The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-08-20
POLES DEFEND
WARSAW TO Limit
Premier Witos Declares Govern
ment Will Remain in Capital
Indefinitely.
FOREIGN ENJOYS WARNED.
Those Remaining in City VIII Do So
Upon Their Own Responsibility.
Soviet Offers to Withdraw
Forces on Conditions.

Warsaw. Witos in a state
ment to the Polish newspapers said
the government would remain in War
saw indefinitely.
Asked regarding the foreign lega-
tions. the premier said representatives
desiring to stay with the government
did so on their own responsibility.
1t is announced that Cardinal Ratti;
papal nuncio at Warsaw, will remain
in Warsaw if the capital falls into the
hands of the Bolsheviki.
The newspapers print articles criticiz-
ing Poles who are leaving the city, de-
claring they should not be allowed to
return.
Along the Bug river there is fighting
in the region of Malkinow, where the
Poles are counter-attacking, and at
Sokolow, which the Reds are attack
ing. In the region of Janow, west OF
the Bug, 300 Reds surrendered after
having achieved successes which
brought them across the river.
Red gains are reported west of
Brest-Litovsk, the Reds haying reach
ed Piozcvad, where the Poles are put
ting up stiff fight.
Hostilities are going on all along
the southern front, but there has been
no gain for the Reds.
Ostrolenka, On the Narew river,
northeast of Warsaw, has been cap
tured by the Bolsheviki, after a two
day fight.
The Bolshevikf now have reached
point seventy kilometres northeast of
Warsaw. The heaviest fighting since
the Bolsheviki began their offensive
month ago is now developing along the
Bug river, where both sides are throw
ing in all the forces at their COM
mand Towns and points of vantage
are changing hands daily, but the
Polish official communication inter-
prets the battle as successful for the
Poles.
Terespol finally has been retaken by
the Poles. 1t has changed hands sew
eral times. South of Brest-Litoysk,
where the Poles drove the Reds across
the Bug, the Poles have taken Mokran.
The foreign office announced that
the soviet wireless operator at Mos
COW had refused for third time to
receive the Polish governments mes
sage announcing that Poland would
send delegates to q Bolshevik-Polish
peace conference at Minsk. The soviet
operator declared that he was too
busy to accept the dispatch.
Prior to this refusal the Polish gov
ernment received a wireless dispatch
from Moscow expressing surprise that
the Polish peace delegation which re-
turned from the unsuccessful meeting
last week at Baranovitschi had not
yet gone to Minsk 1t added that the
soviet government was ready to nego-
tiate peace and that the delay rested
upon the Polish government.
A plot believed to have been Of Com
munist origin and designed to blow up
general army headquarters, has been
discovered in Warsaw. Many persons
have been arrested and great quanti-
ties of arms and ammunition confis-
Gated in the old Russian cathedral,
which Is situated just across the street
from the army offices.
The arms were found in the base
ment of the church. Here also was
discovered a tunnel, nearly complete,
which was being dug under the street
toward army headquarters. The find
ing of the tunnel and the arms came
as a result of sentries at headquar-
ters during the night hearing the
thump against the earth beneath their
feet.
Headquarters is only 100 feet from
the cathedral, which stands in the CEN
tre of the city of Warsaw. 1t was
built by the Russians. Since the Ger
mans left Warsaw the cathedral has
been used as. a garrison as well as for
all military masses and funerals
A number of Communists had been
arrested during the past few days. In
their possession were found complete
plans of the city with government
buildings marked in red ink.