New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01
French Mission Reports
Negotiations Are Being
Conducted at Suwalki:
Allies III 0 ] q Ground
Olish Truce Envovs
Meet BOIsheyiki
Soviet Troops Now Men.
ace Warsaw; Secret Or
ders Direct Offensive

PARIS, July 81 (By The Associated
Press)- Bolshevii troops, pursuing the
defeated Poles, have reached the East
Prussian frontier and are fraternizing
with the Germans, according to re-
port from the French Military Mission
at Warsaw.
The mission says it understands the
Germans and Bolsheviki are negotiating
at Suwalki. The northern vino of the
Bolshevik army now is menacino War
saw directly from the north as we'll as
from the east. The Bolsheviki are now
twenty-five miles southwest of Bialy-
stok.
The Bolshevik, line extends from Su
walk, fifty miles northwest of Grodno
more than siXtr miles to point almost
directly north OF Warsaw. The Boil
shevIkl have not actually crossed the
borders of Allen3tein and Marienwcr-
der
Allied Troops to Remain
The Allied troops in Allenstein and
MarlenWe order, which are mostly French
Wlii be held there until the situation
c ears, though the plebiscite duties have
been completed. General Romer. COM
mander of the 1st Polish Army. which
suffered most severelv in tie vital re-
elon northeast Of Warsaw. has been
relieved and General joseph Halter has
been given supreme command Of the
nothern group of armies.
The advancement of General Halter.
who commanded the Polish divisions in
France and is French -trgined. is the
first step in the reorganization of The
Polish army which US begun by the
Anglo-French mission yesterday. All
the important technical services are
being taken over by French officers
and advisers and large authority has
been placed with all the stats.
On the Galican front Polish coun-
ter-oifensive IS being organized. Three
Polish armist,e delegates left Warsaw
yesterday. They are General Romer,
Colonel Sollohub, who negotiated sue
cessfully with the Bolshevki at Muir
mansk, and NJ. Wrobewski, Vice Minis
ter of the Council.
Firms Resume Conference
Finland and the Russian Soviet gov
eminent have resumed the Dorpat con
ference over several disputed districts,
which was broken off recently.
The mission reports the morale of
the Polish army stiffencd remarkably
during the last week because of the
mission s arrival. news of muniton en-
route and the fact of Allied support.
The mission SAYS that only the Bolshe-
vik cavalry now is effective, the infan-
try being worthless.
The capture by the Bolshcviki yes
terday of Craievo. thirty-seven miles
southwest of Suwalki, also is reported
by the mission.
The armistice negotiations between
the Polish and Soviet Russian forces
are now actually under way, according
to advices reaching here, but it is said
the action thus far has been restricted
to the routing preliminaries.
Moscow Continues Offensive
Meanwhile, although Moscow wire
less messages filed in plain language
apparently ordered the cessation of
fighting by the Soviet armies to coin
eide with the beginning of the armis-
tce meeting last night, it is asserted
in French quarters here that a secret
code wireless order from Moscow gave
instruction to the Soviet commanders
to Keep pushing their offensive vio-
lently.
This alleged secret order is declared
to have been dcciphered by the French
code experts at Warsaw. 1t is as
serted it informed the Soviet com
manders that the Bolshevik negotia-
tons would delay handing over the
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