RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1918, Page 6

RUSSIA.

GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO POLES. AN ATTACK FOLLOWS REFUSAL. (PRINCE LEOPOLD'S ORDERS IGNORED. Received May 25, 5.:> p.m. Moscow, May 24. A newspaper despatch from Kieil' says (hat (he Germans sent an ultimatum deminding the disarming and disbanding within four hours of the second Polish army corps, quartered in the vicinity of Kieff. The general commanding refused, and the Germans al lacked the Poles. It is reported that 1-j.OO-ri were engaged on either side and that the casualties were numerous. A dispatch from Vienboth states that Prince Leopold of Bavaria ordered the disbandment of the 'Polish legionaries at Minsk, but (lie legionaries refused. — Reuter. CLASS WAR. A VETERAN GENERAL'S PLIGHT. London, May 24. The Daily Express publishes a pathetic letter from the famous Russian general who has been called the Lord Roberts of Russia. Though 75 years old, himself and his family are starving, and he seeks work of any kind in order to buy bread. He says that class war has annulled religion, truth, and self-respect, exchanging these for mischief, rape, and robbery. A FORCE FOR SIBERIA. OP RUSSIANS IN AMERICA. Washington, May 24. An influential group of Russians, after a conference with the Bakmetieff group, proposes to raise a force of 200,000 Russians in America for service in Siberia. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.