New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

ci fS fotIoWed closely, according TO an
American oficial who witnessed the
crossing and returned to Warsaw to-
dxY. This ofscial said that just after
General Remer,s car and the three
Others Immediately following had
paFsed over the bridge leading from
one front to the other the bridge
canght fire. The three remaining cars,
carrying the aides and secretaries, with
thcir documents, were delayed for
swhiie, but eventually succneded in
catching up with uGeneral Romer and
hiS party by taking another route.
: Poles Won't M4iSa Conceasiozs
Hhe Polish military authorities at
tath no significance to the bridge fire,
as there were no Belsheviki i'm, that
vicinity at the time. They said the
fre probably had been smpldering, as
thare had been lighting. near the
bridge Tor several days. and that it
was likely the GOALS had been famed
into flames by a breeze that sprang up
during the evening.
The emissaries representing Poland
hare been instructed not to concede
any points that might endanges Po-
Ia&d's independence, according to an IN
Aterwiew with Vice. Premier Daszynski,
which was published in to-day's news
papers. 1t had been intimated in vari-
ous quarters that the Soviets would in-
sist upon the establishment of a soviet
government pin Poland before even
granting an armistice, but the Polish
emissaries have been instructed to
niake no concessions which would per-
init the Soviets to interfere with the
interior affairs of Poland.
The instructions to the Polish dele
gates likewise. order them to hold out
against any clauses which might pro-
vide for the disarmament of Poland
irE:any way.
To Hold Out for Boundaries
Regarding Hhe national frontier, the
delegates are instructed not to concede
any conditions changing Premier Lloyd
Georges line of demarkation, while in
the case of eastern Galac:a the bound
ary is to be decided, it is said. accord
ing to the line held by the troops
when the armistice becomes effective.
Cavalry recruited among former Co.'S
sack troopers has been thrown in
against the Bolsheviki in the region of
Brest-Litovsk under General Balacho-
wicz. Polish general who formerly
was in the Russian army. This unit
comprises several thousand Russians
who have been living in Poland, to-
gether with a few Polish troopers.
Peter Becztiewitz, of South Bend,
Ind, who Joined General Haller's forces
in France during the great war, is a
Y. M. c. A. worker with General Ba-
lachowicz's troops. General Delma
Radcliffe, of the British army, as we'll
as American, French and Italian mill
tary experts, are daily observers on
the front. Lieutenant Colonel Ebert
b. Farman jr., Military Attache of the
American Legation, took breakfast in
Warsaw Thursday, motored to the
front, witnessed an action and re-
turned to Warsaw for dinner. The
highway from Bialystok to Warsaw,
along which the Bolsheviki are headed,
is one of the smoothest and best paved
roadways in Poland
Anti-aircraft guns have been brought
into play as part Of the defense of
Warsaw, as the Bolsheviki are now
using airplanes frequently in their
northern drive. Many civilian organ
izations are being given parts in the
plans for defending the city, some of
them being assigned to guard the
bridges over the Vistula.
A wireless message sent by the
newspaper correspondents to the Boil
sheviki, requesting permission to ac-
company the Polish armistice party
has not been answered. Consequently,
the correspondents have remained at
Warsaw.
Many Americans in this city have al
ready shipped their baggage and house
hold goods to Danzig, Posen or Prague,
in anticipation of an attack by the
Russian Bolsheviki. Many women
workers with American organizations
here, as we'll as the wives of American
officials, have left.
British Soldiers Revolt
Twenty British soldiers assigned to
the task of unloading cargo of war
material consigned to Poland have re-
fused to continue their work at Dan
zig, according to Poles who have ar
lived here from that city. Eighty SOL
diers were detailed for this duty, and
the twenty who revolted have been ar
rested by the order of the British COM
mander in that port. Sympathizers
with dock workers who refused to un-
load the ship upheld the British and
protested against their arrest.
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