Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-12

Washington Aug. 11.-(By The A. P.) Poland. it's back to the wall in its light against Soviet Russia. will ask lmne- diate material aid of the United States it was announced today by Prince Lu- hormirsld. the Polish minister. More than that it will seek to develop precisely what the American government meant by the announcement in it's note Of yes terday to the Italian government that 1t would employ ~all available means 10 maintain a free Poland
 Expressing complete satisfaction with the American note. the minister declar- ed he was convinced that it would in- Spire Poland with "a new spirit Of hope He added that his country was sorely in need Of war materials of all kinds and that it probably would first seek credits from the United States with which to purchase them
 SimultaneOus.y with the minister's an nouncemenJ- the legation made public proclamation issued by the Polish eoun- ,i! of national defense al Warsaw warn ing the nations that q new world war hangs oyer the world" and that if Po- and should be crushed by the bo!she- siki il would b- due to the indifference 3f 2 world which calls itself democratic '"
 Copies of the American note to Italy t was said today al the state de aartmsnt- have been delivered to the representatives Of the allied and asso- ,isted governments and distributed to III the news ceuters Of the world. prom sing it's widest dissemination, even in Russia itself Diplomats generally re .arded the document as having three old purpose
 First the extension of moral support % the Polish government and people.
 fr Russia 10 throw of the bolshevik yoke and establish a constitutional govern nent-
 Third. the influencing of other nations 10 refrain from recognition of the Soviet regime
 The dispatch of the note to Italy fol- owed . series of informal conversations hzt had been in progress for several veeks between officials of the state de- partment and the iJauan embassy. Ear y in the course Of the negotiations be- Tween the entente powers preliminary 10 the Hythe conference between Premiers Lloyd George and Millerand. the Italian government had made it known that un- der no circumstances would it be ready .o enter into any engagement to go to var with Soviet Russia.
 Having thus by it's own act excluded Itself from participation in the Hythe conference. the Italian government was szid to have naturally turned towards America as the one great power associat- ed with Italy in the war which had not participated in the division of Russian territory nor committed itself to hostile acts against the holsheviki.
 In Italian circles today it was declared that regardless oF the heavy pressure ex- --zsd by the Italian socialist party and the workmen in favor of the establish neut Of friendly relations with the So- viet regime. the Italian government had not finally decided upon line of policy beyond the ds-ermina ton not to be forced into war with Russia While Italy had sent 2 commission to Moscow and was about 10 receive Soviet commis- son to Moscow and was about to receive a Soviet commission in Rome, it was ex- plzined that the purpose was simply to ascertain by original investigation the exact conditions prevailing in Russia and that the Italian government had not committed itself to a political recogni- ion Of the Lenine administration.
 All these matters had been under in- formal discussion between the state de nz--nent and the Italian embassy, which had kept it's government informed, and it finally was concluded that the time was ripe 10 gather up the various phases of The complex subject in the shape of 3 ferr1zl note definitely expressing the po- sfticn of the United States.