RUSSIAN WAR

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10613, 11 June 1920, Page 5

RUSSIAN WAR

POLES HIT HARD , TWO BOLSHEVIK DIVISIONS WIPED "OUT. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright Eeuter’s Telegram, (Received June 10, 8.20 p.m.) WARSAW, June 9. Official: Two Bolshevik divisions were wiped out "by our counter-offen-sive between the Dvina and the BereBina. Captured papers show that panic prevailed at the “Red” headquarters. Bolsheviks removed the eyes of Relish prisoners, whom they sent hack. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT AT RESHT. , 'V'

WARMLY GREETED BY POPULACE. ■

Tlnltcrl Service Telcirram. ''' (Received June 10, 8.20 p.m.) LONDON, June 9.

A Moscow wireless message reports that the provisional Government formed at Resht was warmly greeted, by the population. The British are hurriedly retreating to Bagdad, as Indians are opposed to fighting revolutionaries. A considerable number are going over to them. JAPANESE TN~SIBERIA. Australian and N.Z.’- Gable Association. NEW YORK, Juno 9. The “Now York Times’’ correspondent at Tokio reports that the Navy Department has issued _an official statement- of the occupation of Nikolaiovsk. on the Amur. The Japanese marines also captured a fortress. KRASSIN’S TRADE MISSION. LONDON, June 8. At the second meeting pf M. Kra-s----sin and tlio British Ministers, which lasted two hours, M. Krassin gave various answers to Ministers’ inquiries regarding prisoners and propaganda, but there are oilier, matters to be settled.' A further meeting will probably bo arranged. So far the general impression is satisfactory.