A TEMPORARY LULL.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, Tuesday Night.

The second Paris Conference has come to an end, after sitting for twelve days, as, according to present arrangements, Signor Nitti, leaves for Rome to-night, and Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Curzon, and the rest of the British Delegation for London tomorrow. The Lord Chancellor and Mr. Bonar Law have already gone. There is no question as to the diligence of M. Clemenceau, Mr. Lloyd George, and Signor Nitti; they have sat usually twice a day, and in addition to their official meetings have carried on outside discussions. The results with regard to matters of greater importance, however, so far, at any rate, as they have been disclosed, amount to the formal demand for the extradition of the Kaiser and the decision to resume trade with Russia. It looks as though measures had been decided upon for assisting the Transcaucasian States of Georgia and the Azerbaidjan to act as a barrier to Bolshevism, but nothing definite has been divulged.

Every effort has been made by the Council of Three to bring about a compromise on the Adriatic question, but the Jugo-slavs have so far remained obdurate.

There was a meeting of the Supreme Council this morning, at which M. Clemenceau was again present. Later on the new Prime Minister, M. Millerand, also took part in it. The French and British list of war criminals to be demanded of Germany was approved. In addition to Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Nitti, Marshal Foch and Field-marshal Sir H. Wilson were also there, so that presumably defence measures against the Bolsheviks, in addition, perhaps, to general military questions between the Allies, were dealt with. In this connection it is worth noting the comments made by “Pertinax” in to-day’s Echo de Paris upon the policy of the Allies towards Russia, inasmuch as they are said to represent the views of “the Supreme Allied Military Authority.” After criticising the recognition as independent States of outlying portions of Russian territory – Georgia and Azerbaidjan, for instance – “Pertinax” continues:

“Instead of increasing the power of the adversary by making him adopt a pasture of patriotic defence, and by appearing to give in to his injunctions regarding the raising of the blockade, would it not be wiser to do nothing which could be interpreted as an attack upon the patrimony of Russia – outlying peoples can be helped without being recognised as independent – would it not be better to maintain with regard to Bolshevism an attitude of non-interference, and, in those places where it is possible, of military readiness until Bolshevism has developed into a form of government compatible with the peace of Europe?