RUSSIA AND POLAND.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3567, 1 September 1920, Page 5

RUSSIA AND POLAND.

A RUSSIAN CLAIM. WRANGEL'S ARMY WIPED OUT. Received 9 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 31. The Moscow Government has informed the Russian delegation in London that the Reds completely annihilated Wrangel's forces which landed at*Ruban and also defeated his troops north of Taurian. Wrangel now holds only the Crimea. "TO THE BITTER END.'! POLISH GENERAL'S VIEWS. Received 9 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 31. The Daily Express 's Warsaw correspondent states that Pilsudski desires to continue the war to the bitter end. He declares that Poland would always be the. object of Russian aggression, and even if she signed peace it would be impossible to remain stationary on the East front, maintaining a defensive a.ttitude, as the Entente recommended. Poland, with a small army badly supplied with munitions, could not hold a fixed front hundreds of miles long; she must either march forward, crushing the Reds completely, cr conclude an illusory peace. Pilsudski said he was convinced that the Russians had not renounced their intention of renewing their attack.

THE AMERICAN VIEW. FINDS SYMPATHY IN ITALY. Received 9 a.m. WASHINGTON Aug.-31. The Italian Government has informed the United States that the American Note outlining the American attitude on the Polish situation finds Italy in sympathy with the spirit and point of view taken by the United States.