Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-08-13
news REVIEW Of
CURRENT EVENTS
Russians 0verrun Poland While
the Allies Seek to Devise
Ways to Stop Them.
ENEMY CLOSE TO WARSAW
League Of Nations Council Adopts
9asic Plans - Railways Satisfied
With Rate ncreases-Commu.
mist Labor Party Leaders
Convicted in Sweden.
BY EDWARD W. PicKARO.

Suspicious that the soviet russians
We're not acting IN good faith when
they offered TO negotiate an armiStce
with the Poles We're we'll founded. 40
sooner had the Poles reached the place
of meeting than the Russians broke
on the negotiations and demanded
that another discussion be opened al
/ MinSk, All the time their armies con
tlnued the fierce attack designed to
cut of 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 Il few miles Of Warsaw, the
civilian inhabitants of that city were
in flight and the government was pre-
pairing 10 move to Cracow. The Rus.
Slams had captured the great fortress
of BreStLtovSk and had crossed the
Bug river northwest OF that place adj
ranCing in echelOn in such a way as
To force the Poles to evacuate the
strong forts west Of Brest-ltovsk and |
eventually to drive them ont of War. |
saw If succOr did not come. Further !
north, soviet troops that had crossed
the Narew river were defeated and
in the south where they threatened
Lenlberg, they were being held ana
even pushed back IN some places.
Since II was agreed that only out
side aid could save Poland from be-
ing crushed by the bolshevikl. the
main question was the source aud ma.
ture of that aid. Premier Lloyd
George, placed in most uncomfort
able position. was said to have called
KraSsin and Kaminef. ue soviet rep
reSentatyes, to conference and 10
have demanded that the advance into
Poland be Immediately and uncondl.
ti0nally stopped, even before the sign.
Ing of an armistice. or else Great Brit.
ain would declare war. If this was his
determination, II was reached despite
The views of considerable part Of
his cabinet, including himself. that
peace with Russia must he forced By
economic rather than military meas.
Tres. Others of the ministers, lead by ,
Winston Churchill, were said to favor I
warfare on the bolsheyili
md the extension Of unlimited aid 10 +
'oland. There was a rumor In Lon ;
lon that the allies had determined to
end six divisions to Poland, preSum-
bly, some Of the 0ccupatonal forces II
rom Germany. Also, the members of
he supreme council of allied amhas.
adors were hurrledly called from o
heir vacations to meet In Paris. +,
The reply of Moscow 10 Lloyd II
ie0rge. according to the London -
lines, was refusal TO halt the Dol. Il
hevik advance on the ground that +,
he army had been promised the loot q
y Of Warsaw. Tile Russians said u
ley were prepared TO offer Poland q
,mplete independence and wider n
oundaries. but that they insisted on 81
separate peace with tile Poles. "
The allies realize that In sending an n
my to the rescue of the Poles they hi
ay be compelled to violate the npi- r.
atty which Germany has proclaimed,
I'd the sincerity Of Berlin Is so ques- re-
enable that this may be done with H,
It much conjunction. A sinister as III
'ct Is given the stand Of the Ger VIC
ans by the report that before the fo
'lish offensive began they made of
cret treaty with the Moscow gov de
The treaty, II Is asserted. ca
ntained the following provisions: OF
Russia, without interference from RI
would be allowed to appro-
late all OF Polands arms, munitions, Of
Hing stock and fo0dstuffs. tlr
After the conquest of Poland permits WI