, 1920-08-19

would be no wal by the entente. If
the Minsk meeting failed of results,
he declared, the allies had decided on
these lines of action: ~ No action,
except to support Poland In the strug-
gle for existence; (2) only to give sup
port to the nation which fights its
own struggles; (3) no allied troops to
be sent to Poland; az the allies will
help to equip the Poles for their own
defense: (5) to give military advice
and guidance; (6) economic pressure
to be brought to bear on Russia; ~
to help Wrangel and all other counter
revolutionaries; (s) end of trading ne
%gotiations.
Turning to the Russian representa-
tives who sat in the gallery. the little
Welshman said: "If you want peace.
get 1t now. If you are out to chal-
lenge the liberties of Europe. we will
meet you and fight to the end"
British labor leaders had already
warned Lloyd George there would be
a general strike If the nation went to
war. but at the conclusion of the pre-
mier's speech Mr.. Clyne, their chief,
declared the laborites do not favor
soviet ideas and methods, and that II
they we're convinced the soviet gov
eminent was aggressive, they would
be forced to consider supporting the
British government.
Kameneff outlined the armistice
terms the soviet was offering Poland,
and in some respects they were rea-
sonable. They included, however, de-
mobilization of the Polish army with
In one month and the rehabilitation
of all war Industries. Another clause
demanded that the families of all Pol
pacitated in the war shall be given
land tree. This was looked on as a
part of the plan to establish soviet
rule In Poland.
The encircling movement of the
soviet armies carried them across the
Warsaw-Danzig railway and down
toward the vistula from the north.
But the other rail line to Danzig,
through Thorn, seemed safe for the
present. The Polish forces we're be-
ing concentrated and regrouped, and
n competent observer, formerly in the
American army, declared that though
the Polish position was serious 1t was
not desperate. The stories of panic
and complete loss of morale he said
were false, and were the result of a
propaganda by the enemies of Poland.
The spirit of the Polish people was
still high, he asserted, and men and
women in large numbers were volun-
teering in all classes of war service.
A correspondent who has just COM
pleted the trip from Vladivostok to
Finland says that from one end of
Russia to the other is heard the cry
for food and clothing, and NIkolai
Lenine himself Is said to have admit
ted that the Russian people cannot
pass through another winter like the
last.
On Wednesday the soviet govern
ment signed a provisional peace treaty
with Letvia and agreed with Finland
upon armistice conditions. These ar
engagements will make more difficult
the maintenance Of a blockade of Rus
sia by the allies II that course is
found necessary.
In Persia the reds have withdrawn
from Enzeli and some other places be-
cause of lack of supplies. but they
have established headquarters of a
Persian soviet republic ut Ardebil, n
little south of the Caspian. The old
government remains at Teheran,
though its flight has been rumored re-
peatedly.
Greece continues to increase her
forces In Asia Minor and has captured
some more strategic positions. Renal
Pasha. however. has not quit by any
means and recent dispatches say 49,
600 Tartars are on the way to Join his
nationalist troops for n great offensive
against the Greeks, probably on the
Smyrna front. According to an agree
ment between Italy and Greece the
Dodecanesus has been transferred to
Greek sovereignty except Rhodes,
where a plebisclte will be held SOM
time in the future.
Technically the world war came to
an end Tuesday. SC far as the allied
nations and their opponents are con-
cerned. On that day the last OF the
peace treaties. that with Turkey, was
signed In Sevres, near Paris. The
Jugo-Slnvs refused TO sign because the
treaty provides that the Ottoman debt
ba p%artitioned among former Turkish