The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-25
RUSSIAN ARMY
DROPS WHOLLY
into POLE net
Minister of War Says Majority
Ct Bolshevik Army is Either
Captured or Shot to Pieces
by the Poles.
MORE TOWNS TAKEN
(By Associated Press)

ny IOllSu lOIC6S nave
= been sweeping rapidly northward il
pursuit of the retiring Bolsheviki.
More than 10000 prisoners, who
were cut off from the main body of
the Soviet army, have been captured
in this region.
Reports from various fronts, par
ticularly the northern sectors of the
line, indicate the Bolshevih are de-
moralized and fleeing everywhere in
great disorder
Declares They Are Beaten.
General Solnokowskf. minister OF
war, has issued a statement to the
Polish newspapers declaring that the
Soviet armies have been decisively
beaten everywhere, adding that of
25O,00O Bolsheviki troops participating
in the offensive for the capture of
Warsaw, more than 100000 have been
accounted for, and that nearly all
other detachments have been shot to
pieces.
He estimates the number of prison
ers at $4,000 and the number of other
Bolsheviki casualties at 100000.
LONDON, Aug 25.-Polish and
Russian Bolsheviki are engaged in To-
cal fighting with alternating success
from Brest-Litovsk southwark to Wlo-
dawa, according to an official state
ment issued yesterday in Moscow, and
received here by wireless.
East of Lemberg, Soviet operations
are said to be developing success
fully, the Poles offering resistance and
in places launching counter attacks
against the Bolsheviki.
In the neighborhood of HalicZ, So
Wet detachments have debouched
ho and fight
ing is proceeding for the possession
of crossings of that stream.
The statement asserts that fighting
favorable to the Bolsheviki continues
on the left bank of the Dneiper in
the region of Kherson, south Russia.
An alarming concentration of Boil
sheviki forces on the borders OF the
republic of Georgia is reported in adj
vices to the Georgian legation here.
Troops which were assembled IT
Akstafa, south of Tiflis, are said al
ready to have occupied the neutral
zone in that region.
A note dispatched to the Bolshev1k
government of Azerbaijan relative =
this concentration of troops is De
clared to have brought the reply thai
the move is in accordance with "a
certain plan regarding Armenia
This certain plan is believed by
the Georgia legation to be scheme on
the part of the Soviet leaders to
march through Georgia and Armenia
and establish communication with the
Turkish Nationalists in Asia Minor.
THORN. West Prussia, Aug. %
Older officers in the Polish army ex-
pressed the opinion here today that in
the event of a decisive victory over
soviet Russia, along the entire front
it would be inadvisable to pursue the
Bolsheviki beyond the bounds of Eth
nographic Poland.
One declared. however, that war be-
tween Poland and Soviet Russia would
be inevitable" until an arbitration
board fixed Poland's boundaries
which he believed, both the Russians
and Poles would respect. He suggest
ed that there should be American,
British and French members of such
a board.
This is war of women" said a
young Polish officer today. They are
driving the men to fight and are doing
all the farm work while the men are
away. They have even engaged to
go to the front to fight. We feel there
is no longer any question of victory.
but are uncertain only as to our policy
as TO the invasion of Russia. Our
women may help to settle this too
Estimate 10000 Prisoners.
Military officials variously estimate
the number of BolSheviki caught in
the Polish corridor by the capture of
Mlawa at between 10000 and 10000
Most of these have been operating in
one body, out there are scattered
eroups of 200 men or less operating in
l,,t o1,i iAF1 fnp na @ n ~
ia purposes These groups are expect
ed to surrender. but heavy Polish rein
forcements are being sent to the
neishborhood of Mlawa to anticipate
efforts by the Bolsheviki to break
through to the eastward. The Poles
saw the Russians are not equipped for
winter campaign and draw attention
to prisoners who have been arriving
barefoot and in very scant attire
There are reports, however, that the
Russians are we'll supplied with gold
and it is suggested that the prisoners
are divested of most of their garments
by their Polish captors.
Bitter Toward Germans.
The Poles appear to De extremely
bitter toward Germans, particularly
East Prussians. who. they say. have
heen friendly to the Bolsheviki. The
Germans are charged Will Seeh'hS u
aid the soviet forces by giving the
supplies, ammunition and arms.
BERLIN. Aug 24-Reports that the
northern Russian Bolsheviki army Is
retreating from Poland in disorder are
denied by Prosken dispatches to the
Tageb,att. The correspondent at tha'
East Prussian town says, on the con
trary. the soviet retirement is beina
conducted methodically and that al
baggage is being moved in wagons.
DON'T BAR JAPANESE.
!, SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. 25.-A pro