Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-05
BRITISH THREATEN
To BREAK OFF ALL
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
BoIsheHki Continue ADJ
vance and Warsaw May
Be Evacuated by Poles
Within Few Days

LONDON, Aug. 4.-Allied efforts
to halt the advance of the bolshe-
Wiki into Poland were launched to-
day, while the reds continued their
March against Warsaw.
Premier Lloyd George served q
virtual ultimatum on M. Kemenoff,
Russian trade commissioner warn
ing him that Great Britain would
break off its negotiation with the
soviet unless the drive was halted
Immediately.
Earl Curzon, secretary for foreign
affairs, dispatched a strong note to
Moscow. 1t was said he demanded
a flat yes or no answer to the
question whether Russia intended to
impose drastic peace terms upon
Poland On the field of battle, ignor.
ing the London peace favored by the
allies.
Moving on Warsaw
Meanwhile, the bolsheviki moved
on Warsaw in several columns. The
Moscow Official statement announced
the reds had reached the river Bug
on a 66-mile front and had crossed
at several places. The soviet armies
were so close behind the beaten
Polish first and fourth armies that
there was no time to dynamite
bridges. Other dispatches said
evacuation of Warsaw was i'm
minent.
Six years to the day after Britain
declared war against Germany mill
tarism, the cabinet today was MAX
ing momentus decisions, which may
possibly be equivalent to declaring
war against Russian Bolshevism
There was alarm in the war Office
and the foreign office over the Boil
sheVik advance. The Moscow gov.
eminent was being accused of pro-
crastinetion and treachery in delay
ing the negotiation of an armistIce
Lloyd George today cancelled plans
for his weekend visit to Wales, and
will remain in London to watch de.
velopments. The government, ii
was stated, is prepared for decisive
action in any contingency. French
pressure was increasing to have
Britain adopt Premier Milleranda
policy of attempting to cruch tho
Bolsheviki. A conference between
Lloyd George and Millerand is an
ticipated t'A@s@s.s
PUSHED Over America
Americas attitude was puzzling
British officials. 1t was reported at
the foreign office that President Will
son was unalterably opposed to rec.
ognition of or dealing with the
Soviet a...
Members of the British cabinet
had widely divergent views as to
what should be done, and there was
some tendency to accuse the premier
of following a vacillating course.
The press was very bitter, edi-
| torially demanding that Krassin and
Kemenoff, the Russian trade dele
gates, be ordered out of the country.
EVACUATION. OF WARSAW
MOMENTARILY EXPECTED
PARIS, Aug. ALSO p. M.)-The
evacuation of Warsaw is momentarily
expected, according to advices to the
foreign office this afternoon.
Polish, French and British mill
| tary experts at Warsaw telegraphed
| here last night, stating that War
| saw must be evacuated within
two or three days. The Polish
experts report that the Polish
army along the Bug river. which
was Warsay's last line of defense,
retreated SO precipitately that they
did not destroy the bridges behind
them.
Delegates Reach warsaw
The Polish armistice delegates
| have reached Warsaw and are incon-
ference with the ministry. on the
demand of the Bolsheviki that they
be empowered to discuss peace as
we'll as armistice terms. They are
expected to start soon for Minsk,
where they were to have met the
Reds for another parley today.
May Cut Important Line
A large Red force was reported
marching to seize the Polish corridor
to Danzig and the coast, cutting War.
saw off from the Soldau railroad over
which all war materials are carried.
announcer unconnrmed report was
that Premier Lloyd George had sent q
wireless message to Moscow, that the
proposed London peace conference
would be cancelled because of Rus.
sia's attitude in delaying the armi.
stice.
In Armenia, the Reds were said to
have taken Chinra.
A,.,Aaooa1a~o DonnJIoH
In view of the Polish situation,
urgent kilograms were sent today to
the allied ambassadors, including the
American ambassador, asking them
to return to Paris from their vaca-
tions for a meeting of the ambassa-
dnrial Council to he hold tnrnnrrnzxr