POLISH BLOWS

Southland Times, Issue 18823, 17 May 1920, Page 5

POLISH BLOWS

HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR KIEFF

COUNTER ATTACKS REPULSED (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Reuter’s Telegrams.' WARSAW, May 14. (Received May 16, 5.5 p.m.) A communique states: —In the Kieff sector the enemy continue desperate but unsuccessful attacks with the object of retaking at any cost the places we occupied east of the Dnieper. The enemy were completely defeated in the fighting near Rzeszyca. their regiments being annihilated. A brigade commander and a commissary were killed. Four hundred Bolsheviks were drowned in the Dnieper. Four enemy armoured boats and 2,000 prisoners were taken. Polish detachments at Podlia defeated the iirst Ukrainian Soviet brigade. SILENCE IN MOSCOW. SPECULATION IN FRANCE. POLISH FOREIGN MININSTER INTERVIEWED. PARIS, May 15. (Received May 16, 5.5 p.m.i French Socialist circles, attribute the silence at Moscow to Brusiioff. who was summoned there in connection with the Polish offensive. M. Patek, the Polish Foreign Minister, interviewed, declared that the Bolsheviks were preparing to invade Poland at the very time when they were asking for an armistice. He adduced proof that 160 locomotives and 2000 guns were accumulated on the front. The Polish army captured these during the first advance. ZEPPELINS OVER WARSAW. SUSPECTED BREACH OF THE TREATY. BELATED MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW. LONDON. May 14. {Received May 16, 5.5 p.m.' The Australian Press Association learns that eight. Zeppelins were reported over Warsaw on Sunday, proceeding eastward. The Poles believe that, they were carrying German stuff officers to a.-sist to reorganise the Reds, who are in full retreat before the Poles. It is pointed out that if the report is true it will be a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. M. Patek, the Polish Foreign Minister, addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee, stated that it was untrue that Poland entertained Imperialistic aims. They would renew the offer of peace to the Bolsheviks immediately their objects were attained. A belated ami unimportant wireless message reached London from Moscow dated May 10. via Reval. Otherwise the silence is unbroken. It is not assumed that the silence is due to military censorship, but possibly to Brusiloff, who i.' publicly urging Russia to unite against the Poles. lie has taken the comfit aud. MOSCOW COMMUNICATING. SILENCE NOT EXPLAINED. LONDON, May 15. (Received May 17, 12.25 a.m.i Direct wireless communication from Moscow has been resumed. There is no explanStion of the silence. i SOVIET AND FINLAND. PEACE OFFER RENEWED. HELSINGFORS, May 14. (Received May 16, 5.5 p.m.) Tchitchenn has renewed his peace offer to .Finland. BOLSHEVISM'S GHASTLY FAILURE. COUNTER-REVOLUTION EXPECTED. AMERICAN COMMISSION'S REPORT. WASHINGTON, May 14. Colonel Edward Ryan. Rod Cross Com-jmssioac-r for North Russia and the Baltic States, has returned from a surreptitious visit into Russia with the Esthonian peace delegation. In a report m the State DeEartmenl he declares that Russia cannot old out. six months longer without aid from abroad. He describes Bolshevik government as a social adventure which has become a nhasily failure Licking outside help. A revolution is expected within six jnonths, when traubD of the worst kind Jaust be faced. The belief is that it will H&rt with a gigantic pogrom. THE SPA CONFERENCE. CONDITION OF GERMAN ATTENDANCE. FRENCH WITHDRAWAL FROM FRANKFORT. BERLIN, May 1-1. The German Cabinet has decided not to participate in the Spa Conference unless the French troops are withdrawn from Frankfort before the Conference is calIsd. PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS. W. MILLERAND IN ENGLAND. LONDON, May 15. (Received May 16, 5.5 p.m.) Much interest is being shown in the meetleg of M. Miller and and Mr Lloyd George, who have arrived at Folkestone. The conversations are taking place at Sir Philip Sassoon’s castle at Lympne. It is essential to *»ttle the method and time for Germany to pay the indemnity, especially as the cost of the army of occupation is still £150,000,000 annually. WAR CRIMINALS. FIRST REVISED LIST PRESENTED. FORTY-FIVE NAMES. (Reuter’s Telegrams.' LONDON, May 14. Advices from Berlin state that the Allies have presented Germany with a note containing the first revised list of war criminals. The list is stated to contain 45 names, including those of four U-boat commanders who are accused of torpedoing hospital ships, officers accused of shooting and ill-treating prisoners, and General Kruski and Governor Cassel, who are accused of spreading typhus germs. The list includes Marshal von Bulow, General von Below, and Prince Ernest of Saxony, but it does not include Hindenburg, Ludendorff, or the Crown Prince. [The cable news in this issue accredited to “The Times” has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of ‘‘The Times.]

THE NEUTRAL ZONE. EVACUATION A MATTER OF DAYS. PARIS, May 15. (Received May 16, 5.5 p.m.) The evacuation of the neutral zone is only a matter of days. Marshal Foch has commissioned General Degoutte to arrange the details with the German commander. EVACUATION ORDERED. TO BEGIN TO-DAY. PARIS, May 15. Marshal Foch has ordered the French evacuation of the neutral zone on the right bank of the Rhine, including Frankfurt, Daramstadt, and Cassel. The evacuation will begin on Monday. THE TURKISH TREATY. MUSTAPHA KEMAL DEFIANT. NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT AT ANGORA. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 13. It is reported that the Nationalist leader, Mustapha Kernel, has formed a Government at Angora and has telegraphed to the Peace Conference declaring that any acceptance of the peace terms by the present Turkish delegations will be be null and void. Angora is a town in Asiatic Turkey, 215 miles E.S.E. of Constantinople. MUSTAPHA KEMAL CONDEMNED. COURT-MARTIAL’S SENTENCE. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF GRAND VIZIER. (United Serviced CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14. A court-martial sentenced to death Mustapha Kemal by default. A policeman fired at the Grand Vizier but missed him and wounded an attendant. The assailant was arrested. He is believed to he an agent of the Nationalists. ARMENIA, PROTECTION OF AMERICAN INTERESTS. WASHINGTON. May 12. The Senate unanimously resolved to ask President Wilson to send a warsh’p to Batum to protect American interests in Armenia. THE AMERICAN CONTROVERSY. SENATE PEACE RESOLUTION. ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES. WASHINGTON, May 15. 1 (Received May 16, 11.55 p.m.) The Seriale adopted the Republican, resolution moved by Senator Knox ending the state of war with Germany, by 43 votes to 38. As the House also adopted a similar resolution both will go to a conference of the two Chambers before the final decision is announced. President Wilson is certain to veto the resolution.