The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-24
own FRONTIER
CITY IS TAKEN
by POLE ARMY
Bolsheviki Are Showed Back
to Poland's Borders-Allies
Threaten Not To Recognize
Russ.
HARD FIGHT REPORTED
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
WARSAW, Aug. 23-The capture of
Przasnyfz, so miles north of Warsaw
and Mlawa on the Polish frontier, IS
miles northwest Of the capital, is re-
ported in the Polish official statement.
issued today.
The bulk Of the fourth soviet divi-
sion and the entire third cavalry corps
have been captured.
LONDON, Aug 24-Official dis
patches from Warsaw say the Poles
have captured $4,000 prisoners, 1000
guns and 100 machine guns.
Russian forces in the regions of
Lomza, about rs miles northeast of
Warsaw, and Bialystok, about SIS miles
northwest Of Brest-Litovsk, are en-
gagged in heavy fighting against ad-
vancing Polish legions according to an
official statement issued yesterday in
Moscow and received here today.
In the Brest-Litovsk region there is
no change in the situation, the state
ment says. while further south in the
| neighborhood of Vladimir-Volhynsk,
and near Lemberg the battle con-
tinues.
Polish forces that tried to seize the
town hall of Koenigshutte, 81 miles
southeast of Oppeln. upper Silesia. on
Monday were beaten off by security
police armed with machine guns and
hand grenades, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the London Times. The
Poles lost five killed and wounded, it
| is said
LONDON, Aug. 24-Great Britain
and Italy will refuse recognition to
the Russian soviet government, il it
| does not withdraw its demand, pre-
sented as a part of the peace terms
| at Minsk, for a proletarian army in
Poland.
! This has been decided upon by the
premiers Lloyd George and Giolitti of
Great Britain and Italy, who have
been meeting since Sunday at Lucerne,
Switzerland.
| A statement given to the press in
| that city yesterday by the two pre-
miers, declared they had resolved to
defer resumption of diplomatic rela-
tions with the Moscow government un-
til it withdraws what was described
as this sinister proposal
Denounced as Treachery
Presentation of this clause in the
terms of peace laid before the Polish
delegates at Minsk. after NJ. Kanen-
eff, soviet representative here, had an
nounced nothing important would be
added to the peace conditions, made
public by him in this city last week.
was denounced as gross breach of
faith" in the premiers' statement
i 1t was said that negotiations of any
kind with a government which so
lightly treats its word" becomes diff
ficult, If not impossible"
i 1t is understood here that a virtual
ultimatum has been sent to Moscow
by the two premiers, whose decision
!, relative to recognition of the Bolshe-
wiki government is viewed as approval
of the stand made against that step by
Premier Millerand, of France.
!, The premiers indicated the allies
J would secure to Poland, the use of the
corridor south of Danzig, and would. If
necessary, use troops to carry out their
| plans in this region.
PARIS, Aug. 24-The French for
eign office announced today that the
: government regarded the new atti-
tude taken by Premiers Lloyd George
and Giolitti concerning Soviet Russia
American note to Italy.
The premiers' attitude was ex-
pressed in the note they sent France
from Lucerne yesterday, in which
they stated they were in accord with
the United States and France that
Poland would endangsr her inde-
pendence if she accepted the soviet
terms.
y The communication of the British
and Italian prime ministers was
answered by the French foreign office
, with note expressing pleasure that
= they expressed the same views with
regard to the Polish situation that
, France holds.
t LONDON, Aug. 24-Germany has
= shipped supplies and ammunition to
+ Soviet Russia, according to a cores.
pondent of the London Times, who
insists that Leon Trotzky, Russian
1 minister of commerce and marine. Wis
2 tied East Prussia, in spite of official
e denials of reports to that effect fron
e Moscow.
+ The retreat of the Bolshevik armies
1 from the gates of Warsaw" declares
| the correspondent, may be explained
> by the fact that they lacked ammu
; milton. Trotzky foresaw the need of
l. the armies during the frantic effort
; made to capture the Polish capital.
: and made plans accordingly, but was
j. too late. He crossed into Germany
y and reached an agreement with rep
resentatives of the German govern
L ment by which it would supply am
n munition to the Bolsheviki.
:, The ammunition has been paid for
- in part out of the Soviet jewel fund,
. which includes the crown jewels. 1t
:. was the intention of the Bolsheviki to
reserve this fund solely for propagan.
da purposes in the east, but Germany
insisted upon cash payment. The sec
e ond object of Trotzky's visit to Prus.
|. sia was to prevent munitions from
n reaching Poland, and to accomplish
;. this object he employed Germans at