ARMISTICE SIGNED
NOT REGARDED PERMANENT. AVOIDANCE OF WINTER FIGHTING. LITHUANIA SACRIFICED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 14, 5.5 p.m. RIGA, October 13. The armistice between Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine, was signed after three weeks’ verbal sparring, finishing witli four days’ and nights uninterrupted debate. It is not iegarded as a permanent settlement, but. is generally considered to be a contrivance to avoid winter fighting. r lbo worst feature of the Treaty is the treatment of Lithuania*, which is left In the lurch by the Bolsheviks, and at the mercy of Poland. ' \
the bolshevik signing. MADE UNDER COMPULSION. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Assn.) Received October 14, 8 p.m. RIGA, October 13. The Bolsheviks, when signing the armistice, stated (hat they only did so under compulsion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14492, 15 October 1920, Page 5
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