New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-09
Reds Ready to
Withdraw If
Poles Submit
Will Accept Boundary Line
Supreme Council Set if
Foes Agree to Armistice
Terms on Reduced Forces
Request New Conference
Allies Must Promise Not to
Advance and to Persuade
Wrangel to Quit Crimea

LONDON, Aug. (By The Asso-
ciated Press) Russia is ready to start
withdrawal of her forces to the line
stipulated in 1913 by the Supreme
Council, providing Poland agrees to
the armistice terms, according to a
statement issued by the Russian dele
cation in London to-day.
Before receipt in Moscow Of the note
dispatched as a result of Fridays con-
ference between Premier Lloyd George
and Leo Kameneff, of the Russian dele
cation, to-day's announcement says, the
Soviet government instructed its dele
cation to communicate to the British
government the following statement:
Resultant on acceptance by Poland
of the armistice terms, which will deal
principally with reduction of her armed
strength, the Soviet Republic will be
prepared to begin withdrawal of her
troops to the line drawn by the Su-
preme Council in 1918 and indicated
again by Earl Curzon British Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Aifairs) in
his note Of July 20 to M. Tchtcherin
(Bolshevik Foreign Minister) and con-
siderably to reduce the number of So
Wet troops on this line if the Allies,
particularly France, undertake not to
advance and not to support any adj
vance against Soviet Russia on any
front and to withdraw General
Wrangel's army from the Crimea."
Moscow Statement
This statement was Immediately
transmitted to Premier Lloyd George
and later new communication was re-
ceived from Moscow.
no D,;t ic1,
ernment's note of Saturday was de-
livered to the Soviet government" the
new communication declares. "the
latter received at last from Warsaw
the Polish governments answer that
it was ready to accept proposals to
send its delegates to Minsk for the
conclusion of an armistice and the
adoption Of peace preliminaries. This
document is a continuation of the
negotiations inauguratcd July 81 at
Baranowitchi, where the Russian dele
gates declared their readiness to be-
gin negotiations for an armistice and
peace preliminaries as soon as the
Polish government would inform the
Russian delegates by wireless that full
powers to that effect had been sent
their delegates"
The communication then points out
that the Polish delegation interrupted
the negotiations ana returned to War
saw and that thus 106 hours elapsed.
The delay in concluding the armistice,
it adds. was not in the least an out
come of Russia's desires.
Proposes Meeting August 9
Within a few hours of the receipt Of
Poland's message, the present commun-
ication explains, the Russian govern
ment replied, noting Poland's consent
to negotiate an armistice and peace pre-
liminaries and announced Russian dele
gates that would, arrive at Minsk Au-
gust H. The Russian government pro-
poses to the Polish delegates to cross
the line at the Russian front on the
road between Siedlcc and Brest- Litovsk
at p. m. August 8.
While informing the British govern
ment of these arrangements the Rus
sian government expresses belief that
in this way the object at which the
British government aims, namely, ces-
sation of hostilities and resumption Of
peaceful relations between Russia and
Poland, and the full independence of
Poland, will be attained in the speedest
and simplest way by direct negotia-
ton