The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-03
POLISH
BULWARK IS
CRuMBLINC
Reds Weldin g Iron Ring
Around Capital of Poland;
Armistice Negotiations Are
Delayed, Advice.
AMER|CANS WARNED
(By Associated Press)

dllleu STANDPOINT, is approaching a
crisis
The Polish delegation which went to
Baranovitchi to negotiate an armis-
t1ce not only failed to obtain terms
from the Russians, but was sent back
TO warsaw by the soviet authorities,
who demanded that the emissaries OBJ
tain mandate to take. up peace ne
gotiations.
rms Will delay even the beginning
or the armistice negotiations until
tomorrow at the earliest.
Polish Resistance Falling
Meanwhile, the resistance of the
Polish army. which apparently had
been stiffening. has again relaxed
under the tremendous pressure of the
Bolshevik armies
Warsaw. from which the Russians
now are only sixty miles distant.
seems critically menaced, if not
doomed to capture. Americans re-
naming there have received official
intimation that they stay at their own
risk.
Coincident with the serious military
developments comes an announcement
from Moscow that a soviet govern
ment has been set up in the portions of
Poland which the Bolsheviki have
overrun.
WARSAW, Aug. 3.-Brest-Litovsk
the last great fortress guarding War
saw from the east, has apparently
fallen before a tremendous assault by
the Russian Bolsheviki.
North of that place, soviet forces
have smashed their way forward in
. tl,nir 1y-Sy
60 miles east of this city.
Over front of 12O miles Polish ar
mics are being pounded to pieces be-
fore the rush of Bolshevik hordes
which are being hurled into the battle
in desperate attempt to capture War
saw before the conclusion of the ar
| mistice conference at Kobryn.
Reinforcements are everywhere be-
ing hurried to the front by the Rus
slams to complete the defeat of the
Poles before hostilities are halted.
Have an Excellent Road.
An official statement issued late last
night showed the soviet armies had
reached a line running from Kossaki
to Ciechanawicz, which is only 60
miles from this city, with which it is
connected by an excellent automobile
highway.
Great masses of Bolsheviki have
| been flung against the Polish breast
works defending the part of Brest-
Litovsk east of the river Bug. Fugi-
tives who arrived here last night from
that city reported the soviet forces
were in control of the eastern half of
the town. 1t is officially admitted the
Russians have reached Mielnika, north
east of Brest-Litovsk.
Far to the southeast, near Broly, the
ROlcheviki have rushed reinforcements
! in to the line and it is expected ter
rife attack will be launched there for
the purpose of capturing Lemberg be-
| fore an armistice is declared.
Soviets Advance in North.
| On the northern sector, soviet troops
have advanced and have reached the
region of Ostrolensk, which is but so
miles from Warsaw. Cavalry regi-
ments from the extreme tip Of the
right wing of the advancing Bolshevik
line and here, too, fresh forces are
/ being brought up.
Apparently it is planned to carry the
drive much nearer this city before
! Wednesday, the earliest date set by
the soviet plenipotentiaries for reach
! ing a decision relative to an armistice
| with Poland.
The Bolsheviki" said last nights Of
! ficial statement, have reached. the
line running through Kossaki, Kazo-
wiecz, VysZonki, Koscielne and Ciecha-
novice.
Mention A Big Advance.
"On the northern front, the line
from Ostrolenka to the Pressian from
tier is unchanged. In the region of
Lomza, the Poles are making a stand
against Soviet cavalry. but fresh
ni,,f0
! thrown into the fight southwest of the
city"
Mention Of Ostrolenka was the first
| intimation that the Bolsheviki had
passed the river PISA. Ostrolenka is
southwest Of Lomza.
Applications for passport vises by
persons wishing to leave Warsaw have
more than doubled at the American
consulate since the beginning of the
soviet offensive. Consulate employees
worked all day Sunday and did not
leave their desks until late at night
and today 1t was stated that upward
Of 5000 vises are passed upon each
week. Most of the applicants are wo-
men and children who have friends in
America Many of these have previ-
ously planned to cross the Atlantic,
and the recent Bolshevik activity has
their desire to depart. Many are ref
ugees from districts which few
weeks ago were west of the Polish
lines, but which are now held by the
soviet armies.
WARSAW, Aug. 3-News of the
progress of armistice negotiations be-
tween Polish and Russian Bolshevik
representatives awaited impatiently
by Warsaw today but no reports had
been received.
In the meantime, reports from the
front were not as encouraging as they
had been for several days, and many
foreigners continued to prepare to
leave the city in the event of its i'm
minent capture by the soviet armies
Word was passed around Americans
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