The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-10

The note dispatched by the Polish
 government to tho United States has not been received here as yet, either by the Polish legation or the state de- partment. It'Sas stated, however. by officials that the government was con- tinring in constant communication with Era nee and Great Britain and that tho situation was occupying the almost ex- elusive attention of officials of the government concerned with foreign af- fairs.
 Effectiveness of the blockade pro- posed by France and Great Britain a1 means of bringing pressure to bear upon the bolsheviki was seriously questioned by officials, who pointed out
 that such blockade had been main- | tained by the British navy in the Baltic sea sInce the conclusion of the armi- stice. The blockade, although never formally acknowledged. has suecessfui- l ly prevented the importation into Rus sia of any goods, which the allies de- sired to keep out, these officials claimed, without having broken the power of the soviet regime. , There was no reason to expect, it was | said in the same official quarters tha- l the formal announcement of blockade
 already existing for many months
 would promise any of the hoped-for l remedial results claimed for it by some
 The use of force by France and | Great Britain yvas equally void of hopeful results, in the opinion ofN officials, even if these nations pos | sesscd troops in sufficient numbers | to give adequate military aid. RESTS WITH ALLIES ! Poland's military situation is now ] critical, in the view of Maj Gen. Henry | T. Allen, commander -in- chief of the
 American army of occupation, who is
 kept closely informed through d repre-
 sentative in Warsaw and the American
 attache there of Polish developments. Resources and endorsements within Poland for much further resistance do
 not appear .o General Allen to he avail able, and he believes that continuation of the Polish struggle rests with the allies.
 The American general has received no indication that the United States is taking active steps to cooperate with
 the allies; he has received no special instructions from Washington covering his attitude and policy.
 | General Allen has expressed the con- viction, from his knowledge of tho loountry, that Germany is determined to stand on her neutrality and oppose the allies transit through German terri
 tory. He also feels certain that Ger
 many will not allow the bolshevki be- yond her eastern border
 Estimates made here of the com l batant forces on the Russo-Poiish {, front indicate they are relatively 1 small, the bOlsheyiki being snid to 1 number 100000 and the Poles 1OO.- l GOO.
 A proclamation addressed by thu | Polish council of ministers to the Polish nation was made public here to- day by the Polish legation. Affirming the desire of the Polish government to | maintain good relations with it's neigh 1 bors appeal was made for all citizens l to defend their homes fin the holy war before the gates of Warsaw"
 FIGHT TO LAST | "The government will defend tho
 country to the last drop of her blood"
 the proclamation adds
 At the same time the Polish lega-
 ton made public the text of the nots addressed by the Polish government to | the League of Nations as follows: l Poland informs the league that not ! withstanding the declarations made to | the league council, July 6, and not 1 withstanding the reiterated efforts to obtain the armistice and just and durable peace with the soviets. the att titude of the latter has rendered tho 1 sation of hostilities impossible. l Under various pretenses the soviet I government refused until now to state | the conditions of an armistice. Not l withstanding, the Polish governm ent l did not and will not cease to do every l thing within it's power to reach an | honorable peace, but declines all re- 1 sponsibility for the continuation of the l war. This report 1t considers as fall- 1 ing on the soviet governmet."