Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-04
Poles Will Be Compelled to
Evacuate Capital With
in Few Days.
POLISH ARMY IN
WILD RETREAT.
Completely DemoraIized and Allied
Mission Abandons Hope Of Efs.et-
ing REORGANIZATION In Time ..
Check Advance Of Rsd.-Ru.ai.
Does Not Intend to N.sotIats
Armistice.
BY Associated Press.

Far1s, Aug. 4.-Warsaw will s.ava
to be evacuated within two or <hree
days, In the opinion OF the french
and British military experts there
and the government is expected to b
moved within, that period. probably
to Cracow.
The report Of the members Of the
mlltary mission, telegraphed here
last night declared the Polish army
along the river Bug had retreated 20
precipitately that 1t did not evan
destroy tho bridges behind it. The
river was Warsaw's line OF defsnse.
A special Russian cavalry corpe.
the military men reported. was driv-
ing southwest along tho border OF
the Allensteine district and had yes-
terday reached q point sixty-one
miles from Warsaw. These cavalry.
men We're said to be headed into the
Polish corridor to the Baltic, near
py, and thence to Pomeranta.
Polish Army DemoraIixed
The experts reported that the
Polish forces were demoralized on
the whole northern and central fronts
and were falling back. The mtlitarva
men said they had virtually aban.a
doned hope OF the Poles making s
stand now.
The Polish arznisticS dslegates re-8
turned to Warsaw Tuesday night.
and the Polish government has ltttIel
hope Of the speedy arranging Of N
armistice.
The members Of the allied mission
are convinced that tho soviet kov-
ernment does not intend to negotiato
an armistice, they reported, ana be-
Heve the Russians have set the next
meeting Of the negotiators for today
at .Minsk, knowing that It would b.
impossible for the Poles to arrive ati
that time.
The Polish government II 10.
learned. Is undecided a. to whether
1T will send emissaries to Minsk.
The experts said their gravest con.5
Germ was the imminent cutting on Of
Warsaw's direct communications
with Danzig, upon which Poland -
dependent for military supplies.
4 j & : =
Sharp Note Sent TO Russians.
By Associated Press.
London, Aug. 4.-The crossing ofl
tho river Bug at several points By
the soviet army advancing on War
saw is announced in Tuesdays of |
ficta1 statement from Moscow, re-
ceived today. Tho continued I'd.
vance OF the army In the Bielsk ro-|
gion also is reported.
The British government il irritAtodl
over what it believes is soviet RUS
sian equivocation to the British sug-
gestion that the Russians halt at thel
armistice line of demarkation In Po-
land and begin peace negotiations
It has dispatched sharp note to thAI
soviet government demanding yes
or no answer as to whether that aov-i
ernment intends to listen to the aug.
gestion.
The note. 1t is reported, contains|
no threats. and is not in the naturoI
Of an ultimatum, simply requestingI
q quick answer as to what soyiotI
Russia intends to do.
What was regarded here az thol
ominous silence Of Warsaw, 90 farI
as official messages were concerned.
was broken today. but the dispatched
contained little to indicate what waaI
going on. The foreign office this
afternoon received messages sent atI
8 p. m. yesterday saying the British|
mission to Warsaw was still theros
but,indicating that it might leave.