WARSAW.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1920, Page 5

WARSAW.

DANGER NOT OVER. * BEDS' OPPOSITION STIFFENING, a NEW ATTACK POSSIBLE. &r M<mpß.<"Pn» Assn.M&wrltto. JUceived August 24, 5.5 p.m. London, August 23. The Ailitd officers at Warsaw conaider that while the Poles w«n a great <rtota*y, the danger is not over, a», not«W north of Warsaw, the Red opporitio* >• stiffening. Meanwhile the Reds are attempting an encircling move»ent, .aeross tae Vistula and iti the Posea districts, with a view ta tkmtoriing. Warsaw from the west ™ »*• « the, Red forces which reached the Dantzig appears to hang on the rapidity of the Polish advance between Oatrolenka and tialv•tock.

The northSfeejtern Red army u e*timated tartously at between 25,000 and of t»hich 6000 are cavalry. They »• sending out wireless ***** lot help. Berliis'a lat«st~ messages indicate that the Pdes have reached Mlawa, sixty miles north of' Warsaw, their line thence running northward to Przaenysz and fcshttward to Ostroletfca. On the Naref portions the fourth Red army continue to enter German territory. Fifteen hundred have already been disarmed. Tfca IMtta centre is approaching the railway from Ostrolenka to Bialystock. They crossed the river near Briansk. >'eighty miles north-east of Warsaw.— Seuter Service. JIUTUAL CONCESSIONS URGED. Paris, August S3 , A dispatch from Lueeir.2 states that Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Giolitti Inrged Russia and Poland to conclude an peace on the basis'of mutual concessions. A Foreign Office message from Warmw states that the three Bolshevik armies is Poland are completely cnt off from each other. According to a Bolshevik wireless message from Moscow tie Reds have abandoned Brest-litovsk. REDS FAIL IN GALICIA.

Vienna, August 22. j Messages iron Eastern Galicia state { that the Red offensive against Lemberg ;ii a Oortplete failure. Violent efforts "were made on Thursday and Friday to re-take the town, but the Poles drove ] the enemy back a considerable distance, Budeny's cavalry narrowly escaping annihilation. The Polish press is unanimously demanding the rejection of the Bolshevik terms, and it is expected that the Minsk negotiations will fail. POLES RECAPTURE TOWNS. Berlin, August 22. The Poles advancing against th> Russians recaptured, the towns of Strasburg. fend Neumark, afterwards court-martial-tiL<" and shooting eight Germans for allegedly actively supporting the Rus-sians.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PADEREWSKI EXPLAINS DEEEaT. | New York. Aug. 23. The correspondent of the New York Wfiwll interviewed Paderewski at Aix-Bet-Baihr regarding the Polish situation. jPaderewski attributed the Polish defeat to the superior Russian cavalry and the 6 lack of horses in Poland. The Polish ont was more than 1000 mile; and «"Poles" had insufficient troops to defend the whole line. Poland could* not accept the Soviet terms requiring Polish disarmament, as that would mean the end of Polish independence.—Aos--K4 Cable Assn. . POLAND'S DEMANDS. London, Aug. 23. Poland now demands that the Soviet •Government grant self-determination to all peoples formerly Included in Poland •lso emotive guarantees against Soviet interference with Poland's internal affair*. Tia latest returns show that 15.000 Red prisoners have been counted. Fifteen hundred crossed into German territory and were disarmed. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Nef»- says that France advised the Polaa to refect toe Bolshevik terms. iFtt&ce aparehtly considers the acceptance of the terms only possible by a defeated country, but digarmamjnt might be accepted if Russia agreed to disarm simultaneously. This is improbable, in view of the danger from General Wrengel in the south.—\us.|O. Cable Assn. Paris, Aug. 22. • The Journal's Warsaw correspondent freports that the Poles insist on recognition of Ukraine's independence. Mr fit. Bruce, commenting on this describes the demand- as contrary to the Anglo'Americah programme respecting the integrity of tire territories of former Russia, and adds that this is the principal obstacle to peace. The French press is indignant at Mr {Tower's reported refusal to permit the landing of munitions at Danzig un'ess the Allies provide 20,000 troops to control the: extremist elements in the Spallation. The newspapers declare at Mr Towier is guilty of a breach of the spirit of the Versailles Treaty, which Uade Danzig a free port, and also call __ attention to the action of the Danzig 'Municipal Council in announcing its neutrality, which amounts to a refusal to accept the Versailles Treaty, which gave Poland direction of Danzig's foreign noliey.—Au«.-N.Z. Cable Assn.