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TRITE AND UNTRUE TALES ABOUT RUSSIA.
Mr. Churchill, Secratary for War, has addressed the following further letter to the Secretary of the Leicester and District Trades Council, in reply to a letter sent by the latter body.
Dear Sir-I will deal with your points seriatim.
1. That the War Cabinat, re- cognising the force of public opinion, decided, some time in February 1919, to withdraw the troops from North Russia.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
B.LSHEVIK RESISTANCE. COLLAPSES.
London, Sept. 30.
Big Polish successes are chronicled in a Polish communique of the 19th Sept., which states that the Poles are pursuing the enemy, have exptured Lida with 12,000 prisoners and 50 gons, and have also ronted the fourth Bolabevist Army. "In the direction of Pinsk they have taken 3,000 prisoners and occupied the railway junction of Hainy.
London, Oct 1..
The lates; Polish victory has again brought the military situation into a state of absolute Aux. The last phase of the war closed after It was in January, and not in the Reds had been flung back behind the Bug and pressed out of the February, that the War Cabinet triangle between the Vistula and German East Prussia. Trotsky, took this decision, on the racom-considering he is not beaten, bas concentrated thirty thousand troops, mendation which I, myself, made including reserves from Petrograd and two divisions from Siberia, in to them, on the advice of the the triangle of Grodno, Lide and Vilno covered by a curtain of General Stað.
Lithuanian troops. Simultaneously Badanny's cavalry, advanced on 2. That after that date con- Lemberg. After the Poles-had dissolved the latter they struck siderable reinforcements ware toward Grodno by out-danking from the north-east. With the capture sent
of Grodno and Rovno the Poles secured a line regarded as guaranteeing This is true, and the reasons against a new attack in the spring time, but the latest news indicates for it are clearly and fully given that Pilsudski, who is advancing his fastest cavalry, being only two in the Blue Boot. They were also dass from Vilao, is determined to wipe out the Reds. The successes given at the time by me to the of the summer re-establish the Beresina-Anisper line held last spring. House of Commous and fully if Vilno falls the Polish occupation of Minsk is to be expected. Any- approved.
3. That co-operation with Kolt, at least for the present, Bolshevik resistance appears once mare
to have collapsed. chak's armies was arranged long before the agreement had been made with Koltchak by the Allied Powers.
ALLJES SUPPORTING.
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Slonim and Pink. The Reds are rapidly retreating in the direction The Times" correspondent at Warsaw says the Foles captured
of Molaletchao. The capture of Pinsk is most important and was a brilliant affair. The Poles caught practically the whole headquarters star of the Fourth Red Army..
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General Wrangel in a communique says: We have completely | destroyed several Bolshevik divisions in be region of Alexandrovak and surrounded the Red forces in the neighbourhood of Verthoyetzk and Drishof, capturing ten thousand prisoners and an enormous Amount of war material.
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This is true, and if you will read the agreement printed in thef Blus Book, you will see that it! promises "continued assistante, and no: a begionics of support
London, Oct. 1. Support to Koltebak was given openly by all the Allied Powers
Particulars of the coalowners" and miners' alternative schemes loog before the agreement of
over which the deadlock arose show that the owners offered a ova June2,which merely continued it.
shilling increase per shift if the output was at the rate of 242,000,000- Already, when I went to the A Warsaw communique says: We completely routed the enemy tons annually during Qetaber, two shillings if 250,000,000 and three War Office, nine diferent coun-in the Lida region and are continuing ear pursuit eastwards, threaten- shillings if 260,000,000 beginning 1st October, adjustments to be mader tries had actually sent theiring the enemy with encirclement.
An entire division capitulated every four weeks in relation to output. troops against the Bolshevika After the soldiers had assassinated the people's commissaries who a percentage instead of a fat rate of advances. The Miners“ The owners suggestecă Here they are:-Great Bril were attempting to force them to resist.
Executive in their couster scheme agreed to the owners" sugrastiers tain. France, United States,
to establish National and District Committees in order to oblatg Italy. Japan, Serbia, Czech-
increased output, pending which the miners agreed to the principle Slovakia, Poland, Rumania.
of a datum Hne. They proposed that the current September quarter (4) That on May . 1919. a
be the datum line for the presant two shilling claim which should military offensive was authorised.
date from 14th July and went on to propose that if tonnage for before Cabinet approval bad bean
October was yielded at the rate of 244,000,000, tone annually “an secured.
additional sixpence per shift be payable from-1st November, and if 248,000,000 zons in any succeeding month then an additional sixpence daily. Both parties agreed that an "output bonus as the owners call it, and increases of wages” as the miners describe it, be payable on the same number of shifts as in the Sankey wags cam ază Do
This is quite untrue, and your *ssertion shows either that you do not read documents with atten- tion or that you do not under-
BOLSHEVIK THREATS.
London, Oct. 1′′
The Times" in a leader points out that as regards the recurring and plain English. The War Bolshevik threats against India the leaders have yet got to learn the based upon the existing number of men employed in the mines; also Cabine: bad the General Staff Arst elements of military topography and will find it dificult to that the financial period be an experimental, one to Sist December paper dated April 15 placed before arouse or alarm Britain on the score of Soviet aspirations in Asia after which the subject be reviewed in the light of the results obtained them.
