POLAND

Timaru Herald, Issue 170301, 21 August 1920, Page 9

POLAND

RUSSIANS IN FLIGHT. ' REPULSE 'ADMITTED..'. By Electric Telegraph—Copyt.ght. Australian and t\.Z Cable Assn' VANCOUVER, August 19. _ Warsaw messages states that th e Russians are fleeing in. disorder over the Vistula and Bug. Three thousand were captured. The Russians are vacating Brest-Litovsk. s LONDON, August 18. A Bolshevik communique states that fierce fighting is proceeding north-tasb of Novogeorgievsk. M. Trotsky, addressing the Moscow Soviet, admitted that the advance of the troops had. been held up before Warsaw, fate of the. revolution would be decided on the Polish front, although General Wran gel's front was acquiring primary importance through French aid. COPENHAGEN,' August 18. Polish aviators are heavily bombing the road behind the Bolshevik lines, which is crowded twith transport. The Polish counter-offensive, launched round is succeeding steadily. The Reds 'are retiring under heavy fire. ■LONDON, August 19. Warsaw reports that three Bolshevik divisions were annihilated ou the Warsaw front. The Poles are victorious everywhere, except on the extreme left. "The Times." WARSAW, August 19. The Poles tool? 10,000 prisoners. Many more are coming in. It is reported that the Reds have evacuated Brest- Litovsk. THE MINSK CONFERENCE. LONDON, August 18, A later Moscow wireless says that the Minsk Conference has opened. M. Dauishevsky, presiding, outlined Russia's pacific policy, and emphasised her respect for Pola,nd's independence and right to determine her own form of government. Russia, would accord Poland more territory than the Entente did. but must demand from the landlords of Poland greater guarantees against attack than from the workers and peasants. | A LATER REPORT. ./ ! CONFERENCE BROKEN OFF. LONDON, August 19. M. Kameneff says that the Poles did not continue the Minsk negotiations on Wednesday. FRENCH OFFICERS. . DIRECTING THE DEFENCE. (United Service.) LONDON, Aug. 18. The "Guardian's" Warsaw correspondent reports that French influence dominates the entire strategy and political views in Poland; The French General Staff planned the whole of the defence. General Wrangel's agent, Savikoff, now has headquarters at Posen,. where ho. is assisting in the anti-Bolshevik campaign. REINFORCEMENTS. The remainder of General Deniken's army, _ many thousand strong, besides a force of Cossacks, have arrived in Poland, and are offering their services, while numerous Russians wlio were former supporters of Czarist regiments, after acting fis propagandists, are spending money freelv, largely supplied by France. ROUMANIA NEUTRAL. (Renter's Telegrams.) The Roumanian Government has decided to maintain strict neutrality in the Russo-Polish war. STRIKE IN SILESIA. AGAINST RUSSO-POLISH WAR. Received 1.10 a.m., Augusb 21st I _ BERLIN, August .If-. A strike of workers in Upper Silesia against the Russb-Polisli war lsd to a serious conflict ■with French troops at Kattowitz. French cavalry were attacked, and a trooper was killed. • The French replied with machine-guns and grenades, killing nine and wounding twenty-six. A Trade Union delegation demanded the disarmament of the troops in ihe occupied area, promising them" safe conduct. The French Commandant refused the terms. Negotiations are progressing. The German Press is excited over the incident, and report that two thousand Poles of military age have been smuggled over the border. They declare that this is a grave and dangerous infringement of German neutrality