RUSSIAN SITUATION

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14253, 2 January 1920, Page 5

RUSSIAN SITUATION

DENIKEN'S ARMV. REPORTED TO BE SEVERED. i Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received January 2, 10.50 a.m. PARIS, Dec. 'i. The Echo de Paris' Zurich corres- \ pondent reports that General Deniken's army has been cut in two. It is reported that one portion has been thrown back on Odessa, and that the other is in retreat towards "the mouth of the Don. The supreme command is now at Taganrog, #he aeadquarters being aboard a warship in the Black. Sea-. PROSPECTS OF PEACE. . STATEMENT BY LITVINOFF. •"■ NEARER THAN THOUGHT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) < Received January 2, 10.50 a.m. COPENHAGEN, Dec. fl. v •Litvinoff, in an interview, claimed that ithe fact that Mr O'Grady was returning on Saturday to resume nego- j tiations, indicates that Britain has accepted" the Soviet's terms. Litvinoff added that peace was coming more quickly ithan was generally believed. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. . ANTI-BOLSHEVIK DEB\CLS. (United Service.). Received January 2, 12.20 p.m.. LONDON, Dec. 31. The debacle' of the anti-Bolshevik, forces threatens to become one of the greatest military collapses in history. A part of General Deniken's forces is retreating in poor condition towards Odessarwhich the civilian's are evacuating. The rest of the beaten army, which a short time ago contained 200,000 bayonets, is now bmrymg eastwards to the Don country. General Deniken and staff arrived at Taganrog on board a battleship. Admiral Kolcbak's plight is worse. He had at least 250,000 bayonets, but is now unable even to compose ' the quarrels among his own generals. Neither General Deniken nor Admiral Kolchak has succeeded in administering the territories they .conquered* Risings are rapidly breaking out in the ■ rear of the armies. The Ukrainain peasants feared the restoration of Czardom, while, despite AdmiralKolchak's white terror, the Siberians have kept a strong semi-Bolshevik .party alive.