Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-19

their state flag.
would be no war by the entente. If
the Alinsk meeting failed of results,
he declared, the allies hn6 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 it's
own struggles; (3) no allied troops to
be sent to Poland; (4 the allies will
help to equip the Poles for their own
defense; (5) to give military advice
and guidance; (G) economic pressure
to be brought to hear on Russia; (D
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 il the nation went to
war, but at the conclusion of the pre-
mier's speech Mr.. Clyne, their chief,
declared the lnboriteS do. not favor
soviet ideas and methods, and that if
they We're convinced the soviet gov
ernment was aggressive, they would
be forced to colis,.er supporting the
British government.
Kameneff outlined the armistice
terms the soviet was Offering Poland,
and in some respects they were rea-
sonable. They included, however, de
mobilization of the Polish army with
in one month and the rehabilitation
of all war industries. Another clause
demanded that the families of all Pol
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 Vistnla from the north
But the other rail line to Danzig
through Thorn. seemed safe for the
present. The Polish forces were be.
ing concentrated and regrouped and
competent observer, formerly i'm 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 said
were false, and were the result of q
propaganda by the enemies of Poland
The spirit of the Polish people was
still high, he asserted, and men and
women i'm large numbers We're volun
teerng in all classes of war service
A correspondent who has just com
pleted the trip from VladivOstok tC
Finland says that from one end OF
Russia to the other is heard the cry
for food and clothing, and NiSola
Lcninc himself is said to have admit
ted that the Russian people canno,
pass through another winter like the
last.
On Wednesday the soviet govern
ment signed Il provisional peace treaty
with Letvia and agreed with Finant
upon armisticc conditions. These ar
rangements will make more diflicul
the maintenance of a blockade of Rus
sia by the allies IL that course i.
found necessary.
In Persia the reCis have withdraw
from EnZcli and some other places be
cause of lack of supplies but the.
have established headquarters of {
Persian soviet republic at Ardcbil, {
little south of the Caspian. The OLE
government remains at Teheran
though it's flight has been rumored re
peatedly.
Greece continues to increase he
forces in Asia Minor and has capturet
some more strategic positions. Kema
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 offensive
against the Greeks, probably on tn
Smyrna front According to an agree
ment between Italy and Greece tn
Dodecanesus has been transferred t.
Greek sovereignty except Rhodes
where plebiscite will be held som
time in the future.
Technically the world war came t
an end Tuesday, so far as the allie,
nations and their opponents are con
cerned On that day the last of TIL
peace treaties, that with Turkey, wa
signed in Sevres, near Paris. TIL
Jugo-Slavs refused to sign because tn
treaty provides that the Ottoman deb
be partitioned among former TurklsI
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