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Show New Attempt to Be Made ;' H To Take City of Petrograd REDS ARE DEFEATED I Overthrown in Brest- I Litovsk After Eight I Days' Fighting. H HELSINGFORS. Finland, Thursday. Nov 13. (By the Associated Press ) -The Baltic Mates conference at Dor- n pat has been advised that Finland has decided to aid General Yudenitch with 30,000 olunteers in a new attempt to take Petrograd within the next few weeks. This development may seriously interfere in-terfere with and perhaps speedily bring to an end the efforts of ihe Baltic states' delegates here to reach an agreement with the Russian Bolshevik Bolshe-vik i. An important statement explaining the changed position of the conference is expected to be made at 7 p. m Friday Fri-day by M Piip, the Esfhonian foreign minister, and Carl Pauluk and lr Schlupas, the leaders, respectively, of Letvian and Lithuanian delegations It is possible that tomorrow will b I the last day of the conference, said the informant of the Associated Pre;s j correspondent without regard to the I changed situation Asked as to the l nature of pressure which was alleged jto have been brought to bear upon the -conference the delegate said: "Pressure can be exercised by an-other an-other mean-- than a blockade, which .would he rather crude. There are a hundred wavs, including financial and economic methodc." The delegate emphasized the assertion asser-tion that, there were 200,00 German troops in East Prussia, adding the following facts to his statement: They were permitted to occupy the Baltic states. V great change was apparent in the demeanor of the delegates when they emerged from the evening's confrence. which was a long on. They appeared to be depressed and even dejected Several of them will return to their I respective capitals tomorrow to discuss I the new situation with their govern inents No change has been made in the iplan to recehe the Bolshevik representative repre-sentative Monday, as it Is considered necessary to discuss with them questions ques-tions wholly independent of the ;.ub- I ject of peace. j A delegate to the conference Intimated Inti-mated to the correspondent thai such great pressure had been suddenly brought upon the conference that it would be impossible to negotiate a peace with the Bolsheviki. Reports here are that the pressure was brought from England and France. I BOLSHEVIKI OVERTHROWN. j iN DON, Nov 14 The Bolshei Iki have been overthrown In Brest litovsk a soviet wireless dispatch from Mos cow today admits Atter fighting the insurgents there for eight days, the dispatch says, the Bolsheviki withdrew. with-drew. YM |
