RUSSIAN CAMPAIGNS

Southland Times, Issue 18848, 14 June 1920, Page 5

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGNS

POLISH ROUT OF REDS WRANGEL’S CiriKSIVE NOT SUPPORTED BY BRITAIN (By Telegraph. —Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Router's Telegrams, i WARSAW, June 11. Notwithstanding the arrival of enemy reinforcements. the battle on the Beresina resulted in the defeat of the Bolsheviks. The Poles on June l>, advancing to the attack, expelled the enemy from positions beyond the river Auta, and took SUO prisoners. THREE BOLSHEVIST DIVISIONS ROUTED. A POLISH COMMUNIQUE. LONDON, June 9. A Warsaw communique states: The Bolshevists were repulsed and are now withdrawing on the whole front. Fighting is taking place in territory where the Bolshevist offensive started. Three Bolshevist divisions were practically annihilated. WRANGEL’S NEW OFFENSIVE. BRITAIN ACCEPTING NO RESPONSIBILITY. I Reuter’s Telegram;,) LONDON, June 10. In the House of Commons, questioned in regard to the reported offensive against the Bolsheviks by General Wrangel, Mr Lloyd George stated that the Government had clearly informed General AA rangel that Britain would not he responsible fur his army if he under,ook an oifensivc. SOVIET GOLD. HELD BY SWEDEN. PARIS, June 11. It is annoum-ed that Sweden has decided to hold the Bolshevist gold sent to Sweden pending a .-ettlemem of policy, fno trench newspapers welcome the precedent. MOSCOW TRADE UNIONISTS. DELEGATION 70 ENGLAND. MOSCOW, June 12. (Received June 13. 1 1.-10 p.rn.i The Trade Union Congress necided to Bend a rlelegntion to England to stuiiy me political situation. THE GERMAN ARMY* REDUCTION TO 200,000 ANNOUNCED. BERLIN. June 11. It is officially announced that the reduction of the army to JUO.LRIO has now been accomplished. THE INDEMNITY. BRITISH UNIONIST PARTY’S DEMAND. LONDON, Jaime 11. (Received June 15, 5.5 p.m.) The Unionist Forty, at the annual conference at Birmingham, parsed a resolution declaring that Germany ov.as the British Empire its share of the full cent of the war, tnn the conference expect.- the Government to secure payment. SERViA. GERMAN CONSUL’S SUICIDE. DELHI, June 11. We'islruiT, the German Consul at i'abtntz is reported to have committed suic-iuc tiuring the revolt after turning machineguns on the crowd. He was well known in. the Indian Foreign and Political Department. He wa.s a Oennan, not a bus.-].in, and distributed arms and money freely with the nh-ert, of fomenting trouble on the frontiers.