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Pren,ierS Ask Better
Terms for Poland
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ton with regard to the Prinkipo confer.
ence. The premier added that he had
no wish or intention of mixing into
American internal matters. He made
the same comment concerning France
when he was asked about the reCogni
ton of Wrangel, saying, That is their
affair.
An official statement issued regard
ing the conferences between Premiers
LIoyd George and GiOltti says that the
premicrs agreed to the vital need of the
re- establishment of the peace of the
world at the earliest possible moment
and that the first guarantee of such o
peace is to be found in the various
/ treaties already concluded.
/ "The victors in war" continues the
statement. should display a spirit OF
moderation in their enforcement of
| terms and the vanQuished a spirit of
/ loyalty in their execution with this aim.
| England and Italy trust that the good
understanding reached at Spa will be
! further developed to cover all outstand-
| ing questions.
Before peace is fully established,
however, there are a number of i'm
portant questions to be decided. a ma
! iority of which are indissolubly con
nected with the march of events in
territories of the former Russian EN- =
pire. Until peace is fully established
! between Russia and the rest of the
world an atmosphere of disturbance and
unsettloment will continue to menace
the world.
Regret Red Terms to Poles
"Therefore, the British and italian
I Governments have been taking steps,
in the face Of much Misrepresentation,
to restore communications between
| Russia and the world outside. With
profound regret they have just heard
that the Soviet Government, despite re.
= heated assurances to the contrary given
officially on their behalf in London,
has sought to impose on Poland condi.
tions incompatible with national indie.
pendence.
The government Of Poland is based
on the choice of the whole adult male
population of the country without dis
tiuCtion Of class. and this so called civil
army to be drawn from one class only,
which is referred to in the fourth con
Jition of the Soviet terms, is only an
indirect method Of organizing force ia
overflow by violence this democratic
constitution and substitute for 1t the
Gcspotism Of a privileged few who may
have absorbed the doctrines Of boil
sheyism.
1--WE cannot help apprchending thai
when the detailed conditions of the com
POSITION Of this fOrcc-kcpt back as they
are now-arc revealed later on, they
Will be found TO be moulded on the plar
Of the Russian Red army. For on,
nation to insist as a condition OF pcacc
with another that the force orga nice
for the protection of life, property ant
good order 70 the latter country shal
be drawn from only one class of it
citizens, to the exclusion Of all others
j. an unwarranted infringement of tn
liberty, independence and selfrespect o
that country.
ITO have added such a conditio,
after Kamenev's pledges to the Britis
Government that nothing not of
secondary nature was omitted from hi
summary Of the terms Is gross breac
; OF faith, and negotiation Of any kin
with government which so light
, treats Its word becomes difficult, IL no
, impossible.
THE Soviet Government has rejecte
the suggestion by the British Govern
, ment for truce under conditions whic
3 would have guaranteed Russian terri
i tory against any acts Of aggression an
has continued its career OF invasion {
tthnographical Poland, with view
the conquest of that country by fore
Of arms for Soviet institutions.
= "If the Soviet Government, nothwith
standing the punishment which its ag
: gression is encOuntering, still refuses t
q withdraw this sinister proposal, bu
continues the war inside Polish terri
, tory In order to force its acceptance o
I the Polish people, no free governmer
!. can either acknowledge or deal with tn
2 Soviet OligarChy.
What has befallen In this short wa
to the invaders Of national rights
, whether In Russia or In Poland, Ougi
TO teach wisdom 10 aggressOrs. Th
world, east and west, is crying fc
peace, but peace is only Obtainable o
the basis of full recognition of tn
liberties Of nations.
''The British and Italian Government,
r are alarmed at the indefinite prolonga
! tion of the present state of conflict. III
, peoples engaged in these antagonisu
can bring nothing but ever increasir
misery to the peoples Of the world ,