RUSSIAN MIX-UP,

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1919, Page 3

RUSSIAN MIX-UP,

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyrignt >

YUDENITCH KNOCKED OUT. LONDON, Nov. 13. The military authorities now consid-

er that a further Yudenitch offensive against- the Bolsheviks will be impossible.

It is pointed out that Yudenitch has already lost half his forces. His army was partly composed of Boshevik deserters, many of whom have now returned to the enemy ranks.

ARMISTICE WITH BOLSHEVIKS. LONDON, Nov. 13.

Latest advices received state that the 1 Esthonians, the Letts, the Lithuanians, ■ the Poles'and the. Finns are all conferring at Dorpat on the question of the advisability of negotiating an armistice with the Bolsheviks. It is now suggested that an alliance of the border Russian States would afford a good means of settling the Russian problem. LETTS DEFEAT*"GERMANS. 'Received this day at &.20 a.m.) v . LONDON, November J2. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Copenhagen correspondent states the Lettish rout of the Germans is complete. The Letts now hold .the left bank of the Dvina, -Germans are hurriedly retreating towards Mitau, abandoning great booty, including many heavy guns. The Lettish pursuit is vigorous. It is hoped to intercept the German retreat. A GERMAN ORDER. LONDON, November 13. A captured army order signed by the commander of the Iron Legion declared the Germans in Courland were fighting for Germany, and intended to sweep away the Versailles Treaty as far as the east was concerned. It added that the German Government’s order summoning the troops to return to Germany i s merely bluff. POLISH ELECTIONS. LONDON, November 13. A German wireless admits heavy Polish. successes in the Municipal election in Upper Silesia obtaining sixty four per cent of the votes in Hindenburg district, seventy eight in Bentsen, Kattowitz and eighty nine in Tardowitz. i