Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-10
Reds CutDunzig
Railroad in
Advance.
WITHIN IS MILES
OFPOLEC CAPITAL
Progress on All Lines
Claimed by Soviet
In Wireless.
By the Associated Press.

have captured the town of Ciechanow,
thus cutting the Warsaw-Danzig rail-
way, according to reports from the
French military mission to Warsaw
received by the foreign office today.
WARSAW. August 10.-Ciechanow.
town thirty-five miles northwest OF
this city, has been reacheo py DOL
sheviki detachments.
With the DanZig-WarSaW railroad
cut. the Russians are now heading
in the direction of the Vistula from the
northwest, their apparent design be-
ing to cross the river and sever War
saws last remaining line OF communl-
cation with DanZig.
Evacuation trains are leaving War
saw hourly on the last line remaining
open to the Baltic by way of Thorn. All
these trains are crowded to capacity.
All the Americans with the exception OF
those having urgent business in Warsaw
were notified by the legation to leave by
Wednesday night.
BERLIN, August 10.-A special dis
Marienwerder says Russian cavalry pa
trolls which are advancing from
ChorZele (seventy miles north of War
saw on the PruSSian frontier) and
Przasnysz to the west and southwest
have crossed the Warsaw-Mlawa rail-
road, cutting off retreat of the Polish
forces still operating in the territory
of Ostrolenka and south of Ostrov. To
the. north the soviets are days
march distant from Warsaw, accord
ing to this dispatch.
Poles Repair Old Line.
LONDON, August 10.-In view of
the soviet threat to cut the direct
railroad from Warsaw to Danzig, the
Poles have repaired the line between
the two cities which runs by the way
Of Thorn, Bromberg and Dirschau.
says the London Times. This roS1 is
fully twice the length of the direct
[one, but it is well outside the area
of military operations. and by 1t the
Poles can keep in communication with
their Baltic port.
Entry into Warsaw by soviet troops
this week is expected by bolshevik
sympathizers in that city. according
spondent, who declares that immedi-
ately after Warsaw is taken soviet
government will be established there.
The correspondent declared the Mos
COW government proposes to make its
own terms with a bolshevik Poland and
says it is not believed Nikolai Lenin,
the soviet premier could stop the Of
fensive, even if he desired, before the
bolshevik armies enter the Polish capi-
tai, las the soldiers have been prom
ised the privilege of looting the city"
Red Progress Continues.
Progress on all sides in the advance
on Warsaw is announced in Mondays
official statement from Moscow re-
ceived by wireless today.
The statement reads:
"The soviet troops have occupied
Przasnysz and Ostrolenka and points
twelve to fourteen miles southwest of
OStrolenka. We forced the River Ma
rev near a suburb of Rozan and oc-
cupied the suburb. We have reached
points ten miles northeast of WySz-
kow and have occupied the village
of Brok and Malkin station. We have
occupied Sokolow.
IN the direction of Siedlce and Lu-
kow (seventeen miles south of Sic
dlce), after breaking the enemy's re-
sistance on the left bank of the Bug
we occupied Pliatrovo station and a
point ten miles west of the Bug.
Fighting is proceeding for Wlodawa
(on the Bug south of Brest-Litovsk).
In the Chelm region forty-five miles
east of Lublin) we forced the Bug
south of the Chelm- -kovel railway
and occupied a number of villages on
the west bank of the Bug.
F1eTCe ASHtiH6 10 PTOCScOlHB Win
a considerable enemy force near
Brody.
I'm the Crimean sector. in the Kher-
son and Bereslavl regions we crossed
to the left bank of the Dnieper and
are continuing to advance. We haye
occupied Verkhnetomal and Obito-
tchnaia."
Cabinet Still I'm Warsaw.
LONDON, August 1o.-Members of
the Polish government are reluctant
to leave Warsaw, says dispatch
from the Polish capital to the London
Times bearing Monday date. 1t says
the ministers declare nothing is set
tied and that, for the present, they
will remain in the city.
TT is clear there is the greatest re-
luctance to going" says the corre-
spondent, .and this is not surprising,
since the departure OF the CABINET
would probably be the signal Tor the
annearance of a rival government.
The danger for the Poles. the dis
match intimates, lies largely in lack
~ organization and the existence of
riya alries between the white and red
ards for the defense OF the city.
:Tha volunteer regiments sent to the
front were raised on party basis. it
10 charged. there being socialist regi-
nents. Christian. regiments and labor
regiments. n;,;. of tho Dallas
cannot be repressed." remarks the cor
resnondent, "but. they do not appear
te understand. that patriotism
me.ns subordination" of self'or party
70 the common welfare.