The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-11
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POLES FLEE
AMID PANIC
People Storm Trains to
Escape as Enemy Forces
Encircle City.
(BULLETIN.)

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Washington, Aug. II. - (By
the Associated Press.)-PolaIl
In an official proclamation IL.
sued at Warsaw has solemnly
warned the world that II she Is
Overthrewn by the Russian Dol.
sheviki her full will be due not
only to "Overbearing might"
but to the indifference Of 4
word which calls itself demo-
cratic.'"
Paris. Aug. 11.-(by the Assoc;at-
ed Press)-The Russians now are
occupying a stretch of "A miles Of
the direct railway line between
Warsaw and Danzig and a large
force is pushing across the Danzig
corridor to cut the remaining rail
road, according to the French for
eign office today.
Warsaw, Aug. 10.-(6:20 p. m. by
the Associated Pressl--A feeling OF
intense apprehension has spread
through the city as reports circu-
late that the enemy is gradually
drawing nearer and Is attempting q
huge encircling movement. Crowds
are striving to leave the city by all
available means, carts, automobiles
and few remaining trains.
/ The railway station is besieged
by an excited throng.
The difficulties are increasing BY
absence Of any statement from the
government as to what 10 to be
done. There are absolutely no ar
rangements to look after individ-
uals seeking to escape from the
threatened development. Tho for
eign legations are gone, 90 that for
eigners must SHIFT TOR themselyeA
+ Mobs Fight Train Guards.
i Travel by trains is almost eus.
pended owing to the glut OF mili.
tary operations and the derange-
ment caused by the enemy cuttfnS
branch lines. 1t has been a physt-
cal struggle for days to gain en-
trance to the railway platforms
Guards hold back the struggling.
gesticulating masses.
People fight for standing room on
the trains, or for places on the
roofs of cars, or for the privilege OF
hanging onto the car couplings. II
is grim picture Of tense conditions
as the enemy draws near.
), Poles TO Try Counter Attack.
Warsaw, Aug. 10-(By Associ-
ated Press. "A concentration and
regrouping of the Polish forces fol
an extensive counterstroke on the
entire Warsaw front Is reported By
today's newspapers.
The plans are, it is said, to begir
, this countermove within fev
days. Military men express th'
opinion that this is a propitiou'
time to strike back in an effort t
drive off the soviet forces wnicl
are endeavoring to encircle thu
capital
Fall Draws Near.
London, Aug. 1l-(United Press.
Fall of Warsaw cannot be stave
d of much longer, unless the Polls
8 and Russian delegates agree to en-
!, hostlities at today's Minsk confer
ence, dispatches from the front In
dicated.
: Messages from various point
: near the fighting zone, relayed vi
: Berlin, said the Poles were not sel
iously resisting the Bolsheviki an!
u where. On the southern front the
= retreat was described as "hasty
!. At many points there, opposiI
!. armies lost contact, due to x
Al Poles swift withdrawal. Red ca
airy was scouting between Il
- II lines, gathering in Polish stra
,, glers. The roads over which u
e e Poles fell back were reported II
, . tered with abandoned war mate
ys ial.
, - An official communique fro
Moscow said the Russians were a
20 vancing rapidly on all sectol
,s ,s They had occupied Sokoloff. 4
g statement said. had forced the riv
- Narew 40 miles from Warsaw, al
n were gradually encircling the ca
a ital from the north"