New-York tribune., 1920-01-26
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WASHINGTON. Jan. Although
no official information had reached the
government tonight to indicate that
the Polish forces had modified to
meet the army Of the Bolsheviki, the
unofficial dispatches from Copenhagen
did not create much surprise. 1t was
recalled that General Taskcr H. Bliss,
who was 4 member OF the American
peace commission, recently warned a
House committee before which he was
.tcstifying that the next advance OF the
Bolshevik forces might be expected
against Poland, and urged that the Ad-
mnistratioM's request for a loan Of
$3.50 100000 to her and other European
countries be granted, so that her peo-
pie, clothed and fed, would support the
armies at the front.
Poles Lack Artillery
According to the best information
available here. Poland can put an army
of about 10000 men in the field against
The Bolsheviki Unless the Allies lend
military aid this army Will be neither
we'll equipped nor particularly we'll Of
iicered The Poles are unders TODD here
to lack ammunition and artillery Their
morale is good, largely because Of the
pride they have in their new govern
ment and because they are filled with
the desire to continue existence as &
separate nation, which, they feel, they
might lose ii once they are overrun by
the Bolsheviki and are swallowed up by
the Moscow government
Against this army the BolsheViki,
American authorities agree, can
muster possibly 100000 men, a
formidable army, better equipped
and better trained and led than
the Poles. Unless the Allies come
TO Poland's ald she is bound 10 have
4 hard time against a Bolohevih adj
vance in the view Of observers here,
although they are not yet ready TO
believe that the rest of Europe Will
leave Poland to her fate and run the
danger Of having the Reds sweep
across her territory 10 fresh conquests
in the West.
United States May Advise Allied Aid
There is little likelihood that the
United States viii DO more than give
financial assistance ior food supplies,
although the admini stration may de
termine to suggest to the Allies that
in view of this financial assistance it
is up 10 them to give military aid to
Poland. This already has been pub
lcly declared by General Bliss and
others connected with the admnistr tru-
ton 10 be advisable but so far as
could be learned tonight has not been
undertaken.
1t is the belief here that if the
Bolsheviki are preparing to begin op-
crations against Poland il is with the
purpose OF endeuvoring 10 forestall
Allied assistance.
Concentration Of Boshevk forces on
the Russo Polish frontier has been re-
ported in progress since the defeat Of
Admiral kolchal in Siberia, the crush
ing of General Yudenitch southwest Of
Petrograd and the Gripping OF Cen
eNal Denlkine in south Russia. Sur
plus Bolshevik troops, no longer
needed against nce-formidabIe en-
emles, have been massed in the west
ready for a blow designed to crush
the new Republic of Poland, the mos
powerful force now opposing the
"Reds."
Peace Offer Once Refused
Preparation to meet the expected
attack have been on foot in Poland
since the Warsaw government refused
late in December the Bolshevik offer
of peace. Geographical features of the
Polish frontier are said by military
observers TO make it probable that the
Bolshevik blow viii be struck from
the north
Following conclusion Of peace with
Esthonia last month, the Bolshevik
army on the Narva has been strength
ened by the addition not ONLY of Red"
troops from other fronts but by Chi
nese regiments. according 10 reports.
With the first open weather, these
forces are expected TO advance toward
Polish ground.
LONDON. Jan. 20. The Polish Diet
has had the decision to raise the
blockade against Russia under discus
sion, says a Warsaw wireless mes
sage Premier Skulskl deprecated dis
cussing the matter in the absence OF
Foreign Minister Patek. Finally il
was referred to the Foreign Affairs
Committee.
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