Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-25
POLISH DEMANDS ! ].
BRING RED THREAT.
T0QU|T PAR[EE
Curzon Boundary Line Pro-
posaI Finds Disfavor =
at Minsk.
NORTH ARMY REPORTED
ABOUT TO SURRENDER

ABOUT TO SURRENDER
Only One of Fifteen Russian De-
mands Acceptable to Delegates
From Poland.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 25.-An immediate
rupture of the Russo Polish peace nego-
tiations at Minsk will result il the Poles
adhere to their demand for withdrawal
Of the main Russian terms. says q mes
sage received here today from Georxs
Tchitcherin, the Russian soviet foreign
minister, dated Monday at Moscow.
MINSK. Soviet Russia, August -
(from Associated Press staff correspond
ent with armistice commission via soviet
wireless to Moscow).-The Polish ar
mistice delegates are not satisfied
with the bolshevist terms which make
reference to the boundary line pro-
posed by Earl Curzon, British minis
ter of foreign affairs. The ground Of
the Polish opposition is that the Cur.
the same as a third partition Of Po-
land
In submitting their reply to the
bolshevist delegates, the Polish rep
resentatives stated that by agreeing
to this Curzon line the soviets were
seeking to retain territory wrongful
ly taken from Poland by the Russian
czars. -
Members of the Polish delegaticA,
explaining their attitude on this
boundary issue. said they were will
ing to discuss the Curzon line with
would not accept it as basis At this
time.
A note attached to the foregoing
dispatch states that the folisn cen
sors refused to pass reference TO
the Curzon boundary line. SO that tine
dispatch was sent via soviet wireless
to Moscow and London. -,
Red Peace Offer Rejected. =
LONDON, August 25.-Poland's re-
ply to the peace terms presented by
the Russian soviet delegation At
Minsk amounts to nat rejection,
says the Manchester Guardians Minsk
correspondent in a wireless dispatch
filed in that city on Monday.
"Out of the fifteen Russian de-
mands," he continues. only one, that
relative to rehabilitation, Is accepted.
and that only on condition that Rns-
sia will take a similar course--that ID to
say, Russia must demohiiiSs Ut the sasse
time Poland disbands her forces
The terms relative to disarma-'
ment, the closing of munitions plants
and the delivery of munitions to Rvs
sia by Poland are Indignantly -.
jected. ..e
lish workers militia and control by
Bia1ystok southwark are declared be-
yond discussion The boundary line
between Poland and Rnssia, as laid
down by Earl Curzon, British secre-
tary of state for foreign affairs is de-;
clared unacceptable. as it involves
third partition of Poland.
Negotiate to Surrender.
PARIS, August %. = Negotiations
looking to surrender to the Poles
have been begun by the northern
to Vienna dispatch received here.
Latest information from Warsaw
indicates the advance Of the Polish
continues rapidly and that the
seem anxious only to lose
contact with the Poles. The number
of prisoners captured by the Poles is
said to approximate $4,000. -
The French foreign Office announced
today that the French government
can government that the Polish
armies should remain within Poland's
frontiers. 1t was add
ed that the definite ethnoEraphic
1t was pointed out by the foreign
office that the Polish boundary laid
down by the peace conference was a
provisional minimum to be replaced
later by Polish Russian agreemeH4r-
and that therefore the minimum Pol
ish line has certain flexibility.
Land Distribution Rejected.
Demands for distribution Of laad,
10 Polish victims of war and the re-
urn of cattle and horses driven away
Dy Polish land owners from White
Ruthenia and Lithuania are rejected
affairs of Poland and violation Of
Polish sovereignty.
"Other terms are rejected without
qualification, and Poland demands "a
inc of demarcation between Poli9h
md Russian territory based ON
strategic consideration and the idea
If buffer states"
Polish and Russian bolshevik
'orces are engaged in local flghtinGs
With alternating success from Bre6fe
.itovsk southwark to Wlodawa, ac-'
.ording to an official statement ie-
ued yesterday in Moscow and received
lere by wireless.
East of Lemberg soviet operations
re said to be developing successfully.
he Poles offering resistance and in
places launching counter attacks
.gainst the bolsheviki. In the neigh
'orhood of Halicz soviet detachments
ave dcbouched along the lesser Lips
liver. and fighting is proceeding for
he possession of the crossings OF
hat stream.
The statement asserts that fighting
avorable to the bolsheviN continues
n the left bank of the Dneiper IN
he region of Kherson. South Russia.
soon to BE Clear Of Reds.
There is not the smallest prospect
# the Minsk negotiations resulting
n a swift conclusion of peace, but
Ill ethnographic Poland soon will
,e cleared of the bolshevik forces,
,ays the London Times Warsaw cor
in a dispatch dated Mon
lay. ~.
snow for certain. the dispatch ADDS.
hat it's delegates at Minsk are aware
Il the altered military position. due
O the Polish victories. not yet hav:
ng had time to hear the full results.
rhe first dispatch from the Polish
ere The poles say, contrary to-
4 afements of NJ fchitcherin. the boil
heyikI foreign minister. that their
Sireless is working faultlessly, but
hat the only Satisfactory way OIL
with Minsk would be"
,Y courier.
"A Polish courier, dispatched by the.
oreisn office two days ago. was not;
flowed to cross the frontier by the
,olsheviki. -
The Times correspondent says thes
,olshevik infantry apparently has
ntirely lost i.s head, especially in,
he northwest. Gen. Budenny and
lis bolshevik forces are reported
urning eastward. -.
WARSAW, August 24.-Polish vfo-
cries over soviet armies which frf-
,odad poIapd annorentlv havA nnf