RUSSIAN MIX-UP.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1920, Page 2

RUSSIAN MIX-UP.

(By Electric Telegraph—Coiy/ip.utJ POLISH ARMISTICE. jm LONDON, Oct. 6. W The latest news shoAvs Russia has giv j e nway on many points to secure peace with Poland. It is iioav officially ionfirmed that a Russo-Polish armistice ; " Avill be signed on Friday morning. 1 The Riga correspondent of the ‘Post* >■ - states M. Joffe, acting under the Mos-* . cow Government’s instructions has accepted almost all the Polish terms-The correspondent says Russia has agreed to give Poland a share in the gold reserve, but that the amount has ?■ not been agreed on. % The “Daily Chronicle” states that -. the Russian Government has replied to'CSjjH the recent British Note demanding the release of British prisoners at Baku, also a cessation of Bolshevik propaganda in Britain. The reply is stated ' to be conciliatory. ON POLISH FRONT. 0 [LONDON TIMEB SERVICE—COPYRIGHT] ’ (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) “ J 1 LONDON, Oct. 6. The “Times” Warsaw correspondent expresses doubts Avhether an immediate peace will be secured. Ho says the ’■ Bolsheviks made their last great effort, . ” and fought hard, but were thoroughly : ' beaten. Everything is now proving that utter demoralisation has set in, in the Red army. I many cases regi- .j ments shot the military commissaries - and then surrendered en masse. Gen- s eral Wrangel is anxious for a pooling of the Polish Avar, to prevent Bolshe- . -■?£ viks concentrating for a winter cam- , paign on the southern front. Wrangel’s /" emissaries prophecy that another . month’s pressure by the Poles, as Avell , as on the southern front, will set all Russia in revolt against the Communists. " " AN ARMISTICE. ' j (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 6. The latest r report from WarsaAV states the Bolsheviks have accepted all „ Poland’s proposals, and the armistice has been signed. Peace negotiations _ - must commence on the 15th. BALTIC FLEET-REVOLT. ' ..r-L (Received this day at 8 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6. v •££ According to advices from Kronstadt |.. the crews of the Baltic fi e et> refusing to join their ships.