The Washington herald., 1920-07-26
.REDSIN POLAND
DESERT SOVIET
Socialists Prove Faithful to
Native Country in Hour
OF Peril.
(wasbinEton Herald-PubIic Ledger
Service. Special Cable Dispstcb-I

Warsaw. July 25. - Polish So
cialists, even of a radical stamp,
and even a considerable part Of the
Polish Communists, are revealing
themselves at the critical hour as
Poles rather than internationalists
or sympathizers with the Bolshe-
visit invaders. Any hope which
Lenine and yrotzky might entertain
of finding an ally or even a friendly
neutral in the Polish Socialist party
evidently is in vain.
have just come from an hours
conversation with the Socialist
leader. Daszynksi. vice premier and
probably supervisor of foreign af-
fairs in the new government. who
during the entire interview spoke
not one word OF party advantage.
radical doctrine, or the brotherhood
of the international proletariat. but
only of the necessity of peace on
just Polish lines, and Of the Polish
nation presenting a united front in
order to obtain it.
Dsszynski is evidently first and
foremost a good Pole and only sec
ondarily a Socialist. He discussed
the need of forming a coalition cab
met representing every party fac
tion in the nation to maintain Pol
ish rights in the coming peace ne
gotiatinE. and Strengthening the
army in every possible way as the
best means of securing peace.
Foreign Troops Needed.
I'VE shall obtain an armistice and
a just peace with the Soviet only II
we are strong and united" was the
keynote OF the conversation. He
dwelt on measures of self defense
rather than on idle hopes of foreign
assistance. He could fOresee little
benefit from the, visit of the Anglo
French mission. Poland now needs
foreign troops and munitions rather
than special missions.
With regard to the Soviet answer
to the armisticc proposals. Daszyn-
ski replied in a moderate optimistic
strain, that owing to a division of
counsels among the Soviet authori-
ties, part of the Russian leaders un-
doubtedIy favored continuing 'he
war against Poland to a finish, but
others believed the Soviet regime
had about reached the end Of its
rope so far as maintaining itself by
external war was concerned and
were inclined to consider peace.
Affairs in Russia. he understood,
were in this respect approaching
crisis.
sRed. Numbers Slight.
The minister paused then to speak
Of the attitude of Polish communists
whose ranks are also divided.
considerable wing of this party, with
which he and his friends were al
ready in communication, he said,
had sunk their sentiments of inter
national brotherhood of the prole-
tariat in the face of the national
peril and might be counted upon TO
support the government. He did
not despair even of the radical wing
phrases and theories of the hoped
for, selfish advantage from the tri-
umph of Bolshevism. Their strength
in any event is not great.
When it came to a discussion Of
the territorial basis of peace, Das-
zvnski proved himself a true Pole.
The frontier, he declared, should run
from Wilma to Eastern Galicia- and
peace could be made only If Russia
offered no pretensions to either OF
these. Wilma could be left outside
as the capital of a coalition State,
composed of Lithuanians and White
Russians The frontier could easily
be drawn in Eastern Galicia only IL
the Ukraine were established as an
Independent State.
Copyright, 1920. by Public Ledger co.,