RUSSIAN MIX-UP.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1920, Page 2

RUSSIAN MIX-UP.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

SAFETY OF WARSAW. LONDON, Aug. 21. Warsaw correspondent says Warsaw may now be regarded as perfectly safe, and there is a possibility that the Reds attempting to cross the Vistula may be cut off, as no Red Reserves are within reach to assist them. The successes so far won are attributed to the skill and excellent work of General Weygand and the French staff. Under their capable leadership, the Poles reasserted their ascendancy. Enthusiasm is running high. The Poles are determined to out the Reds. The invasion had the wholesome effect of curing many incipient Bolsheviks who saw in the Reds only pillagers and murderers.

GERMANS FOILED. PARIS, Aug. 21. General Weygand believes the Polish success upsets the German plans to purchase the support of th«| Soviets with a view to attempting to destroy the Treaty of Versailles. The scheme actually included the desperate idea of throwing Red armies across the Rhine. The Polish resistance has depressed the French Bolsheviks though the same clamour against /the war continues. It is doubtful whether a strong Anglo-French Labour entente will be established, despite the optimism of Adamson and Gosling. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The State Department has sent warnings to Poland not to continue the advance into Russian territory, if her armies succeed in driving the Russians back into Russia.

FRENCH REPORT. Paris; Aug. 20. General Leroud, the Allied Commander in Upper Silesia reports the Ivattowitz disorders were due to extremists belief that a Bolshevik triumph was imminent. He declares the German Government speculating on the Bolshevik success, encouraged the agitation. He states the French casualties were two. killed and eight wounded, and Germans, ten killed and eight wounded. The outbreak will be submitted to the Ambassadors Conference and most rigorous penalties demanded. The latest Warsaw reports state the Bolshevik field forces continue a most disorderly retreat. Their communications have been cut on all sides.

POLISH NEWS. LONDON, Aug. 20. According to a Berlin wireless message, the Polish delegates at Minsk rejected the Russian disarmament conditions in Poland unless the Bolsheviks also agreed to disarm. It is now believed the BolslMjviks are keeping the Polish envoys at Minsk in ignorance of their retreat. LONDON, Aug. 22. The Russians are bringing strong reinforcements to the Polish corridor area. The German population aie fleeing across the uCrman frontier. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 20 General Wrangel has landed on the Kuban coast and has received full Jocal support. PARIS, Aug. 2\ It is officially denied that the Government is appointing a High Commissioner with General Wrangel. LONDON, Aug. 22. According to advices received, from London General Budilovs forces are within fifteen miles of I-emburg. They are now making a push to capture the city. The situation of the Russian northern wing is now recognised as untenable. PARIS, Aug. 21. M. Millerand has congratulated General Pilsudski on the glory with which his army covered itself. The newspapers are sharply criticising the action of Tower, the British High Commissioner at Dantoig, in refusing to permit the landing there of French munitions for the Poles.