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Show PROSPECTS FOR ARMISTICE MORE BRIGHT t 6 6e 5-4 .&A-ftl SOVIETS UNO POLES READ! TO TALK PEACE Peace Delegation to Depart for Minsk Tomorrow tor Discussion WARSAW MORE CONFIDENT; VALUE OF MARK JUMPS Air Raids Over Bolshevik Lines Frequent Occurrence: American Ameri-can Is Decorated I "M) N. UK. IS. The nppo- sltlon of iiriiMi labor to ai,t-anco ai,t-anco in the wm agalust Itn sin was rolocd lodaj with unanimity " onferem c representing ail I, in. in - ni ih,. workers. Resolutions adopted hailed ifii satisfaction I ho ituv-i-,,, ov. c i mm nis declaration In rave of the complete Indepondi nee of Poland.1 Po-land.1 and pledged the British IjiIioi- pai v (o i, slsl an form of militar Intervention. I U yVVV' Aug 12. (By the Associated As-sociated Press) (ii p. m.) Russian sou,. i for. i-s which are attacking the Polish llneN northwest and c ast of her hlN" reached a poim jo mllnS (mm W.hvmu , st.d, r si. Sf. h.sbeende-clared h.sbeende-clared here by the military governor. I Civilians are not permitted out after I ten p m. and csfes must close at 8. The determination of the Lolshe-tU Lolshe-tU tn pr.-s onward to Warsaw show-''I show-''I it--lr at various poi-rts along the battle Inn. today, th.-re being hand-to-hand fighting iii manj Instances Tha Poles savagely de fended their positions, posi-tions, and contested ever foot ol I ground given up to the Invaders. FIGHTING NEAR w Hs l .gin Tier cv.i r- iiorr-d lodj wilhln 3ii miles Of Warsaw It was said Pul-tusk Pul-tusk changed binds several times and last accounts were thai fightin- was going on in the streets. The Poles wer h dding the west bank of the 1 1 v r a i this (.cunt, beaupg off tin- Jiulshiki from Mc north and billing Imvk other enemy forces 'which were trvln? r.i cross the river Warsaw hummed tonight with mili-tap mili-tap activity, but only soldiers and offli ei s w ere allowed In the streets. Pi parationa for the defense of Warsaw War-saw were made and lights burned until un-til late in the ii Offices and the for-elgn for-elgn office where affairs of state ivm l. lug discussed. The terms and conditions, con-ditions, io b,- carried by the Polish ! delegates who will meet tlic soviet representatives rep-resentatives on Saturday to discuss , peace preliminaries were also being ' drafted. Rl POM l .o Mom; It w.i decided late tonight that two American and two British newspaper correspondents aa well as several Po-llSh, Po-llSh, French jnd Italian and Spanish 'Journalists will accompany the peace di It ition. Just how long the delegation delega-tion will remain at Minsk is unknown but diplomats said tonight they ex-pec ex-pec ted tht conference would last four or five days or longer. TREAT! PROSPECTS BRIGHTER Polish commissioners with authority to negotiate a preliminary treaty of I peace expect to leave Warsaw early Satui dav to meet soviet delegates somewhere on the road between Warsaw War-saw and Brest-Lltovak, the foreign office announced toi The meeting will take place betw een five and sev - !en p. in. After meeting the soviet delegates, the Polish commissioners probably Will bo taken to Minsk where the peace i conference Is expe cted to take plac e. The two man mission that went to ;the front to Inform the Uolshevikl 'nil i-im.iiki w isbod to send peace delegates dele-gates returned today and there is a more i onfldent feeling than has been prevalent during the past fortnight High Officials .il'l they considered tho fall of the city now out of the qucs-Llon qucs-Llon The Polish mark, which recently has been quoted at 27u to 31 rose to 175 today. Air raids over the soviet lines are-a are-a daily part of the Warsaw defense. I aviators flying from th- Warsaw aerodrome aero-drome ever :'o or 30 minutes for tho front. ne airplane caught fire when J I Starting on a raid, the pilot and observer ob-server being killed, and four civilians wen- killed and sl Injured bv tho explosion ex-plosion of bombs when the piano struck earth. A branch of the American legation i i - bei n established In I'osen, vv here it will await developmi nis. John Campbell assistant secretary of tho American legion will remain In Warsaw War-saw as long as possible. Edward Noble, of boston. Mass., a lieutenant In the Knsclus:ko squadron of aviators, wounded during the Kiev tompaign, has been promoted to captain cap-tain and awarded the highest PolLsh military dc oration. |