN" CraveSt raSHou-
>,hliity N ;h.S matter. for upon the at
lnuSpf.rs which is created around IN"
con r.. -t,uc. much ot it. chance nf success
depends.
The main point oc this mornings Sit
. oE .An
Il sc7rs sion % r"Iicy in regard ~ KTssia
a. Z whole. ard IA" various Russian gov
.-a;a"a.S IN particular. Whin l. IS prnc-
.:c;l!ly settled TIM nH Russian d"laGaieS
will be admitted - III" conference prop
or. 4 SHc-r~ :" GaE" been agreed that
representatives rt tha Omsk. ArchanCrl
and Eka"trnrI?r governments Will hH
fn.itsd - attend rs Il special commission
:" advise as I" The best policy for Tho
allies 20 follow.
The Bo,shcvists.
- only scr:uus point ~ d!ffcrcnc"
b'tw""n rhc major allied and tho ;LsSo-
,.lc.d government seems 10 concern the
';':"StI"a rf ;~"rirIcut OF th" Bolsh hey
ie;S Tho French v!"w remains firmly
tia: a\7r.S>..i IN S'"ph"r piChnn's not"
- -. British ;;ov"rnu"nt--that Erar""
can il:,n M dealIa.-S with criminals
American standpoint. s"cms In hc in
>uir"d hy i..SS severity towards the Boil
>hrv.G:s-
! IN nl!t hnr;;;,tivr French opinion. thi-
v..w takes m inSTff;r!rni account Of
til" consideration thar any disposition
on ih.. part uf rh= allies To condone.
.v"n by implications. III" ahomInations
nf which ~" Bol&hvsts hara been
guilty would immensely Increase the
Eo1s!ri$,s' pr"$;ig" and d"prcss the
ami -EulshHyist factor IN eastern. r"ntral
aud southeastern Eur1p". and tend to
hn,St"r up the very regime whose eI-
ist"ucr is now tho chief obstacle 70 the
conclusion az y sound peace. ArEu-
mons employed by one British rpokcs-
MAN AZ Il recent sittinE--that the allies
,rliS, NOT repeat il regard to Russia
,nc mistake made By England toward
tho French revolution. when she con-
s:dCrrG The French "micreS tho only
worthy REPRESENTATIVES. in F'r5Inrn--car-
ri.S I:ttlc weight in French official cir
clos bcrauS. il IS based on n false
analogy. In regard - direct or indi-
rect dealings with tn" Enlshevists. the
French government IS unlikely TO Yield
France May Yield.
on annth"r point France might p"r-
hars y."td with advantage" y deputn-
ton from Tho Ukraine has reached the
OF he refusal Of the French authori
ti"s :" rtrrn'i II I" proceed tn Paris.
has rr,;rncd ~ Turin. Tho chIct
eruGnds OF ;ha refusal appears 10 n"
no suspicious character "c ono or N"