BOLSHEVISM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18075, 25 October 1920, Page 5

BOLSHEVISM

OCCUPATION OF VILNA. ZELIGNOWSKI REINFORCED. Press Association—By TologTaph—Copyright. LONDON, October 22. Copenhagen messages from Ivovno state that General Zelignowski's army at Vilna has been reinforced, an<i now consists of six divisions. It is generally anticipated that Zeaignowski will advance against Ivovno. The Poles aro concentrating important forces between Suwalki and the German frontier. The Lithuanians fear that the Poles will advance against tho Memol district on the pretext that Lithuania intends to form an alliance with Germany, but the Lithuanians state that the rumours of an alliance are jrroundless. A. and N.Z. Cable. \ HUNGER DISTURBANCES FEARED. REDS' COUNTER-MEASURES. SIEGE IN THIRTEEN DISTRICTS. LONDON, October .22. Copenhagen reports from Helsingfors state that a siege has been proclaimed in districts, tlie [Russian Soviet leaders being afraid of hunger disturbances. A and N.Z. Cable. DEMONSTRATION AT BOKHARA, AFGHANISTAN'S PLIGHT. LOOKING TO INDIA FOR ASSISTANCE. DELHI, October 23 The Bolshevist demonstration at Bokhara has induced the .Annr of Afghanistan to cultivate friendly relations with the Government of India. The Amir has soTely missed the Government subsidy, and now ■with Bolshevists on his frontier lie 'will approach India for assistance. Meanwhile the, Bolshevists have arrested the Afghan Consuls at Bokhara, Tashkent, and Merv. —Router. TREATY OF RIGA. RATIFIED BY POLISH DIET. i WARSAW, October 23. (Received Oct. 24, at 11.5 p.m.) The Diet unanimously ratified the Treaty of Riga. The Marshal of the Diet said that Poland was endeavouring to settle the frontier • in the mutual interests of Russia and Poland. The conditions were not dependent on the military situation. Poland was not taking advantage of the last conquest, and did not impose on Russia a peace at variance with justice. Lithuania, at the instance of the League of Nations' Commission to decide the control of Suwalki, sent its League representative and staff to Warsaw to negotiate with Poland. The Lithuanian armv on the left bank of the Viliya has been withdrawn to a position midway between Vilna and Kovno.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SOUTH- RUSSIA. REDS PREPARING TO STRIKE. NEW YORK, October 23. (Received Oct. 25, at 0.10 a.m.) Information has been received in official circles indicating that the Bolshevists are transferring some of their best troops from the Polish front to South Russia for a new offensive against General Wrangel, in an effort to exterminate his forces. It is expected that before next spring General Wrangel and the Bolshevists'will be engaged in a life-and-death struggle.—A. and N.Z. Cable.