The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-08-11
POLISH | INDEPENDENCE
STAND OF AMERICA
Sessions Might Involve Results al
Which Country RecOils,
Colby Says
NOT TO DEAL WITH SOVIET
Reasons Why United States Has Not
Recognized "Socalled
Republics"

Washington, Aug. 10-(By the AS
sociated Press. 1.-The American Gov
ernment declared today for the main
tenancc of the political independence
and territorial integrity of Poland and
against any dismemberment of Russia.
In note addressed to the Italian
ambassador Secretary Colby, speaking
with the approval and consent of Pres
ident Wilson, said the United States
took mo exception" to the efforts to
arrange an armistice between Poland
and Russia and would regard with
satisfaction" declaration by the AL
lied and associate Powers that the
territorial integrity and boundaries"
of Russia would be respected.
The government fatty stated, how
ever that it would not, "at least for
the present." participate in any plan
for the expansion Of the armitce ne
gotiations into a general European
conference because it would in all
probability involve two results from
which the United States "strongly re-
coils"
"The recognition of the Bolshevik
regime"
"a settlement of Russian problems
almost inevitably upon the basis of a
dismcmberment of Russia"
Diplomatic Secrets Disclosed.
The note was in response to an
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ian ambassador that his government
would welcome a settlement of the
views of the American Government on
the Polish situation. Much of it was
devoted to statement of the sympa-
thetic feeling Of the United States to-
ward the Russian people. In reviewing
past events as evidence of this SYM
pathy the Secretary of State disclosed
some hitherto diplomatic secrets.
Mrl Colby revealed that the Amer
lean Government had withheld it's ap-
proval from the decision of the su-
preme council at Paris, recognizing
the independence of the "so-callcd re-
publics" of Georgia and Azerbaijan
pCShuoS ptl VI lllcll were Cdllcu OUT
of the CID Russian Empire,
1t also was stated that the United
States had taken the position that the
final determination of the boundaries
of Armenia, which the President has
been asked by the Allies to FIX, "must
rot be made without Rnssia's coopera-
ton and agreement"
IT was further disclosed that the
United States had persistcntly refused
20 recognize the Baltic states with the
exception Of Finland, q once indepn-
dent nation, because it held that they
were rightly part of Russia and that
the territory embraced in them should
be held for the Russian people until
they should have organized a stable
government.
Russia in Grip Of Soviets.,
owe are unwilling" the note de-
clared, chat while it (Fussia) is help
less in the grip of non-representative
government whose only sanction is
brutal force. Russia shall be weakened
still further by a policy of dismember-
ment conceived in other than Russian
interests"
Secretary Colby's statement of the
attitude Of the American government
in the face Of threatened overthrow of
Poland by the Russian Bolshcvki was
unequivOcal. He decalred that the
people of the United States were Gear
nestly solicitous" for the maintenance
of Poland's territorial integrity and
political independence.
"From this attitude we will not de-
part" he announced, "and the policy of
this government will be directed to
the employment of all available means
to render it cffectual."
Pillagc and oppression of the Poles
the later declared, would remove Rus,
sia wholly from out of the "pale Of the
friendly interests of other nations"
The Secrctary's note was accepted
, generally as evidence that the United
States and Great Britain and Franco
were at one in a determination to pre-,
vent the absorption Of the new re.
public into Soviet Russia Great Brit
tain's views on the subject were out
lined today in the British House o1
Commons by Premier Lloyd George.
England and America Differ