New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
Poles and Reds
Seek New Base
For Conference
Former Favor Riga, While
Russians Urge Transfer
of Minsk Negotiations
to Some City in Esth,lnia
Fighting Renewed in East
Work of American Airmen
Is Reported Effective in
Destroying Morale of Foe

negotiations will be shifted from
Mnsk. the Soviets and Poles having
agreed to transfer. The Poles de
mand that the negotiations be held in
Riga Latvia, while George Tchitcherin,
the Soviet Foreign Minister, favors
some town in Esthonia.
Prince Sapeha, the Polish Foreign
Minister. left here this afternoon for
Brest-Litovsk, where on Sunday he will
confer with NJ. Dombski, head of the
Polish delegation at Minsk Word
reached the Foreign Office to-day that
NJ. Dombski had passed through the
Bolshevik lines and had been received
Dombski are both expected to reach
Brest-Litovsk late tonight.
According to word reaching Warsaw,
the Polish delegates at Minsk are
virtually prisoners and are looked upon
as spies. In addition to not getting
enough to eat. it is declared that the
food they receive does not suit their
taste. However, their chief complaint
Is in lack of communication.
The Brest-Litovsk conference will
have to do with the progress Of the
Minsk negotiations. of which Warsaw
processes to have no knowledge owing
to difficulties of communication.
The American note to Poland relative
to the American views concerning any
Polish advance beyond the cthnological
frontier has been received. In diplo
matte circles the note is considered in
line with the American policy as set
forth in Secretary Colby's note to italy
of which the delegates at Minsk had
been informed Every day the Minsk
conference continues increases the hope
in diplomatic circles that it may event
ually lead to peace, or at least an armls
tice
A number of Polish and French cor
respondents, who already had made sew
eral attempts to reach Mnsk. started
for that place again on Friday. The
previous trips had failed owing to au-
tomoble troubles American and Eng
lish correspondents who twice started
for Minsk, have abandoned the trip
owing 10 automobile breakdowns.
Polish artillery has decimatcd the
principal column OF retreating Soviet
forces on the northeastern front,
catching the Bolsheviki at short range.
according to an official statement issued
here. More than coo men. including
two general staff officers and eleven
line officers. have been captured.
Amonp the killed was the commander
of the 57th Boishevik division and his
chief Ct staff.
Heavy Fighting East of Bug
Detachments of the Polish Cd Legion
Division which are fighting east of
the Bug River, near Brest-Litovsk, have
become engaged in an energetic defen-
sive action in anticipation Of a Soviet
attack AGAINST thot cifl,
Par. Of the Sd Russian Soviet cavalry
corps and a detacbment Of infantry 'S'1.ry
are still west Of KoIono. near tho F,aSt
Prussian border. trying TO fight their
way through the Polish forces.
took 5000 prisoners and cantnred
three guns.
The pursuing Polish sr-nics have re-
taken Ossowiec and C.a .yo. 10 the
northwest of Bialystof. and are con-
tinuing eastward toward Xoritzvn
Sokolk;i, Gorodoc. Mianaroyka and
Kohr,., .',. ''I:'' ~ ~ oILecoion OF
region tho polos cantnrod = ooa a' pna ,'as
sian soldiers bclon~ing 70 tbo saviat
reinforcernrte '''s ~ '''e 'oN'e'
o., no so,,,ho.u su..
here Tho poies ba,.n Vl., Isio"nu 4, Len
skirts Of Krosre ava io1.e .lie ou',
Przemvslanv IN tba Sa,,,L,-4 picu
hero ~ '''' s0"'"e"S0 OIL Lem
Dpp1nr
~ .-'-Ni aug Ao.--A special dis
p@~O" " o'e roS, from ITS koenigs-
. p 0oIrespohdent. says the Bolshe-
& sil-i nave uheNpectedly I. sumed at
.eOh i,s ne correspondent saws he
IS informed that new detachments of
we lelrograd guards are advancing
on Lomza.
ne states report that General
budenny, Bolshevik cavalry COM
in"'iu'r' mas oeen wounded Is denied
eral still is in active commend
~
A',NpVN, Aug. % BY The Asso-
Grated Iress). Fighting continues be-
tween the Poles and Russian Soviet
forces IN the outskirts of Rrest-
L1toVSk, on the Bug River. 12O miles
70 the east of Warsaw. saws the Soviet
oy wireless to-day. The statement
.lin +h -
rronno3; Ime HeihDcrg region hghtlng is
there j. iorco 81, G',h '',e Cr'uaean sector
and Oriekhov regions i>''e4 SUI
Onlv "a ooo 'ts'o';S, p5'';sn p.,.n,
diers have +a,'.f r, notsreN * sol,
been internoa ano.,d;' l;"s' l fusS'a ana
announrement n,aGo ,VD' Ing 10 d" ohlc'at
dispatch ia tbn E> -. ioe''ir, ~ says
COMPANY from tbaf c;t', p"
The Pucso'pol;s,,
at M;nsk ,,.ara o''a,t oort;.p pe'Se "eEoO'a'lons $