The sun., 1919-02-26
POLISH-UKRAINIAN
HOSTILITIES HALTED
Four Day Truce Signed and
Leaders Hope 1t May Lead
to Armistice.

WARSAW, Feb. 20 (delayed) The
Polish Foreign Office has received a tele-
gram from Lemberg saying that an
agreement was reached there Sunday for
the cessation OF hostilities between the
Poles and the Ukrainians, beginning at 6
o'clock Monday evening. The agreement
can be denounced by either party on
twelve hours notice
The truce, which was arranged for
four days, may lead to an armistice,
though not much hope seems to be felt
in this regard by the interallied section
Of the mission at Lemberg The great
difficulty apparently is that both the
Poles and Ukrainians appear to desire
lines fixed as II they were to be per-
manent, whereas the mission is merely
proposing the drawing of lines which
shall stand until the Peace Conference
definitely settles them.
The ukrainisns are anxious to keep
the oil wells working. From these they
are receiving war funds through the sale
OF oil The Ckrainians also insist on
holding territory UP TO the River San
which in a general way affords them the
possibility of reaching Slovakia.
Mission to BE Delayed.
1t is apparent that the interallied mis-
sion will be delayed in Warsaw for
several weeks. 1t is difficult to impress
on anybody in these countries that the
building UP of armies merely breeds new
warfare. according TO statements made
by members OF the mission.
The United States viewpoint Is that
an end should be put to fighting every
where for boundaries until these boun-
daries are fixed by the Peace Conference
The mission Is to go to Posen shortly
to investigate charges that the Germans
are unwilling to abide by the armistice
zone decree and also allegations by the
Poles that the Germans are burning and
pillaging villages
The Foreign Office to-day called at
tention, but without comment, TO a
statement of the Czechs published abroad
that the Poles had started new aggres-
sions in Teschen.
The mission is to hear before it leaves
a number of Jewish delegations regard
ing the reported Lemberg pogrom OF
last November. The Polish commission
which investigated the disturbances
found according to the Jewish Coun-
ellis books in Lemberg. that from No
!, vember l to December there were l3l
deaths in Lemberg. fifty of which re-
suited from bullet wounds.
Paderewskf Disturbed.
Premier Paderewski Is said 10 be
much disturbed by reports published in
England. disseminated by Israel Cohen
repre- senting the Zionists. that the Jews
have been mLstreated generally. 1t is
asserted that NJ Paderewski considers
the reports exaggerated, and It is said
he will make an official statement
shortly.
NJ Trompoynski, marshal of the Diet,
to-day read to the Diet a telegram from
stephen Pichon. the French Foreign
Minister, which NJ. Noulens. former
French Ambassador to Russia. trans
mtted to NJ. Paderewski. the Polish
Premier, officially recognizing Poland
as an Independent sovereign State.
The members OF the Diet, with the
exception OF a few Socialists. stood
while the message was being read and
cheered it.
PARIS. Feb. 25.-The interallied mill
tary mission to Poland has left War
saw for Prague to act as mediators
in the conflict between the Poles and
the Czecho- Slovaks according to a
wireless despatch received by the Polish
bureau here The mission is composed
of Major Fordham, Capt. Coolidge and
Capt Duboste.