Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-13

nv Associated Press 70 Every Evening
London Aug 13-Tbe capture n
Miawa and Potulsk and the occupation q
sieellee are announced by the Russian
Soviet military headquarters IN todays
official statement
Warsaw. Aug ~ Russian Soviet
forces which are attacking the Polish
lines northeast and east ~ this city have
reached a point twenty-five miles from
Warsayv. A state of siege has been DE-
clared here by the military governor
Civilians are not permitted on the street
after 10 o'clock At night and cafes must
close at nine O'Clock.
The determination of the BOlshevikl
10 press onward to Warsaw showed ltseif
m various points along the hattie line
today, there being hand 70 hand fight
ing in many instances. The Poles savage
w defended their positions and contest
ed every foot of ground given mp 70
the invaders.
Fighting was reported today within
80 miles of the capital It was said Pull
t,ls,e changed hands several times and
/ last accotinfs were that fighting was going
on in the streets The Poles were holding
the west bank Of the Narew River ~
this point. beating off the BOlsheviki
from the north and hurting back other
enemy forces which were trying 70 cross
the river.
Warsaw hurnned tonight with military
activity but only soldiers and officers were
allowed in the streets.
II was decided late tonight that two
American and two British newspaper
correspondents, as well as several Polish,
French. Italian and Spanish Journalists
will accompany the peace delegation 20
the eastward on Saturday. Just how long
the delegation viii remain at Mlnsk Or
wherever the conference viii be held ls
unknown but diplomats here said tonight
they expected the conference would
last four or FIVE days or longer.
The Associated Press will be represented
with the delegation and an effort viii be
made to send daily dispatches, either by
the wireless telegraph or by the daily
courier 10 Moscow from the scene 81 the
negotiations.
In this city it was announced tonight
that outgoing personal messages would
not h. accepted at the telegraph offices
here. This is a military measure to pre-
vent the possibility Of news Of troop move
nents getting out. Besides this the
officials wish to devote all the wires 70
| government business, for the most part
| because Of the crisis brought about by the
| Soviet advance.
| Warsaw, Aug t2.-Polish commission
! ers with authority to negotiate pre-
| linsinary treaty Of peace expect TO leave
| here Saturday morning to meet Russian
/ Soviet delegates somewhere on the road
! between Warsaw and Brest Litvosk, the
| foreign office announced today. The meet
/ ing il was said VIII take place Saturday
evening.
American and British newspaper core
spondents will be permitted to accom-
pany the Polish delegates, the Boishevls
| authorizes having expressed a desire that
| they be present
After meeting the Soviet delegates on
the road the Polish commissioners vii
! probably be taken TO Minsk, where the
| formal peace conference is expected tc
take place.
The two-man mission that went to thC
front 10 inform the Bolshevlh that
| Poland wished to send peace delegate:
returned here today and there is a more
confident feeling in the city than has beer
prevalent during the past fortnight
High officials said they considered the fal
of the city now out Of the question.
The Polish mark, which has been quot
ed during the last few days at go for 81
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