The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-21
.B0L SHEvIKI Make
BIGGER DEMANDS
Want POIand'S Army Formed of
Workers Only.
All Foreign Troops To Be Kept
Out of Country.
Mist RETJRN all InnT
MUST RETURN ALL LOOT
Rolling Stock and Cattle Back
to Russ Soil.
Reds Sending Propaganda
Spreaders to Germany.

Moscow. Aug. 2O-(By wireless via
London. Aug. 21).-Russian and Pol
ish armistice commissioners held their
second session yesterday, it was Off
cially announced here today.
The Russians submitted their terms
which " re identical with those trans
mitted to Premier Lloyd George. The
soviet representatives protested that
/ the Poles were purposeiY dragging out
{ the negotiations.
England Gets Terms.
London. Aug. 21.-Additional de-
mands have been made upon Poland
by Russia, according to the terms sub
mitted Thursday at Minsk and made
public here by NJ. Kameneff. boIshevik
which hitherto had not been made
public included:
Creation of a Polish Civic" militia
composed of workers. to be armed
with the surplus munitions demanded
from Poland by Russia. A hint OF
this specific demand was containe5
in the opening speech of NJ. Danish
evesky, chief of the soviet armistice
commission, who pointed out that such
a military body could be depended
upon not to take up arms against the
Bolsheviki.)
Ban on Foreign Troops.
Poland shall not allow troops of any
foreign state to enter or remain on
Polish territory.
Poland shall return all rolling stock.
cattle and other materials removed
from Russian territory.
Aside from these demands the terms
were precisely the same as those trans
mitted to Premier Lloyd George days
ago which he advised the Poles to ac-
cept
The more important of these were:
Recognition Of Poland's full inde-
pendence by Russia and Ukrainia.
Remuneration of any form of indem-
nifty from Poland.
Establishment of the Russo-Polish
frontier practically as outlined by
Foreign Secretary Curzon. with addi
tional territorial concessions to the
Poles east of Cholm and Bjelostok.
Reduction of the Polish army to
$4,000 men (to be supplemented by
the civic militia).
Cessation of hostilities 70 hours
after the terms are accepted. the
Poles to retire 33 miles west of the
then battle line and the intermediate
zone to be neutralized.
Distribution of land grants to fami-
lies of Polish citizens killed OF dis
abled during the war.
I Frea transit for Russians and Rus
sian goods across Polish territory.
Granting by Poland of general po-
litical and military amnesty
poles Obey Ur3ted States Warning.
Unofficial dispatches from Warsaw
toady indicated that the Polish drive
east of Warsaw, after reaching the
Vistula on a front of nearly 200 miles
between RieIsk ard Cholm. has swung
northward and is pushing toward
Grodno. the new BOlshevik headquar-
ters. This change in tactics was be-
ieved to follow orders to the Poles
to not make further incursions into
ethnographic Russia.
other dispatches indicated that the
Reds are experiencing great difficulty
in bringing their reserves up to the
lines and that thew may arrive too late
to be of assistance in stemrning the
Russian rout.
Berlin advices today reported that
the Bo1sheviki are sending n strongly
financed army of revolutionary mis-
sionaries'' into Germany thru East
Prussia for the purpose OF spreading
soviet propaganda thruout Germany
This army was said to number forty
thousand
Paris. Aug. Liberation Of Po-
land IS assured by the great victory
last week over the Russian forces. ac-
cordinE to general opinion in French
that it will yield more important re-
suits
The Bolsheviki army probably will
escape total destruction. altho its re-
treat is entailing very heavy losses
In following up this success. it will be
logical for the Poles, after crossing
the Bug river to march northward
toward Bailystok. and Grodno. thus
making the retreat of the soviet army
imnossibIe.
Such an operation TO succeed would
have to be executed with great rap
idity and with cIock-Iike regularity. II
1 IS declared. and the Polish organiza-
/ ton after its long retreat and the hard
fighting of the past week. can hardly
be in a position to make such an ef-
+ fort.
i In addition the counter offensive
north OF Warsaw seems to be going
/ slowly. as the Bolsheviki are reported
! to still be at Molacek. ninety miles
west OF Warsaw This situation must
/ be cleared .up. and It seems probable