SOVIET MILITANCY.
OFFENSIVE AGAINST POLAND. GEORGIA OVERRUN. By Telegraph —Press Assn —Copyright Paris, Feb, 22. Count Tolstoy, writing in the Journal, says that undoubtedly the Bolsheviks are preparing a great spring offensive. There are 700,000 troops massed, mostly on the Polish frontier, and it is expected they will shortly invade Poland and possibly Roumania. The Soviet is compelled to take the offensive, as it could not live much longer without war.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, Feb. 22 Advices from Constantinople state that news from Georgia is scanty, but it is known that Soviet troops are within eight miles of Tiflis, with which telegraphic communication is interrupted. The. Georgian Legation denies the report of the fall of the town. The first boat-load of Georgian refugees has arrived. The British cruiser Cardiff, in command of Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt, is standing by at Batoum.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, and Reuter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 7
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144SOVIET MILITANCY. Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 7
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