WARSAW’S UPRISING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 12 May 1945, Page 5

WARSAW’S UPRISING

GENERAL BOR GAVE SIGNAL

London, May 10. General Bor. who led Warsaw’s rising, said hfe and not the Polish Government in London, gave the signal for revolt. General Bor, in an interview near the Austrian border, said he gave the signal because he thought the Red

Army’s approach made the time propitious. He claimed that the Russians were only '>oo yards away but they launched atiacks of only battalion strength. The uprising failed because the patriots exhausted their food and ammunition and six out of every ten men and women were casualties. NO UNRRA HELP FOR GERMANY AT PRESENT Washington, May 10. The UNRRA Director-General, Mr Lehman, issued a statement that UNRRA is not authorised to assist the Germans and there are no plans to supply food to Germany. If and when UNRRA feeds Germany it will do so only upon the decision of the majority of council members. SERBIAN QUISLING CAPTURED London, May 10. According to Luxemburg radio the Serbian quisling, Premier Nedich, also Eels Tuka, former Slovak Premier, have been captured in Austria. LEON BLUM IN PARIS (Rec. 10.25 a.m.) London, May 11. Reuter’s Paris correspondent reports that M. Leon Blum has arrived there.