The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-11
F FRANCE DECIDES
ON RECOGNITION
OF WRANGELAS
Announcement by Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
POLES TO TAKE OFFENSIVE
About to Beg n Counter Move to Break
Force Of EneircIing soviets
Attacking Warsaw.


Force Of Enercling soViets
Attacking Warsaw.
Paris, Aug. 1.-THE French govern.
ment has decided to recognize General
Wrangeias as head of the de facto gov
ernment of South Russia. In making
the announcement the ministry of for
eign effairs stated that recognition
implied that all possible aid would be
rendered Gen. Wrangelas including
nj litary assistance
France, according to the statement
of the ministry will send high COM
missioner to Sebastopol Immediately.
Two reasons are given for the re-
cognition Of Gen. Wrangelas. One Is
his promise to assume all Obligations
of the former Russian government and
the second is his agreement to give
Russia democratic government
Warsaw, Aug II Concentration for
a regrouping of Polish forces for an
extensive countor.offensive on the en-.
tire Warsaw front is reported by to-
days newspapers.
1t is said that plans have been made
to begin the counter move within a
few days Military men express the
opinion that the present is propitious
time to strike back in an effort to
drive off the soviet forces endeaYoring
to encircle the capital.
Paris, Aug 10,-Slowly but surely
the Bolsheyiki are closing in on War
saw, according to the latest news reach
ing Paris. Appreciable renforcements
appear to have been brought to the
northern Soviet army, and in the MI
ava region their advance is growing
more dangerous. While the latter
movement does not Immediately
threaten communication between War
saw and Danzig through the Vistula
valley, the Poles, nevertheless, will be
obliged to form a new army north of
Warsaw to cope with t.
French military opinion is convinced
the Poles viii be obliged to handon the
Bug River, where they are still hold
ing on, and fall back on the Vistula,
after making brief stand on the vier-
prz river. Under these circumstances
the battle for Warsaw would be fought
in Warsaw itself.
london, Aug lO-"I am still hope
ful OF peace" We're the opening
words of Premier Lloyd Georges an.
nouncement in the House of Commons
today with regard to the RussoPoish
crisis.
The House was crowded and the
tension was high in anticipation cf
the Premier's peace or war state
ment, AS he entered he was warmly
cheered NM, Krassin and Kameneff,
of the Russian Soviet delega ion here
were in the strangers gallery.
Replying to an interjec lion as to
what the position OF America would
be- Mr. Lloyd George said.
We certainly are gong to appeal
to America. There is, of course,
the difficulty in America that up to
he present she has not ratified the
trea y and that the treaty is the sub.
iect of conflict between the two
great parties. II is not in our power
to say what view the American ex-
ecutive would take am only judg.
ing from the attitude of America at
the Peace Conference. She was a
strong protagonist of Polish indie
pendence. No man could have taken
a more determined and jealous part
in setting up Polish independence
than Presiden' Wilson, and | am Ger
tain that whatever differences of
opinion there may be in Amer.c ca with
regard to the League of Nations
there would be no difference of opin-
ion in Their general attitude toward
Polish independence"
Mr. Lloyd George declared the Pol
ish at ack was not justified in the
opinicn of the British government
and that the Soviet government, in
any conditions of peace. was entitled
to take into account the facts of he
attacks made by the Poles upon Rus,
sia and that these attacks were de-
livered despite the warnings of the
Allies to Poland.
The Sovie', he declared was enti.
tiled to demand such guarantees as
would be eXacted by any power
against repetition eff attacks of that
kind What was challenged, he said,
was that nothing jus ifies retaliation,
reprisal or punishment which goes to
the exten, Of wip'hg out national ex-
istence."
Apart altogether from the moral
righ- of any power to demand the
extinction of another nation as pun
ishment fer the aggression of it's gov
ernment," Premier Lloyd George sad,
Europe has to be considered The
Independence of Poland and its exist.
ence as an independent nation is an
essential part Of the structure of Eu-
ropean peace Repartition Of Poland
would not merely be crime; it would
be a peril, and we have to consider
both these contingencies as a basis
for our policy"