Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01
Warsaw ENJOYS Cross Front
Line, Meet "Reds" for
Routine Discussion.
RUSS SECRET MESSAGE
ORDERS ADVANCE PUSHED
Moscow Disregards Promise to
Cease Firing During Meetings,
French Hear.
BY The As.oc..ated Pres.

BY the Associated Press
WARSAW. July 3l-The Polish
military delegates who left Warsaw
at o'clock yesterday morning
crossed the front line at s O'Clock to-
night. Premier Witos was informed
at o'clock that the delegation has
established contact with the bolshe-
vill delegates on the road between
Brest-Litoysk and Baranovichy.
PARIS. July 31.-The armistice ne
gotatons between the Polish and
soviet Russian forces are now actu
ally under way. according to advices
reaching here. 1t is said the action
thus far has been restricted to the
routine preliminaries.
Meanwhile. although Moscow wire
less messages filed in plain language
apparently ordered the cessation OF
fighting by the soviet armies to
coincide with the beginning of the
armistice meeting last night. it is as
serted in French quarters here that
a secret code wireless order from
Moscow gave instructions to the So
Wet commanders to keep pushing
their offensive violently.
This alleged secret order is declared
to have been deciphered by the French
code experts at Warsaw. 1t is as
serted it informed The soviet COM
nanders that the bolshevik negotia-
tors would delay handing over the
armistice terms until August 4. and
that meanwhile the armistice nego-
tiations were to be conducted IN
routine manner.
Poles Cross Into Germany.
[ PARIS, July 3l-The crossing Of
Polish detachment into German ter
ritory. where ii was disarmed. is re-
ported by lie Journal in its late edi-
tion tonight.
The detachment which crossed TO
escape pursuit by Russian cavalry.
entered East Prussia TO the west OF
Schinezyn. the newspaper states. The
arms carried by the Poles were taken
from them by the German police.
Berlin Wants More Troops.
BERLIN. July 3I.-The allied troops
in the plebiscite. area. according to
semi official comm unication, have
been withdrawn from the frontier.
Polish detachments which have cross
ed into Germany have been disarmed
by the security police.
In view of the increasing difficulty
of the situation. the government mas
asked the president of the peace con-
ference in Paris to reply to its recent
note seeking permission for Germany
to take necessary measures to main
tain neutrality on the eastern frontier
as the forces there now are not sufii-
cient for protection. The military
authorities in the frontier region have
been instructed to act as circum
stances warrant.
The arrival of additional Polish
troops and their stay in the eastern
area. it is pointed out. might lead
TO undesirable consequences. and the
entente therefore has been asked TO
Mace shipping at Germany's disposal
in order 10 facilitate the transport
of her troops.
Front Half Former Length.
BERLIN, July 3'.-The correspond
ent of the .Berliner Neueste Nachrich-
ten who returned today to Lych, nine
miles north of the Russian frontier
from a tour of the territory between
the frontier and Suwaiki. reports that
only fragmen tary detachments of the
Polish army were encountered north
of Ossovetz.
According to the correspondent, the
Polish front is at present only hait
its former length. TIE Russian army
was composed of only two infantry
and two cavalry divisions, the former
made up of 5000 men each and the
latter of 1900. Hc said that Polish
stragglers WHOM, j encountered were
mostly youths.
The newspaper correspondent estl-
mated that the Polish volunteer army.
which was 100000 strong at the be
ginning of the campaign, is at pres
ent so 900 strong.
The German communist organ. the
Red Flag, claims ii is reliably IN
formed that the entente is actively
engaged in organizing Polish relief
expeditions in the occupied territory
and that army units have been or
ganized under the pretext that they
were to relieve force5 in the plebiscite