FURTHER SUCCESSES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10687, 6 September 1920, Page 6

FURTHER SUCCESSES

POLES FIGHT WELL BUDBNY’S ARMY ANNIHILATED. ENORMOUS ENEMY LOSSES. By Telegraph-Press Assn.—Copyright Reuter’s Telegram. (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 3. A Polish official report claims that the Poles annihilated Budeny’s army in South-East Poland. It consisted almost entirely of cavalry, and was ono of the most efficient units in tho Red Armies. . General Budeney, after advancing beyond Zamoso, was attacked by General Haller’s army group in tho rear. Finding himself surrounded, ho began to retreat, and undertook several cavalry charges, despite enormous losses, in an endeavour to force a passage. In tho course of tho fighting General Budeney’s army was destroyed, with tho exception of a few detachments. A TERRIBLE PICTURE. INTERNED BOLSHEVIKS IN PRUSSIA. United Service Telegram.. * (Received September \4, 1.10 a.m.) LONDON, September 3. The “Daily Express” correspondent in East Pxssia gives a terrible picture oi the internment of Bolsheviks. Fifty thousand are in the space of a square mile, and there is little shelter. The weather conditions are bad. Rations are insufficient, forcing the killing and eating of horses, which are cooked by fires made from wagons and other war material. Thousands supposedly interned are roaming tho countryside menacmg tho peasantry, while the cities are filled with German speculators eager to buy at bargain prices thousands of ownerless horses, believed to have been seolen from Polish farmers. , AN ACUTE POSITION POLES AND LITHUANIANS AT GRIPS. ILL-CONSIDERED INVASION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 3. An acute position baa arisen between Poland and Lithuania owing to Polish troops, on the pretext of cleaning up the remnants of the defeated Bolshevik army, advancing into undeniably Lithuanian territory. A telegram from Kpvno speaks of war being inevitable if 1 tho advance continues. Clashes between Polish and Lithuanian troops, in which both sides suffer-' ed heavily, stimulated afresh the longstanding ill-feeling between ..the two countries. The new Independent Lithuania formed-.part of the old Polish Kingdom, and Poland only reluctantly and half-heartedly recognised Lithuanian independence. The towns of Grodno and Vilna have long been a bone of contention. Poland never renounced her claim to Vilna, which the Peace Conference definitely assigned to Lithuania. TO THE BITTER END. LITHUANIANS^WILL DEFEND. (Received September 5, 11.5 p.m;) NEW YORK, September 3. -The Lithuanian Mission has transmitted a Note from Lithuania to the United States protesting against . Poland’s impending advance into Lithua nia, and threatening to defend the Lithuanian boundaries to tho bitter end against the Poles. THE HATEFUL YOKE "UKRAINIANS RISE AGAINST ; “REDS.” . (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 3. A telegram from Polish sources, dated September Ist, says that, in consequence of the Soviet mobilisation orders, Ukrainian peasants revolted, forming guerilla detachments, which are marching against the towns and the headquarters of tho Bolsheviks. It is stated that the provinces of Karkoff, Khersan, Kieff, and Ekaterinoslav are in the midst of civil war, which is extending to Volhynia and Podolia. A . similar movement has broken out in the neighbourhood of Odessa. peace' discussions RIGA ACCEPTED AS VENUE. (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) WARSAW, September 3. ' The Soviet has accepted Riga as the venue for renewing peace negotiations. Tho head of the' Soviet delegation ' will be a citizen named Joffe. Tho Soviet has demanded certain guarantees respecting the immunity of the Russo-Ukrainian delegation and the. right of unrestricted communications, which the Polish Foreign Minister, Prince Sapieha, has taken stops to secure. It is understood that peace negotiations will be resumed in tho course of the next week. (Received September o’, 5.5 p.m.) WARSAW, September 4. The Russian Soviet has agreed to recommence peace negotiations at Riga. It is understood that the Bolsheviks are now anxious for an immediate armistice with Poland, and will not propose extreme terms owing to the recent victories by the Poles. AMERICA MAY SEND FURTHER NOTE. (Received September 5, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 3. President Wilson conferred for an hour with Mr Colby (Secretary for State) and Ambassador Davis regarding the- Polish situation. It is expected that another Note will bo sent to Poland. (Received September 6, 12.50 a.m.) WASHINGTON, September 4. It is learned that tho State Depart-'' ment's new Note to Poland will urge that guarantees bo given immediately that the Polish armies will not pursue any unnecessary invasion of Russian territory.