New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
American, French and
British Diplomats Said
10 BE Comforting on a
Policy of Joint Action
U. S. May Permit
Volunteer Service
France Already Calling
Men From Carrisons tn
Fight With the Poles
By Ralph Courtney
FIT O11 e11Cy
Special Gable to The Tribune

copyright, 1870, New York Tribune Inc
PARIS, Aug ia renewal of Amer
lean Intervention in Europe appears i'm
mlnent, according to statements made
to-day in authoritative French quarters,
where it is affirmed that America, France
and Great Britain are comforting with
the object Of reaching an agreement
for joint action in Poland.
Both yesterday and to-day the Amer
lean Charge dAffaires, Leland Har
rison, had lengthy conversations with
M. Paleologue, General Secretary of the
French Foreign Office. Both visits were
followed by interviews between NJ.
Paleologue and the British Ambassador,
Lord Derby, who has been summoned
back from his vacation because of the
Polish crisis.
Although any joint action by Amer
lea, Great Britain and France would be
contingent upon the outcome of the ne
gotiations at Minsk, it is believed here
that America, on being pressed. will
allow American volunteers freely to
enter the antiBolshevik armies.
France Calling for Troops
France already has been quietly call
ing for men among her garrison
troops for service in Poland, so that
all may be ready for an anti Bolshevik
campaign when the signal is given.
When once America permits her SOL
diers to volunteer to fight in Poland it
is assumed that the whole of America
will follow anti Bolshevilz armies not
only with sympathy but with active
support.
1t is believed that if America en-
tered a triple agreement for joint &C.
ton in Poland, Premier Lloyd George
Will be more able to face the British
labor forces, which want peace with
and recognition of the Bolsheviki.
French opinion considers that the
British labor threat of general strike
in case of war with Russia means Boil
shevik ideas are already strong in Eng
councils action as little short of a
national soviet.
Socialist Warns of Revolution
Up to the present French opinion
regards the possibility of action in
Poland with the greatest calm, despite
the statements of the Socialist leader
Cachin at a labor meeting last night,
that mobilization of the French army
"oViu NC lIc SlB Hal IOr Il revolution.
Official circles consider that any ac-
ton France might take in eastern Eu-
rope will not mean the mobilization OF
any more men than are already under
the colors and that it may possibly sup
ply all forces needed by volunteer en-
listment.
In the Polish crisis it is more than
doubtful whether the European powers,
despite their expressed sentiments,
care very much about the Polish peo-
pie themselves or the exact degree of
liberty melted out to them. | am in
formed on authority l believe to be
eral Wrangel by France at the present
time is mostly due to internal political
and financial considerations.
Differ Regarding Policy
Both Great Britain and France want
to destroy Bolshevism, and their dis
agreement on methods is chiefly be-
cause the two countries are differently
placed. England believes in killing
Bolshevism by kindness and needs Rus
sian markets and food for which France
has no use. The question whether
Russia is opened up commercially or
not leaves France Indifferent France,
like England and other countries, de-
sires for international reasons to see
Poland free and democratic.
Premier Millerand recognized the
Wrangel government only after it as
sumed responsibility for the Cars
debts, but the fact that the recogni
ton came when it did. l am informed,
was more or less accidental. Premier
Millerand perceived how Premier Lloyd
George at every turn was compelled to
consult the British labor forces and
that gradually these were assuming
control of the British government. On
the eve of Wrangels recognition re-
ports reached Premier Millerand in the
country that the same thing was on the
point of happening in France He
heard that M. Jouhaux and other labor
leaders were holding meetings prepar-
atory to similar action in France to that
taken by British labor in threatening a
general strike if England went to war
with Russia. He decided to nip the
conspiracy in the bud by swift blow
of defiance from which the French
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