The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-12
PREMIER ASKS
PARL|AME EMIT Be
KEPT IN Session
Britain Alarmed Over Progress
Of BOlsheviki
POLES EXPECT U. S. TO AID
Defence OF Warsaw Claimed Necessary
to Prevent Another World
War.

Constant nople, Aug. u. (By the As
soclated Pre1s) The Bolsheviki IN
Southern Russia are striking at the
extreme flanks of General Wrangel's
army, north Of the Crimean PENN
sula. according to dispatches here.
Warsaw, Aug 11-Leon Trotzky. the
Russian Bo.shevik minister OF war has
arrived at Bialystok, just behind the
soviet front and set up headquarters
there accord ng to news from the other
side of the battle line.
At wilma, capital Of Lthuana re
Gently he announced that soviet Russia
has been officially recognized by the
western powers In year he contin
ued "all Europe will be Bolshevik y
Johannesburg, East Prussia, Aug. II
-Unverlfied reports that Mlawa. an
important city on the Warsaw Dan
zig railway had been taken by the
Bo 3hev XII Tuesday and that soviet
cavalry was within rifle shot OF
Warsaw, the fall of which is expect
ed Thursday or Friday We're brought
here by correspondent Of koenigs
Der Allegemeine Zeitung,
Americans, British and French fight
ing with the Poles are considered
Far game to kill by the common
soldiers of the soviet army, the cores
pondant declares. He says the Boil
nhevik are told that these fighters
ARE Bourgeoise who should be exter
minated
London, Aug lin view of the un
certainty of the Polish situation and
in response to the urgent request OF
Liberal and Labor leaders, Premier
Lloyd-George has consented to have
the House of Commons reassemhle
Monday instead of adjourning tomor.
row until October as had been aTang-
ed, it was learned late today
Washington, Aug 11,-Poland, its
back to the wall in its fight against
Soviet Russia will ask Immediately the
material aid from the United States,
it was announced today by Prince
Lubormirsh, the Polish minister.
More than that, it will seek to deve op
precisely what the American govern.
ment meant by the announcement in
its note of yesterday to Italy that it
would employ "all available means
to maintain a free Poland.
Expressing complete satisfaction
with the American note the minister
declared that he was convinced that it
would inspire Poland with a new
spirit of hope He added that his
country was sore.y in need of war ma
terials of all k nds and that it prob
ably would first seek credits from the
United States with which to purchase
them.
simultaneously with the minister's
announcement, the legation made pub
lie proclamation issued by the Polish
council of national defense at Warsaw
warning the nations that a new world
war hangs over the world and that
if Poand should be crushed by the
Bolsheviki it would be due to the "in-
difference of a world which calls itself
democratic"
Copies OF the American note to Italy,
1t was said today at the state depart
ment, have been distributed to the re-
representatives. of the allied and associa-
ted nations and distributed to all the
news centers of the world, promising
its W dest dissemination, even In Rus
sia itself. Diplomats general y regard
ed the document as having a three
fold purpose
''First the extension of moral sup
port to the Polish government and
people.
Second, an appeal to the masses
In Rus sia to throw off the Bolshevik
yoke and establish a constitutional
government.
Third, the influenc ng of other ma
tions to refrain from recognition of the
Sovi9t regime
London, Aug. 12-Progress fcr he
Russian Bolsheyilli army against the
poles on the sou hern front is an
nounced in Wednesdays official
statement at Moscow. The state.
ment says that fighting is in progress
for the possession of MlaWa.
Waghingln, Aug 12.-Polish
forces defending Warsaw are on
numbered Two and one-half 10 one
Comprehensive details rela i've to the
Holshevik1 military organ zation re
ceived here today in official circles
place the Soviet army on the Polish
front at 100000 men. The strength
of the Poles has been estimated a
10000
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