Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-15 | Page 1 | Russ Bolsheviki Meet Defeats

'I HENRY P. DAVISON and (at j bottom) Thomas W. Lamont, American members of the interallied commission considering financial problems at the peace conference I " 1 tf - ' A O ; ( TTX r -i I . " ! " ST . I a RUSS eisn HI DEFEATS Ukrainians Under Simon Petlura Administer Fresh Reverses. ' VIENNA, Monday, May 12. i By the Associated Press. ) Russian Bolshevik forces have met with new defeats from Ukrainians led by .Simon Petlura. Zeleney, another peasant leader, is leading fresh revolts throughout the governments of Kiev, Tchernigov and Poltava, and the Bolsheviki have been forced to reinforce their troops in these districts. The government of West Ukraine has sent a mission to Italy to secure the release re-lease of prisoners held there, who, it is planned, will be sent to reinforce the army fighting against the Bolsheviki. Polish Attacks Fail. VIENNA, Tuesday, May 13. (By the Associated Press. ) Polish attacks in the region of Lemberg in the last few days failed completely, according to reports received re-ceived here from Ukrainian sources. The Poles and Ukrainians had readied an against the Ukrainians, but v ere mowed down with machine gun fire, leaving hundreds hun-dreds of dead behind thcin as they retired. re-tired. The same message Indicates heavy fighting near Kiev, occasioned by Bolshevik Bol-shevik attacks on the army of t imoii Petlura. The fighting is said to be espe-Hnllv espe-Hnllv hp.ivv near Bfirdlchcff. unntnr-nvl of Kiev. A Paris dispatch Tuesday said that the Poles attempted a strong infantry rhargo agreement to stop fighting, largely through the friendly offices of America. Nansen lo Sec Lcainc. P.-RIS, May 14.--(By the Af suciated Press, i Dr. Fiidtjof Nanset', head of the commission to fcd Russia, has gone to that country to mg'-itiate directly with Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premh-r, on the question of food relief and the eolation eola-tion of fighting. A P?ris dh-pafch rc-cued )ucj nlrht pt a ic-d that a m--srag h-'d bcecn "-eoivr-.j tbre. from M . Tcih tch'-rin. the HoJshnvi It foreign minister nf )iu?ia. announcing tliiit the Uobhcvil-.i refused to rpc hostilities hos-tilities as a cond.tioti (o tho pruv itrjuing of Kuufcia by neui ral countries. Law Denies Rumors. LONDON. Tuesday, M? y 1 :-, . n , , c, ; -tiored today in th- house uf cornrnons it. ' carding tn Stockholm report that tee en-fnt" en-fnt" powers in-f: orcj ring for naval and milita i y opc-ra tior,:- acjuibl pi. iro.rnr , A ndre w Hoi - a i La w, tu'1'. m merit lc- .Mii r, snid a Lnti:-h squadron had l.w-,n at M-l-' siiitrfors or a long ttm" to moot v ha t ivrr ! i einf:'hf.'!ii'' migiii. ;jr!.-o, "but no u'fiiitr- proposal of ll.f; kind MmgcsieJ ij coriit;u-i plated at tins moment." j YTF.NNW To-day. May :.-- Fret .i I Wireless S''r ice. Thf; y. 1'ird I ruops ' which a ft marching o-i Lud.-jprst will nut ' make ' ny Ipj t rb d u-) nee on t b'- ci' v, J accord '.un to informal jon r'-.-icjiin- the! Acht Lbrbiaft. b-:ius" i!i- a hi-fi pnw-r.: j f-( convince r-M'-if - t'mt t.ho .'-omei Er-.v-. j cr. merit v id bo ov..:nlirov.!i by the IJ';n- r;a r: vo: j r ' ' f - v- i u t i oi : is ts ur that the i city -:'il capiiulaf.