Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-25
REDS WITHDRAW FIFTEEN
!. OBJECTIONABLE POINTS
Then Tell Poles They Must Sign
3HtrTs Up in 10 Days or Face Winter
WsWft Drive.
PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN
sas5l'icrco Fighting South of Grodno
Results in Rcpulsc OF Fourteen
Attacks Directed by Sovicts
~ Against Polish Forces.
.iRr Assnriatrd I,rcasl-


i ,t5 5 ss55.s my Associated Prcssl
S al RIGA. LETVIA. Sept s4.-Adolph
s-ssiE- 5ofre. head of the Soviet peace dele
~ h.4 sEation at today's session OF the
y 4, s7!i 1tusso-Polish peace conference. pro-
4s..5 lf.osed an armistico. which he said
! - siaSS must he accepted by the Poles within
s.sei rten days OF the Russian winter cam
SSrnssn:,p aign would be inausurated. which
So - JoTe declared tho Soviet government
eg, IS sired to avoid.
So -" M. Jore proceeded his proposal by
n offering to withdraw virtually oil tho
-; ~,nftecn peace points submitted at
;rsa -Minsk. 10 which the Poles objected.
~ -. The Soviet armistice terms which NJ.
Joffe said the Soviet central execu-
80 80, tive committee in Moscow decided
- @ee.upon yesterday eliminate virtually
.suarsan conditions designed to sovietizc
Poland and abandon the Russian
80 q claims regarding Galcin.
5 NJ. Joffe's proposals make the pros
pect of peace much brighter than
ss-lt = hitherto. The Soviets recognized the
-. fact that the Minsk points were not
:. acceptable to the Poles. and. desir-
ing peace. were willing to withdraw
ssfs 3. them. lie mentioned specifically de-
mo Utilization of tho Polish army, the
Isworkmen's militia. Soviet control OF
the Bialystok-Grajevo railway con-
Meeting Russia with East Prussia and
49, GENERALIZATION of Polish munition
sgd plants
a. Ii Sdrprixe TO Poles.
The offer came complete sur
prise, the Polish counterproposals TO
the Soviet terms offered at Minsk
-being the order of the day. Conse-
quenuy. the Polish delegation was
1el unable to mako any response directly
IS. 10 the unexpected terms, which NJ.
+H;i-.'- Joffe explained were framed ut Mos
: ..e--- : COW Thursday by tho executive COM
- So. 'anittee OF the government. lie said
So the Bolshcvists were not anxious to
ts.i proionG the war. but were anxious
90 10 know Immediately whether peace
,Ssh . was impossible.
$50. j. The Bolshcvists by their move
-cs ~ are considered to have gained n tao
~ teal advantage by the sudden
stroke, which precludes procrastina-
, -ya-tion and makes tho Polish delegates
opposition difficult they had ex-
pected deliberate settlement of
-Hs&', peace prelimnares before armistice
9src, terms.
sAt3o.e& The brief terms upon which the
Soviet government, taking cognizancc
III ;-of the declaration of the Polish dele
4ta~. ..Eatton OF the unacceptability of their
~ point OF view of the original terms Of
N.Y. tHe fSuSSONSRrRtntan delegation n
g9!t icerpinE tho reduction in the 'numeri-
cal strength OF the Polish army
s-s;s--thc rehabilitation of Polish war
y industries and the surrcndernE of
q arms, and tho revertinE OF the
& railway from Nolkovisk- Graevo {;
& tho Soviet government, renounce
i these terms and express readiness to
n approach the allied Unkrainan re.
public with the same end in lew"
3 Yield Much Land to Poland.
Il; Iho statement indicates willing.
2 ness on the part of the 'Bolshevists
y to accept line far east of the Cur
= line this confirming the Soyiets
: ! statement that they would not make
z trouble over the boundaries. Assert
. ing that the Soviet government has
4 done everything possible TO bring
Sabout a speedy peace. the statement
Z, -.says:
4 Ail the Russfan csntraI executive
a committee are constrained to declare
2 49, that said offer is valid for ten days
!.after the expiration of which, Il "A
preliminary peace Is not signed the
Z Council of peoples commissioners
q Will be entitled to alter the terms
Following NJ. Jone, NJ. Dombski
!; presented the Polish preliminary
- terms. which had been prepared be-
fore M Joffes offer and were in no
= sense reply to the now Soviet pro
:, posals.
. NJ Domoski's suggestions were
n based on peace preliminaries and in
,cluded:
st 49,. .First-mutual recognition OF the
.,.Eoverc!Enty of Poland by Soviet
Russia and no interference in doines
ri y ffc affairs: second. the determination
81 ,fOf; boundaries. not in a spirit OF his
torical revenge. hut on basis Of
3 3nst consideration OF vital interests.
& I!,third. that the contracting parties
grant free choice Of Russian or
q Polish citizenship 10 all persons af-
fected by the treaty fourth. that
both powers agree to free cultural
4 linguistic and religious DEVELOPMENT
= and nth, remuneration of restitution
= in any form by Poland of the expensc
e of the Polish Soviet war
sss ..et.''-- Poles Repul.e Red Attnck,
- WARSAW. Sept. 24.-After four
teen successive attacks by three
BolsheNlSt diyisiouS