WAR ON BOLSHEVISM

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 78, 27 December 1919, Page 7

WAR ON BOLSHEVISM

LATVIA AND LUTHUANIA CONCLUDE AN ; alliance ! ■ :_ FIERCE BAT,TLE ON MAR'VA FRONT By Telegraph—Press Assoolation-Copyrigbt (Rec. December 2G, 10.30 a.m.) London, December 23. Reuter's..Riga correspondent states that the Latvian and Lithuanian Governments lmv6 concluded nil offensive and defensive alliance, with the object of jointly warding off attacks from the west, as well as tho Bolshoviki. The two States 5 armies have a joint commandersliip. The fiercest battle of the whole Russian civil war is rasing on the Marva front. The Bolshevilti. supplied with cotfaine, are furib ously but vainly endeavouring to cnp- /" ture the town. Despite the fact that thousands, of troops nro cut down they are constantly reinforced.—Renter. ESTONIA'S "FRONTIER CLAIMS REDS WILLING TO YIELD THEM. (Rcc. December 25, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, December 22. It is reported thfit the fiolsheviki are willing (o yield the Esthonian frontier' cjflinis. There is no agreement yet regarding a neutral zone or the discontinuance of war operations. The Bolshoviki desire the neutrality of the river Narva, the Esthonians to retain the town nf.Narva— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A BOLSHEviK CLAIM ■ (Rec. December 25, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, December 22. A Moscow wireless message claims the capture of-ten. thousand prisoners, including five thousand officers.; Tho message states that seven hundred of Kolchalc's men found 'in a hospital near Omsk wore frozen to death—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO CRUSH DENIKIN'S FORCES. (Rec. December 20, 12.25 p.m.) London, December 25. It is reported that the Bolshevilti have raised thirty-one infnntvy and seven cavnlry divisions in a desperate attempt to crush General Denikin's forces in Southern Russia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , sovietlongress . ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. (Rcc. December 20, 12.25 p.m.) Berlin, December 23.:. It has been .leaned that the Soviet ' Congress at Moscow elected Kalinlno president. Lo"in received tho next hiyh(st votes, and becomes vice-president — Ausl-N.Z. Cable Assn. ,

EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS NEGOTIATIONS TO M, RESUMED. n (Hoc. December 26,' 0.20 a.m.) ) London, December 22. Mr. Cecil Harmsworth (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs) has announced that the Government had instructed Mr. O'Gradv to Tosnme negotiations with I.itvinoff. ' Mr. O'Gradv will return to Copenhagen aft"' - a brief visit to London.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.