The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
FRENCH RECOGNITION OF
WRANGEL DEVELOPS NE
DANGERS IN WAR CRISIS
France and Britain !
Loggerheads May
Thwalt Peace.
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The schiSm In allied dlplo.
matte unity WAS caused by
France extending recognltlen
TO General Wrangel. anti.bel.
shevik leader In the Crimes,
and by Britain advising the
Poles to accept the b0lshevtk
peace terms
Lloyd George today Was csn.
frOnted with no less than three
crises, on which the poace of
Europe may depend. They
we're:
The French. British diplomat.
ic misunderstanding growing
out Of Frances recognition u
Wrangel; the threatened gen.
eral strike in Britain II The
government tries to make war
on Russia, and the psrley u
Polish and bOlshevik delegates s.
ut Minsk,
London, Aug. 12.-(By the Asso-
ciated Presss. Great Britain haA
been officially notified Of the rec
ognition by France OF the govern
ment Of General Baron Wrangel; ooU
the de facto government Of South
Russia, and the question 10 being
discussed between the two govern+
ments.
Something akin to consternatio4l
is evinced by the evening newspar
pers over the French action, which
is characterised as contrary =
British ideas and Q menace ~ Nsz
tente relations.
| King DeIays Tip,
| Meanwhile King George. VIE
was to leave for Scotland tomoE-|
row, has postponed his trip, owing
to the situation.
1t was unofficially reported this
afternoon that Premier Lloyd
George and Earl Curzon. the secre-l |
tary of foreign affairs, plan to meet
Premier Millerand at Boulogne on
Sunday to discuss the situation
arising from the recognition Of
General Wrangel.
Surprised at London Surprise.
Paris, Aug. 12.-(Havas)-TAe
recognition by France OF the south
Russian government of General
Wrangel. which appears to have
created something Of a commoticn
in London, is commented upon to-
day by all the French newspapers,
the majority Of which express sur
prise at the statements Premier
Lloyd George made in the house Of
commons concerning 1t. @
They take the view that the Brit
ish premier is not in a position to
,reproach France for this action. Al
they point out that Lloyd Georgl|
himself began negotiations with
the bolsheviki without consulting
France.
The newspapers consider that
the French recognition Of General
I Wrangel is a strictly logical con-
tinuation of the governments pol-
Icy.
/ "Examining Differences"
Paris, Aug. 12.-Great Britain
has communicated officially with
France with regard to the differ
ences between the two governs
ments, it develops from s.ate-
ment made by the semi-official Hs-
vas agency today.
The statement says that beth
: governments are examining, IN The
most friendly spirit, the divergen.
: cies in views"
. Charges Agreement Violated. q
Paris, Aug. Il. - (By Unite<
Press. s.)-Premier Millerand o.
France has informed the cabine
that Premier Lloyd Georges mes
sage asking Poland to accept thu
, Bolshevik peace terms was a viola
ton of the agreement reached b,
the two premiers at their recen
o conference at Hythe. it was admit
ted today in official circles.
= The French recognition Of Gen
eral Wrangel's regime as the d
facto government of southern Rus
a sia followed the cabinet meeting q
y which Millerand made thls asser'
tion.
3! Recognition of Wrangel's anti
. Bolshevik government was accord
4 ed without consulting Britain
: which, it is understood, .woul,
have opposed such a step at hi
l time.
May Thwart Peace E6orts.
This misunderstanding betweeI
Premiers Millerand and Lloyl
George appeared likely today =
bring to naught all efforts 10 n
store peace between Russia and Rp
land. With the principal allieJ .
loggerheads, the Bolsheviki are ex
pected to be .emboldened 70 keep u
their drive for Warsaw. Recognl
, ton of Wrangle may also CIV
n Trotzky and Lenine ground for
n charge Of bad faith against the q
!, lies, as the Bolshevist leaders %
J. been given to understand that d
2 such action would be taken uni
J. after the conference at Minsk. !,
It which an effort was to BE- made
. bring about immediate cessattoai
hoGtilifioe. s.sss