New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Russians Mass
Troops to Begin
our New W ars
Belligereni Notes and Re-
cruiiing Indicate Spring
Drives Against Poland, Ru-
mania, L;thuania, Latvia
10000 ON One Frontier
Warsaw Sends Envoy to
Bucharest TO Arrange for
Joint Defensive Campaign
BY Ralph Courtney
SneciNL Cdhle 10 The T',.ih,Lnn


Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920 New York Tribune Inc
PARIS, Dec. 25.-Frencs reports
from all sources say that the Bolsheviki
are again mass;ng enormous armies on
all fronts, ready to launch large
scale attack as soon as warm weather
comes.
The Reds are reported to have
massed 10000 men along the Latvian
border in preparation for the spring
drive. AS the result of Che stoppagc
at the Latvian border of the Bolshcvik
agent Ganetski the Moscow government
recently sent strongly worded note
to the Latvian capital and this has
strained the relations Of the two coun
tries. z. 0. Meirovich, the Latvian
Foreign Minister, who is in Paris COLI
ferred to-day with President Millerand
discussing with him the military stu
alton in the Baltic region
Detachments Of Bolshevik troops re-
Gently crossed onto Lettish territory.
and although they retired almost i'm
mediately Letto-R Russian relations are
almost at breaking point as a result
of the incident.
The French also hear that large Bol-
shevlk concentrations are taking plac.
on the Rum&nian frontier A Polish
envoy has gone to Bucharest to dis
cuss with the Rumanian government
Joint Polish Rumanan action against
the expected Bolshevik attack.
Boisheviki Accuse Poles
The Bolsheviki, on the other hand.
are accusing the Poles Of accommodating
an army at Wilma, under General Zell-
gouski, the insurgent leader, whose
seizure of wilma the Warsaw govern
ment disavowed. This army, the Bsl-
sheviki charge, contains not only
Poles, but also some Of Balanovitch's S
nti-Soviet White Guards.
The Pc es have thrown screen of
troops between Soviet Russia and
Lithu.nis, thereby cutting all lines of
communicate between these two coun-
tries. The Bolshcviki, in note handed
to the Poles at Riga, threatened that
ii concentration of troops at Wilma
was actually taking place with hostile
intent toward Russia troops the Soviet
government would not regard the Pol
ish screen as an obstacle in taking mil
itary action against the Wilma garrison.
The Poles replied to this threat with
boast that brcathed war Dobski,
The 70 I'm envoy at Riga, has Just
handed Jotfe, the Red delegate, com
munication. the essential part of which
SAYS
"The Polish government considers
the armed force at the disposal of its
high command which separates the ter
I - ~csESi-s ~o.s ss >,
territory of the Soviet republic to be
- ciaAt - .rsct - n.~s,r
may eventually try to invade the terri
tory which it occupies"
War in Spring Probable
Judging from these reports, moe
war in the spring seems inevitable.
Both sides protest their desire for
peace, but the truth may not be known
until spring shows which army does
the invading Of the others country.
Reports Oy way Of .tzcr.snd tell
OF The frantic efforts being made by
the Bolshcviki to recruit their armies
wen defined bourgeois methods.
First they ordered a general mobiiza-
tion of all physicians, vetcrinaries and
workers skilled in military construc-
tion work. Special pay was promised
TO those who had knowledge Of avia-
tion. Secondly. all soldiers who have
distinguished themselves at the front
or have shown special intellectual
capacity were selected, regardless Of
their political opinions as candidates
FOR the special school for officers. Then
the Bolshevik appointed two carto-
graphic commissions under Generals
Saionchovski and Bclaiev. The first is
20 work on the territories which the
Poles have torn" from Russia ard
the other is to proceed to the front
with the armies