Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-08-10

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The house was crowded and tho
tension was high In anticipation Is
the premier's peace or war stats-
ment As he entered he was warmly
cheered.
Nm Krassin and Kameneff OF tho
Russian soviet delegation here. wers
in the strangers gallery.
Mr. Lloyd George declared thu
Polish attack was not justified II
the opinion of the British governs
ment and that the soviet government
in any conditions Of peace, was entf-
tied to take into account the facts of
the attacks made by the Poles up0m
Russia and that those attacks wers
delivered despite the warnings of tho
allies to Poland.
Entitled to Guarantees
The soviet he declared, was en-
titled to demand such guarantees A.
would be exacted by any power
against a repetition Of attacks oG
that kind. What was challenged. he
said, was that nothing justifles re-
taliation, reprisal or punishment
which goes to the ex;ent Of wfpins
out national existence.
Apart altogether from the moral
right of any power to demand the
extinction Of another nation as pun
Eishment for the aggression OF IT.
government" Premier Lloyd George
said, Europe has to be considered"
The premier declared that the soI0
purpose of the allied policy was to
secure peace on a basis of independ-
ence for ethongraphical Poland Ha
said the Hythe conference agreed
that the allies should advise Poland
to endeavor to negotiate an armistice
and make peace as long as such inds-
pendencs was recognized. That recon-
mendation has been Forwarded to the
soviet government, the premier stat
ed.
Suspicious Around
He pointed out that the allies sug-
gested to the soviet that they declare
truce Monday at midnight but this.
was not accepted in view OF the
Minsk meeting set for Wednesday.
He declared there had been great
and suspicious delays in coming TO q
discussion of an armistice. He coui1
not imagine, the premier said, why.
liz there had been real desire to
have an armistice and negotiate
peace, the soviet government would
not have fixed date at the latest e
week or ten days ago for the purpose
Allied Decision Announced
Paris, Aug. 10.-The military de-
cisions reached at the Hythe confer
ence between Premiers Lloyd Georges
and Millerand and their advisers
were as follows, according to che
French foreign office:
| First-That it was tmpracticabIe
and unnecessary to send allied troops
| to Poland.
Second-The integrity of PoIands
western frontier was guaranteed
| (This palpably means that any ef-
fort by Germany to use the present
crisis in an attempt to regain any OF
the territory ceded to Poland undcr
the treaty of Versailles would be de-
cisively negatived by the allies.)
| Thrd-That blockade measures
against Russia might possibly be TAX
en- later, French opinion questioning
the effectiveness of such action. how
| ever.
Fourth--That the allies would CON
tinue sending munitions and skilled
officers to Poland.
|. The premier continued:
I'VE are not goingt o have a quarrel
! or propose to engage this country in a
dispute whether it means much or lit
I tie upon the difference between Mon
Il Tad tar he facx
are agreed.
| Await Conference.
| ''If they negotiate an agreement az
Minsk we do not propose to Intervene
to npset any arrangement which, is ac-
ceptable to the Poles. It is their af-
far. | sincerely trust IL. will mean
lpeace but supposing It did not we have
got to fact that"
II the Minsk conference failed be-
cause the Poles refusedto accept terms
which the soviet was entitled to exact,
having reward to the way in which the
conflict started and to the Polish mill
stary condition, then the allies could
not support Poland, the premier de-
clared. However. if the bolsheviki in
sisted upon terms threatening the IN
dependence of Poland. then a difffcuE
situation would arise.
/ The premier said no action would
be taken except to support the strug-
gle for Polands existence and inde-
lpendence. No shed troops would be
sent to Poland. he declared 1t would
mot be necessary. he said. il the Poiish
resources were thoroughly organizes
and well directed.
i Economic Pressure.
! The next action. continued the pre-
n1ier, would be to put economic pres
sure upon soviet Russia, either by ma
val action or international action SUB
stantial stores. he says were availaois
in that quarter of the world wnicn tne
faIies would feel obliged to send "a
Poland.
(! Replying to an intersection as e
what the position of America would
be, Mr. Lloyd George said.
l. saxEa cartafnlv are going to appeal