RUSSIA AND POLAND.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3549, 11 August 1920, Page 5

RUSSIA AND POLAND.

THE HYTHE CONFERENCE.

ALLIES TO ASSIST.

ADVICE AND MU.‘IITIONS.

TROOPS NOT TO‘ BE SENT‘.

LONDON, Aug. s)‘

The I-lythe Conference finished with a short afternoon sitting held 0-Winél to the receipt of ‘further communications from Soviet sources. after which Mr Lloyd George and M. Millerand returned to their respective ea,pltal.<. The former. upon his depai-tux-e‘w:is; accorded an ovation. It is officially stated that the Allies are in complete agreement. in regard to action with reference to the Polish situation, subject however, in the case of Britain, to approvnl'of Parliament. It is understood‘the Allies are deter» mined to support. the Poles by technical advice and inunitions, also possibly by naval measures, but Allied troops will not-. be einployed.

M. MILLERAND TACTFUL.

Received 9 a.m.

PARIS, Aug. 10.

M. Millerand 1-etused to give any information re the Coufm-e_uce until Mr Lloyd George has made a statement in the House of Commons, beyond saying that Poland-‘s independence within the frontiers assigned by the Versailles Treaty would be‘ maintained.

HUNGARY APPEALED TO

MILITAR Y A SSISTANCE SOUGHT

Received 9_ am

AM..\7TERDAI\'I. : .~\ ug. 10.

I Polish advices declare that the Government has beensin direct negotialtion with Hungary regarding military .help. The Polish President has acRcepted the Hungarian Governmenl’s {offer to send a few 1-eginlents. Hunigary is disposed to send ten thousand ;men, and" also _munitions, but the ‘League? of Trade Unions ‘in CzechoS]ovakia'has issued a manifesto urging organised labour to‘ refuse to transport war material to Poland, Hungaria, or Russia.

ST. GERMAIN TREATY RATIFIED.

Received 9 a.m. ROME, Aug. 10. The Chamber of Deputies has ratified the St. Germain Treaty.

’ 7 THE BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE.

THREE HOURS FROM VVARSAVV.

FIGHTING AT VLODAVA.

Received 9 a.m.

LONDON, Aug. 10‘

j A Bolshevik communique states: ‘We occupied points» fourteen miles southwest of Ostolenka, and also occupied Malkin railway station, three ho_ui's journey from Warsaw. . The Reds are now ten miles west or the River Bug,. in the S'eidlitz-re-gion, and fighting is in progress for the possession of Vlodava.

SYLVIA PANKHURST.

ARRIVAL AT PETROGRAD.

Received 9 a.m

LONDON, ‘Aug. 10

A Moscow wireless states that Syl» via Pankhurst passed through Petrograd to attend the Co]nmllniSt§’ Congress. She said: “England ’s- efforts to strangle the Soviet. are doomed to failure owing to the intelligent ntti~ tude of the British WOl‘kerS_” A recent Cablegram stated that Sylvia Pahkhurst had disappeared fro-m her home in London.

PEACE WITH THE LETTS‘

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' COPENHAGEN, Aug. 10. ‘ The Soviet and the Letts have concluded a Peace Treaty, which .will lprob-ably be signed at Riga to—mol~. ‘POW. ' I EVACUATION OF WARSAW. POLISH GOVERNMENTS DIFFL i ' CULTY. 1 RIVAL AUTHORITY FEARED. Received 9.10 am. LONDON, Aug. 9. The Legations, with their archives, have left Warsaw for Posen by special train. A The Government’s attitude is ambiguous_ It is officially statesd that lit is proceeding to«Posen, but unotfi lciaily members of the Ministr:y_say ;that nothing has been settled, and ithat they are remaining at Warsaw for the present. There is the greatest reluctance to go, as their departure would probably be the signal“ for the establishment of a rival Government.

HAS BRITAIN SE-NT MUNITIONSQ

A GUARDED _ANSWER,

LONDON, Aug, :4

Mr Bonar Law closely qllestionucl in the I'fO:z.<;t: of Commons w'llel‘}mr Bl‘ii:ain had sent; munitions to‘Foland, preserved :.x guarded attitude, but definitely stated that Britain had not yet sent ulxmitious from 81-i_tain, though -i1 did not follow that thig would not be done.

QRISIS DECLARED PAST.

LONDON, Aug. 10.

Gm'e'rnnlenc .newspapel's decfareé that the crisis is past and that there will be no war. so far as Britain is concerned.

* The Daily Chron;‘cle‘s Col'l'Gs-‘pondezlt says: I have high £mt:’nol'ity for saying that the qo\'el‘llnl'éfit will not involve the country in war, provided Russia does not zutempt to destroy Pol2md"s independence. If Poland’s independence is at stake, Britain would impose completze blockade 'agahin.~=l: Russia. The Daily Express states that Mr Lloyd Ge.Crge’s decision against participation in the war is based on the Illol‘il’S oi.‘ the case rather than the strength of public opinion against intervenizion.

\V ARSA XV DOOMED.

DEFEL\I<.‘ES OUT.I4‘.!..ANKEI)‘

Received 9.10 mm

LONDON, Aug. 10.

A German correspondent, ‘a/c the Polish from states that the RAeds.,,a_re {advancing on VV:-lrsaw from the southleast and c-ircuniventzed The defences. ~’rhn.< jecpar-clisiiig either flank. They ‘are now directing their main. attack ‘on Raszymin. The‘ outlet forts and ‘defences of the city are entirely inadequate, man_v of the old works having been blown up by the’ Germans in the late wa.r. The eastern fortresses are entirely useless, but there is a. strong line of field fortifications. fifteen kilometi-es from the city. :0-f German construction. and well suited -for defence.’