Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-16
WRANGEL WARNED,
BRITISH PREMIER
TELLS COMMONS
Anti-Red Commander Knew
Responsibility Would Be
His in Operations.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON. August 16.-Premier Lloyd
George stated in the house of COM
mons today that the government had
made 1t clear to Gen. Baron Wrangel.
nti-bolshevik leader in South Rus
sia, that if he further attacked the
soviet forces he must do so on his own
responsibility.
Gen. Wrangel since then had opened
further operations, the premier add
ed. and the responsibility, consequent
ly, was his own.
Reds Stick to Terms.
LONDON, August I'm. Kamen-
eff, one of the bolshevik commission
ers here. today wrote David Lloyd
George, the British prime minister
notifying him that Notwithstanding
the hostile acts of the French gov
ernment which are calculated TO pre-
vent the holding of a peace confer
ence. the soviet government does not
consider it necessary to alter It's con-
ditions for armistice and peace pre-
liminaries already communicated ~
your government"
Comment by Diplomats Here
Premier Lloyd Georges announce
ment that Great Britain had informed
Gen. Wrangel that any further a,
tack by him on the bolshevlki Wouin
be on his own responsibility comes
almost on the heels of France rec,
ognition of and promise OF material
aid to the anti-bolshevik leader
Some officials and diplomats mere
were of the opinion that the situation
was not quite as serious as appeareu
on first examination of the premier
pronouncement. -,
IT was said that Great Britain had
been aiding Gen. Wrangel and that
IT was entirely possible that the brn-
ish government had decided to with
draw that aid at this time because
it did not desire any compllca.lot,s
in the soviet Polish armiStice neSo-
tiations.
The action of France in recognizing
Gen. Wrangel is understood 10 nave
met with the approval OF the AneIt
can government, and the French reply
to the American note to Italy on the
Polish Russian situation. which was
received yesterday. has disclosed tnat
the United States and France prac-
t;ca,ly are as one in their policy to-
ward Russia.
ReiOlndera Expected.
State Department officials said TO-
day they had received no Information
as to whether the British government
lnLen0eQ 10 Icply " ehS =
note. in which the United States said
it would welcome a declaration OF
policy by the allies as to the future
of Russia. A rejoinder from Great
Britain and also from Italy sthl is ex-
pecteds however.
There still was no indication today
THAT the American government was
seriously considering recognition or
Gen. Wrangel Careful considera ton
lis bel ing given, however. to plans Tor
extension of support to Poland, ana
of1icials intimated that a result OF
this study might be made known
shortly.
Preparing for Siege.
Information reaching the State De-
nartment direct from Poland, under
date of last night, was that the Pol
Iish government was preparing for
prolonged siege of Warsaw. 1t was
reported that the bolshevik line in the
direction Of Radzymin. northeast OF
warsaw, had been advanced to with
lin approximately twelve miles OF the
capital.
4 dispatch to the department today
from Helsingfors said that Finland
and soviet Russia had concluded an
armistice last Friday night. Under its
terms the old frontier between FIN
land and Russia, with certain minor
exceptions. was agreed upon ana
Russia was not to have navigable ac-
cess to the Gulf of Finland.
Certain territorial claims remain
unpr eiudiced the department was ad-
yised. The armistice was to be eective
from August Is for thirty-oen days, 10
be terminable upon ten days notice pt
either side.