Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-21
NEWS REVIEW or
CURRENT EVENTS
France Acts Independently of
Great Britain in the Russo
Polish Complication.
PROMISES AID TO WRANGEL
America to Use "Ali Available Means'
to Preserve Poland's independence
Resistance to Red Armies In
creasing-Express Workers
Get Wage Increase.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARD.

BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD.
The United States will employ "au
available means" to safeguard the in
dependence and territorial Integrity Of
Poland and will not recognize the
soviet government Of Russia.
The French government has recog-
nized the Wrangel government of
southern Russia and will give it mill
.ary aid against the bolshevikt; and
the French representatives in London
have been instructed to break off all
relations with KraSsin and Kameneff.
the soviet trade commissioners there.
The British government. though
somewhat dismayed by the American
and French announcements aud the
apparent break with France still
hopes and believes a peace can be ne
gotiated between Russia and Poland
The Russians, persisting in their re-
fusal to perm.t mediation by any third
party. sent a delegation to Minsk 10
meet the Poles. and continued their
circlinr movement designed to cap
ture Warsaw.
The Poles sent Representatives to
Minsk to talk armistice. and. having
withdrawn in good order from their
advanced positions. established two
lines of defense before Warsaw and
prepared for an extensive counter
stroke.
In the lineup of the powers. Italy
stands with Great Britain. and France
counts ON the support of the United
States. Germany maintains an osten-
sible neutrality While hoping for the
crushing of Poland. believing the
Polish adventure was instigated and
directed by France.
Such is the summary Of conditions,
on the day Of writing IN the biggest
Of the wars that are still going on.
President Wilson'S statement n
Americas position was made to italy
Tn it he suggested that the conflict
/. might be ended by tie withdrawal Of
all Russian forces from Poland and
the with travail Of All allied troops
from photographic Russia. together
with assurances by the allied ana as
ISOLATED powers that Russia will not
he dismembered. He urged that any
dealings with the soviet regime be coa-
fined within the most narrow houn-
DIARIES TO which the discussion Of an
armistice can he confined" and scored
the soviet government as that Of
tyrannical and diehonorahle minority
whose assurances and guarantees ara
practically worthless In asking that
the true boundaries of Russia be re-
spectel. the note specified that those
boundaries should not .flt3ude Fin
land. ethnic Poland or such territory
as may hv agreement form a part Of
the Armenian state Just what the
president meant ny "all available
means" in promising aid 10 Poland
was not made clear but ii was as
Snmed. both by government officials
and by the representatives Of Poland
q Washington. that the phrase did
not include the dispatch Of troops
Prince InhomirSki the Polish minis
ter. did not ask for armed assistance
bur said the need Of his countryinen
was for food, clothing. arms and other
war munitions These. he added. are
needed Immediately and imperatively
A conference Of the British and
French nremiers was held at Hythe
and. returning 10 London. Lloyd
George told the house OF commons
that he still relieved In peace. He
said Russia was entitled to strict
guarantees sgainst repetition Of the
Polish atoayk but was not entitled 90
destroy Poland as q nation; if Russia
acted within those conditions there