Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-04
Must EUacudte
WUrsu1U in
2HOurs
HOPE FOR LAST
STAND is DYING
Bug Riuer Front MeHs
Before Charge of
Russ HOrdeS.

~ the Associated Press
PARIS, August 4.-Warsaw wi!
have to be evacuated within two oil
three days. in the opinion of the
French and British military expert:
there, and the government is ex'
pected to be moved within thai
eeriod, probably to Cracow.
The report of the members of the
military mission, telegraphed here
last night, declared that the Polish
army along the River Bug had re-
treated so precipitately that it die
not even destroy the bridges behint
it. This river was Warsaw's last
line of defense.
A special Russian cavalry corps
the military men reported, was driv-
the Allenstein district and had yes
terday reached a point thirty miles
from Mlawa, thirty-one miles north
west of Warsaw, on the only dlrec'
railroad to Danzig from the Polish
capital. These cavalrymen were SAID
to be headed through Mlawa into the
Polish corridor to the Baltic, nearby
and thence to Pomerania.
Hope Virtually Abandoned.
The experts reported that the Polish
forces were demoralized on the whole
northern and central fronts. and were
falling back. The military men said
they had virtually abandoned hope OF
the Poles making stand now.
The Polish armistice delegates re-
turned to Warsaw Tuesday night, and
the Polish government has little hope
of the speedy arranging of an 'armi-
stice. The members of the allied
mission are convinced that the soviet
government does not intend to negO-
tiate an armistice, they reported. and
declared their belief that the Rus
slams had set the next meeting of the
negotiators for today at Minsk know
ing that it would be impossible for
the Poles to arrive at that time,
making a preteXt for further delay
The Polish government, it is learn
ed. is undecided as to whether it will
send emissaries to Minsk.
The experts said their gravest con-
cern was the imminent cutting off of
warsaw's direct communication with
Danzig, upon which Poland is de-
pendent for military supplies
Lord dAbernon. the British ambas-
Eador to Germany, a member of the
British mission to Poland, has re-
turned to Warsaw from Danzig-
LONDON, August 4.-The crossing
of the River Bug at several points
by the soviet army advancing on War
saw is announced in Tuesdays Off
cial statement from Moscow. received
today. The continued advance of the
army in the Bielsk region also is
reported. The statement reads:
West of Bialystok and Bielsk our
advance is continuing successfully. In
the direction of Siedlce we debouched
on a sixty-six-miIe front along the line
of the western Bug. After fierce fight
ing we crossed the river at several
places"
Prepare to Defend City.
WARSAW. August 3.-The breaking
OF of the negotiations between the
Poles and the bolsheviki, out of which
It had-been hoped would come an armi-
stice and the early cessation of hos
tilities. was due to a misunderstanding
according to the contention of the Rus
sian soviet authorities in wireless dis
patch received here today. The latest
communication from the soviet suggests
that negotiations, both for an armistice
and for peace, be held in Minsk Wednes-
day.
While the Polish delegates are retrac-
ing their steps homeward from Barano-
Vitchi, where the conference with the
bolsheviki ended so abruptly. the bolshe-
vik troops are reported everywhere to
be pressing their attacks on the entire
battle line from the East Prussian front
on the north to the region adjacent to
Lemberg. in Galaca. on the south.
Inside the great battle arc the Poles
are hurriedly preparing defenses. par
ticularly trenches and barbed wire en-
tangiements in front of Warsaw.
Fugitivex jam stations.
Many Americans and British subjects
including n number of former officers
are reported by the recruiting officers t6
be enlisting in the Polish volunteers
Officials at the American consulate
have packed up their most important
records for prompt shipment from
this city. The task of viseing the
passports of the hundreds who desire
10 leave Warsaw will continue unit
the consulate is forced to close.
Outgoing trains for Vienna, Poser
and Danzig are crowded. and seal
reservations are selling at large
premium People are fighting to gair
entrance to the station platforms, and
rush for places to sit or stand as
soon as the trains back in. A close
guard is maintained by troops, who
inspect all papers to see that nc
soldiers depart unless they beai
proper credentials
According to accounts from the
north. the village populations and
school children have turned out and
are helping the soldiers by carryins g
food to them and aiding in every
way possible wherever the soldiers
are making a stand
Reds Fix Final Date.
LONDON, August 3 CPolish) THE
s,ccupation of Warsaw by the boil
sheviki has been fixed for August 9
eavs a dispatch to the London Time.
from Berlin, quoting a wireless dis
patch received by the National lei
tung-
The Polish government, the dis
patch adds, is taking the necessary
measures and has placed the forti
fications of the capital under com
1nand of French engineer officers.
The defense of Warsaw has b. ~
Entrusted to the northern army. unde.
Gen. Haller.
1.-THE Polish northern front. says th'
National Zeitung, has been completed,
Smashed. Russian troops will reach th'
southeast corner of the Polish corrido
in a few days and endanger rallwa!
traffic between Warsaw and DanZig, $,
that the Poles will not be able to coun
Ipon the arms and munitions arrivin:
snd being unloaded at Danzig."
Want Old Russian Border.
BERLIN. August A special dis
patch to the Zeitung am Mittag from
Nfarienwerder, West Prussia, reports i
4s the intention of the bosheviki Z,
enter the Polish corridor at its south
eastern outlet. The frontier here, i
says. is only indifferently protected b!
Polish guards. while Russian advanc,
cavalry is forging ahead unmolested
Russian officers are quoted by the dis