20 DECEMBER 1919, Page 2

The negotiations at Copenhagen between Mr. O'Grady and the Bolshevik

Litvinoff for an exchange of British and Bolshevik prisoners have not yet had any result. It seems as if the Bol- sheviks hoped to use the meeting as a means of obtaining recog- nition from the Allies, but their overtures were not received. The peace negotiations at Dorpat between Esthonia and the Bolsheviks have proved equally vain. The Esthonians declare that the Bolsheviks are not serious in their professions of a desire for peace, inasmuch as the enemy forces have continued to attack the Esthonians before Narva.