The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-08-13
GOVERNMENT OF
POLAND FLEES
Moscow Dispatch Says Officials
Are Leaving Warsaw, the
Capital.
RUSS CLOSING ABOUT CITY
BolsheVik Troops Are Only Forty
Miles Away-Outer Forts Being
Bombarded-AIIies Decide
Against War on Reds.

Berlin, Aug. 1O.-Private advices
reaching Berlin from Danzig predict
that Great Britain will in all probable
ity be forced to proclaim a stage of
siege over the territory of the free city
in case the soviet army threatens to
enter the Polish corridor 1t is said
that the allies, though lOath to admit
ting it, feel that there is little hope Of
saving Warsaw, and that the question
of saving Poland is not the main ISSUE
The main problems facing the pre-
miers is the defense of western Eu-
rope.
eminent is leaving Warsaw, its capt.
tai, 1t is asserted in a wireless dis
patch from Moscow received here.
CA dispatch from Poland says all
foreign legations In Warsaw left for
POSen last night on a special train
John Campbell White, secretary, and
]. PierrepOnt MOffat, third secretary
of the American legation, and the
saw for the present, but the rest Of
the personnel left. The only Ameri-
can women remaining in Warsaw are
a few Red Cross nurses and some
7. M. G. A. wOrkers.)
Russ Closing About Warsaw.
Russian bolshevist forces have
broken into SOkOlov, forty miles east
northeast Of Warsaw, and have cap
tured several points south of Brest-
LitOvsk, according to an official COM
munique issued at Moscow.
The outer forts of Warsaw have
been under bOmbardment since Friday
morning, says a wireless dispatch re-
ceived from Berlin. The Poles are
returning the bOlshevist fire.
Allies Defied by Reds.
Hythe, England, Aug. 1O.-When
Premiers Millerand of France and
Lloyd George of Great Britain met
again today in continuation of their
conference here over the RussO-POlish
situation they had before them the
detailed report of Marshal FOch and
Field Marshal Wilson dealing with
the extent of military, naval and eco
nOmic assistance which France and
England can give Immediately to PO-
land.
Having decided that actual war
shall not be waged on Russia, the pre-
mierS were confronted with a most
difficult problem. 1t is known they
are inclined to give Poland every aid
within the limit of this decision. In
both French and British circles here,
however the word defensive" is en-
phaSized in connection with all the
proposed plans, and it is pointed out
that France and Great Britain wish
it distinctly understood that they are
not contemplating offensive measures
against Russia.
Foch and Wilson Draft Plan.
Marshal Foch and Field Marshal
Wilson, with their experts, worked
until late hour at night framing their
report
Action by the allies followed an
official announcement that the soviet
government had definitely refused a
ten-days' truce, requested by Mr..
Lloyd George as a result of Fridays
meeting with the Russian mission
headed by NJ Kameneff and M. Kras
sin.
While there has been no talk of off.
0io1lu 6nRIarin0 PI1cSio hn
allies have decided to give Poland all
possible military, naval and economic
assistance without delay.
The premiers received two notes
from Moscow in answer to Mr.. Lloyd
Georges request for a truce Sun
the soviet, and also advised Poland
to seek a truce direct from the boil
sheviki, who indicated in their refusal
of the truce that if the request came
direct from the Poles, it might have
a better chance of being granted.
To Confer at Minsk.
One of the notes received from the
bolsheviki said meeting of the Poles
and Russians had been called for
Minsk next Wednesday, and that the
bOlsheviki preferred to make their
own arrangements with the Poles.
1t was reliably reported that the
blockade of Russia would be reim-
posed Immediately.
The French are urging the estab-
lishment of defensive line In Poland,
either before Warsaw or Immediately
behind the capital If it is too late
now for the former. M. Millerand
also proposed that the French and
British troops in the plebiscite areas
be used for this line, and Roumania
and CzechO- Slovakia also be asked to
send troops.