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Show Soviet Russia Orders More Army Reserves MOSCOW, Sept. 20 (AP) Soviet Russia was reported authoritatively au-thoritatively today to have called up more army reservists, although al-though the number was not disclosed. . Unofficial sources Intimated they4 were sent to some sector of the western frontier, beyond which red army forces were officially announced an-nounced aa having occupied the Industrial city of Lwow (Lemberg) In the southeast Polish Ukraine. At the same time, soviet and German officers started conferences confer-ences arising from their Joint military mili-tary occupation of Poland: German communiques for several sev-eral days had aaid that German troops had penetrated to Lwow ouukirta on three sides of the city. Lwow Is in southeastern Poland. The same war communique which told of entry of soviet Russian Rus-sian troops Into Lwow also said Russians had captured Wllno (Vilnai in northeast Poland, near the Lithuanian border, after a "two-hour battle." Four German officers arrived yesterday to assist the German military attache In Moscow, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant General Ernst Koestring, in discussions, with the Russians. It was rumored the soviet military attache in Berlin, who also holds a general's rank, came here for the talks. British and French embassies. Prime Minister Chamberlain's statement in the house of commons today whether they would leave Moscow. The Polish diplomatic mission is leaving tomorrow for Rumania. Lithuanians, who consider Wllno their ancient capital, have shown an interest in the fate of the city. Tass, Russian official new agency, reported, today In a dispatch from Kaunas that Lithuanian authorities had Instructed their army to "cooperate "co-operate fully" with soviet troops In determining boundary lines between be-tween Poland and Lithuania. Tass also said two leaders of the Estonian navy had resigned their commands. Soviet newspapers yesterday criticised crit-icised Estonian officials severely for allegedly permitting a Polish submarine to escape Internment at Tallinn. |