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Show IU. S. WARSHIPS ARE ORDERED TO BALTIC 666 II POLAND HOLDS 9 SOU TROOPS . flMWN mf Armored Flotilla Patrols Vis tula to Prevent Bolsheviki From Crossing IMF RUSSIAN HORSEMEN SPREAD CONSTERNATION Lloyd George Issues Emphatic kH Warning to Threatening of r 3P Union Labor WASHINGTON, e- If The nrmored cruiser Pittsburg f J j( Mr. m. i hftvt b n ordered i 1 ihc B -hi. lea to protei t in i;hi I mum-nut ' The ressels arc now f ( nnr bourjBi I in i '. and It was an-nouaccd an-nouaccd ' the navj deisartment iiini ii would proceed Inuncdl-ii.i Inuncdl-ii.i i . ii Russian waters, i in rcwclii are under orders to proceed to Danxig, tin free eltj on Hi. Baltl 1 1" ,hr' enlni n1 mation in Poland ae Jeopardised Jeopar-dised the Uvea and Interests f a inri- intuitu r of Americans n loos parte of Poland LONDON, Aiih. i" Vnnounoe-iii Vnnounoe-iii in that the IHrtlsh and Russian armlatlee ami peao i legates had met at Minsk waa made iv i .h i urson. seen tnrj for foreign nlfiilr-. In I he lion- Of lords n-daj n-daj ttOfjotlatloM were doubt-i. doubt-i. m proceeding, he added. LONDON. Aug. 10. Premier Lloyd George stated in the houae ol commons thnt the government bad made it clear t General Baron Bar-on Wrangel, antt-Bofahevikl lender, lend-er, i : i annul Rna tin, that ir he rurt in attacked th -i.t foroee he must ii" o uu lit- own reapon-glbllltj reapon-glbllltj General Wrangel Bhioe then baa opened farther operations, the premier added, and the poepooal-biltty poepooal-biltty consequent!) was bla own. LONDON, Aug. 16 Premier i loyd George, replying to quca-ii. quca-ii. .11 in the house of onunoua today, to-day, ooneendng labor's ultimatum gainst w.u nil Russia declared thai any attempt o dictate the pollcj of tiu- goTenimcnl or par 'lament b Industrial action struck at the root of the demo-, demo-, i .ii. oonatltutloii f the countr would Im resisted bj all the forees t the government's disposal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 rroniier -loyd Qeorga'l announcement that Great Britain had Informed General L Wrangel that any further attack t C"Tir thlm on the bolsheviki would be on bis f5 ovvn responsibility conies almost on MkM the heels of France's recognition of, .in.i promise oi material aid to the RH fvnti bolsheviki leaders. Some of ft ; DB rials and diplomats here were of the 1 i. pinion that the situation was not Rl quite as serious as appeared on firs' WMr examination of the premier's pro- fa, noum ement it i Oreal a iirita.n had been aiding General Wran 4 gfi nd thai ii wai i nl Irel) poi Bible .'2 -J that the IJrltlsh government had dccld j Hfl ed to withdraw that aid, because it did BLS not desire any complications in the 1 oriel Polish armistice negotiations ' The decision of France in recognising Jm General Wrangel is understood to have mel with the approval of the Auieri w i .m government and the French replj vSf to tho American note to Italy on the jfctj Russian situation received yesterday t ?4 has disclosed that the United States 'SM und Franco practically are as one in ihc-ir policy toward Kusula. State department officials said today the) bad received no information as JK?5 to whether the British government In IHgk iend-d i tl to the AmiTH .iu note. B There filSI ai no Indication today ItERI that the government ws eerloueiy SQn considering rrcognltion Of General IBK WrangeV Consideration la I'Clng glv- en. hdwever, to plana for extension of ,;4iggV xnpporl to Poland- PROl 11 x i.l ttH Information reaching the mate de- , SflH partmont direct from Poland was that 3H the Polish government was preparing flH for a prolonged Megc of Warsaw, it 'JIH v,-is reported that the Bolshevik line northeaat of Warsaw had been ad-jH ad-jH vanced to wlttiin approximately 12 I miles of the eapital. 