Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-24
REDS ARE Warned
BY ALLIED NATIONS
TOCURB DEMANDS
Britain and Italy Withhold
Recognition, Send Soviet
Sharp Note.
PLAN FOR PROLETARIAT
ARMY CALLED SINISTER
Budenny's Cavalry Menaces Polish
Oil Wells-Trap Is
Feared.
BY the Associated Press.
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WARSAW, August 24.-The cap-
ture Of Prsasnysx, sixty miles
north Of Warsaw. and Mlaw1. ON
the Polish frontier, seventy-ave
miles northvest Of the capital. Is
reported in the Polish ofncial state
ment issued last night. The bulk
OF the Fourth soviet army and the
entire I'd Cavalry Corps have been
! surrounded by the Poles, the state
ment says.
LONDON. August 24.-Great Britain
and Italy will refuse recognition to
the Russian soviet government il it
does not withdraw it's demand. pre-
sented as part of the peace terms
at Minsk. for a proletarian army in
Poland. This has been decided upon
| by Premiers Lloyd George and Gil
olitti Of Great Britain and italy. who
have been meeting since Sunday at
| Lucerne. Switzerland. A statement
given to the press in that city yes
terday by the two premiers declared
they had resolved to defer resumption
| of diplomatic relations with the Mos
COW government until it withdrew
| what was described as this sinister
proposal"
7 Presentation of this clause in the
| terms of peace laid before the Polish
delegates at Minsk. after M. Kamen-
eff, soviet representative here, had
| announced nothing important would
be added to the peace conditions made
public by him in this city last week.
| was denounced as gross breach OF
I faith in the premiers' statement.
| 1t was said that negotiations of any
| kind with a government which SO
! horOpno "dif.
ficult. if not impossible"
| 1t is understood here that virtual
fultimatum has been sent to MOSCOW
| by the two premiers. whose decision
| vik government is viewed as approval
Of the stand made against that step
by Premier Millerand of France.
| The premiers indicated the allies
would secure to Poland the use OF the
corridor south OF Dansig, and would.
if necessary. use troops to carry out
their plans IN this region
Arthur J. Balfour. lord president of
the council. on behalf OF Premier
Kameneff, Russian soviet representa-
tive here. a copy of the communique
| issued in Lucerne as result OF the
conference of Premiers Lloyd George
and Giolitti.
| Mr.. Balfour pointed out that. ac-
ccrding to the latest information. the
| bolshevist terms to Poland funda-
mentally contradict those Kaneneh
! communicated to Great Britain re-
| Gently. Mr.. Balfour asked If this i'm
/ formation was correct. and. IL SO.
whether the bolshevists intended to
adhere to the new terms.
i An answer by Friday evening at the
latest was asked for by Mr.. Balfour.
who cited the urgency of the matter
| and said that on the answer to these
questions depended the future policy
! OF Great Britain.
| (The text of the statement is on
page of The Star.)
Due to American Note.
PARIS, August 24.-The French for
eign. office announced today that the
government regarded the new atti-
| tude taken by Premiers Lloyd George
and Giolitti concerning soviet Russia
and Poland as due entirely to the
American note to Italy.
The premiers' attitude was express
ed in the note they sent France from
Lucerne yesterday. in which they
stated they were in accord with the
United States and France that Poland
would endanger her independence II
she accepted the soviet terms.
The communication Of the British
and Italian prime minister was an
swered by the French foreign office
with a note expressing pleasure that
they announced the same views with
regard TO the fOllSn SITUATION tndt
France holds.
The meeting of NJ Millerand, the
French premier. and Premier Gioiitti,
to be held in AiX-le- -Bains, remains
fixed for the middle of September, ii
was announced this afternoon. and NJ
Millerand will not meet Premier Lloyd
George until later unless develop
ments alter the situation.
NJ. De Martel. French representative
in the Caucasian republics. has been
named high commissioner for France
to the government of Gen. Baron
Wrangel. who has been recognized by
France as head of the de facto gov
ernment of South Russia.
Abel Chevalley has been appointed
high commissioner to the Caucasian
republics in succession to NJ. De Mar
tel.
Premier Giolitti of Italy. passing
through Bern on his way to Rome
after his conference at Lucern with
Premier Lloyd George Of Great Bri-
tain concerning the Russo-Polish sit
uation. was met at the station plat
form here by DR.. Giuseppe Motta.
President of Switzerland.
Sienor Gioiitti expressed great sat
isfaction with the results of the Lu-
Germ conference.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1920.
WARSAW, Poland, August 24.-Gen.
Budenny's cavalry is threatening Po-
lands biggest oil fields. A member
of the general staff admitted today
that one division of the bolshevist
cavalry which broke through the Po-
lish lines between Mikolajow and
Stryi last week was advancing rapid
ly on the east Galician oil fields. which
are Poland's principal guaranty for
several foreign loans. The question
is whether by this time the enemy has
reached them and carried out his mis-
sion. which the Poles believe is to
destroy the oil wells and then fight
his way back to the main body.
Fear Soviet Ruse.
Because of the weakened condition
of tie Polish lines in that sector.
whence large numbers of troops were
Withdrawn at the time the bolsheviki
menaced Warsaw. the government
fears that the resistance offered to
the reds by the local Polish forces
will not be strong enough and that :
before reinforcements can reach the
scene of Gen. Budenny's latest eX
pIoits 1t will be too late to save tn"
oil fields. Their destruction will
mean a vital loss to Poland, which
depended upon them for petroleum
for home consumption as wellas for
export purposes.
In an effort to save them orders
have been issued to the Kosciuszko