The developmenta of modern warfare with the huge transport involved Another eleventh bour effort to avoid a coal strike is being made This paper proposed. "That made invasion of India from the North-west impossible without the to-day at the miners' meeting with the owners, Mr. Lloyd Gedega. British unite are allowed to under-aid of efficient railways and unless Indian defences collapse internally. Sir Robt. Horne and others. The owners' datum line is 242,000,000 take en advance on Kotlas. Furthermore the Bolshevik armies, although numerically strong, are and that of the miners is 234,000,000., To-day the GeverEKORALJİT (Blue Book, p. 32, para. 10 (1), and unwilling to engage in hard Aghting. Consequently the British are endeavour to persuade the former to reduce and the latter to increas recommended that instructions no: perturbed at the repeated announcements about Europatain their respective figures, enabling the miners to go to the adjourned should be issued to General having been appointed Generalissimo of Central Asia It took the Delegates Conference with a concrete proposal. Ironside to make all necessary Reds two years to capture Bokbara with the aid of a railway, but Meanwhile the weeks delay has enabled numbers of industries. preparations to strike as effective they will now find confronting them a route southward over deselate and householders to increase their stocks of coal. Last night the a blow as possible, &e." (p. 33. and waterless wastes and without railways. The Bolsheviks more northern miners leader declared that the Government had three para. 13 (1) ).
over are committed to the folly of over-throwing a practically months reserves in the event of a strike. This policy max approved by independent Massalman state and thus have finally alienated the A conference between the mine-owners, miners and the Govern». War Cabinet before the telegrafghans. But both in Britain and Asia the Reds potent weapon istment resulted in the two former parties appointing, at the Premier's of May 4, 1919, was despatched. After the preparations had been propaganda allied to steret bribery. The Indian Government has suggestion, a joint committee which will endeavour to reconcile the made, Cabinet approval to begin begun preventative measures and made the possession of Bolshevik condicting figures as regards the datone line mentioned in the the operations was separately money illegal. Hereanent the Indian authorities have shown more previous message. given on June 11, 1919, and sab sequently confirmed, after con- sidering the changed situation produced by Kolchak's defeats on June 27, 1919.
THE TRITE AND THE TRUE (5) That the Blue Book record, with its Commission of what was
MASSAGE HALL called "trivial" details, confirmed
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BOLSHEVIK PROPAGANDA.
London, Oct. 1.
The negotiating committee failed to agree owing to the miners insistence on their demand for a’two shilling increase of wages. whatever the output of coal. The Conference såjourned in order to nable the miners"representatives to attend a meeting of the Miners" Delegates to decide whether the strike should be further postponed.
AMERICAN BASEBALL SENSATION,
New York, Oct. 2.
The whole of the United States is intensely interested in a base–
The bulk of the facts in the
The Times" says it has transpired that the Bolshevist subsidy Blue Book were well known at to the "Daily Herald" is only one section of the Soviet propaganda the time, and the policy was fands. Altogether one hundred thousand sterling of Russian money publicly proclaimed and approved has been spent in Britain since 1st January, Bolshevik agents are ball scandal revealed when prominent player sensationally alleged by Parliament. It is silly to now appointing special district agents throughout the country at that certain players of the Chicago team had accepted a bribe of (parade what is well known, salaries of from £5 to £10 per week to convert the Trade Unions and 100.000 dollars from professional gamblers last year to fake the re”. HONGKONG JAPANESE as if it Were 磕 discovery distribute wholesale millions of copies of Red leaflets, while in the salts of three games. The Grand-Jury, investigating the charge,
revelation. MASSAGE ASSOCIATION.||bave been neglecting to read publichouses everywhere extolling the blessings of Sovietism.
You must Midlands Bolshevik impromptu lecturers are cropping up in have already indicted eight leading players. It is alleged the gam
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your newspapers, or, perhaps, you read only newspapers which sup- prees facts you do not like.
(6) That the evacuation of Sarth Russia was carried out wben Koltchak had failed (Sep- tember and October, 1919)..
There is no doubt about this.] It is no doubt this. It is like saying that this year began after last year finished. It is an
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COLONIAL REPRESENTATION IN UNITED STATES.
New York, Sept. 30.
blers made enormous suins of money out of it plot by betting. The in- dictment has been followed by absolute dismissal of two, and indefinită suspension of six Chicago'star performers. Chicago and Cleveland are running a neck and neck race to decide which will play Brooklyn for the championship of the world. Millions of devotees of basebal were chagrined when pitcher Cicctte tearfully confessed he had re- ceived 10,000 dollars for losing the championship game last year, and' Jackson, Chicago's best bateman, admitted he had received big money. for not trying to hit the ball. It is alleged the gamblers withheld the greater portion of the promised bribe after the players had carried out their part of the swindle. The scandal which is the first baseball
obvious fact. But if you mean to The Associated Press. Washington, confirms the report that the has known for forty years, is likely to result in quasbing all beds suggest that I should have appointment of the Canadian Minister Plenipotentiary to the United on the Chicago and Cleveland fexins, which have been very her ty. been glad to
Koltchax States has been indefinitely postponed. The correspondent remarks: Baseball officials are determined to expel for ever all crooked players. Two 5000g men of Walth- amstow and their wives have ictorious. let me say at once "One element which has been considered in connection with directre public gerally backs up the officials.
there is no doubt about that representation in Washington is that Australia, South Africa and been fined for disturbing the either. It is equally trus and other British Colonies and Dominions might desire similar representa- of all kinds, especially for ship serenity of the village of Higham,qually well known. When have tion. It is a fact that there was a movement in some Colonies for
near Gravesend. They were vilding and engineering works. spending a holiday close by Gad's ever concealed it? On the auch representation, and the British Foreign Office, it is said, has Complete stock, Best
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