Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-20

would be no war by the entente. II
the Minsk meeting failed of results,
he declared, the allies had decided on
these lines of action: ~ No action,
except to support Poland in the strug-
gle for existence; (2) only to give sup
port to the nation which fights its
own struggles; (3) no allied troops to
be sent to Poland; az the allies will
help to equip the Poles for their own
defense: (5) to give military advice
and guidance; (6) economic pressure
to be brought to bear on Russia; Cd
to help Wrangel and all other counter
revolutionaries; (S) end of trading ne
gotiations.
Turning to the Russian representa-
tives who sat in the gallery, the little
Welshman said: "If you want peace,
get it now. If you are out to chal-
lenge the liberties of Europe, we will
meet you and fight to the end.''
British labor leaders had already
warned Lloyd George there would be
a general strike if the nation went to
war, but at the conclusion of the pre-
mier's speech Mr.. Clyne, their chief,
declared the laborites do not favor
soviet ideas and methods, and that if
they were convinced the soviet gov
ernment was aggressive, they would
be forced to consider supporting the
British government.
Kameneff outlined the armistice
terms the soviet was offering Poland,
and in some respects they we're rea-
sonable. They included, however, de-
mobilization of the Polish army with
in one month and the demobilization
of all war Industries Another clause
demanded that the families of all Pol
ish citizens killed, wounded or inca
pacitated in the war shall be given
land free. This was looked on as a
part of the plan to- establish soviet
| rule in Poland.
The encircling movement of the
soviet armies carried them across the
| Warsaw-Danzig railway and down
toward the Vistula from the north
But the other rail line to Danzig
through Thorn, seemed safe for the
I present The Polish forces were be
ing concentrated and regrouped, and
a competent observer, formerly in the
| American army, declared that though
the Polish position was serious it was
| not desperate. The stories of panic
and complete loss of morale he sait
were false, and were the result of 6
propaganda by the enemies of Poland
The spirit Of the Polish people was
still high, he asserted, and men an(
women in large numbers were volun
teering in all classes of war service.
A correspondent who has just com
pleted the trip from Vladivostok tt
Finland says that from one end O.
Russia to the other is heard the cr,
for food and clothing, and Nikola
Lenine himself is said to have admit
ted that the Russian people canno
pass through another winter like tn
last.
On Wednesday the soviet govern
ment signed a provisional peace treat
with Letvia and agreed with Finlan
upon armistice conditions. These al
rangements will make more Difficult
the maintenance Of a blockade of Rus
sia by the allies if that course /
found necessary.
In Persia the reds have withdraw
from Enzeli and some other places be
cause of lack of supplies, but the
have established headquarters of
Persian soviet republic at Ardebil,
little south of the Caspian. The oil
government remains at Teherar
though it's flight has been rumored rt
peatedly.
Greece continues to increase he
forces in Asia Minor and has capture
some more strategic positions. Kems
Pasha, however, has not quit by an
means and recent dispatches say Is
600 Tartars are on the way to join hi
nationalist troops for a great offensiv
against the Greeks, probably on tn
Smyrna front. According to an agree
ment between Italy and Greece tn
; Dodecanesus has been transferred I
!. Greek sovereignty except Rhode
where a plebiscite will be held som
time in the future.
, Technically the world war came
| an end Tuesday, so far as the allie
; nations and their opponents are col
, cerned. On that day the last of IL
t peace treaties, that with Turkey, We
! signed in Sevres, near Paris. TT
, Jugo-Slavs refused to sign because Il
/ treaty provides that the Ottoman del
: be partitioned among former Turks
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