BOLSHEVIKS CROSS GERMAN FRONTIER

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 287, 28 August 1920, Page 7

BOLSHEVIKS CROSS GERMAN FRONTIER

(Rec. August 27, 7.50 p.m.) Berlin, August 25. The war correspondent of the "Logal Anzeiger'-' says that-Red .regiments are still crossing ilie. German frontier'with fuTT war material. Ordnance of every kind is heaped iip wit.hiln the frontier in indescribable quantities —United Service. Copenhagen, Avgust 2(i. Twentv-six thousand Russian? retreated into East. Prussia. A whole brigade and its ffjafl' crossed the border near Johaiuiisburg.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE ARMISTICE PROPOSAL . PRUSSIANS OFFER. TO WAIVE TERMS. London, August 20. The Russian reply to tlio AugloItnli.iin ultimatum 'offers to waive any annistice terms wlrcli were not proposal at. Minsk and were not contained in the digest which ICanienelT .submitted to Mr. Lloyd George—Aua-N.Z'. Cable Assn. ■ A PROPAGANDIST DOCUMENT. »' ■, ~ (Rec. August 27, 11.45 p.m.) , London, August 2G. The Soviet's reply is u long document of a propagandist character. It describes tlio. Lucerne Note as a piece of propaganda directed against Bolshevist institutions and as an act of interference with Russian affairs which justify cor'reeponding Soviet, action. The reply describes the proposal for a civic militia In Poland as a, concession, inasmuch it would be a supplementary armed force to' the Polish army of 50,000, and suggests that the attitude of the -British Government is dictated by the view that workers must by nature be animnted with tho doctrine of Bolshevism. The I'eply continues:. "Although cur interpretation of this point in our peace terms is thoroughly justified' we rievertlieless,nre willinj to remove this, the only*point of divergence, in order to .establish a full understanding regarding the terms of peace..with Pcilnnd."

'The.reply^lcclares.that the Soviet never considered ils terms as an ultimatum, and had always been willing to discuss llicm -with Poland, with whom the Soviet alono was treating for peace; therefore any understandings which might be given In th is connection would be given to Pcland alono. .

. In .vie* of-Russia's earnest desire to attain important results, for the world's welfare and.peaco arising from peace with' Britain, the Soviet is willing to ■inform t-lio British Government that the Russian Government has resolved to make a concession on this point, and does not' insist on tho 'clause referring to arming workers in n civfc militia, Poland thus 'securing a- full agreemont with Britain. The remainder ,of the reply is a defence of the Soviet against the charge of being ati 'oligarchy. The reply declares that air States which have a form of Government different, from tho Soviet are true oligarchies.—Router. UNITED STATESTSEEK ASSURANCES ANOTHER '"NOTE TO POLAND. (Itec. August 27, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, August 20. Tho Secretary of S'iite (Mr. Bainbridge' Colby) announces that the State Department, addressed another Note to Poland on August 21, in which tho hope was expressed that the Polish Government! would issue a declaration stat'-'ng its 'intention to abstain from territorial aggression against Russia, also slating its intention to remain within tho boundaries indicated by/I he Peace Confer-ence.—Aus.-N.7i. Cable Ass:-..