Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
GUARANTEE
TO RUSSIAN SOVIET
AIDS RIGA PARLEy
Poles Soon to Start to Meet
Reds in Peace Con-
ference.
By the Associ.te,i Pness.

WARSAW, September s-Letvia
has given the necessary guarantees
to the Russian soviet government,
and as result bolshevik peace
delegation will go to Riga to meet
Polish representatives. Prince Sap
ieha. Polish foreign minister, was
fnetined today by George Tchitcherin,
Russian bolsheyik minister OF for.
Ieign affairs. The latter. however, did
not mention the date when the soviet
representatives would leave Moscow.
Alexander Lados. secretary of the
Polish delegation during the Minsk
conference. said the Polish delegates
way of Danzig, from which port
they would take a steamer to Libau
From there, he said, they would go
to Riga by railroad.
According to present plans the
Polish delegates will leave for Riga
ted in political circles that the date
Of their departure may be further
postponed.
Long PaF1ey Seen.
The returning delegates and others
say it is likely that the Riga con-
ference may continue for months
The soviets are apparently losing in
terest in the territorial questions, and.
it is reported, are willing to concede
to the Poles the old German Russian
trench line positions without much
quibbling.
The essential problem for discus
sion, in the view of the soviets, is
trade relations with England and
Germany through Poland and the re-
establishment of the worlds diplo-
matte relations.
Polish Successea.
Successes by Polish troops against
Russian bolsheviki on the front south of
Brest-Litovsk are reported in an officiai
statement issued here. 1t is stated that
soviet forces operating between Ka-
mionka a-Strumilova and Bysk have been
defeated with heavy loss and that Polish
troops have crossed to the eastern bank
of the Bug and occupied JaklanowKa,
crushing enemy forces concentrated in
that vicinity. Prisoners numbering
about 200 have been taken in this ac-
ton, it is said.
Bolshevik columns attacking the Pol
ish lines south of Bysk have been re-
pulsed by brilliant counter attacks, and
fighting continues between Chedrow and
Rohatin. Polish forces which had been
compelled to withdraw slightly in this
section have begun a new advance. The
situation along the Dniester river is
calm. the statement declares.
Check Lithuanian Advance.
WARSAW, September 7.-An Off
cial communication issued today says
the advance of the Lithuanians in the
north has been checked. Polish cav
airy detachments stopped the further
advance OF the Lithuanians after
some fighting. The Poles took dur
ing the action 200 prisoners. six ma
chine guns. six field kitchens and
forty carts and horses.
In the fighting in the south with
the bolsheviki the communication re-
ports a further retreat by the boil
of Brubieszow, where the bolsheviki
were defeated with losses.
Polish successes also are announced
on the Lemberg front. the Poles Cross
ing the Bug river between. Kamionka
and Strumlyowa and smashing a red
concentration in the region of Jablou-
waka. One hundred and fifty prison
ers were taken.
Red Troops Evacuate City.
LONDON. September 9.-Russian
bolshevik forces fighting against the
Poles southeast of Brest-Litovsk have
evacuated the city of Brubieszow,
thirty miles west of the Bug river. un-
der pressure from Polish troops. says
an official statement issued in Moscow
yesterday and received here by WIRE
less. The statement admits soviet
troops in that region have been with
drawn to the. eastern bank of the
Bug river.
the statement, "our troops debouched
in the region of the River Lesna.
East of Brest-Litovsk and in the Lem
berg region stubborn fighting con-
tinues."
The withdrawal of detachment of
the army of Gen. Wrangel. anti-bol-
shevik copmander in south Russia,
which had landed on the coast of the
Sea of Azov, also is reported, the
statement saying:
"On the coast of the Sea of Azoy
the remnants Of the enemy's defeated
army embarked under the cover of
naval guns"
League to Consider Plea.
LONDON, September S.-The Polish
appeal for mediation in her dispute
with Lithuania will be considered at
the next meeting of the council of the |
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