POLES PREPARED.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 40, 16 February 1920, Page 5

POLES PREPARED.

■ • WALL AGAINST BOLSHEVISM.!' MO FEAR FOR RESULT. fßy Cable.—Press Assocrlatlon. —Copyriefct.) * J (Received 1.15 pjn.) LONDON, February 15. A special newspaper correspondent, . writing from Warsaw, states that after consulting the Polish Foreign Office and j studying popular opinion he believes j that if the Bolshevists attempt a fore-1 ible westward penetration they will en- j counter an impregnable wall. The Poles I arc cherishing as the national, motto 'Kqualu with equals, freemen with free- j men." They regard Bolshevism as essen- i tially a despotism which must be fought ] for the sake of Roland's new liberties j and the safety of Europe. —United Ser- i f vice.) I i General PilsueLski, on being inter-1 viewed, confirmed the recent reports that i the Bolshevists are rapidly preparing for a great offensive against the Poles. He • remarked: "Nevertheless the Poles, although inferior in numbers, do not fear the results, as the 'Reds' arc ]>oor fighters, and internal conditions in Russia are now critical for*6oviet supporters. The people are hungry, utterly tired of the war, and embittered through i T oppression." —("Times.") , *■ *