INTERNAL RUSSIA.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1920, Page 3

INTERNAL RUSSIA.

(Reuter’s Telegram.)

RUSSIAN PLIGHT.

(Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. The latest official reports estimated out of twenty one Russian Divsions in Poland, six are entirely destroyed, eight have lost fifty percent of thenstrength and the remainder are much shattered find worn out.

Several thousand Sinn Eein sympathisers gathered outsido Ruxton gaol in connection with the Lord Mayor of Cork, who is said to ibo dying. They booed the Government and made ugly rushes upon the police who used their batons freely. A number of arrests were made.

Dublin Castle denies that the Constabulary showed a want of discipline and explains the meeting at Dublin barracks was confined to expressions of indignation at the assassination of comrades.

POLISH PROGRESS. . (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) , COPENHAGEN, August 24. Mr Long nbonrd a British Admiralty Yacht, has arrived here and proceeds to Dantzig to investigate the situation. WARSAW, August 24. The Poles entered Mlavsi, and Billostok, while a column from Ostrov is rapidly marching on Lomza and Ossoviettp. IN SORE STRAITS. (Received this day. at 9.30 a.m.) VIENNA, August 24. It is reported from Warsaw that the Commander of the Soviet northern army is negotiating with General Sikorakie for the army’s capitulation. A GERMAN VIEW. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, August 24. The newspapers'state the French war office expects the Russo-Polish war will he of long duration. France is hastening an extensive equipment for Poland and Wrangel for the winter campaign.