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PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO BE RESUMED AT RIGA.

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WARSAW, September 3. The Soviet has accepted Rigs as the venue for senewing the peace negotiations. The head of the Soviet delegation will be Citizen Joffe. The Soviet has demanded certain guarantees respecting immunity for the Russian and Ukrainian delegation and the right of unrestricted communica tions, which the Polish Foreign Minister, Prince Sapieha, has taken steps to secure. It is understood that peace negotiations will be resumed in the course of the next week.

"BOLSHEVIK. ANXIOUS FOR PEACE?

LONDON, September 3.

It is reported in a message from Warsaw that the Polish Foreign Minister, Prince Sapieha, in the course of an important statement to British and American journalists, declared that his Government was convinced that the Bolsheviks were now anxious to make peace quickly. Both, parties had agreed to try to secure a reasonable agreement as between equal parties, not as between victor vanquished. He did not anticipate difficulties on territorial questions.

NO CLASH WITH LITHUANIANS ALLEGED.

LONDON, September 3.

It is officially denied in Warsaw that there has been fighting between the Pales and the Lithuanians in the neighbourhood of Augustowo. It is alleged that the contrary reports, emanated from Berlin..

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PARS, September 3.

The Temps states that the Bolsheviks report that an explosion aboard the Bolshevik warship "Red Dawn" resulted in the vessel sinking. Abou 130 of the crew were killed.

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POLAND AND LITHUANIA.

LONDON, September 2nd. An acute situation has arison between Poland and Lithuania owing in Polish troops, on the pretext of clearing up the radants of a defeated Bolshevik Army, advancing into undeniably Lithuania territory, and a telegram from Kovno, the capital of Lithuania, speaks of war being iberitable if the advance coatione. There were

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clashes between Polish nd Lithuanian trips in which both sides. suffered heavily This has stimulated fresh long-standing ill-feeling between the two countries.The new independent LINKS & STUIS Lithuania termed part of the old Polish. Kingdom and Poland has only reluctantly and half-heartedly recognised Lithuanian independence. The towns of Grodno and Vilna bara long been a bone of contention. and Poland has never renounced its claim. to Vilna which the Peace Conference de finitely assigned to Lithuania.

PARIS, September d Haras message says:— General Budenny, after advancing beyond

Zamose, was attacked by General Haller's army group in the rear, and ind- Hng himself surrounded began to retreat He undertook several cavalry, chargTM“, despite enormous losses in the endeavour to force a passage through. In the course of the fighting General Bedenny's army was destroyed with the exception of a few detachments. The retreat was completely disorderly and pursuit continues. The war booty is great. Among the Bolshevist kill rd were two Brigade Commanders and twelve Commissaries.

LONDON. September 2nd,

A Polish communique claims that Gen- eral Budeany's army, which had been cans ing the Poles considerable trouble in Galicia, has been annihilated.

Assalt of the Poles Tiolating the frontier and of Polish confiets with Lithuanian troops, the Polish Military Mission at Kovio has been requested to leave Lithuanian territory.

LoxDos, September 3rd.

A telegram from Polish sources" on September 1st says that in consequence of Soviet mobilisation orders, the Ukrainian peasants have revolted, forming guerilla detachments which are marching against towns which are, the headquarters of the Bolsheviks It is stated that the provinces of Kharkoff. Khersan. Kieff and Ekater noslav are in the midst of a civil war which is extending to Volhynia and Podalia. A similar movement has also cet in the neighbourhood of broken

Odessa.

A crisis in the engineering trades has arisen through the electricians' and employers' dispute as to whether foremen must be members of the Electrical Trades Union. A foreman of the Cammell Laind Works in Sheffieid resigned from the union and the men demanded is dismissal fail. ing his rejoining the union. The employers refused to themiss the man and issued lockout notices for September 4. During the negotiations the Ministry of Labour intervened, but this evening the collapse of the negotiations was announced. Consequently, the employers' lockout operates on Saturday. The seriousness of the crises is due to the fact that the

Lospos, September 4th. electricians are the key men of many industries. Consequently, a prolonged

The Times Copenhagen correspondent re lockout will ultimately result in the stoppage of the whole of the engineer-ports that the Centenary of Cersted's disį ing industry.

covery of electro-magnetism was celebrat od on September 1st.

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POLAND AND RUSSLA

LONDON, September and Mr. Balfour, replying to M. Kamenett's Note of Angust 96th, expresses gratifica- LONDON, September 3. tion at the announcement that the Soviet has renounced the demand for the creation Probable runners in the St. Leger are:-Abbot Strace (Jelliss), Thealder of a Polish workers' militia, but denies (Childs), Allenby (Donoghue), Braishfield (F, Bullo, Black Gauntlet (H. that the British Government ever recognis ed that the limitation of the Polish Army Jones), Celestial (Griggs), Daylight Patrol (C. Hulme), Golden Guinea to 50,000 mea was just peace condiñon (Martin), Great Seal (Colling), Orpheus (V. Smyth), Siven (F. Templeman), The British Government merely declared Spionkop (Stern). Prince Gallabad (Carslake), Attilius() Manton (that this condition would not be consider

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as suficiraz ground for active interven- The Betting is Spionkop 94, Orpheus, 11-2, Black Gauntlet 6-1, Silvern 10.

Mr. Balfour regards the Soviet's state- 13-2, Bralshfield 10-1, Theakder 100-8, Abbot Strace 100-8, Allenby 100-7.

ment that the proposed civic militia was a concession to Poland as evidently a jest, bat a jest intended to disguise the tene character of Sories diplomacy and cer: tainly requiring an explanation.

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Using to the Soviet concealment of the intended nature of the Polish civic militia, which concealment is now admitted, the: British Parliament, which at the adjourn

A Havas message states that according to Le Temps the French Goyment was most anxious about the Polish ernment has deemed it advisable to ask Messrs. Gavin and Duffy, the Irish deputy and representative in Paris of the Irish Republicans to leave France. The British Government was notified of this decision which apparently conforms with their views. ́-

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LONDON, September 4:

A Havas message states that the funeral of the "Archbishop of Paris which took place this morning was witnessed by an immense crowd, M. Millerand, the British ambassador, and the Archbishop of Westminster were present at the ceremony at Notre Dame.

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situation, separated under the impression YOUR INSPECTION OF OUR SHOWROOM 18 INVITED. that Poland would neither lose national independence nor her legitimate frontier. Parliament and the country were certainly deceived, and the reason for it may bo conjectured but it has not been avowed.

Dealing with M. Tchitcherin's suggestion that the British objections to the proposal were due to the fact that the civic militia must be composed of workmen, Mr. Balfour declares that it is an error. The objections would have been as strong if it were to be composed of millionaires,

Finally, as regard, M. Tchitcbezïa'k comparison of conditions of the wage earn ing population of Soviet Russia and Great Britain, Mr. Balfour does not doubt that there are inequalities in Great Britain: which do not now exist in Russia, observing that he never for a moment questioned the complete efficacy of Soviet methods for making rich men poor, bet he fears that in the more difficult task of making poor

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GERMANY ACCEPTS ALL THE FRENCH CLAIMS.

PARIS, September 3.

A message from Berlin states that Herr Simon, the Foreign Minister, has informed the Ambassador that Germany accepts all the French claims for reparation in connection with the Breslau incident.

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