BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
KOLCHAK AND THE PO__E3. ■WOE OF LITHUANIA. (Received l.flO p.m.) LONDON, September 10.
I M. Czepinski, President of the Litlm'anian Delegation to London, said that '/the Lithuanians greatly desired peace, as [they suffered from Admiral Kolehak on lithe one side and the Poles on the other. ('This, combined 'with lack of assistance I'from the Allies, rendered Lithuanian J operations against the Bolsheviks impossible. Admiral Kolchak's army was .largely composed of (ierman officers and ieoldrfrs, led by the Baltic Barons. They 'enlisted Russian war prisoners, and openly stated they desire ultimately the union of Germany, Russia, and Japan. A Polish communique states that the Poles occupied Boyeow, 54 miles north- ' cast of Minsk. The Bolsheviks have been I heavily reinforced on the Lithuanian [ front. —(Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 221, 17 September 1919, Page 7
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