IN RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3524, 10 July 1920, Page 5

IN RUSSIA.

SOVIET ALA RMED AT '\VRANGEI.x'S SUCC‘-ESS. .. .:<.-5' """" <2 Received 9.50. LONDON, July 8. A Moscow wireless states the SO- - appears apprehensive of Wrangel ’.< success, aclniits he was inflicting great damage on the Republic.-._». It declares there. will be no real victory over Poland ,gxltil Wrangel is L‘lef\€-.i"cc<'.l. His ravages in the south fllreat’e°‘fi'Vto make next winter more severe than. in 1919 in. the matter of Soviet food supplies. A ])Tl‘b(:l:Llnation has been is.sued urging inel'ea;~:e<_l ae.tivi-ty against Wrange]. Tchitchorin states the Soviet has decided to accept Bl'itd—ill"S conditons for the I'vSulnptio.n of trade rgalations.

POLAND IN DANGER.

WHOLE NATION IN ARMS

Received 1050.

WAR-SAW, July 8.

The whole ~na.tion, ixlcluding many \\-'rm)(m, is responding to iPelsudsk'l’s call to arms. Huller is oi"g'zull§fllg volunteers, and Grab.-ski has left for Spa ‘to Lay (_Polum'Hs future ’be.forre ’chc“Allic'.s and appeal for iissistance. The Bolsheviks have i‘ol'ced back the I-’ole.'~: 011 21 wide from: between the Dvina and Bmrusin:l. The northern wing is now x_lezu'ing‘ Lithll2lnia.Exce.pTioxmfly violent fighfing is pfoceeding 11<,\1't}1w:11‘r'i‘of the .Pl"ipet rl\'eF. The enemy’s ca.Vah'y in south-easter (,1-(111-cia, pur.<uing.l'upidly,‘ cut communiq-,3, Hon hetwoml Kovno and Kovol. The Poles urn .<xm:<—7s.<f’ully 1-esiséting on the l,'kr.'lini:ln SN'l‘.ol‘. '~ POLES AND BOLSHEVIKS. ~ .R-IGDS OPEN ]'.(‘)N(§'r-PRPIP./\ RCEI) (‘)I«‘FEfNSIVE.

(JOTPENHAG-EN, July 7‘

W:n'.<.:lw a.dvi<3o.< smtc that the long-pr-epamrl Bolshevisi‘ of'f‘onsivc olyened. on ’.l‘lnr;é.<:clzl_xj. the mzelny :Itt'ankl'n,(; by tho Dvina. 'l‘ll(\ir cavalry have :11— ready cut" off fllo"r::fiway line from Kiel]? to Kovol. The Polish l)m‘.'mn‘:e (,“.mnmil has smmnone/.11 the peuplo lo rally to the flag. 'l.‘hons:mds of volunt¢>m'.< am now flocking to the wolnnrs.

VP()l.:\ ND ‘S POS].’J‘I()N'

LONDON’; J nl..v 8~

The Polish Minisf.or in Lonflrm, in an interview. stated that tile Polish position. was certainly r:ril:iea.l, butlthe obviously inspired rummn- that ’._Polan.c7.. had c.apitlllm‘od. was entirely untrue. The Bolshcvilcs outnumbered. the Poles ‘FOlll’ to one. It is not surprising We have been «3nnlpeUed to retreat, ‘lint if I'9 not a rcmf. The enomy"s lines: of (>onl!mmi:°.nfion are do’.*.’nctivn.; thew,‘-

fore the Bolshevik pursuit is unlikely -to be rapid. Poland has peace terms mopur-tn} and will negotiate at the first appropriate opportunity.

The Morning Posts’ Warsaw correspondent reports: The Reds are threatening Minsk, using semi—sav:3.ge Siberians and Chinese mercenaries, also 3. considerable number 01' tanks and armoured ears. The northern front must be watched for decisive ‘developments. Here the Reds are trying to drive the Poles into the Pinsk marshes. PGli.‘i!h re-cl'uit;~‘ are flocking to the army.