The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-07
ACTUAL
WAR IS
DELAYED
Sunday Conference to Deter
mine Whether Allies Shall
March Against Rus
slams.
POLES HOLDING REDS
Bolshevik Army Resumes Drive With
Renewed Fury While Poles
Ask for
POLES HOLDING REDS
,rBy the United Press. |

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Slowing up Of the bolshevik drive
against Warsaw relieved the tension
| in Europe today, and gave France
and Britain breathing spell" before
finally deciding what, if any, action
to take to help the Poles.
/ Dispatches from European capitals
indicated the bolshevih had not made
any recent big gains toward Warsaw,
although they were pushing on toward
Lemberg.
The British cabinets plans for aid
I! ing the Poles-reported to approxi-
mate the waging OF war on Russia
were being held in check until after
tomorrow's conference between Pre-
fmiers Lloyd George and Mfllerand at
jHythe, England. Marshal Foch, who
tfavors military action against the
i[By Webb Miller, United Press staff
Correspondent
1 LONDON, Aug. 7.-Whether the
great powers will engage in actual
war to turn back the Russian tide
lin Pollard depends ON the result or
ence. sSaSEe held ~ Hytiie. meas
! Although tlss British cabinet favofs
action which arproximates war, the
popular disapproval which greeted
announcement of this attitude has
caused Premier Lloyd George to de-
LAY putting the program before par
lliament until he has had chance to
go over the whole situation with the
French prime minister.
navy officers were preparing plans
for vigorous action against Russia,
| News from the front today indi-
| Gated that the Poles still held the
.bolsheyiki in check, but that Warsaw
lrema ined in grave peril of capture.
military experts believed the reds
would resume their attacks with re-
Inewed fury after they have brought
!up supplies
! The attitude Of France at the Hy1he
conference, it was learned today, VIII
be that France and Britain should aid
Poland by sending war material and
Officers to the front, and possibly fy
engaging in limited naval operations.
/! Italy cannot be counted on at all,
according to the official view.
| 1t was also learned that Italy win
mot consent to recognize a renewed
! blockade of Russia, and will try to
| continue trading with Russia in spite
| of allied warships around Russian
ports.
The "verge of war" situation today
lis different from that Of 1914, IN that
the attitude of the people them
selves is the deciding factor in every
direction. The attitude of the British
people evidently has already de-
,terred the government from asking
parliament to approve it's plans for
war on Russia. Arthur Henderson
and other laborites are conducting an
aggressive propaganda against wa.
They have covered the country with
icopies of manifesto warning that
labor will not support war in De-
half of Poland.
Adyices from Paris said it was ex-
iceedingly doubtful whether the
French people would permit any CON
siderable number of troops to pc
despatched to Poland.
Despite denials, officials profess TO
he convinced that Moscow and Ber,
lin have entered into an agreement
tn trv to break the Versailles treaty.
If the people of Britain and france
,rere convinced Of the truth OF this
tbev might be aroused to war fever,
hut not otherwise, it was apparent
today. .. Mr..
The text of the latest Russian note
+, britain has been made public mere.
In II Kemeneff. the soviet representa-
tive informed Lloyd-GeoTge ne naa
Communicated to Moscow the Brltlsn
decision 'to side with Poland IN tne
new war and renew the biockade.
Kemeneff charged the Poles were ae-
,1aying armistice and peace nego.ia-
ttons hoping to bring about forelsn
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