The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1920-08-12
Russians 0verrun Poland While
the Allies Seek to Devise
Ways to Stop Them.
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mist Labor 'Pafty Leaders
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Suspicious that the soviet Russians
were not acting In good faith when
they offered t0-negotiate an arinistice
with the Poles were well founded. No
sooner had the Poles reached the place
Of meeting than the Russians broke
of the negotiations and demanded
that another discussion be opened al
Minsk. All the time their armies con.
tinued the fierce attack designed TO
cut on the Danzig corridor and to cap.
ture Warsaw. AT this writing the for
mer part Of that program has been
temporarily checked by Polish sue
cesses. but the latter part Ii about to
be carried out. With the rel army
within few miles Of Warsaw. the
civilian inhabitants Of that city were
in fight and the government was pre-
pairing to move to Cracow. The Rus
SLAMS had captured the great fortress
Of Brest-Litovsk and had crossed the
Bug river northwest Of that place, adj
yancing In eclielon In such way as
to force the Poles to evacuate the
strong forts west OF Brest- LItoysk and
eventually to drive them out Of War.
SOW II succor did not come. Further
north, soviet troops that had crossed
the Narew river were defeated. and
In the south. where they Threatened
Lemberg. they were being held and
even pushed back In some places.
Since Il was agreed that only ont.
side aid could save Poland from he
Ing crushed by the bolsheviki. the
main question was the source and ma.
ture Of that aid. Premier Lloyd
George. placed 10 most uncomfort.
able position. was said TO have called
Krassip and Kamineff. the soviet rep
resentatIves, 10 conference and to
have demanded that the advance Into
Poland be Immediately and uncondi-
tionally stopped. even before the sign.
ing Of On armlstice. or else Great Brit.
ain would declare war. II this was bis
determination, II was reached despite
the views Of q considerable part Of
his cabinet. including himself, thar
peace with Russia must be forced BY
economic rather than military meas
ures. Others Of the ministers, lead by
Winston Churchill, were said to favor
unrelenting warfare on the boIsheviki
and the extension Of unlimited aid TO
Poland. There was 4 rumor In Lon.
don that the allies had determined to
send SIX divisions to Poland, prssum.
ably some Of the occupational forces
from Germany. Also. the tneinters o.
the supreme council Of allied ambas-
sailors we're hurriedly called from
their vacations to meet 10 Paris.
The reply o. Moscow to Lloyd
Georse, according to ne London
Times, WAS . refusal to halt the boz
shevik advance on the yfouud thAt
the army had been promised the loot.
Ing of Warsaw. The RUSSIANS said
they were prepared to offer Poland
complete indepe6denee ard Wider
boundaries, but that they insisted on
q separate peace with the Poles.
ThesallIes realize that IN sending an
army to the rescue Of the Poles they
may be compelled to violate the ND.
trality which Germany has proclaimed.
and the sincerity OF Berlin IL ~ ques-
tionable that this may be done with.
ont much compunctlon. A sinister NJ
pect 10 given the stand OF the Ger.
mans by the report that before the
Polish offensive began they made
secret treaty with the Moscow gov.
eminent. The treaty. II Il inserted,
contained the following provisions:
Russia. without interference from
Germany. would Be allowed to appro-
pirate all Of Poland's arms. munitions,
rolling stock and foodstuffs.
After the conquest Of Poland permits