The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-17
ALLIES LOOKING
TOU. S. FOR AID
May File Direct Request for
Military Forces in Deal
ing With Reds.
BREACH GROWS WIDER
French and British Policies
Marking Time for Word
From Washington.
BREACH GROWS WIDER
By LAURENCE HILLS,

staff Correspondent ej THE Sun AND NEW
York HE=ArD Copyright, 1890, bU THE Sun
AND New YORK HERALD.
PARIS, Aug. 16.-Following the con-
clusion of a conference to-day be-
tween the Earl of Derby, British Am
bassador, and Maurice Paleologue,
General Secretary Of the Foreign Of
flee, on the Polish question and the
situation arising from Frances rec
ognition of Gen. Wrangel, which dip
lomatic circles are inclined to believe
left the two Governments still widely
separated as to policy, a high British
Official said to the correspondent Of
THE SUN AND NEW York HERALD:
Both France and England are too
weary to engage in new military ex-
petitions, unless the United States is
willing to join in to the fullest ex-
tent"
U. s. Note COnHuses Lloyd George.
This informant, who is thoroughly in
touch with efforts to reestablish a rap
prochement between France and Eng
land. declared that President Wilson'S
rote to the Italian Ambassador In Wash
lngton last week had complicated Pre-
mler Lloyd Georges difficulties with the
strong British Labor party, without CIV
ing any suggestion for a line Of conduct
toward the Reds.
only one nation Is able 20 help, and
that is the United States" he said,
and unless President Wilson's words
are followed by something more definite
there Is no other course to follow than
to wait for developments"
It is believed here that the United
States may be asked outright whether
she is willing to unite in a military
movement against the Bolsheviki. Dan
ger Is seen in this connection. however.
as refusal from America would have
the effect Of strengthening the opposition
by British Laborites.
The conference between Lord Derby
and NJ. Pateologue terminated this after
noon when the British Ambassador
handed an official note to the French
Foreign Office here, the contents OF
which were withheld. However, the i'm
preston was gained, after conversations
with French diplomatists, that things
were not going as favorably as the
French desired, while the British were
equally retlcent, averring that they
could see no utility in giving moral sup
port to the Soviet's enemies unless mill
tary aid also was intended.
VIII Allow LabOrites In.
The French are not likely to oppose
the granting OF passports to William c.
Adamson and Harry Gosling. British
labor leaders and members Of British
labor's Council of Action, who want to
come to France to try to stir up French
labor against giving aid to enemies Of
the Bolsheviki. providing the British off,
cials do not object. French diplomatists
are agreed, however, that safer course
would have been one similar to that fol-
lowed by the United States when Jean
Longuet. grandson of Karl Marx and a
leader of French radicals. was told that
he could not land at New York because
of his Red tendencies.
Although the French and British mis-"
sions have withdrawn from Warsaw and
gone to Posen, the French state that
]. ]. Jusserand, head of the French mis-
sion, will remain in Poland as long as
possible, as he forms the only reliable
contact between the Government here
and the non-Soviet elements In Poland.