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! |DENANDS
\ ON POLES
Additional Peace Terms Pre-
sented Including Creation
of Polish Civic
Militia.
NO OUTSIDE TROOPS
Poland Shall Return All Rolling Stock
and Cattle Removed from
Soviet Terri
by Webb Miller, United Press Staff
CORRESPONDENT.

by Webb Miller, United Press Sta1l
Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 21.--Additional de-
mands have been made upon Poland
by Russia, according to the terms
submitted Thursday at Minsk and
made public here by M. Kamaneff.
bolsheviki trade commissioner. These
demands, which hitherto had not
been made public, included:
Creation of Polish civic militia,
composed of workers, to be armed
with the surplus munitions demanded
from Poland by Russia.
"a hint of this specific demand was
contained in the opening speech OF
NJ. Danisheysky, chief OF the soviet
armistice commission, who pointed
out that such military body could
be depended upon not to take up
arms against the bolsheviki.)
Poland shall not allow troops OF
any foreign state to enter or remain
on Polish territory
Poland shall return all rolling stock.
cattle and other materials removed
from Russian territory
Aside from these demands, the
terms were precisely the same as
those transmitted to Premier Lloyd
George several days ago, which he
advised the Poles to accept. The
moro important Of these were:
Recognition Of Poland's full inde-
pendence by Russia and Ukrainia.
Remuneration of any form of in
demnity from Poland.
Establishment of the Russo-Polish
frontier practically as outlined by
Foreign Secretary Curzon, with addi-
tional territorial concessions to the
Poles east Of Cholm and Bjelostok.
Reduction OF the Polish army to
10000 men Ito be supplemented by
tho civic militia").
Cessation of hostilities seventytwo
hours after the terms are accepted,
the Poles to retire thirty-three miles
west of the then battle line and the
intermediate zone to be neutralized
Distribution Of land grants to fann!-
lies of Polish citizens killed or dis
abled during the war.
Free transit for Russians and Rus
sian goods across Polish territory.
Granting by Poland OF general po'
litical and military amnesty.
Unofficial dispatches from Warsaw
today indicated that the Polish drive
east of Warsaw, after reaching the
Vistula on a front of nearly 200 miles
between Bjelsk >and Cholm, has
swung northward and is pushing to-
ward Grodno, the new bolshevik head
quarters. En-. .,.
This change in tactics was believed
to follow orders to the Poles not to
make further incursions into ethno-
graphic Russia.
reds are experiencing great difficulty
in bringing their reserves up to the
line and that they may arrive too
late to be of assistance in stemmlng
tho Russian rout
Berlin advices today reported that
the bolsheviki are sending strongly
financed army of revolutionary mis-
sionarieS'' into Germany through east
Prussia for the purpose Of spreading
soviet propaganda throughout Ger
many This army was said to num-
be. 10000
Russo-Ge rman Alliance.
rBy A. L. Bradford, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. II. The
United States government is gather
ing circumStantial evidence OF AN al
lance or understanding between Ger
many and soviet Russia, it was learn
ed today.
While Washington has no proof of
such an alliance, additional reports
indicating it's existence have been
received, it was stated officially. How.
ever, the strictest secrecy is observe ed
as to the nature of these reports.
The government is quietly confut t.
ing a searching investigation to de-
ternine whether an alliance exists
between the two countries. II is