RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

• -ANTI-BOLSHEVIK OFFENSIVE, : THREE ARMIES ENGAGED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright: London, Sept. 13. Mr. Wilton, Omsk correspondent of the Times, says that three armies commanded by Dieterich were engaged in the anti-Bolshevik offensive, and for twelve days adhered to the time-table. The Reds were out-generalled and beaten, and will probably lose their entire position in western Siberia if the weather favors another offensive in another fortnight. Sweeping cavalry charges .smashed the enemy's rear at several points. Armored trains rushed the station near Kurgan and captured a whole Bed regiment. Elsewhere the enemy maintains the semblance of retreating in order, despite the hardest knocks Dieterich's officers say that the fighting spirit of the infantry and cavalry equals the best Russian troops of 1914. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. BOLSHEVIKS' OFFENSIVE. DEFEATED BY WRENGEL'S FORCE. Received Sept. 15, 2.40 p.m. London, Sept. 13. The War Office reports that the right wing of General Wrengel's volunteers during the past week have been engaged in a stubborn and successful defence of Tsaritsyn. The Bolsheviks directed combined offensives from the north, east, and south'. The main attack was delivered from the north, supported by an armed flotilla on the Volgu, and continued for throe days. The enemy was repulsed with heavy losses. Regarding the reported fighting between General Petlpura's and General Denikin's troops at Kieff, satisfactory arrangements have been reached for the avoidance of mutual hostilities and the continued prosecution 'of operations against the Bolsheviks. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

BOLSHEVIKS' PEACE OFFER. TO NEIGHBORING STATES. Received Sept. 15, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 13. A wireless communique from Moscow States that the Lettish Government has accepted the Russian Soviet's offer to negotiate for peace. A similar proposal has been made to the Finnish and Lithuanian Governments.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association

BOLSHEVIKS APPEAL' FOR ASSISTANCE. Washington, Sept. 13. Official dispatches say that Trotsky and Lenin have sent urgent appeals requesting aid from Soviet sympathisers in Germany, Austria, and the Scandinavian countries.—Au3, N.Z. Cable Assoc LEAGUE OF NATIONS PRESIDENT WILSON'S CAMPAIGN. By Telegraph.—Press Aasn.—Copyrleht. New York, Sept. 13. At Seattle, President Wilson was given a tumultuous ovation, the most enthusiastic since be started his tour. In his speeches the President urged the people to help him to' end all war by supporting the League of Nations. Party lines must be forgotten and the pledges given the world by the United States must be fulfilled. They were pledges sealed with the blood of American soldiers.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

SUPREME COUNCIL. ■MR. BALFOUR'S RESIGNATION. By Telegraph.—Press Ann—Copyright. Paris, Sept. .12. Mr. Balfour is resigning the position of chief British delegate to the Peace Conference, and it is expected Lord Curzon will replace him. SETTLEMENT REGARDING SYRIA. Received Sept. \5, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Sept. 13. Mr. Lloyd George and M. Clemenceau have reached a settlement regarding Syria, favorable to France.—Aus. N.Z Cable Assoc.