The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
PERSIAN CAPITAL NOW TIRE R|EEAIIIENEO
 BY SOVIET THRUST
American Minister Granted Permission to Remove Le- : gation as Persians Pre-
 pare to Quit Teheran
Rx Associated Prss

Soviet Russia has followed up, it's successes against Poland with thrust into southwestern Asia and it's forces already are threatening the Persian capital of Teheran.
 This rather unexpected move by the bolsheviki is believed by some
 officials and dopIomats here to
 be directed against British and
 French domain in the near east
 and Asia.
 News of the soviet'ar advance south and west of the Caspian sea was conveyed today in official dispatches from John l.. Caldwell. American min- ister to Persia and the American con sul at Tabriz. The minister asked per mission of the state department to remove the American legation from Teheran in view of the preparations of the Persian government to evacuate the capital, while the consul asked au- thority to move from Taoriz.
 
 COMPLICATES SITUATION
 Official observers here conceded
 tbnt the opening of n new theatre
 of warfare by the bolsheyfkf hau
 complicated an already grave sftu-
 ation in Europe and the near east
 They also were of the opinion that
 this latest development would serve
 to hasten a decision by the allied
 governments as to the general
 mcasures to be taken to cheek the
 soviet menace. The Polish situation engaged the at tantion of officials of the American government more closely today than it probably has at any time, and our- ing the day Secretary Colby and unoef Secretar Davis had an hours cohAei ence with President Wilson at the White House Mir. Colby steadfastiy re- fused to discuss the conference ana no statement was forthcoming from the White House. At the state dspartnien - however, it was stated that conlnuh,- cations had been received from the al 1iad rovernments outlining a tentative course of action looking to the aio or Poland and it was assumed these were amonr the subjects discussed by the denartment officials with the Presi- dent. t. If any decision was reached at the White House conference or later, no irt:mation ~ it was permitted to reacn the public. s.r, +h . .,1ies inc requests oE Poland for a declaration of moral support or the Trnited States government and for per ,oission to purchase American army sunnlies still are before the state oe- official dispatches to both the Polisn location and the state department 10 day indicated 8 slight improvement H inc situation in Poland. Thls oliic,ai communication was recelVeo py n> legation from Warsaw:
 '.Our counter action in the regior of Rrodv is developing satisfactorily w. occupied Sranislawcz and Brooy rha 1ina of the River Bug is in oui hands. In the fighting in the regio. ae Wizna we advanced and deleatee bolshevik regiments. j ..rha attacks on Nabirz are repuiseo Countless refugees from the territorie' occupied by bolshevik filling the coun' trv and especially Warsaw oou ne.h necessary. The feeling of ciylhah popu' lation and volunteers good. Al announcement by the state oepa,l a,t said that "the determination or .n, Polish government not to De stainpeuSs eNn,, ;,to an unnecessarily hurried exit hun warsaw and to resist to the utmost ',, n, bolsheyik offensive that continues uo directed against the capital uesei, r Polish readiness for armislce' s.,, h, ,;oatad in a, dispatch received today os the state department rom 'ie
 legation at Warsaw.
 TO FIGHT TO LAST .,. .-rha dspatch which was dateu A" .,,s+ the announcement continued .showed that the Polish government while not overlooking the possipie cessity of evacuating the oia cap'tss ta was firm in it's purpose 10 Iish' '-' enemy to the last. +arda +o indicate that the bolsheviEi were puI nosalv avoiding definite commitmen, ,,,,th respect to the opening CT arniseie
 antiations in order to prolong the nos t;ltties and carry the fighting through | Warsaw. .s,a n.rticu,a while not looked for at this particuia .;rrs the bolshevik thrust into the Nsa . sad hean forecast by military au .hn-,ties here. They had not expecte' saraver that it would be undertaken uN .;i the fight against Poland had pee concluded. ,,,;or tha ,, their advance into southwestern AS. the bolsheyiki will undertake TO un'' ..,itr inc Turkish nationalists and otne At4C0mISDIcu t-- rsSr,. effort to take advantage of the eS ;stinr unrst in that part of the world undermine the security of the br'sisn as,s a'
 TO ASSIST MOSLEMS
 Accord;ng to official advices to tn state Department. Lenine has onere 1so. ooo troops to the Moslems TOT U promotion, in conjunction with lne ns AonaItsts in Egypt Turkey. Arabi Mesopotamia and Persia of unite military effort against British ar French interests
 unit of this army has aireaoy el tered Armenia and is expected 10 cor tinue its advance in the direclion Mossoul, an important Near Easle' nationalist stronghold. where forces Turkish and Egyptian nationalists al reported to Nhave planned to converg with this thrust against the left ria, of the British defense line of Asia t' present advance on Teheran IS iook'
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