ALLIES AND SOVIET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 266, 4 August 1920, Page 7

ALLIES AND SOVIET

THE COMING CONFERENCE

NTEREST SHOWN BY GERMANY AND AMERICA REDS DELAY ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS r> By Telegraph—Props Association—Copyright London, August 2. Keen interest is displayed in Germany in the approaching Russian conference' in London. Mr. Churchill's suggestion (thait Germany should be asked to repel the Bolshevik advance) is finding some favour in Germany among certain elements, who see in it a lever to secure the abatement of the terms of the Versailles Treaty. Harr von Simons, in an interview, saia: "I cannot conceive '.bat Russia will consent to tho London conference, unless Germany is represented, because Germany and Russia are economically interdependent. According to a message from Berlin, reports from Russia state that the Russian Command is delaying the armistice negotiations for a few days, noping for further crushing successes. ' An advance guard of eight thousand Red cavalry is reported to be midway between Grodno and Warsaw.

Kamoneff and Krassin, the latter accompanied by three daughters, with a large staff, have arrived in London. It is officially announced that there were six hundred executions in Russia in May and June, including three hundred for desertion.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. NOMECOGNffIoToF SOVIETS DETERMINED ON BY PRESIDENT WILSON. (Ree. August 3, 8.30 p.m.) Washington, August 2.' • The Government is negotiating with the European Governments' concerning the Allied and Soviet Conference, and will insist on representation if a change of tho Treaty terms is contemplated. President Wilson has determined on no recognition of the Soviets as tho supreme authority in Russia, but there will bo no military help from America to fight' the Bolsheviks.. The largo majority of the people are indifferent, as they do not realise the terrorism of Bolshevism. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Af6n.

SITUATION CRITICAL BRITISH SUBJECTS ORDERED TO LEAVE POLAND. (Rec, August 3, 5.5 p.m.) Warsaw, August 2. The situation is critical. British subjects have been ordered to leave Poland immediately.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK SCOUTS SIX MILES FROM WARSAW. London, August 2. A report from Warsaw states that Bolshevik scouts are only six miles off the city.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

UKRAINIAN PEASANTS. REVOLT

CONTACT.' EFFECTED WITH WRANGEL'S FORCES. . Warsaw, August 2. Reports from Lublin state that the peasnnts are in revolt in Western Ukrania, behind the Bolshevik front. Machne, the leader 1 , has occupied l Ekatenuoslav. and is now in contact with Wrangel's forces—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.