RUSSIA AND POLAND.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3538, 28 July 1920, Page 2

RUSSIA AND POLAND.

j .FIGHTING CONTINUES. j LONDON, July 26. I Despite* the armistice, continuous ! fighting is gving on along the Polish j .front. The Poles, after a sanguinary : battie. recaptured Grodno, j | WHAT HAS BECOME OF THEM? LONDON, July 26. ; The Morning Post’s Warsaw corroI ... ' spondont reports; Since the Reds occu- ; pied Viiua, nothing has "been heard of i the Polish women ’s battalion, which I was holding eight miles of front. It I was commanded by an attractive young I woman. The correspondent adds: It | :.s painfully easy to imagine her fate. AMERICA’S ATTITUDE. I NEW YORK, ( July 26. The New York American’s Washing--1 ton correspondent says: It is underj stood President Wilson will probably j shortly issue a statement on the Po--1 lish 'situation, and there are indications that he will tender financial sup- ! port to Poland. Confirmation of this i belief is not yet obtainable, the State I Department not wishing to make any i comment. | SOVIET’S REPLY TO BRITAIN. __^ ! LONDON, July 26. j The Daily Mail ’ states that the Soj viet Government has notified the Brij tish Government that it is agreeable to j hold a peace conference with the Allies I in London, as suggested in the Note * from Spa, but as a first condition it insists on the surrender of Wrangel, 1 whose safety it guarantees. The SoI viet Government expresses- astonishment at Britain’s action in interrupting discussion for. the resumption of trade.