Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-09
LAND AND RUSSIA
QUIBBLE ON TERMS
Former Insists on Six Days After
Signing Before Armistice
is Effective.

by Asso-lated Press y Every EvrHinz
riga. Oct. 2 The Lithuanian md
Poles engaged in q heavy battle lasting ali
Of Yesterday and last night l6 versts
1OL miles, south n wilma. The LIfhuan-
ian capital, with heavy LOSES 20 both
sides. says Lithuanian official state
ment dated at Wins today he night
will be 10 a finish the statement adds
Riga. Oct. x. The commissions og be
Russo Polish cor ference resumed their
=easiona al Z O'Clock TINS morning The
discussion If the outstanding questlors
was continued heatedly and without any
Indication 81 10 when the arrnIstiee would
he signed.
Both Delegations, il il understood, hop
ed that arfnistiee arran gennents might be
concluded today but il seemed possible
that the negotiations might ~ prolOr god
into next week.
Riga. Oct 9-Deiegates of Poland and
Soviet Russia who held long session last
night m an effort 10 reaeh an agreement on
the terms 0f an armistIee between the tTo
nations resumed their attempt today. IL
a-as after ! o clock this morning that tae
t,o delegations lett Black Head House and
returned 10 their lodgings. all the commits
s.esaerss beng ~orn. ont wgfa taesr exer-
tIons.
Several points remain 70 be settled. The
Poles insist there must be an interval OF SIX
davs after signature before the arnlstEee
becomes effective They declare II viii be
impossible to reach scattered cavalry
organizations along the B0lsheyIk front IN
less time The BolshevIkI desire but four
siays OF grace 4 decision on Polish claims
for repayment Of gold deposits taken by
the Russians from the state bank IN War
saw when that city was threatened hv ne
Germans durlng the greet war, also must
h.a reached. and the details 81 he iiue 81
delnarcatlon between PnsaUu and v bite
Russia and kragnIa, " sell a. the f--o-
nomlie clausez of the agreement remain yrt
u be workesi out
At II o clock la; night It wa~ known
that ten ont d total of ~ points had
been agreed upon.
Riga bet <-t ofuplaiut = ni;tlit uy
Lithuanian authorities thaJ the Poles iaAve
prevented the signing of an imInedlate
arrnistlce covering all territory IN dispute
between the two countries, and that Po-
land Is delaying an agreenent - 10 the
denarcatlon lire until Polish troops occu-
; nv an the territory they want.
/ The control commission Of the LcagUt u
/ Nations, which Is endesYOriEg "a settle
/ the differences between LathuaEia snd
/ Poland. went from SlIwalk 10 OrSny to
/ day to investigate eondltIoDs. Previous
/ to leaving SllwalkI 1t fixed a provision 81
/ boundary Iue and issued orders couched IN
emphatic terms tat both the Poles and
/ Idthuanians must retire st least 3 miles
/ from this frontier. The LithusniSns insist
t the Poles have refused 70 obey.
| Warsaw, Oct. S.-A rev instruction
against the Russian Soviet government
/ has broken out in the district OF Nlzhnl-
! Novgorod. 2o5 mikes northeast Of Moscow,
according to information reaching the
| Russian colony In this city, The insurrec-
tion, which Was Inaugurated by the Social
/ revolutionary. party, embraces great
| masses of peasants and Is reported 10 oe
spreading rapidly in All directions
/ The insurreetion Is said TO be endangeF-
/ ing the, transport of food and fuel to Mos
cow from eastern Russia.
The insurgents are declared 70 be acting
independently from General Nrangel or
auv of the other counter revolutionary
movements.
t add lead-poland x rllSSlsA-over lSt un-daSh
/ eNilnas institutions have been evaeuat-
ed, the communique continues. Ia case
/ Of our retreat the Allied Mission viii safe
guard our interests and represent the
+ Lithuanian government parb' Of the
city administration and militia will bt
left in their care.