The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-23
POLES RETREAT
ON WHOLE Line
BoIsheviki Advancing Beyond
Minsk, but London Hopes They
Will Agree to Armistice.
ALLIED AID PROBLEMATICAL.
Great Battle On at Gates of Minsk for
Fortress - House of Commons
Cheers Statement Lenine Has
Accepted Trade Terms.
London.-Oficial and unofficial news

London.-Official and unofhclal news
from the Polish-Bolshevik battle front
shows that the Soviet forces are ad-
vancing along the whole line ana that
General Pilsudski's troops are no long
er offering any resistance.
The Bolsheviki are advancing con-
siderably beyond Dvinsk and are rap
idly approaching the battle line OF
March, 1919, which ran west of Minsk
Whether the Bolsheviki will yield to
the allied demand for an armisttce Is
a matter of some doubt here, although
it Is generally hoped that the Moscow
government will agree to q cessation
of hostilities pending settlement OF
boundary disputes by an international
commission.
There is much speculation here as
to what material assistance the allies
could lend the Poles in the event that
the Bolsheviki refuse to grant an
armistice. None of the allied govern
ments Is prepared to send any con-
siderable force Of troops to the battle
front, although the French already
have close to 1000 officers in Poland,
some of them on Pilsudski's staff.
Dispatches from Rome say it is de-
MED there that parliament will be
asked to authorize the sending of mil
itary forces In this connection it is
recalled that an Italian mission re-
Gently went to Prague to obtain guar
antees that the Czech legions return
ing to their home land by way of Italy
would not be used against the Bolshe-
Wiki.
Most of the assistance which the al
lies could lend readily would be mill
tary stores which could be shipped
through Germany They also could
send q few professional soldiers to re-
organize and strengthen the Polish
forces.
Announcement made by Andrew
Bonar Law, government spokesman in
the house of commons, that the Rus
sian Soviet government had accepted
Great Britain's conditions upon which
a trade agreement could be drawn and
that the allies had taken steps to ef-
feet an armistice between the Bolshe-
Wiki and the Poles was greeted with
applause.
Warsaw.-Victories for the Poles in
the Pripet region and in Volhynia are
reported. The Bolshevik cavalry lead
er, General Budenny, has been defeat
ed and is fleeing to Rovno, upon which
the Poles are marching.
The victory of the Poles In the Pri-
pet region is described as complete"
Enormous supplies are declared to
have been taken with the occupation
Of the town of Owruncz, where 200
prisoners also were picked up.
The troops operating against Cen
eral Budenny, the advices report, cap
tured Great and Little Zvein, taking
eight guns, while a Bolshevik cavalry
brigade was annihilated.
The Bolsheviki, after occupying
Smolewicze, to the east of Minsk, have
reached the trenches bordering on
Minsk, where fighting is in progress,
according to the communique from the
war office.
Polish detachments have been forced
to abandon the line along the river
Wilma, the communique adds.
The Bolsheviki have occupied Pom
tatyoze and Viazyn and are approach
ing Molodetohno. They are pressing
the attack despite enormous losses, the
statement says.
Washington.-Doubt is entertained
in some official quarters here in close
touch with the situation on the Pol
ish-Bolshevik front as to the ultimate
ability of the Poles to hold the armis-
tice line, the tentative boundary of
Poland fixed by the Supreme Council.
Poland, in originally advancing her
troops beyond this line, offered as
Justification the entire absence Of
strategic defenses on the border de-
termined for the Polish state by the
allies.