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Show I ALLIES DECIDE TO ASSIST POLAND ARMY I HTM I I POSED TO I KEEPOUT BEOS Jj French and British Missions Depart to Proffer Offer of Support .I BOLSHEVIK FORCES 1 STiLL PRESSING ON Fifteen Hundred Poles laken Prisoner in One Battle; Germany Neutral " J PARIS. July 22 The allies have mrw decided to take measures preparatory B to giving military aid to I'olan-d, 11 jpS that should prove necessary, it was "fl learned today. BH A French mission headed by Jules B; J. Jusserand, French ambassador to Bf the "c'nitod Stales who is home on H leave with General Weygand, right hand man o," Marshal Foch, and M. llguon, s. close collaborator with ;1 V Premier Millerand will leave tonight 'V'f for VTarwv to arrange for prompt Bj J succor Co the Poles. ffj'bl On the sr.me train and with Ihe jH'T same object there v i . 1 be a British L mission headed by Lord Ahenmri .fc . l am'.-.S:-id.r I ri I n. cncial aW Kadcl.ffe and X-ir Maurice Hanki. , Jm FULL AITHOKITY fg The? missions, it is learned, leave ja I with full authority to say to the Poles ttl tAjjJ whate 'BY aid Is needed, whether . JM military ; financial or whal the - '4HH t. .re of supplies will be forthcoming if the Bolshevist persist In a design HBf to march ihto distinctively Polish ter- flflff It Is stated unofficially, but on high' pBE authority, that this means help for PH Poland In the form of troops If they BLH arc required. 233 Alrpady a large number of allied of- Effijry f.cers and subalterns are with the Po- Bfi9 llsh army which, it Is dc lared will Kz9 be increased according to circum- S stances with as many divisions Of infantry, in-fantry, tank detachments, air forces and artillery as may be transported In due time BO SHEA IK SI CESS HS9 LONDON, July 21 Bolshevik HuN! troops have occupied Orany, Meretch, JS Mferchlnkantch, Dublchy and Radun.l to the northwest of Qrodoo, according to an official statement on the fiKht ing Operations from Mosc ow under date of Tuesday. Supplementary ln-foimatlon. ln-foimatlon. the statement says, shows that the fifteen hundred Poles were taken prisoner during the fighting around s Una. Fierce fighting continues contin-ues around Dubno, it says. Further suc-iessou for the Bolshevik 1 against the Pules in olhynia and southward are reported in Wednesday's Wednes-day's Soviet communique from Mos-, Mos-, cow, received by Wireless today. The statement Shews the Bolshevikl have crcisiCii the old Galiclan bounary line to the south est of Lembcrg from; which ill, however( about 1Q0 miles distant gdHt ..MVN NEUTRAL j BERLIN, July 21 An official 9 at as Issued today declaring pfpfpH Germany's complete neutrality In the SjH situation arlslne from the- hostilities Ih JRB progress between Ruasir and Poland. jw The statement was signed by Presl- ftapV dehl Ebert and Foreign Minister MpS Simons. xjpfll Washington, July 21. Army Vps. lals of tie state -pH oartmeut who have been studying the 1 1) ih-Ru 1 tin operations, expressed . w" the opinion unof flclally today that ""tSw Warsaw can be saved from the Bol- JspT ! SheVikl only If adequate support Is l)sK ' available within the next few days. JB. I The government was without advices ;W ! Ol the reported intention of the allies 1 1 Bit I to bend 1 roops into Poland, If ncct's- BjfA sary, to check the forward movement K J I 01 the 1 1 ci AEq it wa believed here that the allied WtJ powers probably would suggi st par- illHB ilclpation by the United States. L'n- ;l less an agreement can be reached to fpV send allied troops through Germany, 9 thi most llkelj route 'or their move- ,( merit Is through Italy, German Aus- H trie and C.echo-Slovakla Officials q wKl ' have estimated that such mova- ! 'IB, me'nt would require at least a month1 i IBI Whereas by routing the armies across i IB Germany it would be possible to dc- j II; train them in Poland In less than a IB I Oermany'p agreement to such action! j Was doubled here. |