New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-09

have decided to give Poland all possible
assistance without delay.
1t was reliably reported tonight that
posed Immediately.
Grave Crisis Admitted
In British and French circles tonight
1t is admitted that the situation created
by the Bolshevik refusal of truce
has brought about crisis only second
TO gravity to that which confronted the
Allies in 1914.
The French are urging the establish
nent of a defensive line in Poland
either before Warsaw or Immediately
behind the capital, if it is too late now
for the former. NJ. Millerand also pro-
posed that the French and British
troops in the plebiscite areas be used
for this line, chiefly for moral support,
and that Rumania and Caecho- Siovakia
also be asked to send troops.
Send Aid From France
In the event of final break in the
negotiations with the Moscow govern
ment it is believed France will bear
the burden of land aid while Great
Britain will assume full responsibility
for the imposition of the blockade
The two premiers received two
notes from Moscow in answer to Mr..
Lloyd Georges request for truce.
Tonight they sent another note to the
Soviet and also advised Poland to seek
q truce direct from the Bolsheviki,
who indicated in their refusal of the
truce that if the request came direct
from the Poles it might have better
chance of being granted.
Prefer Own Arrangements
One of the notes received from the
Bolsheviki said q meeting of the Poles
Minsk next Wednesday, and that the
Bolsheviki preferred 70 make their own
arrangements with the Poles
At the close of the conference, which
lasted until after s o'clock this even
ing. NJ. Millerand presented for the
approval of the British delegates a
declaration he had drafted. The sub
stance of this constituted a warning to
Germany that if an attempt is made in
any way to cooperate with the Boil
sheviki, an army of the Allies will &C.
cupy the Ruhr region and other points
in German territory. Mr.. Lloyd George
has not yet indicated his approval of
the declaration, but French circles be-
lieve that he will agree to it and that
the warning will be conveyed to Ger
many. either directly or by an Allied
declaration.
Mr.. Lloyd George has deferred his
promised statement in the House of
Commona tomorrow until Tuesday.
NJ. MilleYand and his party will not re-
turn to France until Monday afternoon.
Red Enjoys Only Figureheads
Further details of the meeting in
London Friday between the Bolshevik
representatives and Mr.. Lloyd George
were learned to. night by The Associ-
ated Press. NM. Krassin and Kamen-
eff apparently thought they would be
able to induce the Moscow government
to accept the terms of truce, and the
refusal of the Soviet government is
taken in conference circles here as
have but minor influence with Premier
Lenine and War Minister Trotzky.
At the conference Mr. Lloyd George
offered every guarantee that the truce
would not be used as a means for re-
Enforcing the military position of the
Poles. The British Premier went so
far as to agree to have Bolshevik
officers behind the Polish lines to see
that the terms of the truce were rightly
enforced. The Premier answered all
the Russian objections to the plan, and
wireless with a recommendation that
it be adopted.
To Reimpose Blockade
The Bolshevik refusal of a truce re-
suited in the conference to-day assun,
ing very warike aspect, and the best
and quickest means of giving Poland all
possible aid to stem the Bolshevik tide
were Immediately discussed by the pre-
mlers. The foremost subject was the
tentative decision to rcimpose the naval
and economic blockade on Russia, and
also the steps necessary to insure the
free passage of munitions and supplies
from Danzig to Poland
Marshal Foch and Field Marshal Sir
Henry Wilson took prominent part in
the morning discussion, and it has been
learned from an official source that AL
lied aid for Poland will center in Mar
shall Foch. The military and naval
plans are being worked out tonight.
While the Bolshevik refusal of a
truce IS said not to be final, and there
was mention of some counter proposal,
the premiers decided to complete all
plans for Poland's assistance and then
to await final reply from Moscow.
Memorandum for Truce
The memorandum for the truce was
drafted at Fridays meeting between
Mr.. Lloyd George and MN. Krassin and
Kameneff and sent by wireless to Mos
COW for an immediate reply. The pur-
pose of the truce was to halt the Boil
shevik onward rush on the ground they
now occupy and to arrange a temporary
peace within the next ten days. The
Poles and the Allies were to agree not
to improve the Polish military posi-
ton, while the Bolsheviki were to re-
main on the line they occupied on the
day of the truce.
After the arrival of the French party
at Lympne q Gordon was thrown around
the residence of Sir Phillip Sassoon,
where the premiers met. The approach
of the newspaper men was the signal
for a mobilization of the detective
forces.
A last minute decision to include
Arthur j. Balfour in to-day's meeting
came as surprise to British and
French circles, and was the cause of
much speculation. The accepted view
was that Mr.. Lloyd George desired to
avail himself of the mature expert
ence of a statesman such as Mr. Bal
four in the present crisis, the acute
ness of which there is no attempt to
minimize in either the French or the
British delegation.
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