Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-22
BY the Associated Press.

| sign TO march into distinctively Polish
| territory.
1t is stated unofficially, but on high
authority, that this means help for
| Poland in the form of troops. if they
are required. Already a large num-
Der of allied officers and subalterns
are with the Polish army, which, 1T is
declared. viii be increased according
to circumstances with as many di-
visions of infantry, tank detachments,
air forces and artillery as may be
transported in due time.
Red Successes Mt VOlhynia.
LONDON. July 22-Further sue
Poles in Volhynia and southwark are
reported in Wednesdays soviet COM
munique from Moscow, received by
wireless today. The statement shows
the bolsheviki have crossed the old
Galician boundary line to the south
they are still. however, about 100 miles
distant. The statement reads:
"On July 10, after fierce fighting. we
occupied the railway loop line Bar
anovitchi-Luninetz lin the district
east of BrestLitovsk).
In the Dubno region we broke the
enemy's resistance and are driving him
back southwest of that town.
Along the River Zbrutch we forced
the river at Volochysk twenty-five
miles east of TarnopoD and after
flinging the enemy to the west banks
vance"
Reds Hold wilma.
LONDON, July ga dispatch to
Wednesday, says the bolsheviki now
refuse to surrender Wilma to the
Lithuanians on the ground of military
necessity. The bolsheviki have begun
to establish a civil administration in
Wilma, despite the protests of the
Lithuanians.
Menace Becomes SeriOus.
WARSAW, July 22.-The menace
to the Polish capital is becoming Sc
rious through the defeat of the left
wing of the Polish army.
Since the attacks of the bolsheviki
against Wilma on July u the Polish
left or northern wing has been COM
PEELED to hasten its retreat and the
bolsheviki have been following it
with daily advance averaging fifteen
miles. -
In three weeks the Poles have re-
tired from the Beresina river to the
Niemen, a distance of more than $50
miles. and the distance between the
Niemen and the Vistula, which flows
through Warsaw, is less than that,
being about $50 miles.
Heavy Fighting Reported.
WARSAW, July 20.-The heaviest
fighting ever experienced on the
southern front is now under way, the
bolsheviki having launched a general
offensive from the Rumanian border
to the Pripet marshes. Detachments
of bolsheviki have forced the River
Zbrucz, bringing the battle upon Pol
sh soil for the first time. An official
communication issued today an
nounces fierce fighting along the Styr
river. All the red attacks have been
repulsed, except at one place. where
the reds forced a crossing. South of
Woloczysk (Which lies to the east of
TarnapoD red infantry, after artillery
preparation. succeeded in crossing the
River ZbrucZ frontier of eastern Ga
licia. There were heavy losses on
both sides. During an infantry en-
gagement along the Galician frontier
a Budenny cavalry detachment at
tackled a hospital train, but after
ward was expelled.
A furious battle is raging in the re-
gion of Rovno, where a red cavalry
patrol broke through the rear of the
Polish line. In the north <he fighting
has reached a point east of Grodno.
There the reds are driving southwark
toward the River Niemen line
After two days of fighting with in
fantry and armored trains the Poles
are withdrawing.
Ask American Women to Go.
WARSAW. July 81 (by the Associated
| Press).-Purely as precautionary
| measure in the event that the boshe-
Wiki directly menace Warsaw, the
American legation has suggested that
! the American woman welfare workers
and the wives of Americans here pre-
! pare to depart within the next few days
! 1t is estimated that there are about 100
American women in Poland. The Amer
| lean relief commission las more than
| 1000 cars of food in Poland. valued at
| SO 000. 900. and also clothing worth about
| 81 900, 900.
/ Would Ask Armistice.
! LONDON. July 21-Poland has been
| told to apply to the Russian soviet gov
| eminent for an armistice in order to
| test the sincerity of the soviets state
ment that Russia is willing to make
peace with Poland; The British note.
which was dispatched to Moscow yes
| terday. assumes that the soviet is ready
| to make peace.
Germany to BE Neutral.
| BERLIN. July 21.-An official state
ment was issued today declaring Ger
! many's complete neutrality in the stu
| alton arising from the hostlities in
progress, between Russia and Poland
| The statement was signed by President
/ Ebert and Foreign Minister Simons.
| Garry Out POgroms.
LONDON. July 20 (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency Charges that the
| Poles in the course of their retreat be-
fore the bolsheviki, carried out numer-
| Gus pogroms and perpetrated atroci-
| ties of the gravest nature upon mem
| bers of the Jewish population are con-
, tanned in an official bOshevik wireless
| message received here today. The mes
| sage declares that most of the villages
] in the district of Kew were completely
| burned and that IN many instances
icE f1v n into he
| flames. In PotowisZe, the report states
the Polish forces killed twenty-six
| Jews.
Army officers and officials of the
studying the Polish-Russian operations
expressed the opinion unof1icially today
that Warsaw can be saved from the boil
sheviki only, if adequate support is
available within the next few weeks
Lenin Declines to End
War on British Order
LONDON. July 81 (by the Associat
ed Press).-The refusal of the Rus
sian soviet government to cease wal
against Poland at the behest of Grea,
Britain is contained in a Moscow
wireless dispatch received here to.
day. The refusal also constitutes ar
appeal to the workers and peasant.
of soviet Russia and the Ukraine. Il
is signed by Premier Lenin. Ministe,
of War TrotSky Foreign minister