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Poles Take KOLn0;
Spurn Foes Terms

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been arriving barefoot and in very
scant attire. There are reports, how
ever. that the Russians are well sup
piled with gold. and It is suggested that
the prisoners are divested of most of
their garments by their Polish captors.
The Poles appear to be extremely bit
ter toward Germans. particularly East
Russians, who, they say, have been
friendly to the Bolsheviki. The Ger
mans are charged with seeking to aid
the Soviet forces by giving them sup
plies, ammunition and arms.
Paris. Aug. %. Negotiations look q.
ing to surrender to the Poles have been
begun by the northern Russian Bol.
Shevik army. according to Vienna
dispatch received here. I!atast informa =
tion from Warsaw indicates the ad =
vance of the Polish armies continues
rapidly and that the Bolsheviki seem
apxious only to lose contact with the
Poles.
1t was pointed out by the Foreign
Office that the Polish boundary laid
down by the Peace Conference was a
provisional minimum to be replaced
later by Polish Russian agreement and
that therefore the minimum Polish line
has a certain fexibility.
Thorn. West Prussia. Aug. 25.-,
CBy A. =. Older officers IL the Polish
army express the opinion -.:at. in the
event of decisive victory 'er Soviet
Russia along the entire front. It would
be inadvsable to pursue the Bolsheviki
beyond the bounds Of ethnographic Po-
land.
One declared. however. that war be =
tween Poland and Soviet Russia would
be "inevitablc' until an arbitration
board fixed Poland's boundaries. which
lie believed both the Russians and
Poles would respect. He suggested that
there should be American. British and
French members OF such board.
London. Aug. 25.L(By A. P.l-
Polands reply to the peace terms pre-
Sented bv the Russian Soviet delega =
tion at Minsk amounts TO a fat re-
lection. says the Manchester Guar
dian's Minsk correspondent in a wire
less dispatch filed in that city on Mon
day.
"Out Of the fifteen Russian demands. -
he continues. "only one. that relative
TO ~ dt'tINtu, anu lHut
cnly on condition that Russia will take
similar course--that Is to say, Rus d.
sia must demobilize at the same time
, Poland disbands her forces.
Won't Surrender Munitions
The terms relative to disarmament
the closing of munitions plants and the
delivery of munitions TO Russia by
/ Poland are Indignantly rejected.
! 'Bolshevik terms relative TO Po-
! lish workers militia and control by
! the Russians of the railway line from
Bialystok southwark are declared be
! yond discussion The boundary line
between Poland and Russia. as LAID
down by Earl Curzon. British secre
tary of state for foreign affairs, is de
clared unacceptable, as it involves q
third partition of Poland.
Demands for distribution Of land tc
Polish victims Of war and the return
of cattle and horses driven away by
/ Polish land owners from White Ru
! thenia and 1.ithuania are rejected as in :
! tcrfering with the internal affairs OF
Poland and a violation of Polish soy
ereignty.
Other terms are rejected withou,
| qualification. and Poland demands 9
! line of demarcation between Polish and
Russian territory based on strategic
considerations and the idea of buffer
states
! Berlin. Aug. 25.-CBy \. Pre-
ports that the northern Russian Bol :
shevik army is retreating from POLAND
in disorder are denied by Prosken dis
patches to the Tageblatt. The CORE
spondent at that East Prussian towr
says, on the contrary. the Soviet re
| tirement is being conducted method
cally and that all baggage is bein.
moved in wagons.