Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
RUSSIAN YIELDING
PLEASES BALF0UR
Statesman Gratified at With
drawal Of Demand for Polish
Home Guard
MOSCOW CLAIMS ADVANCE
BY the Associated Press

London, Sept. 2.--Arthur 7. Balfour.
lord president of the council. yester-
day replied to the dispatch Of W. Tchit-
chcrin. Russian foreign minister, sent
August 20.
Mr.. Balfour expresses qualification
that the Soviet Government renouncss
its demands for workers militia. but
declares that NJ. Tchitcherin 10 mistaken
in supposing that the British Govern
Polish army 10 10000 men would be
Just peace terms. What the British
Government said. Mr.. Balfour declares.
was that Great Britain would not con
slider II sufficient ground for active in
Mr.. Belfour characterizes Tclitcher.
in's representations concerning the civil
militia as being a concession to Poland
as evidently meant az a jest. and 30
far neither requires nor deserves
reply"
Wants Joke Explained
He considers, however, that IL Is a
Jest requiring explanation from the 30
Wet Government. and points out TINT
both the British Parliament and people
were deceived by the Soviet withholding
the fact that the militia was to be taken
from q particular class chosen by vic
torious enemy. The British Govern
mcnts objection was not based on the
voice of workmen. Its objections
would be equally strong II the militia
were composed Of millionaires.
In either case II would be armed forco
imposed on the Poles at the bidding OF q
foreign power and therefore inconsistent
with national independence and the per-
maintenance of civil order.
Easy to Impoverlsh Rich Men
Balfour says he does not doubt
statement that there are
INEQUALITIES of wealth in Great Britain
which no longer exist in Russia. but the
nferences Tchitcherin draws from this
ire quite irrelevant to the present pur-
pose.
Mr.. Balfour concludes by saying that
1e never for q moment questioned the
,ficacy of Soviet methods for making
-ich men poor, but that 1t Is In the more
mnortant task Of making poor men
.ichcr that failure is to be feared.
mfr. Balfour's reply is in answer
to Tchitcherin's statement called
forth by the Italo- British ultimatum
respecting changes in the peace terms
offered to Poland by the Soviet gov
ernment.
Bolshevik Advance Reported
Bolshevik forces have occupied
number of villages from fourteen to
twenty seven miles north of Brest-
[itovsk, according to an official state
ncnt issued in Moscow yesterday and
received here by wireless. To the
south Soviet forces have advanced up
20 Brest Litovsk itself, the statement
,ayS
Still further south the Bolsheviki oc-
,upied Zamosc, forty five miles south
EAST of Lublin, on August 20. and in
the Lemberg region are said to be hold
ing up attacks by the Poles, who, 1t |
Is admitted, have 'started to advance"
In the neighborhood of Buczacz, eastern
Ialicia, the Bolsheviki have flung
Polish troops back to the right bank
IF the Dniester river.
ng success and with some severity In
he Crimean sector.
Warsaw, Sept. 3.-(By A. pm:
Danishevsly has resigned as head Of
he Russian Bolshevik delegation to
negotiate on armistice agreement and a
peace treaty with Poland. and has been
replaced by Adolph Abramowicz J0ffe,
,ormer Soviet ambassador to Germany
and chairman Of the Russian peace
delegation at Brest- Litovsk. according
10 Moscow aGvices received here. NJ.
Danshevsky resigned because the Soviet
government agreed to carry on further
with Poland at Riga.
Prince Sapieha, Polish foreign min
ster, received wireless message from
George Tchitcherin, Bolshevik minister
Of foreign affairs, stating that the
essential condition as TO the Riga con-
ference was a guarantee of the immunity
Of the Russian and Ukrainian delegates.
the right to free and uninterrupted
communication in code by telegraph and
wireless and by courier carrying diplo-
matte sealed pouches. Upon receiving
such guarantee. NJ. Tchitcherin said,
the Soviet delegation will leave for Riga
with full power to agree to an armis
tice preliminary to peace and to
negotiate final peace treaty.
Prince Sapieha has wired the Polish
minister in Riga to obtain the demanded
guarantee from the Letvian govern
ment and to communicate the result
direct to the Bolshevik minister in that
city.
Polish troops have entered the city of
Suwalki, nineteen miles north of Aug
ustowo, and have been given an en-
thusiastic welcome, according TO an Of
fetal statement issued here yesterday.
General Budenny, Bolshevik COM
mander, who has been attempting to
break the Polish lines in Galicia and
who has suffered what appears to be
decisive defeat, is rapidly retreating, 1t
is said.
Along the line from Sokolka to Brest-
Litovsk, on the northeastern Polish
front, the situation is quiet. Brilliant
service by aviators, among whom are
many Americans, is especially mention
ed in the statement.