Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-14
ROAR OF ARTILLERY
HEARD IN WARSAW AS
FORCES NEAR CITY
Enemy Not Yet Close Enough 20
Reach Capital With
Gunfire
ENGLISH FRENCH
TENSION lessons
By As.ociated pres, 70 Ever rvreins

~ Associated Press ~ Every Fvoning
Warsaw. Aug 70 20 m. The
Russians attacking Warsaw have worked
vel toward the resr " that rity defense
and arc attacking plonak within iufrn
miles ~ the Niatula northwest n ffr
Polish capital according % Frday night
official eDrnmuniquc avaisiio early 'nfsr
The statement SAYS the enemy r ad
vsncing toward the Novugorgi -/rrfIr
sector north n Warsaw and thai fnsrsrr n
Bolsheviki are attacking taaiclsl ll
miles northwest " Warsaw and Wrnrt
f16 miles west n Nasillel and ahrY'
miles northwest n WARSAW
The communiquc announces iha'
preliminary attack upon 'hre' pieces
repulsed by the Poies
Warsaw Avg B The -oar r ar'. .'l-r
on the battle front could Pc plain'y hcafi
in Warsaw todav Frda Thr nura.e
have brought up ar'llcr' p 'nr rerur
Rad1ymin. inst south ~ 'hr Bug rlrr
Observers rav. however traf fhr rrrr
haz not ret in position gins hr7v neh
~ reach this ritv wifh their frr
ON this northeastern fr0r' s'orr 'n-
Rialvstok road fhr RureIsr-
milas from Warsaw 'his rnor0rE nrr
papers reported
Warsaw AVG l3 Poland
delegation. consisting f iG memirrs
with military aide clerks anf sfrr Vraff
ers nne NJ whom is 3 woman prruar-.'
late tonight ~ leave for 'hr hafflr 'rrn'
meet representative ~ tho Fureia~ -rr.t
government u r until lq'p hour 'rrirht
thrre Rod bron m response from N,ar.r
n wireless dispatch naming fhr news
paupr corrrsnondnnfa who rrrr fn
company The Polish Delegation Arn0rnrr
mont was made ihaf rnrrrsuondrrfe wl'|d
not re permitted w rp tp 'ha front unless
word allowing thom % travel o4un frurn
the Bolshevlki
-Four ~ tho delegates = \ - mihtarv
oeicare. slv VIII ~ foreign ulHer rrurn.
santativee ro,rnaallpra ard adwterrz and
six viii ~ Diet leaders ~ IrnhaE'
undhr-rniniz'er III foreign aHairs viii head
the delegation
Two reuresantative= ~ The Amenran
relief organization Herachei walker ~
Philadelphia and Naurioa Psfe have
received permission frum Noseru ~
accompany The Polish ruufnissinn rs
Ninsk whore thev will confer with Bob
shevik authorities regarding tho treating
of 300 Onn children formerly Cared fnr
Nv the Arnarirans but now within ne
Belshevik lines
Members ~ ihe mission were tonight
asked hv the foreign pfiioe fo aszrnhn
az q clock Saturday morning. and b. e
probable thev viii start spon afterwarcl
toward Sindloe This SIDE ~ ~iedlre ha
dolegation. which wil show white HaEs
will meet SOVIET ropresentatfves whD rlI
escort tho Poles probably NInzk A&
tho delegates will take with them nianEets
and food supplies "a those who have teeu
within tho Bolshevk lines say f1on q a
scarcity uf prOvIslnus there Arr1 rEr-
ents have heen made f1r newspaper rorre-
spondcnts tn start saturday ann over-
take the Delegation li the soviet govern
ment approves The names ~ fhe mon -
lected here
London. Aug ~ The Russan ermv
IS continuing ts drive tp ro r0rfH
Warsaw and has closely approached 1e
River Vkra, an athuent he HuE.
which IONS hat river nee 'o 's nn-
I Auence with no Nistula near N0vugenI
glevsk. northwest IT the fnlisn spfai
II is shown in FRIDAY afhcIa statement
from Mosco.y. rcccved to-day
/ Paris tug "a Iension between .0"
/ French and British governments = r1pia'
Continued ~ paze