Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-05
ENGLAND MAY MAKE
DECLARATION OF WAR
Soviet Emissary Advises His Gov
eminent TO Agree TO British
Armistice Proposals.
nv Associated press 70 Every EvenInq

By Associated Press to Every Evenine
London. Aug = Among British officials
aud diplomats If other nations here un-
disguised anxiety "a felt over the Russo
Polish situation One high offict8l asid
The situation IS as grave as that n
August 1914
Warsaw. Aug 5.-n a m Russian
Bolshevik forces have reached Os'rOv.
- miles northeast ~ Warsaw and ~ miles
southwest Of Tomza
Warsaw. Arg : -ft2 3na. m Poland's
council uf defense has sent q wireless dis
patrh tn Moscow informing ihr Soviet
government that Poland was readv 10
send peace delegation 10 NinHk Two
conditions laid down BY the council were
That Polish delegates be permitted
~ communicate freely with the Warsaw
government. and thaf the Soviet govern
ment agrees 70 accept in prinieiple the
terms Poland viii propose
Warsaw. Aug A. f7.30 = m Tonra.
an important cifv about rs miles north
cast nf Warsaw. has. been taken bv the
Russian Bolsheviki after being defended
fnr many davs bv the Poles. according 10
announcement At the foreign office to-
night Polish forces have evacuated Brest
Iatuvsk but hold the forts west of the river
Bug and further south the Poles have evae-
uated Kovel and are withdrawing 70
the line Of the Bug River
Paris, Aug ;. England has taken steps
IN mobilize rapidly two divisions for SIT
vien IN Poland, according To the Mstln.
which adds that plans for the transparta-
tom and feviafuaEing % tins force have
been prepared Negotiations between
France and England for the purpose of
devising means for aiding Poland are being
pushed actively other papers assert. and
tho bureau which has been liquIdatlng
war stocks has cancelled previous en-
gaRencnts.
London. Aug s. Extremist newspaper
statements here that Great Britain has
threatened to declare war against Soviet
Russia il the BOlshevlk advance into
Poland is not halted have not been con
firrned author1tatively, although II Is
generally agreed that the allies are taking
an emphatic stand upon the terms sent
BY Great Britain 70 the BOlshevlkI IN
which she stated that if the soviet govern
ment made war upon the Polish people
the allies would assist the Poles.
In military quarters there the view =
taken that The allies principal weapon
against che Bolshevik If If IS decided 20
oppose them will be the blockade, and
that the Poles will be gwen supplies.
The Polish armIatIce and peace dele
CATION left Warsaw for MInsk today. ac-
cording to advices received here.
Warsaw. Aug 5-The Polish govern
ment has asked the members Of the
Franco-British mission to return respective
" to Paris and London, lay the real stu
alton in Poland before their governments
and give their opinion AS regards suitable
aid
Paris, Aug Sit was semi-oficially
announced here today that Lord q Aher-
non, head of the British mission 10 Poland,
and j. J. Jusserand head of the French
mission. would leave Warsaw before the
end Of the present week.
Constantinople, Aug General
Wrangels s south Russian forces claim new
gains against the BolshevikI, according
to an official communique issued NJ MS
army headquarters today. The statement
saws Oriekhoff was taken on July p and
on July % the river konskaya was ap-
preached 1000 prisoners being captured.
Loadon. Aug. 5.-Leon kameneff,
president of the Moscow Soviet lsreported Is
to have sent a message 10 his government
asking that Russia accept Immediately
the original British proposals for an armis-
tice with Poland.
NJ. kemeneff, il is said sent his mes
sage after he and LeOnld kraSsln, the
Russian minister Of trade and commerce,
had had very plain talk with Premier
| Llovd George and Andrew BOnar Law,
government leader In the House Of Com
mons last night
Up to the middle OF this afternoon no
reply had been received
NJ kameneff and NJ krassIn are mem
bers of the Russian commission which
came here to onduct negotiations look
ing to the restoration of trade between
Great Britain and Russia.
Warsaw, Aug. 5-Russian Soviet
armies driving against the Polish hines
defending Warsaw are maintaining an
average progress of SIX miles per day IN
this direction.
They are being held in the south, how
ever, and IN some places are being pushed
back frcm the districts east Of Lemborg
which is one of the detectives Of their
present campaign.
Today's official statement declares
the Poles have retaken the town Of Brod
near the Galscian frontier, and have forced
| the Bolsheviki back into Russia in the
region of Radzivlov, northeast of Brody.
American aviators fighting with the
| kosciusxko squadron are battling against
| General Budenny's cavalry and infantry
/ along the Sereth River where the Soviet
/ forces have not made any headway
/ The losses suffered by the enemy in
4 this district were very heavy, 600 Boil