New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-06
Poles Stop
Red Drive
On Capital
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the advance of the Reds. Prepara-
tons however, are being made to meet
the invaders at the outskirts of War
saw: II 1t be necessary, home guard
having been organized to defend the
bridges approaching the CITY.
Meanwhile the Poles have accented
the invitation of the Reds to send
emlssarles to Minsk to resume discus
sion OF the proposed armistice.
Closer approach of the Soviet armies
to Warsaw is reported in Wednesdays
Russian official statement, received
from Moscow to-day. The occupation
or Lomza and of points on the Warsaw
blalystok Railroad and its neighbour
hood is reported as are further adj
vances by tho Bolsheviki southeast of
the Polish capital. The statement
reads:
"On Wednesday we occupied Lomza.
"azovletske and also Shepetovo
Station and number of points further
westward
after fierce fighting we occupied
echanoviets, eighty eight miles
southwest. of Grodno, and advanced
toward the Bug and the mouth of
the River Nuretz. In the direction of
Sledlce we have broken the onemy's
fierce resistance. In the Tarnapol and
ChertkOH regions we are driving back
the Poles to the River Stripa.'
PARIS, Aug. 5 (By The Associated
Press INSPIRED BY wave of patriot
ism in the rear and encouraged by the
arrival of arms and munitions, the
Polish army seems to be stiffenng in
It's defense against the invasion of
the Bolsheviki, who are virtually at the
gates Of Warsaw
Chance to Stop Drive
Although but vague and somewhat
contradictory reports have reached
Paris to-day, it is regarded here to-
night that the Poles still have a chance
of stopping the Red drive and limiting
the extent of the disaster. They an
parently have not altogether aban-
doncd the line of the Bug River. The
Brest-Litovsk forts at last accounts
were still in the possession of the
Poles, and denial is made that the Boil
! sheviki have reached Ostrolenko. The
Polish staff even has been able to launch
Two counter offensives, in the north in
the region Of Lomza and in the extreme
south in Galicia.
Another factor held by military OBJ
servers to favor the Poles is that in
view of the imperfect transport Of the
Bolsheviki their rate of progress neCes-
sarily must decrease as the length of
their line of communication increases.
Tie Allies have not yet, so far as is
known, decided on what course to pur-
sue in the Polish situation. but ex-
changes of views were going on all dav
to-day between the Paris and London
governments.
Near the Prussian border Bolshevik
forces have occupied Kolno, eighteen
miles northwest of Lomza, and have at
tackled the fortress of Ostrolenka,
! twcnty-t wo miles southwest of Lomza.
( The Poles were reported to be making
stand at the latter place.
On the northern sector Of the front,
where the Soviet armies have been
plunging ahead in an effort to reach
the corridor connecting Poland with
the Baltic, the Poles are said to have
won local successes.
A statement covering the events of
yesterday would seem to indicate the
Bolhevik advance in the region Of
Mlawa has been checked, temporarily at
least.
WARSAW, Aug. S CBy The Asso-
ciated Press .-Poland's newly ap-
pointed Council of Defense has sent a
wireless dispatch to Moscow informing
was ready to send a peace delegation
to Mnsk Two conditions were laid
down by the council. They were
That Polish delegates be permitted
to communicate freely with the War
saw government, and that the Soviet
government agrees to accept in prin-
ciple the terms Poland will propose.
General Romer and his colleagues on
the armistice commission will carry
i
power to engage in negotiations pre-
lminary to a treaty OF peace, as well
as to arrange for an armisticc.
The Polish commission arrived here
this morning from Baranovitchi, where
1T was confronted with the Sovlet's de-
mand for the initiation of peace con-
versations. 1t at once reported 30 the
Council of Defence and the Cabinet
and narrated the story OF its expert
diately decided 70 acede to the Boil
shevik demands and send the commits
sion TO pace conference at Minsk.
Poles Ask for Aid
The Polish government has asked
the members of the Franco British
mission to return respectively tc
Paris and London, lay the real situa
ton in Poland before their govern.
ments and give their opinion as re
CARDS suitable aid.
Russian Soviet armies driving
against the Polish lines defending
Warsaw are maintaining an average
progress of six miles DAY IN the
direction of this city
They are being held in the south
however, and in some places are being
pushed back from the districts east OF
Lcmberg which is one of the objectives
of their present campaipn
To-day's official statement issued a
, general staff headquarters declares the
Poles have retaken the town of Brody
near the Galican frontier, and hav,