THE WEATHER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 18, 10 August 1920, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

Weather forecast.—The indications are for easterly moderate to strong winds and. backing by East to North, then freshening. Increasing haze and coludiuess for an unfavourable change in the weather shortly. Barometer falling.—Bates, Wellington. Ifdier forces are quickly reorganised, she may yet s ccessfully defend the frontiers. THE EAST PRUSSIAN FRONTIER. ► (Received 11.10 a.m.) Paris, August 9. Allied troops on the Eastern Prussian front’er are busily engaged in destroying accumulations of German war ma. tcrial and munitions, evidently with the intention of preventing them falling into the hands of th e Bolsheviks. The Germans complain of the incefsaut explosions alarming the populace.'

BRITISH CABINET MEETING,

RUSSIAN REJECTION OF ALLIED NEGOTIATIONS. ► Press Association—Conyrighr, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.10 p.m.) London, August 9. Mr Lloyd George has called a Cabinet meeting for six o’clock to.night, wi en he will lay the whol© situation as /the outcome of the Lympne Conference before hi.s colleagues A Russian wireless'to Britain says. The Polish Government announces its readiness to send delegates to Min.sic t,o conclude an armistice and peace preliminaries). The Bolshevik Government, therefore, express d its hel’ef hat the object of th e Allies, namely he co-sat : on of hostilities and the establishment of peaceful relations between Russia and Poland on a basis of the full independence of Poland, will be attained in the most speedy and simplest way through direct negotiations. The Bolshevik Government is of opinion that the A lios will undoubtedly acknowledge that their object will he fully covered by the impending Russo-Polish conference at Minsk. The contents of the above .Vote are regarded as practically amounting to h© rejection of the All os’ partieipnin the Russo-Polish sett I iiuuii,