Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-06
Boshevk Force Crossing Of Bug River at Several Places
Soviet Troops Said to be Checked in Push Along pus-
: sian Border Part Of Outanking Movement TO Encirce
Ciy-Poles Fight Desperately at One Point and Flee IN
Disorder at Another.
SOVIET REPLIES To
BRITISH ULTIMA TUM
Says il is Firm in Recognition ~
Freedom and Independ
ence Of Poland
~ Associated Pr,ss ~ y very Fesning

~ Associated Pr,ss ~ Evsry Efening
London. Avg l.eo komrnef ~ f'f
Russian SOVIET dcloRafi0n hsro er
Premier Lloyd George lnr' night lor
communication giving tho Soviet goverr
ment's reply h Grrat Britain note H
Tuesday with regard ~ ths del-y .n itf
arrnistice negotiations frtwcfn Furafn
and Poland
NJ Kamenens statement declares
Soviet government urvcr desired % ~nr
bine the negotiations for m arrnir'
with negotiations for peare huf fhaf
demands that the fcrrns ~ the arrnfef
include reasonable guarantee whfrh
would prevent attempt nn no rar'
Poland ~ usc the prrind ~ ihe arrnis' ..
for the renewal ~ hostile arts
The soln obstacle ln me way III f.r
beginning ~ negot a'i0ns for 'hc uirprr
sion If military OPERATIONS Gays the nof
is the absence ~ the Polish delnrafea
whose return u being awaited ~ ttc
representative n the Soviet g0vrrnmsr
m order that negotiations may ~ rn-
mpdiatply opened
The note continues
The Russian Soviet government again
declares that IL is firm IN tho rerownIflnn
~ the freedom and lndependenre f Irt-
land, and its willingness ~ grant ~ 'hr
Polish state wider frontiers than were
indicated by tho supreme cultnefi ard
mentioned in the British nnte ~ July ~
The note says the Soviet suggested thar
the proposed london peace cnnierrnrr ~
only with the Leading erteufe powers he-
ca,ise its usefulness arose from the fact
that without the assistance ~ 'he lradIng 2
powers war could not he wageri hv other
states against Russia and 20 'ha peaee
of Europe would be guaranteed The
Kameneff statement; CONTINUES.
I'VE are still n the ouinlou that direct
negotiations with Poland for nesoe w0uid
serve the interests both ~ the Russian and
Polish peoples
The conference IN London between Rus-
sia and the leading powers ~ the entente
says the communication. would have fnr
It's object the regiIlarization q The inter-
national position n Russia and the sef-
Element % all outstanding questions 10
tween her and the allies. Tor the henefit 10
general peace
The guarantees the SOVIET government
desires that Poland viii not use The arms
tice period for q renewal ~ hostilities. 2
is set forth. include her partial disarma.
ment and the cessation 20 the recruiting
Of conscript soldiers as well as voluntary
enroliments.
London, Aug "A semi-official mes
sage from Warsaw. sled last night Gays
the Poles have evacuated Ostruv he-
tween the Bug and the Narew rivers -
miles southwest &C I0mza and about Z
miles northeast Of Warsaw
The dispatch declares that P1i-a
officials believe that be- present rate
advance Il maintained would bring
Russians into Warsaw n seven .I
days
Paris. Aug 8 London reports p
Germany and he Russian soviet
cluded an agreement relative -n fqaI
before the beginning 90 The SOVIET ufrf
slve against that country are icnlcd
the semi-ofFicial Wolf Ncus hurra
according 20 a Berlin dispatch