The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-09-21

Rumania frontier yesterday was
American Ambassador Anthony J. D..
Biddle, his wife and daughter.
A second batch of men was called
to arms in Great Britain. 1t is not
known how many men Great Britain
now has under arms or how many men
have been sent to France, but early in
the summer some information about
planes for a British expeditionary
force was made public.
Under the program instituted by
Leslie Hore-Belisha, British War Min
lister, it was proposed to form an
eXpeditionary force which would COM
prise thirteen infantry divisions, three
armored divisions with tanks, three
motorized territorial divisions, two
territorial cavalry brigades and a
number of unbrigaded units composed
of regulars and territorials.
SUNDAY-Squeezed between vic
torious German forces on the west AMI
advancing Russian troops on the east,
what was left of Poland yesterday
gave signs of imminent collapse.
President Ignace Moscicki, head of
the Polish Republic, fled across the
border into Rumania. Poland's State
archives and gold reserve are now in
Rumania, and 1872 Polish planes landed
during the day in Cernauti. Pilots and
crews were informed by Rumanian
authorities.
The fate of Warsaw remained in
doubt as the German High Command
announced that German commanders
were awaiting a Polish delegation
from the beleaguered city under flag
of truce.
In Berlin it was freely predicted
that the complete surrender of Poland
was only a matter of hours.
Russian Advance
After crossing the Polish border at
daybreak Russian troops advanced in
to Poland along an 8OO-mile front.
Scattered reports indicated that they
were meeting with little resistance.
From Riga, Latvia, it was reported
that there was little Polish resistance
Principal Russian columns were be-
lieved to be keeping close to the rail-
road lines leading eastward across
Poland
German Successes
Germans reported the capture of
Kutno, important Polish city seventy
five miles west of Warsaw; of Deblin,
seventy-fve miles southeast of War
saw, and of the citadel of Brest-Lit.
ovsk, northeast of the capital. Ger
man reports claimed the capture Of
substantial quantities of prisoners
and artillery, together with many
grounded planes.
While the strategic situation of
Warsaw appeared virtually hopeless,
the city still CHARTERED large portion
of the Polish army, capable Of putting
up a desperate resistance if a sur
render is not negotiated.
Western Front
On the Western front the French re.
ported that they were holding their
position in the Saar region after hav-
ing repulsed two forceful German at
tacks.
In the Saarbrucken sector, the
French said, they repulsed wave after
wave of attackers seeking to force the
Allies back from their newly won po-
sitions.
The French General Staff reported
that the Germans were shifting whole
divisions and large air force units
from Poland to the West.
War At Sea
War continued on the high seas as
Britain reported the loss of two more
ships. Both were said to have been tor
pedoed A Norwegian motorship was
revealed to have been destroyed by a
mine off the Dutch coast with the loss
of seventeen lives, including those of
two American passengers.
The American State Department an
nounced that twenty-eight Americans
were believed killed in the sinking of
the Athena two weeks ago.
MONDAY - Russian and German
troops met in Poland yesterday. The
two invading army commands were
reported making plans for joint occu-
patton of the country.
The official German news agency re-
ported yesterday that the attack upon
Warsaw had been resumed. During
the period since 10 Sunday night hos
tilities had been suspended around the
city.
Air Force Released
The Germans consider the Police
campaign so nearly successful that
they have released the air force from
it's task in the east and sent many
units to the Western front.
II is thought that the German army