The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Half Million
To be Succored
Problem Is Desperate and
Tragic, Declares Commu-
nication Received Here.

Warsaw, Aug. ITO the north
east there is an ominous booming
from heavy artillery. II is the
guns. that are holding of the Boil
shevist forces Day and night
refugees arrive from the area into
which the Reds have been ad-
vaneins.
By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
Copyright 1870. By PubHe Ledger Coz
From the Polish government the
State Department yesterday re-
ceived a note describing the political
and military situation Of the coun-
try in the light Of the grave danger
threatening il from the Russian
army. The note. an identical COM
munication sent 70 all the great
powers responsible for the creation
Of the now Polish state. has not yet
been issued in Washington. II
synchronizes. however, with a cable
gram received this morning az the
Polish legation from Prince SapiehA.
the Polish foreign minister. dated
Friday. and depicting conditions at
the hour OF dispatch.
According 10 those advices. the
Red drive in the North. where tn.
upper claw Of Jhe Russian pincers
is folding toward Warsaw. has been
arrested. though not definitely
checked The Polish troops in that
region are said TO be resisting
stubbornly. They are holding ts-
nsciously the district around ostro-
lenks- seventy-five miles northeast
OF the capital. where the vital ran
road line between Danzig and War
saw is stiil unbroken. Iu the neigh
oorhood OF Grodno Polish troops are
SAID 10 be on the offensive.
Morale Unshattcred.
While military resistance 10 tn.
Russian advance would thus seem
10 be stirfe ming, Prince Sapieha's
sovices also claim that the morsls
CT Poland remains Unshattered. He
cables: the enthusiasm Of the pop
uLatlon Is growing. Members OF ths
socialist party under the leadership
OF the vice prime minister. Bashin-
SKI, have enlisted IN the army
POland's principal plight accord.
ing 10 the foreign minister. is the
succoring Of a vast army q 500 900
refugees fleeing from the regions
through which the Russian armies
are. advancing. Prince Sspieha de-
clares that without help il viii b.
impossible for Poland to feed this
host OF homeless people Il is prob
able that the note which allied and
associated governments have re-
ceived from the Warsaw foreign
Cfhce lays stress on the. urgent de-
slraoIllty OF providing sustenance
Tor the war refugees. Short Of ac-
tual wsrding on OF the military
menace at the gates OF wsrsSw.
that for the moment is Polsnd's
most desperate and tragic problem.
This Country in Contact.
There is excellent reason for be-
lieving that the United States gov
ernment has now formulated in
abstract terms the policy Il con-
siders best suited 10 meet the sftua-
uon created by the Bolshevist
army's successes
Following Fridays conference at
the White House between Secretary
of State Colby and CnderseCretarv
Davis. there has been incesssnt
contact" as 1t was described at the
State Department yesterday. be-
tween the United States and the
allied governments in Europe.
These governments presumably
have been placed in possession OF
the moral pressure" program
which America is disposed TO ADOPT
The program follows along the gen
ersl lines first and exclusively de-
scribed in The Washington Herald
of July IS.