POLISH AMBITIONS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16607, 3 December 1919, Page 3

POLISH AMBITIONS.

CHECKED BY BRITAIN. LARGE ARMY READY FOR ACTION By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Deo. 2, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 28. The Warsaw correspondent of the Morning-Post sums up the situation in Poland. He says that Paderewski’s position is hopeless and his resignation is expected any day owing to his failure to secure East Galicia from the Allies. France and the United States were willing but Britain refused. The Polish army made great sacrifices to secure East Galicia and there is intense public feeling that their sacrifices should not have been made in vain. The Poles are willing to march ■ to Petrograd against the Bolsheviks, | but require the Allies’ mandate, fiuan- 1 cial assistance and recognition of their claims to East Galicia. The Polish army consists of 600,000 men and is the largest standing army in the world to-day, admirably drilled by Franco and equipped by the United States. I The Poles now hold the Beresina River and Dvinsk and thus are favourably placed to operate against Petrograd and Moscow. _ Snow and ice in December will provide favourable cam- j paigning conditions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable j Assn. I