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Show (POLISH FORGES Premier Declares Situation Is Serious Rut Not Dssperate For Nation. WARSAW, July 12. Victories for the Poles in the Prlpel region and in Volhynla are reported in advices received re-ceived here today The Bolshevik j cavalry leader General Dudonny has been defeated, the adtlces stated, and he Is fleeing to Ilovno, upon which the Poles are mnrehing. The victory of the Poles In the Pilpet region is described as "eom-i)l" "eom-i)l" " Bnormpus supplies are declared de-clared to have been talten with tho occupation of the town of (nvruncz, where -"0 prisoners were also picked up. The troops operating against General Gen-eral Btldenny. tho adVlcelp reported captured Great and Little Zcyoln. taking tak-ing eight gunr while a Bolshevik cavalry orltrado were annihilated. Both Bolshevik forces north and south of RovhO were repulsed, the message announced. Ij.vrtj:". July 12 Polish armies trugshn:: to .-tern the advance of I Itussian BOlShOVlfcl on the southern I front have taken the offensive near I Rovno, according to an official statement state-ment issued in Moscow and rorHved !htre t wireless. Further south the l sov iet forces are continuing their drive ! successfully north of the Dniester : lv r and have occupied Novava Ushitsa, northeast Of Karnentz-Po-1 i dolsk. the statement declares. DECISIYIC MOMENT. SPA. Belgium, July 11. (By The' I Associated Press.) This is a deel-: ! sive moment for Poland." said ladls-l i las Qrabski, the Polish premier, to, j tiiiv correspondents of ail countries ! who called upon him today by In vita-1 I tlon. Our army engaging the mobi-l , li. il f'M . of PusMia, wuii .i population popula-tion six times our own, an army equipped With all the most perfected Instruments of war supplied by the allies to the armies of Henlklne, Kol-chalc Kol-chalc and Vudenttch armored automobiles, auto-mobiles, iHr.1,.1, machine guns and heavy artillery ' The Bolshevik arm;, has much more to fight with than the polish army, and of superior quality, besides masses of cavalry. The Bolshevik of-fenslve of-fenslve has treated for us a serious ! situation, but not a desperate one." CAJi HOLD OUT. The premier alluded to the unity of all parties and classes in Poland, to tin- universal volunteering for tho new ainiles in formation and to tne' confi'b ace of the j-opic In b Ing abh to hold but. Me declared that ihe harvest.- were good. if the l'oii a c onsent to ietlre Within With-in the natural frontiers of Poland, the allies Will givo them all possible assistance as-sistance in the event of their being attacked !' the Bolshevik! Thl. announcement an-nouncement was made here today. IXiLIKg SEND PROPOSAL, The allies have sent a proposal to tti" Russian so vie l government tor an armistice with Poland on condition that the Poles retire within th lr natural Polish frontier and that, If (ho Bolshevlkl attack the Poles within these frontiers, the allies will come to Poland's aid. a conference of repre-1 sentatlves of all the countries is i ro- posed. , |