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give the Allies twenty or even forty
billion rubles," Zinovieff said:
our Russian counter-revolutionists
Milukoff, Savinkoff and Tschaikovsky,
understand very well that our conces-
sion to the Allies is purely a sham
character. That Is why they try to
persuade the Allies not to conclude
peace with the Bolsheviki, pointing
out that the Bolsheviki cannot give
and guantees."
Zinovieff is represented as often
making undiplomatic statements when
warming up in speech. On a previ-
Gus occasion he said that any peace
the Bolsheviki could make with the
Allies would be "a scrap of paper" and
q repetition of the Brest-Ltovsk
peace.
4 .., Terms Of Proposal ....
n George Lansbury, editor of the Daily
Herald, intimates that the, conditions
7 Of the Russian proposal are the with.
drawal Of Allied troops from Russia
and the abandonment of the policy of
Interference in Russian affairs.
Russia. on hor part. would be willing
not, to- interfere with the affairs Of
other, nations: allow Finland Es-
thoniat Ukraine and other republics
formed from the bygone Russian en-
pire to choose their own forms OF gov.
q ernment and to recognize Russians in.
J ternational debts.
Tho writer minimizes stories of out.
RACES by Russian revolutionaries de.
clarfng that. such happenings have
been less frequent than In other revo.
1utions on a similar scale. He AYERS
that Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik Pre-.
) Infer, and Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik
/, MI nf No rim hau
been "outrageously slandered" and de
scribes the present administration OF
Russia as "clean and uncorrupt." The
reorganization of industries Is proceed
ing everywhere in Russia, Mr.. Lans
bury says.
Paris, March 31.-tBy A. P.rPre
mier Lloyd George and President viii
son conferred privately for an houi
this forenoon before the council OF
! four met at the Presidents residence
1t is understood that the purpose o.
the conference was to expedite thu
peace proceedings. - .'
: The probability that important fina
! decisions will be taken this week by thu
! peace conferees is pointed out by th
French press today. Dwelling upon th
. French claims, the newspapers reiter
I ate their arguments that these are jus
Z and legitimate and absolutely tneces
sary for the safety of France an
/ likewise of the world.
The Echo de Paris claims to know
that, in order to assure the securit.
of the French frontier. it will b
! made obligatory upon Germany to dc
stroy her forts on the right bank O
I the Rhine, with the Allies occupying
the left bank until the war indemnit
is paid. Regarding the indemnities
\ the experts, the newspaper continues
have admitted the impossibility of Ger
many's paying enormous amounts dur
i ing the next two years. The news
paper says 1t understands that tn
payments required will be on risin
Z scale yearly. each of the Allies to re
+ Iceive it's share either in. cash. or var
bus products.
i Persistent efforts principally by tn
American delegates, but seconded 70
4 the most part by the, British an
Italians, to speed up the work o
8 the various councils and commi.
sions preparing the details of tn
last week That most important re
Il suits win be attained during the pres
ent week is predicted by those who ar