Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-01
Must Be Governed by
Strategic Conditions, Says
Formal Reply. j.,
RUSSIA THREATENS NEW
OFFENSIVE TO GET PEACE
Warsaw Must Conform Acts to
Promise" Tchitcherin
Warns in Note.

oidHu mas answered. lHc dumOnI-
, tion of the United States that the Po
lish armies halt at the ethnograpbic
frontier of Poland with the statement
that strategic considerations must
govern the Warsaw governments ac-
tions.
The formal reply to the American
note. which was dispatched August
p, has been received by the Depart
| ment of State. 1t was delivered yes
terday by Prince Lubomirski. the Po-
| lish minister here. and followed an in
formal answer transmitted last week
through the American charge at
Warsaw
The informal communication has
been charact erized by officials as mot
Disappointing" but comment was re-
served today on the formal note.
Expresses Keen Qualification.
1t was learned today that the War
saw government. although express
ing agreement with the American
contention that Russian territory
| should be respected, pointed out that
1t was forced to consider serious con-
sequences which might result should
the Polish counter offensive against
the soviet armies stop at a fixed line
without satisfactory guarantees from
soviet authorities.
The Polish note, it is understood calls
attention to the fact that Polands from
tiers had been violated by the bolshe-
wiki in the drive toward Warsaw. al
! though the British government had
called upon the soviet forces to halt at
! the ethnographic boundaries of Poland.
Qualification at the position taken by
! the United States in the note to Italy
| on the Russian-Polish situation is ex-
pressed by the Polish government in the
nraSQntnd Prince
Lubomirsk, the Polish minister, the sec
| ond part of which is devoted to dis
| cussion of the suggestions made to Po-
! land by the United States in the note
of August q, proposing that Poland an
nounce her intentions to halt the coun-
| ter offensive on the line flxed by the
supreme council as the ethnoGraph:c
| boundary of that country.
| Soviet Threatens Offensive.
/ WARSAW, September / tHavas).-
! George Tchitcheriu. Russian soviet
foreign minister. in a wireless mes
sage received today, says he is happy
| to note the Polish government has
declared itself in favor Of peace. but
| threatens a new offensive if the Poles
do not conform their acts to their
promises"
M. Tchitcherin asserts that the
fighting power of the soviet armies
has not diminished in the least.
"A new Russian volunteer army
which is already assuming respec-
table proportions. is being formed by
the Russian national committee,
founded in this city by Boris Savin-
koff, Russian war minister during the
Kerensky regime. and NJ. Robitchev-
social democratic leader in Russia. NJ.
Savinkoff fought as a Polish volun-
1,,r rinO hattie waved along
the banks of the Bug river against
the bolshevik forces. which attempted
to take Warsaw.
The committees program comprises
establishment in Russia of repub-
lican democratic regime, distribution
of land among peasants ana Wloe pro-.
vincial autonomy.
Poles Reach Nfemen River.
Polish forces advancing toward
Grodno have nearly reached the banks
of the Niemen river which flows past
Grodno toward the north. according
TO reports from the northeastern
front
The greater part of eastern Galicia
has been recovered by Polish ana
rkrainian troops, who are masters of
ALL the left bank of the Dniester
river. Pursuit continues Of the boil
sbeyik forces. which appeared along
tbe upper reaches of the Bug river
near Sokol. In the region of Przemys-'
lany. twenty-five miles southeast of
Jemberg, the Poles have scattered
soviet forces that attempted to start
An offensive operation. Gen. Paw
lenko's Ukrainian columns. which
G, ossed the Dniester river south of
the city of Buczac, have developed
their offensive successfully, oblging
the bolsheviki west of the Sereth river
tc retreat hurriedly in order to avoid
being surrounded.
Poles Repulsed. Reds Claim.
LONDON. September 1.-The re-
mise of Polish attacks all along the
line is reported in the Russian soviet
official statement of Tuesday, received
here today by wireless. The statement
says:
I'm the Beloviezh-Pruzhani region
IA bout 135 miles northeast OF warsaw
tba enemy's attempt to advance was
beaten off. The enemy, who attempted
70 cross the Bug river at several
nlaces. was flung back by our troops
at Dubenka village.
..Fighting is still proceeding south
of HrubiesZow (ifty miles southeast
of Lublin). In the Krystynopol region
north of Lemberg), enemy attacks
were repulsed. In the Lemberg and
RucZacz regions the enemy repeatedly
made fierce attacks. which we re-
pulsed.
Polish Peace Leaders