3mB a dispatch today from HelslngfOrs said that Finland and soviet IXussln ijgjsal had concluded an armlstioe last Prl aaj night, ru. old frontier bi ween glJBpj Fblland and Russia, vMth certain niln- RW or cxeeptlonri. whm agreed upon and pjgjfj Kiiiu'ia wax not io nine nniuituie il- ClM ith to the Gulf of Pmland. UH The armistice, wax to be effective bmV from noon, August Id. for 31 days, to DW bo tcrmlnuhh' upon ten days' notice by either slAe. RIVER PATROLLED ! WAUSAW. Am: l o. t i; the Aso- elated Press. An armored flotilla is 3fl latrolllng the Vistula rtver between g vVaraaw and Thorn to prevent the Bol- B" -i . s lk i from to encircle this Wt i ity afanj of these boats saw serv-. SJimV leu along the Prepltu and Unclper DM I IveVs, some saving been raptured faom the Uolshevlkl. Soviet cavalry i working westward 9Rl ' reported at several points f!MK 5 -'west of Warsaw. Thee horsemen y3 an laiiiinr .listricis. endeavoring to lilt drive In behind the Polhsh lines and , i . utlmie i ou Page fwu i Poland Holds Soviet j Troops From Warsaw (Continued from luc.o One) spreading miM, rnatlon among th, peasants. it s reported there are i several thousand of them The Bolshevik! have a cavalry division di-vision upon their extreme right that ' bus bi en making headway and against ' hlcli armored motor boats and fighting fight-ing craft are prepared to buiiie if the! a. ilry tryliiK to force the Vistula sev-i r. the Warsaw-Danslg railway Trains leaving th, , )tv continue crowded but Warsaw is really quieter! ,i it wen "RW. Ill vsl s PI SH ON. LONDON, Aug. is The Russians ar pushing their right lor Warsaw within n do.en miles of tne capital OH the noi .he., -i ji is n,j f.om Sunday officiul sUttemcnt from Mos- cow They reporl the capture of Radsy-mln. Radsy-mln. In tins sector, and the continuation continu-ation of the battle nlong this front, and also near .oo Georgievsk to the I northeast of Warsaw. The capture of Soldau. 12 miles i . itbf-asi of .Mlawa, also is announced. Thi statement reads "We captured j Soldau after fierce fighting. Fierce fighting la progressing all along the hne of the River L'kra and the regions i .oo cieorgievsK and l7er.h On August 13 we raptured Radzymln. lighting in continuing on the front of Dadsymln, Okunlcw and iyubo st;tlon." t'AI'Tl Kl t ON( EIKO. Sunda h I'ulish statement conceded the capture of Daduzlmin but added that the town was re-captured and that a desperate struggle wus continuing contin-uing In the Vladimir Volysky fighting Is ptC'i-ti ln, ()'. enem liaving started nn aayance near Grublesgoff In the Piody region, our cavalry adanced hear Hadzlcchoff and Toporoff and (occupied Radzlerboff village. Along It.e DnlestSr and the shores of the Black sea there Is no change In the Crimean sector fighting continues con-tinues on the south bank of the Dnie- pel " POLISH MOTORICS. WARSAW, Aug. 15.,bv The Associated Asso-ciated Press) Fighting at various polntH on the Warsaw front is reporter! report-er! In tonight's official oommunlgue Radzymln. to the northeast of the Capitol, Is again In Polish hands after an all-day fight The Russians ai-tacked ai-tacked on both sides of Radzymin at SSegresi and at C'kunlew, less than 15 miles due east of Warsaw The communique reports succc?, i for the Poles In the region of Cholm and Hrubleszow, where the Poles took more than 100 prisoners. Including the Russian chief of etaff, and much war material In the south, the soviet forces took Sokal Further southwest the Poles evacuated Brody. which previously had changed hands several i times In the region of Soehot-in thejeom-munlque thejeom-munlque states, the Poles took 600 prisoners and captured 120 truck-loads truck-loads of munitions and 8o truckloadl of provisions |