Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-09
SOVIET GoYERNME>T HAS
 REFUSED \ TEN DAYS TRUCE

Hythe, England, Aug. S-Great Britain and France are convinced that the Bol- sheviki intend to capture Warsaw and set up a Soviet government in Poland.
 This was learned from an official source tonight following an announcement at the conference between Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain and Premier Millerand of France, held today to discuss the Polish situation, that the conference would continue tomorrow, when the pre- miers will pass upon naval, military and economic plans for saving Poland These plans are being drawn up tonight by Marshal Foch and Field Marshal Sir
 Henry Wilson, chief of the British i'm perial staff
 These were the outstanding develop
 ments of the day and followed an official
 announcement that the Soviet govern
 ment had definitely refused a ten days
 truce, requested by MT. Lloyd George as
 a resula of Fridays meeting with the
 Russian mission headed by M. Kamene1f
 and NJ. Krassin.
 While there has been on talk of offic
 ially declaring war on Russia the allies have decided to give Poland all possible
 military, naval and economic assistance
 without delay.
 The premiers received two notes from
 Moscow today in answer to MT. Lloyd Georges request for a truce. Tonight they sent another note to the Soviet and also advised Poland to seek a truce di-
 rect 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 One of the notes received from the BoIsheviki today said a meeting of the Poles and Russians had been called i for Minsk next Wednesday and that the Bolsheviki preferred to make their own arrangements with the Poles. It was reliably reported tonight that the blockade on Russia would be reim- posed immediately.
 | Mir Lloyd George has deferred his l promise made in the house of commons 1 tomorrow until Tuesday. M. Millerand 1 and his party will not return to France until Monday afternoon.
 | The Franch are urging the establish ment of a defensive line in Poland, either 1 before Warsaw or immediately behind the capital if it is too late for the form | CT. NJ Millerand also proposed that the French and British troops in the plebiscite areas be used for this line
 chiefly for marol support, and that Ru- mania and Czecho- -Slovakia also be ask ed to send troops.
 Al the close of the conference, which lasted until after eight o'clock this even ing. NJ. Millerand presented for the ap- provaI of the British delegates declar- | ation he had drafted. The substance ot l this constituted a warning to Germany that if an attempt is made in any way
 to cooperate with he Bolsheviki, an army of the allies will occupy the Ruhr region 1 and other points in German territory,
 Mr. Lloyd George has not yet indicated 1 his approval of the declaration but French circles believe that lie will agree to it and that the warning will be con i veyed to Germany either directly or py 1 an allied declaration
 Further details of the meeting in Lon | doom Friday between the BolsheVlkl rep
 resentatives and MT. Lloyd George were | learned tonight by The Associated Press NJ Krassin and NJ. KameneH apparently thought they would be able to induce the 1 Moscow government to accept the terms of truce. and the refusal of the SoVlet government is taken in conference circles here as meaning that Kameneff and kras- sin have but minor influence With Ere
 mier Lenine and War Minister Trotzky- At the conference MT. Lloyd George offered every guarantee that dhe truce would not be used as a means for re- ] inforcing the military position of the
 Poles. The British premier went so far l as to agree to have Bolsheviki officers behind the Polish lines to see that the terms of the truce were rigidly enforc- 1 ed. The premier answered all the Rus
 sian objections to the plan, and Kemen-
 eff sent the plan to Moscow by wireless
 with recommendation that it be adopt l ed.
 | In British and French circles tonight 1 it is admitted that the situation created | by the Bolsheviki refusal of a truce has i brought about Q crisis only second in
 gravity to that which confronted the allies in 1914.