The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-20
ARMIES DEFEATED, REDS
EAGER FOR PEACE WHILE
POLISH ENJOYS HOLD Up
Both Sides Want to Mako
Terms as Victorious !
slams Still on Run.

BULLETIN.
Mlnsk, Russia, AIg. a0.--Oy
the Associated Press)-Soviet
!. Russia IL esgcr for the estsbs
lfshment Of posce with Poland
and does not desire to iaterteFs
with the integrity Of that coun.
try, said . bUlshcviki represen.
tative, In addressing Polish
delegates to the peace confer.
enee, here today.
Washington, Aug. 20-Brest-
Lltovsk has beon occapieA By
the Polish army, according to
advfces received today By tile
state department. from the An.
erican commissioner 1t Berlin.
His dispatch was bascd On =
report Ao received from Poser.
Berlin. via wireless, Aug. 20. -
UNITED Press ss)-Advices from the
American mission in Posen today
said Polish military officials In
Warsa whad claimed recapture OF
Brest-Litovsk from the Bolsheviki.
Warsaw, Aug. 20-(By the Asso-
ciated Press) The extreme right
wing Of the Polish army is march
ing on Brest-Litovsk. on the Bug
river, 120 miles east Of Warsaw,
according to an official statement
on the fighting, issued shortly be
fore last midnight. The right wing
has captured Siedlce and Bislsk
the statement says.
Reds Abandon LsksW.
London, Aug. 30.-The Russi1Q
soviet forces have abandoned LUX
ow, 6S miles southeast Of Warsaw.
and Radin. 80 miles to the sntth-
east OF the Polish capital, accord
ling to Thursdays communiQue. -
sued by the Moscow government
The communique claims that the
Poles were driven back seven milss
from Ciechanow, 45 miles northeast
of Warsaw.
Advance 80 Miles.
London, Aug. 2o.-(United Press)
The Polish counter offensive con-
tinues successfully on the entire
battle front. except for small SEC
tor in the Lemberg district, accord
ing to unofficial advices received
here today.
Polish ENJOYS Mark Time.
Polish armistice delegates 1t
Minsk are following out their plan
of marking time" while their
armies continue to win further mill
itary victories, it was indicated In
| advices received here today.
While the proceedings at Minsk
were shrouded in mystery, 1t was
learned from unofficial sources that
the Poles are showing disposition
to hold out for far less vigorous
f, terms than were at first proposed
by the bolsheviki.
The second sitting OF the Russo
Polish peace conference at Minsk
took place Thursday and sum-
mary of Russia's terms was COM
municated to the Poles. They were
substantially the same as those the
Russian delegation published In
London, says a Moscow ofIicial
statement dated Thursday and re-
cefved in London this morning.
Reds Protest Delay.
Stated orders for the conferences
were agreed up. Toward the end
of the session the Russian dele
gates protested against the Poles
efforts to drag the negotiations. the
statement says.
| (The terms laid down by the
Russian soviet government for an
armistice with Poland, as sent .fc
Premier Lloyd George by the Rus
sian delegation in London ON Az.
10, would make the final frontier
OF the independent state Of Poland
identical in the main with the line
indicated in the note Of Earl Cur.
zon. the British foreign minister, 0i
July 20. Russia stipulated. how
ever, that additional TERRITORY
should be given Poland on the east
in the regions of Bialystok and
Cholm.)
The Poles have advanced more
than 80 miles in the region Of War.
saw, taking more than 10000 prfs.
oners and great quantities Of mn.
lnitions. The wedge driven into thu
Russian lines directly east Of War.
saw not only threatens . complete
breakdown through but has prActi.
lcally cut off the Red divisions norfh
Of that city and exposed them Y
capture or annihilation.
Oecspy BlelA
Paris. Aug. 2O.-The Temps an.
lnounces today that the French GOV
ternment has received advices thai
the Polish troops have Occupied
Biela, Is miles vest Of Brest-Lit
ovsk. -
Berlin, Aug. 2o.-fUnited Pressl
The Bolsheviki crossing the Wis
ftula west Of Warsaw. have cap
tured vlocavek, according 70 70
ports received here today. .5ss.s
Polish forces advancing in u
Dsnxig corridor shave taken Ian
Esnberg. (Vlocavek u 7S miles ~
land north ~ Wafuaw and only 4
tvmianns noxseaSn.n - T1oRM { EnGfor