THE POLISH WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1920, Page 6

THE POLISH WAR.

BOLSHEVIK TRICKERY. LLOYD GEORGE'S NOTE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright. London, August, 12. Mr. Lloyd George sent n letter to Kameneff, acknowledging receipt of a communication from Moscow announceing the non-arrival of the Polish delegates at Minsk. Mr. Lloyd George informs Kameneff that lie has received a message* from the Polish Government that, until 9 o'clock on the evening of August 10, it had not received a reply from the Soviet to its wireless message of August !> consenting to negotiate an armistice and peace preliminaries. Mr. Lloyd George also states that-the British representatives at Warsaw confirm the failure of the Polish delegates to get into touch with Moscow. He concludes by hoping that Kameneff will see that immediate instructions are issued for the reception and passage through the lines to Minsk of the Polish peace and armistice delegations, and ithat Russian wireless stations will be open'to receive and transmit Polish messages without delay. Mr. Lloyd George cannot help stating that this constant refusal to receive messages from Warsaw while the Soviet army is steadily advancing cannot fail ito arouse justifiable suspicion and not be conducive to a prompt and peaceful I solution of the present crisis.—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FRENCH ACTION. IN ACCORD WITH AMERICA. Paris, August 13. A Note has been sent from Prance completely agreeing with the Washington attitude. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN-SOVIET' ALLIANCE. * Taris, August 13. The New York Herald says that the French Government has received reliable information that the German Government and the Soviet have formed a political and military alliance, aimed at the overthrow of the Versailles Treaty. The Herald also states that France's recognition of General Wrangel was designed as a swift counter blow. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN THREAT TO FRANCE. - Berlin, August 12. In the course of an interview, Count Reventlow said that, should France violate German neutrality, there would be a spontaneous uprising of the German people, unanimous and mighty. • "We will not stand for making our land a battle-ground," he,said. "I am opposed to Bolshevism and realise that Bolshevism at our front- door is threatening all Western Europe, but I do not want to see France make this danger a pretext for overrunning more of our country."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

A DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE. London, August 13. The Franco-Belgian military chiefs have signed an agreement settling the general lines of a defensive alliance between the two countries. The political and economic questions have yet to he considered.—Reuter. ITALIAN PRESS COMMENT. Received Augusit 14, 3.5 p.m. Rome, August 13. Italian newspapers bitterly comment on France's support of General Wrangel. The C4iornale Epoca says the Entente has broken up, and that France has accomplished what Germany failerf to do. —Times Service. BITTERNESS AGAINST LLOYD GEORGE. Warsaw, August 13. ' The Poles wovjld not believe at first, the brief reports of Mr. Lloyd George's speech on the 10th, owing to its wide divergence from his previous utterances. The later confirmatory summaries ' produced a most depressing effect. One commentator nicknames the British Premier "George, Lord Chameleon." Others say lie shifts his position with the levity of a grasshhopper, and that Britain is no longer the ally of Poland, but has become the friend of the Bolshevists. Polish commanders explain that they [are retreating at many points owing to the lack of ambulances and the desire to 1 save the wounded, who would otherwise be tortured, as photographs cap-, hired from Bolsheviks prove.—Times Service. FRANCO-BRITISH ALLIANCE. SEVERANCE DEMANDED. Received August 14, 3.5 p.m. London, August 13*' The Independent Labor Party executive, at n meeiting at Glasgow, passed a resolution that the French recognition! of General Wrangel indicates Allied duplicity towards Russia, and the conference demands ithe severance of the Fran-co-British alliance, and the expulsion of Mr. Churchill from office.—Reuter.