THE POLISH SITUATION
RESENTMENT TO ARMISTICE.' LEADS TO VILNA INCIDENT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)' ■ Received October 18, 10,10 a.m, LONDON, October 1?. It is reported that Zelignowski’s action in resigning ids .command la I lie Polish army was due to the fajd; that ids troops were composed chiefly of inhabitants of the Vilna and Grodnu Districts. The Lithuanian Government, has confiscated Ihe property of LiUuia- , nians serving in the Polish army designating iliem traitors. Zclignowski’s troops resented ttis armistice giving Vilna to Lithuania . without consulting the inhabitant#’ t right of self-determination. Tlie League of Nations’ ndssion Is at’ present, traversing Poland, but the feelings of (lie Poles towards the mis-* sion are not amicable. A POLISH D’ANNUNZIO. OPERATING ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT* (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 13, 10.50 a.m. 1 COPENHAGEN, October 12. - General Zelignowski has resigned from the Polish army, and is operating entirely on his own account. Thft French military representative proposed that Vilna be a free city, but Zelignowski rejected the proposal.
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14490, 13 October 1920, Page 5
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