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Show GERMANS 1 PB WS FOES Armed Forces Gathering in Silesia Secrete Munitions in Railroad Cars WARSAW, May 20. (By tho Associated As-sociated Press.) Information indicating indicat-ing some elements in Germany are determined to help the Russian Bol-shevlkl Bol-shevlkl continues to "be received hero, It la said ln military circles. The latest report Is regarding upper Silesia whore German knned fjrxrces have boon assembling on tho borders of the ploblsclto area. IJowspapers hero today to-day published dispatches stating that 4,000 socurlty guards had arrived in upper Silesia by special train. For weoks. It Is declared, Gormans have been hauling ammunition Into Silesia hiding It beneath beets In railroad rail-road cars. Drivo Ttcds Bnclc WARSAW. May 20. Polish troops, counter-attacking Bolshevik forces on tho northern sector of tho battlo front have driven the Bovlot armies back 12 1-2 miles near Krzy7.ozopol, according ac-cording to an official statement tort hero today. Tho statement declares that on tho middle Bereslna sector tho Bolshevlkl woro repulsed when they tried to force their way across tho river. Moscow Statement LONDON, May 21. Russian troops are continuing their pursuit of the Poles ln tho region of Polotsk, on tho Dvlna rlvor, according to an official announcomont Issued ln Moscow and rocclved hero by wireless. ' Persia Appeals to Tjoagno jjuiNuuiM, way ii. jrorsia nas appealed ap-pealed to tho loaguo of nations to protect her against Bolshevik agression. agres-sion. Tho appeal, which follows tho landing of Bolshevik forces on Persian Per-sian soil from tho Caspian sea, was made through the Persian foreign minister, who la In Paris. Tho appeal alludes to tho presence of Enzell harbor of warships belonging belong-ing to tho anti-Bolshevik forces formerly for-merly operating under Genoral Donl-klno Donl-klno and maintains that Persia acted within her rights as a neutral with regard to thoso vessels. Brussiloff In Command WARSAW, May 20. (By tho Associated As-sociated Pross.) General Alexis. A. Bruslloff, former commandor-ln-chlof of Russian armies, Is understood to have assumed command of tho Bol-Bhevlk Bol-Bhevlk offcnslvo against Poland. In Polish military circles they say tho soviet attack Is, designed to overrun Lithuania and extend tho Bolshevik front westward to East Prussia. Why Not Call on 1cnjnio LONDON, May 20. Tho govornment govorn-ment was forced today Into a lengthy statement ln tho house of commons which took tho nature of a defence regarding Its Polish attitude. This came aftor Donald MacLean had criticised criti-cised tho government's action ln sending send-ing war materials to Poland and had pleaded that tho loaguo of nations bo brought into existence at once. Lord Robert Cecil had also demanded de-manded why tho league of nations-had nations-had not been called In to avert tho new Russo-Pollsh war. Andrew Bonar Law In behalf of the government, declared Great Britain had no deslro to make war on soviet Russia. The way to got rid of tho soviot governmont and to create a reasonable reason-able situation ln Russia was to allow tho Russian people in the first place to work out their own salvation. It ! was by tho opening up of trade, much more than by armament that the Bolshevist Bol-shevist government could be put down. - . rrt - 1 |