Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-05
WILSON APPEARS HELPLESS.
PsriIs TO Republic Admitted by Eur
opean Friends.

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With the Russian army .wcen,nr
down upon Warsaw ana refusing an
1rmistice. Poland Ii In d s1NsnerAsA
plight. Apparently nothing short of
effective Intervention BY Great Eri !.
tain. france and italy can save the
little republic.
II the bolsheviki are enabled TO
work their will without hindrance
they not only will dictate territorial
settlement favorable to Russia hut
VIII establish a soviet form Of rov-
ernment in what they leave OF the
Polish state. That would bring ho,.
snevism another step nearer to west.
egn Europe.
While Senator King. Utah. demo.
crat. IS urging the president to re-
convene congress for the considera-
t1on OF the extension OF American aid
70 Poland. Mr.. Wilson, It was learned
today, has reached no definite dec,-
sion concerning what the United
States can or ought to do.
confers With Great Britain.
SO far the president has done noth-
ing beyond discussing the situat, 81
with the British government with =.
view to learning what steps the allies
are disposed to take to save Poland.
| There are 1900 American tronns
on the Rhine. but there Is grave
question whetaRer the president has
authority. even under his ex,st,nx
war powers, to dispatch them either
from Germany or the United stare.
to the aid Of Poland, without the ex-
press direction Of congress.
/ When 1t appeared likely that tha
soviet government would accent ,ha
Polish plea for an arnistice the at
tentton OF the admipistration was To-
cused on the British proposal Of q
conference between the allies and the
Russians in London to settle not on,v
relations between the soviet rov,r,-
ment and the allies. but Polish
peace. S''
Wanted Yankee Observer.
The president communicated +o
| England his desire that America ha
represented In this conference bv an
observer, tho not an actual partict-
pant In the negotiations. This plan
mas been thrown into the background
by the refusal Of the bolsheyiki to
consent to an armistice with Poland.
In regard to the failure of the
league to take cognizancs of the
Russo-Polish war. Viscount Grey.
formerly foreign minister and later
ambassador to the United States.
writes to Lord Robert Cecil:
The league had nothing to do with
the Russian Polish war and It Ia a
crime against the league and its
members to charge 1t with responsi-
biltty clearly did not rest with the
league. but with Individual govern
/ ments.
League Appeal Too Late.
| "The league was pot invoked to re-
strain Poland, one Of its own men,
bers, from aggression or, as the
prime minister calls 1t, reckless and
foolish action, as 1t should have been
To invoke the league now to support
Poland by arms against the conse-
quences Of her action is not merely
Illogical: 1t is in fact, great mis-
use Of the league.
This perversion Of the league un-
less depudiated, will impair its fu-
ture usefulness and imperil Its very
existence. It is now too late for the
league to intervene In this war. AS
1t was not invoked to restrain Poland
from the offensive 1t can not be in
voked to save her from the conse-
Quences of that offensive.
Whether on other grounds WI
should. or hoY we can, help Poland
are points which do not desire tt
raise or discuss in this letter"