BOLSHEVISM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17902, 6 April 1920, Page 5

BOLSHEVISM

CONFLICT WITH POLES. FIGHTING ON EXTENSIVE FRONT. Press Aseociation—By Telegraph—Copyright WARSAW, April 4. Tho Bolshevists attacked the Poles on a 350-mile front, using the strongest available troops, artillery, tanks, armoured cars, and .cavalry. All attempts to compel peace wore evorywhoro defeated with heavy Joss. , Poland is now able to dictate to Russia, hence tho refusal of an armistice, except at Borison, where the Reels propose to negotiate. General PiJsulski, Polish leader, wants a quick Polish peace, not giving tho chance of contrived delays. It is assumed in Britain, America, and elsewhere that the Poles wish to reestablish the 1771 frontier, taking in Kieff, Volhynia, and Podolia. This incorrect view arises from the neglect to disclose the conditions of peace, even to the Allies.—A. and N.Z. Cable. BOLSHEVISM'S WORST FEATURES. WHOLESALE TORTURE AND MURDERS. LEPROSY AND TYPHUS RAMPANT, LONDON, April 4. British ' refugees tell ap prilling stories of torturo and "wholesale murders in Russia. Leprosy and typhus are rampant, and starvation 'is causing thousands of deaths. The country has become one vast cemetery. The same coffins are used repeatedly and the animals in the Zoo are being fed on human bodies. —A. and N.Z. Cable. ' ADVANCE IN CAUCASUS. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 1. The Bolshevists are now advancing along the Caucasus towards Vladikavkaz, and are following up the railway towards Grosnc, the centre of an oil region.—A. and N.Z. Cable.