SERIOUS SPLIT IN THE ENTENTE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2026, 12 August 1920, Page 7

SERIOUS SPLIT IN THE ENTENTE

FRANCE TAKES A REMARKABLE STEP RECOGNISES SOUTH RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HELP FOR WRANGEL WITHOUT AWAITING RESULT FROM MINSK — j* By Cahle. — Press Association. — Copyright. <A. & N.Z.) (Reo. August. 12, 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, August 11 France has decided to recognise General Wrangel as head Of the South Russian- Government. Military assistance is implied. The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George has been notified of the decision. LLOYD GEORGE REFUSES TO BE STAMPEDED INTO WAR. ;(A. & N.Z.) (Rce. August 12, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 11. France's recognition of the South Russian Government means splitting the Entente. It is reported that the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd Geoge refuses to be stampeded into war by France, which has decided to give General Wrangel every material support without awaiting the result of the Russian-Polish negotiations. Radical Labour circles interpret the decisions as a deliberate breach of the Lympne agreement, with a full appreciation of the consequences.

WARSAW POPULACE STAMPEDING FROM THE CITY. (A. & N.Z.) (Eee. August 12, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 11. A Warsaw message reports that the populace is stampeding from the city. The State Department at Washington is advised that some members of the American Legation staff at Warsaw have moved to Posen, flm American archives have been packed, ready for removal. [(A. & N.Z.) (Eec. August 12, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 11. Advices from Germany state that the Russians are within 25 miles of Warsaw. The Poles are unable to offer serious resistance on any part of the front. NEWSPAPERS APPLAUD MR LLOYD GEORGE’S SPEECH. £A. & N.Z.) (Eec. August 12, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, August 11. The Northcliffe organs and newspapers generally applaud the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George’s speech as an admirable exposition of the true facts of the situation. ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED STATES DEFINED. [(Reuter.) (Eee. August 12, 11.55 a.m.) NEW YORK* August 11. The Government, in its Note to Italy, revealed the American position in the Russian-Polish situation. Mr Baiubridge Colby (Secretary of State) said the Government approved of the efforts to arrange an armistice. It would regard with satisfaction a declaration by the Allied and Associated Powers that the territorial integrity and true boundaries of Russia would he respected. The Government would not participate now in any plan to expand the armistice into a general European conference, because that might involve two results from which the people of America strongly recoiled—recognition of Bolshevism and the settlement of the Russian problems upon the basis of the dismemberment of Russia. The Note says Americans are earnestly solicitous for the maintenance of Poland’s territorial integrity and political independence. The Government will employ every means to bring this about. AID REPORTED TO BE COMING FROM PRESIDENT WILSON. (A. & N.Z.) (Eee. August 12, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 11. _ President Wilson will soon extend material aid to Poland, in conformity with his promise to use all available means to protect Poland's independence. ALLIANCE FORMED TO COMBAT DISLOYALTY. KEEPING AUSTRALIA FREE FROM PERNICIOUS DOCTRINES. (Received August 12, 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 12. The King and.Empire Alliance movement has been formally launched, a constitution adopted, and a strong executive appointed. The avowed objects of the alliance are to discountenance disloyalty and to keep Australia and its national life free from the introduction of pernicious foreign doctrines calculated to impair its national spirit and to interfere with its duty to the Empire. COURT WILL NOT BE BULLIED INTO ACTION. UNIONS WARNED AGAINST THREATENING POLICY. (Received- August 12, 8.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 12. The Arbitration Court has refused a union's application for the variation of an award, which was asked for on the ground that the men were threatening to strike unless their demand was granted. Mr Justice Curlewis stated that, in future, any union that asked for its case to be taken quickly, on the ground that the men intended to strike, would have its case put at the bottom of the list. Otherwise, law-abiding unions would be delayed. MANNIX SYMPATHISERS CALL MASS MEETING. PROPOSED PROTEST AGAINST REMOVAL FROM BALTIC. 1 ; • .. • |A. &(».£)'. (Eee, August 12, 9.30 a.m.)' NEW YORK, August 11. A mass meeting of protest against the removal of Archbishop Mannix from the steamer Baltic has been called for. Sunday in Madison Square Garden, New York, HUSSEIN AIMS AT VAST ARAB KINGDOM.

DECLINES TO SIGN TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY. {A. & N.Z.) (Rec. August 11, 10.25 a.m.) PABIS, August 11. : T£ The Hedjaz has refused to sign the Turkish Treaty. : j§ The "Matin" says the King of the Hedjaz (King Hussein) insists on Syria being given to the Emir Feiaal (his sod, "who was recently deposed by the French), indicating his ambition to create a vast Arab kingdom, in which his sons in Syria and Mesopotamia will be only his lieutenants.

HUGHES URGED TO ATTEND LEAGUE MEETING. i:i • j AUSTRALIA APPREHENSIVE OF TROUBLE AHEAD, , ~, ,„ _j (Received August 12, 8.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, August 12. The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. W. M. Htfghes) is being urged to abandon his proposed visit to the mandatory territories in the Pacific, in order that he may be able to attend the meeting of the League of Nations in November next. It is considered probable that trouble may arise over the mandates and other questions, including Japan's claim to the recognition of racial equality, against which Mr Hughes previously made such a good case, and that therefore Australia's representation at the League meeting, should be as strong as possible. . —< KUTCHIK KHAN QUARRELS WITH HIS ALLIES. BREAK UP OF THE "PERSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC." i ■- . (A. & N.Z.) (Rec. August 12, 8.55 a.m.) SIMLA, August 11. Teheran advices state that fighting has taken place between Kutchik Khan (who recently proclaimed himself leader of the "Persian Soviet Republic") and his late Bolshevik allies. The latter looted, and largely burnt down, the rebel stronghold at Resht. They have proclaimed a general mobilisation, and are unsuccessfully trying to conscript Persians between the ages of 18 and 45. The Shah [who is unofficially reported to have abdicated] presented Varosselesky, the Russian commander of the Cossack division, with a diamond-belted sword, in recognition of his military services. ARABS HELD OFF FOR THREE WEEKS. GARRISON AT RUMAILA MAKES HEROIC STAND. (A. & N.Z.) (Rec. August 12, 8.55 a.m.) SIMLA, A*igu»t 11. Details are available from Bagdad of the siege of Rumaila (which was recently relieved by a strong column). The garrison at Rumaila consisted of seven platoons of the 114 th Mahrattas and the 99th Infantry, and 200 British civilians who were working the railway. These held out for three weeks. Rations and ammunition were dropped by airplanes into the serai (or rest house), which they fortified. The garrison further provided for themselves by occasional sorties into the bazaars, made possible by airplanes bombing the outskirts of the town and distracting the attention of the investing army while the garrison rushed the bazaars. A regiment of Sikhs made a bold attempt to relieve the garrison, but the Arabs succeeded in cutting off the-water from the canal upon which the regiment depended, and the Sikhs had to retire, suffering heavy casualties. The Arabs finally fled, on the approach of a strong column from Bagdad.

TAKING PRECAUTIONS. JAPANESE IN AMERICA. LAND ACQUIRED IN MEXICO. By Cable — Frits Association — Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rec. Aug. 12, 9.:i0) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. The State Department reports that the Japanese are acquiring large tracts of land in Mexico, close to the Californian boundary, presumably as a provision against the contingency that they may be barred from holding land in California.