ALLIED NOTES NOT RECEIVED

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1735, 5 September 1919, Page 7

ALLIED NOTES NOT RECEIVED

WARNINGS DO NOT REACH BUCHAREST BRITISH WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTH RUSSIA THE POLES AND UKRAINIANS ARRANGE AN ARMISTICE ■ M. Bratiano (Prime Minister of Rumania) states that the Allied Notes have not been received. Of 75 wireless messages dispatched, none reached Bucharest. The Australian Press Association learns that the accounts of the trouble between Rumania and Serbia regarding the Temesvar settlement should be accepted with reserve. The British forces in Russia are to be evacuated before the ice blocks the route. The Bolsheviks in Transcaspia suffered a severe defeat, and are retreating towards Merv. General Dehikin's advance towards Kursk has been checked. A 30 days' armistice has been arranged between the Poles and Ukrainians. BRATIANO HAS NOT RECEIVED ALLIED NOTES. THE REASON WHY NO REPLY HAS COME FROM RUMANIA. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (A. & N.Z.) (Bee. September 5, 9.45 a.m.) PARIS, September 4 M. Bratiano (Prime Minister of Rumania) declares that the Allies' Notes have not reached him. He will reply as soon as he knows the situation. Inquiry shows that, of 75 official Rumanian wireless messages from Paris in the past fortnight, none have reached Bucharest. TEMESVAR TROUBLE MUST BE TAKEN WITH RESERVE. (A. & N.Z.) ■ (Rec. September 5, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September -1. The Australian Press Association learns that the statement regarding the trouble in Rumania and Serbia over the bandit Temesvar must he taken with some reserve. BRITISH FORCES IN NORTHERN RUSSIA. TO BE EVACUATED BEFORE ICE BLOCKS ROUTE. (A. &N.Z.)) (Eec. September 5,10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 4. The British troops in North Russia are to be evacuated before the ice blocks the route. Some misconception exists over the evacuation policy hot being hastened, but it-is stated that the Government desired to do the utmost possible to enable the'residents to resist the Bolshevik advance by inflicting the maximum damage on the enemy. ENEMY SUFFERS SEVERE DEFEAT IN TRANSCASPIA. / ' _ v ■ •. (A. & N.Z.) (Bee. September 5, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 4. i Transcaspian reports state that the Bolsheviks Were severely defeated, suffering several hundred casualties. They are now withdrawing towards Merv. DENIKIN PROBABLY ALREADY IN KIEFF. (A. & N.Z.) (Kec. September 5, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 4. It is probable that General Denikin has already gained a footing in Kieff. His advance towards Kursk (about 120 miles north of Kharkoff) has received a severe check, although the Bolsheviks did not break through. *

ARMISTICE BETWEEN POLES AND UKRAINIANS. SUBJECT TO ABROGATION AT FIVE DAYS' NOTICE. I —» (A. & N.Z.) (Bee. September 5, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 4. A 30-day armistice has been arranged between the Poles and the Ukrainians, but is subject to abrogation at five days' notice. BRITAIN AWAITS THE LABOUR DECISION. MINERS SUPPORT BALLOT FOR DIRECT ACTION. (A. & N.Z. (Eee. September 5, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, September 4. The Miners' Conference's decision to support the ballot for direct action at to-day's meeting of the Triple Alliance does not attract much attention, though.it is believed in some quarters-that the miners' vote will be sufficient to carry the resolution. ■ To-day's motion relates to the ballot on conscription and intervention in Russia. It is considered unlikely that the miners would desire a national strike on these subjects, while leaving the question of direct action on the nationalisation of the mines to the Trades Union Congress. The most likely explanation is found in a passage in Mr Smillie 's speech yesterday, in which he denied that the executive's recommendation meant the abandonment of direct action. They would never abandon the strike weapon, Mr Smillie said, and, whatever the Trade Union Congress did, the miners reserved the right to deal with this matter and have another ballot if they thought fit. The "Morning Post" says that the miners' leaders fear the men will not strike, and that other means of securing their aims must be found; but the "Daily Herald" says the resolution means a general strike, for a certainty, unless certain things are done. MILK WANTED TO FEED BABIES OF EUROPE. MILLIONS WILL STARVE IF SUPPLIES DO NOT ARRIVE. (A. & N.Z.) (Eee. September 5, 9.45 a.m.) PARIS, September 4 Mr Herbert C. Hoover, in an interview, said that three and a-half million children and babies will starve unless they are provided with milk. This is only possible by private charity, mainly of the Anglo-Saxon countries.