Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-13
CITY HUMMING WITE[
WAR PREPARATIONS
Poles savasely Contest Every Foot Of
Ground and Hope to Prevent Gap
tice - Mission to Meet eols'hsvik
voys Arc Negotiating For A''inis-
tios Miscion TO Meet Bolshevik
Representatives Saturday.
BY Associated Press.

sian soviet forces which are attack
Ing the Polish lines northeast and
east OF this city have reached a point
twenty five miles from Warsaw. A
state OF seige has been declared bere
by the military governor. Civilians
are not permitted on the streets after
10 o'clock at night, and cafes must
close at 9 o'clock.
The determination Of the bolsreviki
to press onward to Warsaw showed
itself at various points along tie
f;attle line today, there being land
to- hand fighting in many instances.
The Poles savagely defended their
positions and contested every foot
OF ground given up to the invaders.
Fighting was reported today with,
I in thirty miles of the capital. It was
said Pultusk changed hands seuaral
.trsnes, and last accounts were that
fighting was going on in the streets.
4 The Poles were holding the west bank
asof the Narew, river at this Ipint,
attng of the bolsheviki from the
north and hurting back other enemy
i forces which were trying to cross
( the river.
Preparations For Defense.
Warsaw hummed tonight with mil :
itary activity, hut only soldiers and
officers were allowed In the STREETS.
4 Preparations for the defense OF 'vyar-
1 gasy Nere heing made, and lights
burned Until late IN the war loffice,
md the foreign office, where affairs OF
state were being discussed. The
terms and conditions to be carried
'by the Polish delegates who will
meet the soviet representatives on
Saturday to discuss peace prelirain-
aries were also being drafted.
It was decided late tonight hat
two American and two British news
paper correspondents, as well as sew
eral Polish. French, italian and
Spanish journalists, will accompany
the peace delegation to the eastward
on Saturday Just how long the dele
cation will remain at Minsk, or
wherever the conference will lie held
is unknown, but diplomats here said
tonight they expected the conference
\ would last four or five days longer.
/. Plano For Peace Farley.
The Associated Press will be repre-
=
effort will be made to send daily dis
patches either by the wireless te,e.
graph or by the daily courier to Mos
COW from the scene of the neg0tia-
tons.
It was announced today that ont
going personal messages would not
he accepted at the telegraph eff; &C
here. This is military measure to
prevent the possibility Of news of
troop movements getting out. Besides
/ this, the officials wish to devote ali
the wires to government business, for
I the most part because of the crisis
brought about by the soviet advance.
Soviets In No Hurry For Peace.
Responsibility for continuanc,e Of
the fighting in Poland was today
placed upon the Russian soviet gov
Z ernment by Prince Sapieha, Polish
foreign minister, In a telegram. sent
1 to Sir Eric Drummond general Sec
retary of the league of nations The
foreign ministers telegram follows:
As member OF the league Of ma
I tions, the Polish government thinks
il Is the duty to officially inform, the
league that the attitude of the Rus
sian soviet government has made a
/ cessation OF hostilities impossible.
This is true, notwithstanding the
fact that the Polish governments
declaration to the supreme council
on July 8 emphasized its desire for
peace. and notwithstanding reiterat-
ed efforts to obtain an armistic,s and
ia Just and lasting treaty.
Poles Winning in South.
Polish successes on the so1,ffern
front, where the Russians have been
pushing for Lemberg, are reported in
tonights official communique. The
Polish Icavalry and infantry have
ousted the bolsheviki from Rlizie-
choff, Lopatyn. stanyhtavezyl and
Toporoff.