WARSAW FALLS TO RED ATTACKS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2030, 17 August 1920, Page 7

WARSAW FALLS TO RED ATTACKS

THE CAPITAL IN BOLSHEVIK HANDS ! " ■—l POLES FAIL TO STEM THE RUSSIAN ONSLAUGHT -,—. _— —~i PILSUDSKPS WAR OF CONQUEST ENDS IN DISASTER c I——« By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. ~^i (A. & N.Z.) (Bee. August 17, 12.40 p.m.) OTTAWA. August 18. Warsaw has been captured. GREAT BRITAIN GIVES WRANGEL PLAIN WARNING. JA. & N.Z.) (Rec. August 17, 9.10 a.m.) J.ONDON, August 16 A message from Warsaw reports that, the Poles recaptured Radzymin, 15 miles north-east of the capital. The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George told the House of Commons that the Government had notified General Wrangel that he must make further attacks on his own responsibility. Since then General Wrangel had carried out military operations. Consequently, the responsibility was his. The Council of Action lias received a telegram from the Bussiari Central Council of Trade Unions, thanking the British workers for their practical sympathy in forcing" the hands of the British Government, "thus forging a neAV link between the workers of Great Britain and Russia, and uniting them into a strong fraternal union, against which no international bourgeoisie can prevail." There is some mystery over the departure of Messrs W. Adamson and Gosling, who have not left London. Some French newspapers resent British Labour dictating to the French workers on matters of foreign policy, and go §o far as to suggest that the authorities should prohibit the British Labour delegates from landing in France. A recent message announced that the Couneit of Action tvoulil send Messrs Adamson and Gosling to Paris to confer with the General Confederation of Labour and the French Socialists regarding the Polish situation. AUSTRALIAN STEWARDS URGE TRANSPORT HOLD-UP. (Beceived August 17, 9.35 a.m.) \ SYDNEY, August 17. The Marine Stewards' Union has recommended the Australian Transport Federation to call on all affiliated bodies to refuse to transport any men overseas in the event of England declaring war on Russia. , LLOYD GEORGE WILL OPPOSE DICTATION BY LABOUR. JA. & N.Z.) (Rec. August 17, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 15. The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George declares that dictation by Labour, through industrial action, will be resisted to the utmost of the forces of the Government. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE WILL MARCH HAND IN HAND (A. & X.Z.) (Kee. August 17, 9.10 a.m.) PABIS, August 16. Speaking at Le Qucsnoy, M. Millerand said that, though it Was hard to recognise, certain divergences of opinion had arisen between France and Great Britain. They could be certain, however, that the two nations would march hand in hand towards the same goal of liberty and justice. AMERICAN WAR VESSELS ORDERED TO THE BALTIC. (A. & N.Z.) (Bee. August 17, 11.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON. August 16. The cruiser Pittsburg (13,680 tons) and a destroyer havo been ordered to the Baltic from Cherbourg to protect American interests. EXCLUSION OF MANNIX FROM IRELAND. fiEETINGS OF PROTEST IN NEW YORK AND MONTREAL. (A. & N.Z.) (Bee. August 17, 9.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 16. Resolutions denouncing the British Government and the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George for refusing to allow Archbishop Mannix to enter Ireland were carried at a mass meeting of 15,000 people in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. A meeting of 5000 people at Montreal also denounced iu vigorous terms the attitude of the British authorities.