The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
BRITISH
CABINET
f11EC|DES
Russian Z Ition to be Taken
Up r : at at Important
-ng Called by
Premier.
THE. TO PARLIAMENT
Conference Between LIoyd-George,
MiIerand, Foch and Others
is Held at
HIythe.
THh-To PARLIAMENT
IBy Webb Miller United Press Staff
CorreSnondent

,iby "SUU OultSu IiCos oIoA
Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 9.-The Russian
situation is going before the British
cabinet tonight and before parliament
tomorrow, according to decisions
lreached at the conference between
Premiers Lloyd-George and Millerand,
at Hythe today. Millerand planned to
start for Paris this afternoon where
the situation probably will be placed
before his ministry.
While Lloyd-George and Millerand
were going over the recommendations
for military and naval action sub
United 10 them by Marshal Each,
Field Marshal Wilson and Admiral
Beatty, the Russians were pounding
tthe forts of Warsaw with artillery,
while masses of bolsheviki cavalry
secured the country toward the War
saw-Danzig railway, the main artery
connecting Poland with the allies.
The Polish official statement said the
zen emy's massed cavalry had taken
/ Przanyaz, forty miles north Of War
saw.
The situation as it stood today was:
Russia, having refused the British
iproffer of a ten day peace during
which temporary peace could De
arranged has proposed that another
meeting be held at Minsk on Wed
nesday between Polish and Russian
armistice delegates to agree Oh a
basis for cessation of hostllltles:
Meanwhile, however, the bolsheVlkl
offensive continues with many 1ndl.
cations that the reds are determined
to take Warsaw before making peace
terms.
Adyices from Warsaw said that the
streams Of refugees from warsaw
continued to flow westward from the
city, while the peasants, t1eelng Dc
fore the bolshevik advance, swarlned
into town from the east. The PollSh
army had lost contact with the enemy
at many places by means il stra'"-
PIC retreat and the country thus sur
rounded was being overrun with the
hard-riding Russian cavalrymen, who
swarmed over roads and flet1s III
dense masses. ......
| Premier Llayd-George was under
stood TO be striving his hardest TO find
way out of the dilemma without
actral hostilities, while it was report
ed the French were urging immediate,
decisive military action. The prop
ability was that unless the new Rus
sian note. which was expected to out
line fundamental peace terms, chang
ed the situation, the premiers would
compromise on a policy under which
Ithev would aid Poland with munitions,
and blockade Russia. unless they de-
| termined definitely whether RUSSIA
menaced Poland's integrity. In the
! event that Poland's Independence was
menaced the allies would adopt more
drastic measures, it was believed.
There were rumors that Lloyd
George would try to turn the biockaoe
of Russia over to the league of nations,
thus avoiding antagonizing the laDor'
ties who sympathiZe with Russia.
| Conference at Hythe.
I HYTHE, England, Aug. 9.-Resum
inc their conference at ten a. m. to
day Premiers LloydGeorge and NIL
1erand took up reports on plans FOL
! military and naval action against Rus
/ sia submitted by Marshal Foch. F1elc
Marshal Wilson and Admiral Beatty
| The reports were drawn up BY
Focb Wilson and beatty during the
night They worked over them unit
shortly before dawn.
It was officially announced tina
Ilovd- George had called a meeting o
, the British cabinet for six p. m. to la!
the whole situation before his minis
. ters. -,
The French delegates VIII leaV
. Hythe this afternoon.
eppeaI to League of Nations.
LONDON, Aug. 9.-Poland ha
, complained to the league OF nation
, AGAINST the conduct of the Russian;
II was reported today. The Polish fo1