New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
u. 5. Refuses to
Send Troops to
Polish Territory
French Urge Bolshevik In
fuence in New Nation Be
Checked; Temps Asserts
America Promised Its Aid

PARIS, Jan. IS by The Associated
Press Inquiries in official Ameri-
can circles here elicit the in
formation that the United States has
not undertaken to send troops to Po-
land, as lntimated by Paris newspapers.
Efforts of the French press to bring
to tire fore ,he question CT the status
of Entente and American troops in
Russia and the advisability of sending
such troops into Poland to check the
Eolahevlk advance, it is understood,
have been without success so far. The
United States, it is said, VIII not con-
sent to accept in principle or as a mil
ltary policy the task of using Ameri-
can forces in Poland at all, or In Rus
sia IN larger numbers than already are
emp Dyed.
The Temps" has said that America
had Informed the Allied governments
that 1t was ready to send an American
eXpedltlonary corps to Poland. This
force, the newspaper states, would be
able cat least to double the support
given by two Polish divisions to be sent
from the Western front, and enable the
Poles vigorously TO resist the Boil
SheVists'
In undertaking to place upon
the programme of business for the
lnter-Allied peace conference the sub
yect of plans for the protection of
Poland from the invasion of the Boil
sheviki, the supreme council finds it
self embarrassed by the conflicting
claims for recognition of the Polish
National Committee in Paris, headed by
X. Y. Dmowshi, on the one hand, and
the present de facto government at
Warsaw, under General Pilsudski This
government was the creation of the
Polish people themselves, while the
Polish National Committee has been
largely supported by the Poles in Amer
lca and has among its members some
of the most eminent Polish leaders,
Nj. Dmowski contends that the War
saw government is not representative,
because it inherits its powers from
the Germans and is exclusively Social
istic and p0pularistic. General Pill
sudski charges that the other party is
reactOnary, anti-Semitic and unaccept-
able to the people at large.
The French government has refused
to recognize the Warsaw government
until 1T reaches an agreement with the
national committee.
In order to avoid the impression that
the Entente is endeavoring TO impose
a government on Poland from the out
side, it is believed that it may be nee
essary to await the approaching elec-
tons on January 26 to demonstrate
which party has behind it majority
of the Polish people
One factor which may hasten action by
the Entente governments, it is pointed
out IS the impending danger of an attack
by the Poles upon Eastern Germany
IN advance OF the determination of title
10 that section of German Poland.
In discussing Sundays meeting Of the
supreme inter-Allied council, the
"Tomps' says that while the conditions
to be laid down for the renewal of the
armistice between the Allies and Ger
many were the subject Of most of the
discussion, the sending of military as
slstance to Poland was also taken up.
In an editorial on this subject the
newspaper says that it considers it
"lndispensable that the two Polish
divisions now in France should be sent
to Poland and be supported by GER
tain number Of Allied detachments
which would be able to occupy the rail
road from panzig 30 Thorn-thus main
tanning Communications with the west"