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New York, July 23.--Lloyd Georges
demand that the Bolshevists agree to an
a,,nis,ice with the Poles, still unanswered
as | write this article constitutes IN q
very real sense n new partition OF foiand.
me lines which the British prime min
ste, Laws down rs the basis for truce
,ieprive Poland of all of her historic
posscssions ON the Russian side with two
,xccptions These executions are por-
ton Of the old government OF s'rodno'
taken by Russia in 1907 and an OF the
district of Cholm, similarly taken IN the
latter part Of the last century =,
Bv contrast Poland loses the nortn-
ern half of the district OF Suwaiki, when
was left her, or more exactly was iole
within the frontiers of the Congress
poland which survived the Congress
IL Nienna. but only as Russian pos
session Moreover. IN the recent agree
,ncrt between the Bolsehvists and the
lltbuanianS. all of Suwalk and OF the
Polish nar,ng Of Grodno are turned over
~ the Iithmnains, while IN the German
neace of Brest-Litovsk, Choolm was
handed over the Ukrainians.
In addition. Iloyd Georges proposal,
.,,cgcst,ng that the armistiCc Inc be
6xed M the front in Eastern Galicia
Which Is occupied at the moment when
operations are SUSPENDED, at least sug-
grsts that the whole question OF Eastern
Gabcia is left To bc discussed IN the con-
ference ~ London and thus That Poiand
NAV be- again deprived OF the city oi
IemheTg and the rich OIL regions IN 'he
eastern end Of Galicia.
This Is only ono more Application OF
tho british idea 81 making Poland as
weak As possible II the Rolshcvlsts are
able Co occupy Eastern Galicia and they
are al the frontier. now then they may
retain n m the final settlement futher,
tho failure To- fin 2 precise line OF arms
lcc IN Eastern Galirla IS PLAIN INVITA-
t,on 10 the RolShcvists to continue their
uTcnslvc and decline a truce uD 10 the
moment when thcv have finally COM
,,letcd tho occupation If l.cmberg and
,ts surrounding districts Such n success
would separate Poland from Rumania
and bring the Boleshvlsts INTO touch with
Hungary on tho south as they are now
~ border Germany on the cast Prusslan
frontier
Tins represents the complete destruc-
NON ~ the French poIcv az a group of
barrier states between the Bolshevlsts,
and western Europe the famous Gordon
sanltarrco of Clemenccau. Already Es-
thonia. Iarvla and Iithuania have
passcd into tho Bolschvists orbit. The
Ukraine has been almost completely
rcconaucrcd and. despite Bolsehvist
promises 81 autonomy, the result must
hc the substitution Of Bolshevist for
western Influences in all these border
states and the application Of the Lenin-
TrotEkv principles % further vast reg
IONS and more millions Of men and women.
But will the B0lshevists consent to q
truce with Poland2 Only II their internal
situation IS desperate and economic
relations with the west q matter OF life
and death. for the opportunity is now
clearly m their hands to cverturn the
Polish state and set up there, as well as IN
the other border states. a truly Bolshevlst
regime Moreover even # they consent
~ a truce. and accept the frontiers in
dicated by LLOYD George which are SO
disastrous for Polish hopes no one can
hcheve thcv Will cease to employ propa-
ganda and seek to overthrow the state
thev have already shaken.
We have too, to consider what Will he
tho eventual effect upon Poland Of her
catastrophe defeats, the destruction of all
the hopes and aspirations Of her patriots,
and oonceivably the misery incident TO a