Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-24
SOVIET APPROVES
ARMISTICE WITH
STAGGERING POLES
Continued from First Page.)

forced the river Stchara, taking $50
prisoners. During the fighting in the
Barra novitchi region we captured
seven guns, two armored trains
itwenty-one locomotives and SOS
wagons.
In the direction of Pinsk our
forces are engaged along the line of
the river Yaielda, In the Dubno re-
gion we took 1000 Poles prisoner"
! WARSAW, july 23-The bolshevik
| thrust in the direction of Sokolka has
carried them past the Polish boundary
line set by the council of ambassadors.
roles are reported to be fighting to stem
the momentum of the southwesterly
drive which is swinging the reds toward
Polands capital, but in many places
the tired Poles are compelled to
withdraw, without much resistance
in the face of overwhelming numbers
! of fresh bolshevik troops.
Bolshevik reserve divisions assem-
bled by Gen. Brussiloff weeks prior to
the launching of the offensive are
northern front. They are making
Roadway against the scattered Polish
! lines in the open country, where both
sides necessarily have thin lines at
many places, owing to the length of
the front attacked or defended. 1t is
4 e,
where virtually every inch was pro-
1 tected.
| Many spurts and gains are made by
the reds in drives with divisions or
attachments between poorly defended
troops or through gap between
witndraWing or maneuvering troops
with their TANKS unprotected.
Oficial Red Statement.
An official statement saws that the
| bOlShevik advance a'1a;n.+ 49, n.,:I
extreme left apparently has been
checked. but that to the east, in the
region of Slonim (seventy two miles
southeast of Grodno). the reds have
progressed in a southwesterIy direc-
| ton.
The Polish forces are RESISTING all
along the Slonim line, where the boil
sheViki crossed the Stehava river.
according to the communicate. but the
extreme right held by the Ukrainians
has been shaken by bolshevik troops
VINO nave forced the river Zhrucz,
near -Podolsk
Fighting is reported on all the
southern front the reds having
crossed the Styr river at various
points and concentrated for push to
get across the Zbrucz near Brody.
canyons leading toward Lembers
In their offensive against Ga,isia
the bolsheviki are reported to he
bringing up Tartars and Kuban and
Ierek Cossacks. who have entered the
me; -FOUR regiments of Tartars al
ready nave been identified in the
FORCES driving toward Lemberg.
Seen as Reds Final Effort.
Lemberg newspapers assert that
Dolshevik officers in the Lemberg
hospital admit the present bolsheyik
oHenslVe is hna1 effort which will
| not continue for more than a fort
night. as the reds are demoralized and
discouraged.
The Courier Poranny says Mt.~Jw
is clearly sending out propaganda in
order to sow discord between Poland
and England.
| One of the Warsaw newspapers
commenting on the military situa
ton. declares that unless the boil
/ shevik advance is checked in the
region of Grodno. the government
should issue an alarming appeal to
! the population. So long as the chief
would indicate the Poles are prepar-
| ing a decisive blow at the adva ncing
| enemy.
| Owing to the reports that the boil
| shevik are approaching East Prussia.
| the German minister, Herr Obern-
| dorff. has given assurances to the
| foreign Office of Germany's continued
neutrality in the war between Poland
| and soviet Russia.
f! Germans to Hold Frontier.
! BERLIN. July 23.--In no circum-
| stances will Russian troops cross the
F, German frontier, Victor Kopp. soviet
| representative in Berlin, said today to
a representative of the Tageblatt. He
added that Russia desired direct
economic intercourse with Germany
and must therefore live in peace with
| her. Poland, he said must no longer
as heretofore. be an obstacle to such
| intercourse with Germany but must
| form a bridge and at peace negotia-
| tions the Polish corridor question
must be settled" In that sense, M.
| Kopp stated. the Russian did not wish
| to impose the soviet system on Po-
land. but Polish Imperialism must be
| crushed so that Russia could have
| peace.
Russian cavalry has reached Angus
| tovo south of Suwalki and ten miles
! from the German frontier, according
| to newspaper reports.
| Zurich Hears Of Poles Request.
| ZURICH, Switzerland. July 23.-Po-
land has asked the soviet government
| for an immediate cessation of hostiI
titles and the dispatch of a soviet mill
tary detachment to meet the Poles in
order to arrange an armlstlce. accord
ling to a wireless dispatch from Mos
COW received here today. The place
for the meeting of the bolsheviki and
the Poles is suggested as the Warsaw
| Moscow road between BaranoYitchi
and Brest -Litovsk.
| The text of the Polish proposal fol-
lows:
| In conformity with note sent by
| the Polish government to the soviet
government today, the 22d of July, the
Polish government proposes the i'm
mediate cessation of hostilities on the
whole of the front and the dispatch
of military delegates to arrange an
armistice.
I'VE will await your answer until
Ia pm. July IS. and believe the best
spot for the meeting will be on the
] WaEsaW-MoscoW high road between