SECOND EDITION SMASHING THE REDS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160736, 24 August 1920, Page 7

SECOND EDITION SMASHING THE REDS

35.000 CAPTURED BY POLES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Received August 24, 1 p.m. WARSAW, August 23. A communique states that 33,000 Reds have been prisoncred. General Weygand declares that Poland has become the grave of llut-C'-quart.-rs of the Red talk Di TROTeKisolved. August 24, 11.45 a.m. COPENHAGEN, August 21. Trotsky, addressing the closing session of the Third International, declared that Moscow had a mailed first powerful em'U rfi to crush ..he world's capitalists. THE POSITION AT DANZIG GERMANS PROCLAIM SOVIET. Received August 24, 11.45 a.m. BERLIN, August 23. It is reported that the German workj men in Danzig have proclaimed a Soviet, / and announced a blockade of Poland. They have refused to permit the French cruiser Gueydon to dock. PADEREWSKI'S VIEWS. Received August 24, 11.45 a.m. NEW YORK, August 23. The New York World's correspondent interviewed Paderewski at Ais Ics Baines retarding the Polish situation. Paderewski attributes the Polish defeat to sn]/onor Russian cavalry and lack of hois-s in Poland. The Polish front is mi •it' than a thdbsand miles, and the Poles have insufficient troops to defend I!;.- whole line. Roland cannot accept Soviet terms requiring Polish disarmament, a» that would mean the end of Polish independence.