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| being occupied by the Russians. This has
caused the inter-allied commission in this
district to announce that no person will for
| any reason be permitted to enter the
Russian controlled zone.
These refugees declare that the Boil
shevik are shooting all landowners and
property holders, and others suspected
of having money. The wearing of white
collar, they declare, il sufficient evidence
for death warrant.
officials of the ptcr-nllied commission
declare that the majority Of these reports
are supported by circumstances indicating
their truth.
Allied officials who nre taking only mn
unofficial interest in the fighting between
the Russians and the Poles, src ,inrasy
because the Russians allow only four
kilometer neutral zone along the German
border and have been successful once In
an effort 10 converse with the frontier
police which will be the only force used
To control the border situation. Allied
officers sny that In no circumstances viii
allied troops here in the plebescige zone
give the Germans aid
Information here IL that tho Soviet
troops are we'll disciplined and we'll Sup
piled with munition. and provisions. :.
London newspapers take widely Ill
vergent views regarding the Bolshcvik
attitude in demanding negotiations for
peace coincident with the arrangement
of an arrnistiee soNe declare the action
Of the Soviet government is perfectly
justiiiablo and reasonable, while others
indignantly dcnounce 10 ns evidence of 4
determination 60 allow the Bolsheviki
armies To reach Warsaw and there die
tate terms. equivalent 10 n complete stir
r III L.. sx,.f
upon them Of Soivet form uf govern
mont. In the latter quarters it Is stated
one Of the Soviet arfniatica conditions was
that tho Poles must diaearm, give 9'iaran-
tees they would not receive military aid
from the allies and undertake not 90 renew
aggression against Rus sia.
1'hs British government has isstied no
statement on the situation nor has IL
indicated in any way how IL will act but
the report il current IL will suspend
negotiations for the resumption vt trade
relations with Soviet Russia The cabinet
held an aufgent meeting yesterday and
Premier LLOYD George has further de
layed his already postponed vacation
In the meantime fighting continues and
the Bolsheviki apparently arc advancing
stcressfully It il reported however that
the Poles may deliver blow which rnay
alter the present military position.
Paris, Aug 4 Conversations relating
To the Polish situation we're begun last
evening between Paris and Lnndon. ae-
cordins to the Journal Most of the
newspapers of this city believe that new
exchange ~ views between the French
and British foreign Offices 10 necessary
because of the decision of tho Soviet
coincident to the negotiations of an
afmistice with Poland
FROM military viewpoint number nf
military experts on the stafa ~ news
papers cay the situation while n serious
one. s not Desperate, et least for the
present.
London, Aug 4 Communist partidi-
patton in parliements ia favored ia resolu-
tions adopted nv an overwhelming ma
idrity at meeting nf tho Third Inter
rationale at Moscow. according to a
despatch from that city to tho Herald.
organ of labor,
The note. IL IL reported. contains no
threats and IL nst in the nature nf mn
,iltimatum. simply fequeating n quick
answer a. to what Soviet Russia intends
to do
What was regarded here as the oininouH
silence Of Warsaw. So far as ufiiri nj ines
sages were concerned. was broken today.
but the dispatches contained little To
indicate what was going on.
An unconfirmed report to-day said tha :
both the british and French missions had
left the Polish capital.
An English aeni-ot'icial agency which
NORMALLY receives mnnv messages daily
{, lsIia.I
received today its first message from
Warsaw since Monday. II showed evi
dences Of censorship being reduced to in
consequential information dispatches
from The Associated Press correspondent
at Wartaw giving detailed information OF
condit ions there have been coming through
90 New York with fair regularity In
virtually the normal time of transmission.
One message received this morning was
timed in Warsaw at I045 o'clock last
night
London. Aug 4.-The British govern
ment is irritated over what it believes
Soviet Russia equivocation over the
British suggestion that the Russians
halt at the arrnistice line of demarcation
in Poland and begin peace negotiations
1t has dispatachcd sharp note TO the
Soviet government demanding a yes or
no answer as to whether that government
intends 70 listen to the suggestion
Warsaw, Aug 3-Provisional head
quarters for the American Rod Cross have
been established at Cracow for Use in c9se
IL is necessary for that organization To
abandon Warsaw. About fifty Red Cross
women workers are still in this city but all
are prepared TO leave on short notice. The |
Y. NJ. G. A. which has been engaged in
the distribution of American relief supplies |
here has also taken precautionary meas
ures and officials stated today that unless |
the Bolshevik come within week nearly |
everything of Importance will be saved.
Three hundred carloads of supplies |
were brought out of Bialystok by the Red |
Cross before the Bolsheviki captured that |
city and members Of the organization |
continued treating the wounded until |
Soviet forces were within -four. miles of |
the town In addition to saving all their |
equipment the Red Cross workers brought |
out 800 war orphans. Red Cross officials |
here declared today they would remain |
in Warsaw until the last.
Cracow, Aug. 3.-Thousands of wound |
ed soldiers are taxing hospital facilities |
here and doctors and nurses, exhausted by |
long vigils, are often dropping beside |
The operating tables The American Red |
Cross has opened an improvised school |
Tor nurses and 800 women are being given |
4 hasty elementary course.