Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-13
POLAND AND RUSSIA
SIGN PREL |MINARY
PEACE, ENDING WAR
Arrnistice Becomes Effective -
Midnight, October 10; Terms
Are Not Popular.
SOVIET MUST NOW
FACE WPANGEL
By Asseela.ea Prev % Eo,ry Evenlsr


Riga Oct. - A preliminary g>ses
treaty and arniFtice Vas siEsed ~ thr
Polish and Russian aOviet peace deiegates
here NJ 30 O'Clock last night
The arrnistice actsially beoornes 81
fective af midnight OcfOler ~. thaf b.
IA hours from midnight last night
The announcement that peaee was
70 be signed brought great crDwda 20 hr
guuare surrounding the Blaek Head ilona
VI Jofe and the BOlshrvik delegation "f-
tered the hall first ard Vrre followed ir y
Dombski and the Polish delegation hlog'
two hundred pors0ns. IncludinE fho r-'r.
diplomatic body and prominent irfhs'
officials. crowded fhe ru0N ro0U war
cyf them standing
COuFiderabn delay nrried ~ ra
duo II, the phvucal wOrk urcesrrr Inr IT..
completion of the treaties ior vr-fu--
Tired bv more than FIVE d1ys and VI
of almost constant work ~ Jofc 1psr.
eItrernelv pale buf he splcr ihywod ra
nervousness whcn DC tnr0Incr8 rf'ho4'
rising that The rrestv rad hern rp'a'e.
and began reading tie Russian 'f
The head pf rhc -ovIr' deIrgs'.or e..
acribed the Riaa Ieace 81 = pra~o r+iDn
victor and without .anG1sHrd
hricf address i,ef0rp fhc 1gnrg
rpcrt acrrIratele ~ Il aDueerrH l.-
Interested pnlo1kers IL wsr esre
gjvp and take rhirh those Eh0
lowed the course ~ events irr-
he yer, popular either nth 'hr to'rre
wiki or the Poles
Tho Riga armistior wil PIT ~ y
sheyIki AZ peace rIth al heir Baiit
neighb0rs within IA nOnrs from mid
night last night and leave the WrsnFr
movement ~ The only Zreaf m'lrtsr1 op-
Grafton against me sov1efs
Conditions aIon7 the -outh RiiEslan
front have assumed seriOus asnfrs ior
the BolShev1k according ~ adv7oea ~
oeived here
General Baron Wrsngcl 'rnops arr
continuing N advanrr north 81 rrnaea
and the sea Of A1ov Nikolaiev. the prin-
cipal Russian naval station on ne Biars
Sea, = sad tO have been captured bv anti
Boishevik insurgents.
There = uanch speculation h>re - ~
whether the Boishev1k1 VIII 10 sbie IN
rnediatelv N throw large forces srorn the
Polish front against General Wranxsi, n
south RUSSIA. Bolshevlk deiegssez DE-
clare large forres already are opp0sinz
Wrangel and that no neceS2ty exists ior
the dispatch u reinforoements % that
front.
The bottlinz up u Lath1ania = gen
eraily regarded as a doubtful experiment
and the occupation of Niina BY Genera
Zrllgous.ciis men mas created q SUSPICION
that the Polish government had knOviefirr
of the plan. winch has been supported BY
Polish landlords N IAthuania-
The Council of Six established az Wins
plans 70 form provisional government
for central IIthuania pending the qilfs'
ton of self-detefTnInatlon Ot inhabitants -
the occupied district. II ls lnderSron'
that posters have MADE their appesrsnr
in Wilma advocating that wilma snouid
belong to Poland. These posters. g &
asserted. urge that steps be taken - lpt
hands with the Polish repubhc.
Officials say no word has been reoeiye'
from General ZellgUuskI or from Wilma
direct since The l-i'huanians eNarilate'
, their capital
The Russians are CONCENTRATING aion.
he southern front Tor he purpose
attacking the kranians a. soon as tn'
arTnistice with Poland Is -igueu. - i- gr
clared in the Polish statement on mi.ftar
affairs.
Fighting along he northern ,rou
virtualE teased several DAYS 4gJ. ALL
the Poles gradually working eastWan
toward the boundary n, as agrrtYI 81
! the terms MAGE with he Russians. 'l
/ Poles occupying various villages tu fu
north and east. including Aiinsk
Washington. Oct i3->'gns ,.
approaching collapse Il Boisheylsm
Russia are seen hy state Departuie4
+ officials in the crImbiIng II Soviet b..
thOritv on the Polish front snd the rapid
augmenting strength uf anu-B0ishs' !
4 forces in southeastern Europe under ltI
/ eral Wrangel
Nready consideration = oeing Uvr.
At the department, It Is said % what ma
follow the end Of Soviet rule Russa
F.. The prospect IF anarchy and chaos % fa
event Of Soviet dissolution s vrrN ~
according 20 officials hu he here
expressed that the loca. Lemstsos ha
been So well organized as ro uaintaln
semblance Of order and some -ghc-lou
economic life until stable sUvc-nmeu
capable OF obtaining he idheren,
majority of the Russian population ,na
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