Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-24
Pill LSUDSKI IS BAR
I TO FINAL PEACE
Military Faction at Warsaw is
Chief Stumbling Block in
Negotiations.
nv Associated Press to Every Evening

by Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Riga, sept. % Credentials held by
Polish delegates To the peace conference
here show they have fun powers to nego-
tlafe and sign an arTnistice agreement and
prcliminaries n peace convention but
do not mention the fact that power has
been given 20 them 20 sign a final peace
treaty In his message 70 Moscow relative
IN the conference here with representatives
Of Soviet Russia, Prince Sapiehs, Polish
ministerof foreign affairs stated specifically
tho Polish delegates would be gwen full
powers to sign final treaty.
No representations have as yet been
made to the Polish delegation by the
Bolsheviki regarding this situation.
Riga, Sept. 24.-While the Polish cOun-
ter proposals are expected 70 be presented
at the next session Of the conference, the
feeling is growing among some Of the
Polish delegates that peace is long way
of. The chief stumbling block IS the
military situation, with the PilaidskI fac
ton at Warsaw reported as insisting upon
the Baranovichi lire ss the arrnistice line.
Another factor in the complicated situa-
ti0n is the linking up Of the East Gallclan
question with UkraInian representation
on the Soviet delegation. The Soviet
Ukraipians, while accepting the principle
Of selfdeternination generally, are said
To insist upon their. rights IN Eastern
Galica. Ii il well known that the Poles will
not even discuss the giving up OF East
Galicla
While neither rhe Polish nor the Soviet
communique mentions the starting Of a
Soviet counter offensive, an entente OBJ
4 F--rsr~ a
tour of White Russia, SAYS there Is a large
Bolsheyist concentration at Minsk and
other points on the northern front, and
while there has been slight withdrawal
In the vicinity of Grodno an offensive
counter TO that started by the Poles is
actually under way with Siberian troops
large numbers of whom are at the front.
Paris. Sept. 24.-The recurrence OI
fighting between the Poles and Lithuan-
ians is explained from the Polish side II
a dispatch from Warsaw The Polish Govern
ment. saws the message, has sent the League
of Nations q note declaring that at tbs
kalvaria conference, where peace negO
tiations were being conducted, the Pole:
had presented the Lithuanians with prop
ositions in accordance with the decisions
of the League Council The note add
| that the Lithuanians, however, relecteC
| these propositions and Poland was obhgeC
| TO end the armistice.
Il sincerely trust that your Organlza
ton will continue to maintain and strive
| for high ideals and that il viii live, grow
| and flourish and serve as q guide and In
/ spiration 10 our future generations.
Senator Harding expressed regreat 8
being unable TO be. here ard continued
In part:
| Our soldiers, sailors and marines Tough
not IS Republicans or Democrats but s.
/ citizens, for the preservation of American
! rights and perpetuatiOn OF Amerlan ideals
"Adhering to the non-partisan spin
| of cooperation shown by all American
| during the war, the American Legion ha
| happily expressed the determination L
! remain free from party politics. You cas-
Your ballots not collectively but as indi
| vlduals, but Your service with the color
has made you even more conscious Of tn
/ necessity for preservation of our nation
| ality To the spirit of the American Leglol
| America now looks for leadership IN main
tanning the rights and ideals for which yol
| fought"
Braun visited me frequently durln
| these months. He advised me often Z
surrender. But | always pushed It of
| | slways said: Maybe later on.
Il next saw Braun in November, 1919
when he accidentally met on the Baltl
more Pike.
Erwin described the cunning trip wit
/ Grover and Braun to Rising Sun, Md
This trip already had been testified to b,
Braun and Richard Schroedel and Charlie
A. kratse, friends of the Bergdoll brother
who testified as government witnesses
He declared he and Grover supplies
their own food, and they did not receiv
any assistance of any nature from Brau
IN the trip.
Riga, Sept. 24-Adolph Joife, head c
the Soviet peace delegation, &C today
session of the Russo-Polish peace cor
ference proposed an armistiee which h
said must be accepted by the Poles with
in ten days or the Russian winter can
paign would be naugurated which Joff
declared the Soviet government desire
to avoid.
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