WARSAW.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1920, Page 5

WARSAW.

FRENCH INFLUENCE. DIRECTING TEE POLES, j ty Telegraph.—Press Asm.—Copyright. • Received August 20, 7.40 p.m. London, August 18. ' Th« Manche»ter Guardian's Warsaw correspondent reports that French influence dominates thje entire strategy and political views in Poland, and the French General Staff planned the whole defence. —Atifr&Z. Cable Assn. HELP FOR THE POLES. fOBCES FROM SOUTH RUSSIA. Received August 20, 7.40 p.m. London, August 18. General Wrangel's agent Sacikoff now hag his headquarters at Posen, where he is assisting m an anti-Bolshevik campaign. The remainder ol Deniken'a trffly, many thousands strong, besides a force of Cossacks, has arrived in Poland, gfferiag their services, while numerous .Russians. who were former supporters of the uterltt regime, after acting as propagandists, are spending money freely, largely supplied by France.— lAui.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

fHE POLISH COUNTER-OFFENSIVE. . THE BEDS RETIRING. Copenhagen, August 18. A Polish counter-offensive, launched Thorn, is succeeding steadily. .{The Reds are retiring under heavy fire. PolUll Aviators are heavily bombing & Ska Wad behind the Bolshevik lines, *hich is crowded with transport.—Aus.Cable Assa. .• , London, August 18. WttWW' reports that three Bolshevik AivkkHM were annihilated on the Warpaw front. The Poles are victorious ■ everywhere except on the extreme left. •—Anl-NJ£ Cable Assn. Vancouver, August 19. A Warsaw message states that the SndaiM are Seeing in disorder across the Vistula and <the Bug rivers. Three thousand'have been captured. The Russians are evacuating Brest-JiitOTsk.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. {IUMORED DISCONTINUANCE. London, August 19. Eameneff says that the Poles did not (Continue the' Minsk negotiations on [Wednesday. A Bolshevik communique states tliat Sue* figfcting is proceeding north-east f>f Novogorvievsk.

Tnfakf, addressing the Moscow SgViet, admitted that the advance of the Haitian troops had been held up before JTawaw. The fate* of the revolution ■would be decided on the Polish front, al(hough Qfeneral Wrangel's front was acquiring a primary importance through r A later Moscow wireless message says Unt the Minsk- conference opened. TDanishevaky, who presided, outlined Rltsiui'a pacific policy and emphasised jhtf respect for Poland's independence Wd right to determine her own form of jQefTUnßwnt Russia would accord Pobad mora territory than the Entente Usrtait unit demand front the landforfa of SMand greater guarantees attack than from the workers M#peasants—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BQUMANIA NEUTRAL. Received August 20, 7.40 p.m. , London. August 18. fie Roumanian Government has de-

r: to maintain strict neutrality is RnMo-Poliah war.—Renter Senrta.