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Show U. S. HESITATES I IN AIDING POLES I Washington Discusses Situation Situa-tion With Allies Rut No Decision Reached WASHINGTON, Auk. 9. Althouga H press dispatches today indicated thai the gravity of the Polish situation was (Increasing, there still was no tntima-jtlon tntima-jtlon that the American government ;had reached a drdslon on the propos , uls for aid presented by ihe Polish - .v eminent or the tentative program fof helping the Polos outlined by the British Brit-ish and French governments. No announcement was expected 'pending the outcome of the conference between Premiers Lloyd George and S iMillerand. Exchanges between Wash- niKton and London and Paris si ill are continuing, but officials maintained si-lence si-lence as to their purport and also as I to the views of President Wilson i The note outlining ih political situation situa-tion in Poland -wi'.lch the foreicn office was reported to have dispatched to Washington, had not been received to- The latest word the government had from Poland reviewed the situation up to Saturdav night The department announced that "a more hopeful view Of the situation at Warsaw" was lndi-cated lndi-cated by these dispatches, which pointed out that while the bolshevik troops continued tn be within "a dis turbnig distance" of the capital, the defense by the Poles was beinc maintained main-tained "with renewed spirit." The statement said also that somo American residents bad left Warsaw and that the American consulate was reported to be moving to Grauch nz Saturday mornin,, It was learned that the American legion was preparing to leave if the Poles moved the seat of government H Applications fer passports from former for-mer citizens nf Poland who wish to return home to aid relatives are being received at the department in increas- ing numbers, but no passports have been issued for several weeks, It was ; said. |