BOLSHEVIK WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 April 1920, Page 5

BOLSHEVIK WAR.

ATTACK ON THE POLES. DEFEATED WITH HEAVY LOSS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Received April 5, ii.s p.m. Warsaw, April 4. The Bolsheviks attacked the Poles on a 350-mile front, using the strongest available troops, artillery, tanks, armored cars, and cavalry, yet attempts to compel peace were everywhere defeated with heavy loss. Poland is now able to dictate to Russia. Hence the refusal of an armistice, except at Borisoff, where the Reds propose to negotiate. Pilsudski wants a quick Polish peace, and is not giving a chance to contrived delays. It is assumed in''Britain, America, and elsewhere that the Poles wish to reestablish the 1771 frontier, taking in Kieff, Volhynia and Podalia. This in incorrect, and arises from neglect to disclose the conditions cf peace even to the Allies.—Times Service. Received April 5, 7 p.m. Constantinople, April 1. The Bolsheviks are now advancing along the Caucasus towards Vladokavaz, following up the railway towards Grosni, the centre of the oil region.—United Service; "A VAST CEMETERY." TERRIBLE PICTURE OF RUSSIA. Received April 5, 7 p.m. London, April 4. British refugees tell appalling stories of torture and wholesale murders in Russia. Leprosy and typhus- are rampant, and starvation is causing thousands of deaths. The country has become one vast cemetery, and the same coffins are used repeatedly. Animals in tha Zoo are fed on human bodies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.