Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW, August II Il ann
The Russian pressure upon Warsaw
has been relieved. according to the
official Polish communique, just Is
sued. The statement reported that
Gen. Pilsudski directed the counter
stroke that effected this relief
Allied officers reported last night
that the soviet forces were falling
back in confusion.
the statement says the bolsheviki
who had planned to cross the Vistula
southeast of Warsaw, in the region
of Maciejowice (thirty-five miles
from the capitaD, were forced back
The right wing of the fourth Po-
Hsh army. in breaking the soviet re-
sistance at Kock (thirty-two miles
south of Siedlcs). took 200 Russians
prisoner. and captured some cannon
and fourteen machine guns.
1federn Weapons at Frent.
There were renewed signs, at the
front that the French were taking q
more prominent part in the guidance
of the Polish army. Gen. Weygand
for the new tactics now being en-
ployed to repel the invaders.
Modern implements of war -un-
dreamed of in the days of Kosciuszko
and other defenders of Warsaw were
being brought into play today against
the invaders of Poland from the east.
There were airplanes sailing away
on bombing raids. tanks which had
seen service in France and cannon
which, with one shot, could shatter
some of Warsaw's buildings. which
have stood more than $50 years
There were also armored speed boats
on the Vistula, equipped with ma
chine guns. the dread of modern day
soldiers. n
Implements of these types are not
some. with other types in addition
many of which were supplied by the
allies, according to agreement. Dur
ing today tanks crept through the
streets, heartening the population
At intervals, too, marched fresh in
fantry just from the training quar-
ters.
Many Russ Prisoners Arrive.
Late this afternoon detachment OF
gaily attired lancers of the kind which
are famous in Polish history, passed
through to the front. singing. They
were mounted on horses, some of which
few weeks ago were dragging car
riages about the streets of the city the
lancers were going to defend.
Great numbers Of Russian soviet nris-
oners reached Warsaw Sunday after
noon. some of whom had been In bat
tie the same morning. They came in
groups OF twenty or thirty and some
times in droves of hundreds, attractine
crowds of the capitals residents out fol
q Sunday afternoon stroll. The pris-
Oners were uniformed in dull ash-col.
ored Jumpers and trousers, bearing re.
semblance to laborers' emerging from 9
steel mill.
The sound of cannon was plainly aud.
fble in the distance. but it was distinctI,
that Of field artillery. Spiteful explosion,
OF III shells were frequent, but tht
heavy bombing of 210s, 380s and 420.
was absolutely lacking. giving the i'm.
preston OF miniature war as com.
pared with the connonading on the
French front in 1915
Still Hold warsaw.
LONDON, August 17.-warsaw /.
still being held by the Poles, so ia,
As dispatches received here disclos,
the situation. The latest soviet Rus
sian communique does not claim tn,
city is captured. while the Polish of
ficiai statement of Monday repre.
sented the defenders of the Polish
capital making successful resis. ae.
reports of the city'S fall announced
officially on Sunday by the bolshe
Wiki staf at Wilma, where the new,
was celebrated, according to a Koynf
dispatch to the London Times, by ;
great demonstration. are not con.
f1rmed from any source, and are vir
tually discredited by the Times. whic,
alone prints them. All special ad
Tjces-none of which. however. ar,
dated later than Sunday-concur i,
the statement that Warsaw was the,
held by the Poles, who according I,
some of these reports. were fghtin,
SO stiff1y and successfully that tn
menace to the city was decreasing.
Evacuation Not Begun.
Russian attacks, however, were be
ing constantly renewed, and their Sc
verify was dwelt upon by all dis
patches, the struggle being said to b
specially fierce in and around Rad
zymin. which had changed hands nv
times and was at last reports held b.
the Poles.
The influence of French assistanc
In directing the defense of Warsaw i
mentioned in some reports. and it il
stated that the approach of additiona
French help may lend hopeful as
pect to the Polish resistance. Thi
prospect, however, is not universally
accepted. and in some quar- nrs tn
fall of Warsaw is declared to be onl
matter of hours. The transfer O
Sunday, but the governments actua
departure from the capital is not as We
reported.
In the meantime the Russian armie
are rapidly progressing through tn
Polish corridor and are said to b
within fifty miles of Danzig. Moth
ing is known of the peace negotia
tions at Minsk beyond the statemen
made by Earl Curzon. secretary o
state for foreign affairs. in the hous
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