The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-20
Russians Overrun Poland While
the Allies Seek to Devise
Ways to Stop Them.
ENEMY CLOSE TO WARSAW
League Of Nations Council Adopts
Basic Plans - Railways Satisfied
With Rate lncreases-Commu.
mist Labor Party Leaders
Convicted in Sweden.
BY EDWARD w. PickARD.

oy 6OWAnO w. TINNAhO.
Suspicious that the soviet Russians
were not acting in good faith when
they offered TO negotiate an arnistice
with the Poles were well founded. No
sooner had the Poles reached the place
of meeting than the Russians broke
off the negotiations and demanded
that another discussion he opened at
Minsk. All the time their armies con
tinued the fierce attack designed to
cut off the DanZig corridor and TO cap
ture Warsaw. Al this writing the for
mer part of that program has been
temporarily checked by Polish sue
cesSes, but the latter part is about to
be carried out. With the red army
within q few miles Of Warsaw. the
civilian inhabitants of that city were
In flight and the government was pre-
pairing to move 10 CracOw. The Rus
SLAMS had captured the great fortress
| Of Brest- Litovsk and had crossed the
| Bug river northwest of that place, adj
| vancing in echeon in such way as
| to force the Poles to evacuate the
strong forts west of Brest-Litovsk and
eventually to drive them out Of War
saw il succOr did not come. Further
north, soviet troops that had crossed
the Narew river were defeated. and
| In the south. where they threatened
Lemberg. they were being held and
even pushed back In some places.
Since II was agreed that only out
side aid could save Poland from be-
ing crushed by the bolsheviki. the
main question was the source and ma
ture of that aid. Premier Lloyd
George, placed in a most uncomfort-
able position. was said to have called
Krassin and Kamineff. the soviet rep
reSentativeS, to conference ana 10
have demanded that the advance into
Poland be Immediately and uncondi'
tionally stopped. even before the sign
ing Of an armiStice. or else Great Brit
ain would declare war. II this was MS
determination, il was reached despite
the views of considerable part OF
his cabinet. including himself thai
peace with Russia must be forced D,
economic rather than military meas
ures. Others of the ministers, lead u!
Winston Churchill, were said to fafo
unrelenting warfare on the bolsheVik
and the extension of unlimited ala u
Poland. There was r1lmor IN Lon
don that the allies had determined u
send six. divisions to Poland. presuin
ably some of the oceupationai torce
from Germany. Also the members
the supreme council of allied amhas
sailors were hnrriedly called iron
their vacations TO meet In Paris.
The reply Of Moscow to Lloy'
George according 10 The i-"hho'
Times, WAS refusal 10 halt the Dol
shevik advance on The ground ina
: The army had been promised the io"'
, ing of Warsaw. The Russians san
r they we're prepared to offer Polah'
/ complete independence and vide
! boundaries. but thar they insisted Oh
, a separate peace with the Roles.
, The allies realize that In senulne n
army to the rescue of the fotes ii'e
NAV be compelled 10 violate the he'
trality which Germany mas proria'''e'
and the sincerity of Berlin Is 50 qhe'
tionabIe that this may he done VIII
OFT much conjunction. A sinister a.
: meet is given the stand of The tie
z mans by the report that before III
Polish offensive began they made
Y secret treaty with the Moscow go
e eminent. The treaty. II is asserfe'
e contained the following provisions:
: Russia. without interference III"
D Germany. would he allowed To aPi"'
. nria,e all of Poland's arms. mun'tioh
2 rolling stock and foodSfnffs
after the conquest of Poland perrin