DEFEATED POLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 247, 13 July 1920, Page 5

DEFEATED POLES

♦ —— [ ALLIED NOTE TO RUSSIA POLAND MUST NOT BE INVADED t TRADE RESUMPTION DEPENDENT ON ; ARMISTICE - ByTclegraph-Prees Association-Copyright J • Spa, July 12/ j It is reported that as. tho result of 5 Gra'bski's request for Allied intervention, pointing out that the Foreign policy r of -Poland is misunderstood, the Allies • have sent a Noto to Russia, proposing an ' immediate armistice with Potand, on condition that the Pcles withdraw to their own frontiers, tho armistice to be follow. > Ed by a Peace Conference at which all the States bordering on Russia, shall take part. The Note adds that if the Bolsheviks invade Poland the Af.lies will give Poland every pcssible assistance. . 'It is officially denied that Britain is proposing a separate pcaco with Russia. * —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. 3 New York, July 11. l The "New York Herald's" Spa correspondent states that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Millerand have flatly refused Poland's rSjuest for munitions and sup- , plies delivered to the Allies by Ger- ( many. Tho "Echo de Paris" states that Mr. Lloyd George, after consulting the re-, preventatives of France and Italy, is. 3 sending a Noto to tho Soviet Government at' Moscow, slating that tho resumption of commercial and probably of political relations \vill_ be dependent. 3 upon an immediate armistice to Poland, and stating that the Powers will'thereafter fix tlie frontier in agreement with Moscow. In the event of refusal, they.will send help to Poland. The "Echo , de Paris" contends that a prerequisite to the policy of bringing Franco into touch witli Moscow must lie Moscow's recognition of tho Russian debt and guarantees from Russia and Poland respecting the future.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ■'POLAND COMPLETELY BEATEN" i TROOPS FALLING BACK. 1 Paris, July 10. ! A high Ukranian representative, referring to the Bolshevik operations ' against Warsaw, remarked to a newspaper correspondent: "The game is up.. '_ Poland is completely beaten.' —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, July 10. J Reports from Kovno state that tho - Bolsheviks have occupied Minsk, and a message from Brcslau states that the Polish Army has evacuated Brest Lit-ovslc—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Wawsaw, July 11. A communique states: "Under strong ■ pressure the Poles have, fallen back from the Borcsina lines. The Bolsheviks crossed the Pripet. but were driven back with heavy losses to south of tho Pripet. The Poles have fallen back to the other side of Samy, and the Bolsheviks have occupied Samy. The Poles have fallen back in Podolia according to plan—Reuter. IN DEFENCEOfThE HOMES POLES RALLYING TO THE COLOURS Wawsaw, July 11. The Poles, realising that they must be t self-reliant, arc splendidly rallying for tho defence of their homes. Nearly half a million additional war-workers have " enlisted, cf whom 100,000 arc fit for 5 active service. .The police volunteered ' en masse.. Tho shoemakers are organis- ■ ing a regiment named after Kilinski, in j memorv of the famous cobbler hero of 1 the struggle of 1754.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable r Assn. LITHUANIANJOVERNMENT I ■. RECOGNITION' BY POLAND. Washington, July I. 1 The Lithuanian representative hero 3 has announced that P<fiand has recogi nised the de facto ' Governraeut in Lithuania.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' BRITAIN'S IiSTAN POLICY 3 1 CONDEMNED BY LABOUR DELE--1 GATES. I j London, July 11. I A gathering in the Albert Hall to wel--1 come the Labour delegates who have returned from Russia passed a resolur tiou protesting at tho duplicity of Bri- \ tain's Russian policy, and pledging it-' self to efforts to present "capitalistic [ filibustering" in future.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable ,- Assn.