ARMISTICE PARLEYS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 265, 3 August 1920, Page 5

ARMISTICE PARLEYS

EXPECTED TO BE DELAYED

UNTIL REDS GAIN INTENDED

OBJECTIVES

MEETING OF REDS' AND POLISH DELEGATES

By Telegraph-Press Asßociation-Ooprrlrht Warsaw, August 1. The announcement of tho armistice aJid the arrangements for tho London Conference calmed public opinion, though it is believed that the Beds intend to protract the negotiations until they have gained their intended' objectives, including Lemberg. Allied diplomats and Polish statesmen and generals aro in close ceaisultatiou deciding as to the best use of the available resources to meet the immediate danger in case of a breakdown of the negotiations, 'l'lie Triton's cargo of rifles, held 'ip in Danzig for a week, lias arrived and was unloaded by British soldiers; and other cargoes of munitions aro expected. Half-trained volunteers, singing patriotic songs, continue to march to the front, but (ho stations aro thronged with wealthy fugitives. The -population is inclined to apathy.

An offioial communiquo expressing satisfaction with tho Allies' ' prompt realisation of the possibility that tho Bolsheviks do not want nn armistice says i "Undoubtedly the Bolsheviks want to Bolshevise Poland, either by arms or by diplomacy. They cannot compass this if the Allies support Poland, but the danger of the military movement is great." It is reported that tlie northern army is within the Prussian frontior, and that tho Bolsheviks are in communication with Germany through Southern ania, between Kovno and Suwalki. They have expelled tho Lithuanian Administration from Vilna. Tho Ited cavalry are In the vicinity of Lomsza. • Brest-Litovsk is still in Polish hands. It is understood tliat tho Allies hcye no intention to allow undue delays in the armistice negotiations. Effective measures have been taken to prevent sporadic attacks on the capital, but wealthy people continue to take flight.-— "The Times." , , , London, August 1. A Warsaw message states that the Polish armistice delegates met tho Bolshevik delegates on the Brest LitovskBaranovitchi Road on Saturday. The French' Military Mission at Warsaw Toports that the Bolsheviks Mia tho Germans are negotiating at SuwaJki. Genortil Haller has taken over the command of tho Northern group of tho lol* ish armies. This is tho first step in the reorganisation of the Polish' Army. French officers have assumed charge ot all tho important technical service.?. A semi-official message from Berlin states that tho Government has asked the Peace Conference to reply speedily to tho German request for permission to take the necessary measures to maintain tho neutrality on the Eastern frontier, and has requested the kntento ,n provido shipping to transfer interned Polish troops to tho interior of Gormauy.--Rentor. BRIDGES BEHIND POLISH DELEGATES DESTROYED BOLSHEVIK ARMY TOLL organised; London, August 1. The "Morning PostV' Warsaw correspondent states that two motor-cars, oon-. veying the Polish Armistice Delegation, headed by Generals Homer and Id.'V.robleivski, Vice-Foreign Minister, started on Friday night along tho Brost-Litovgk-Baranovichi Road for tho appointed racc ting-place. The delegation crossed a burning bridge near Ivobryn, and immediately afterwards.it was blown up. They crossed another burning bridge three hundred yards further on, and it also was blown up, virtually making tho deleg&tion. hostages in tho hands of the Boleheviks. Tho correspondent states that an experienced military officer, who secretly watched for several days tho progress of .the Bolshevik army on the_ north iiont, reports that the army is well organised, with good discipline, and properly armed, though mostly barefooted. The transport consists mainly of thousands of small farm-carts, in good re-pair.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN ALARMINGSITUATION POLISH ARMY FLEEING IN PANIC. Berlin, July 31. Tho Polish situation is alarming. The Reds aro irresistibly advancing on tho East Prussian frontior. They have captured the fortresses of Ossovitz, Suwalki, and Lonza, and have occupied tho frontier towns Cragevo. Szutzchin, and Augustovo. The fighting front do exists; everything is in a state of dissolution u A correspondent found tho last lighting front a scene of desolation. The Polish frontier guards had fled, and everywhere was silence and desolation. The wholo frontier-is dominated by tho Peds, who -are immediately on the Gorman frontier, keeping up a regular artillery fire on the Polish rearguards. The Polish Army •is fleeing in panic, discarding everything. A battle whioh will decide the fate of the Polish northern army is pending in the vicinity of J/onze. ;he inter-Allied trcops in the East Prussian plebiscite arca' hovo withdrawn from Allonstoin, and an Italian battalion at Lyck has been withdrawn, as it isnot considered desirable to exponso /. died troops to conflict with" tho Reds or Poles. The German frontiers are weakly guarded by police. Tho first detachment of Polish troops which crossed tho German frontier was immediately intorned. Fugitives state that Russian officers declare that they taiew nothing of tho armistice.—"The Times." FALL OF BREST LITOVSK REPORTED Berlin, August 1 It is reported that Brest Litovsk hao fallen after slight resistiincs. Tho IMs aro advancing upon Lesmberg—Aus.-A./j. Cable Assn. UNEASINESS AT WASHINGTON

LENIN'S WORLD REVOLUTION AIM NOT ABANDONED.

New York, July 81. Tho diplomatic correspondent of tho "New York Times" telegraphs from Washington; "Uneasiness over the continued advance of the Red in Poland has again replaced the nensn oi relief brought to diplomats horo by .lie earlier consent of tho Soviet to an armistice with the Poles. It may be frnnlciy stated that Washington never wholly shared in the lighf-hearted optimism with which some of tho Allies received tho new Bolshevik assent to mi armistice. Thejre is a strong conviction here Hint Lenin's aim at world revolution lias not been in any abandoned. It is the prevailing opinion that no. permanent settlement in Eastern Europe will, bo obtainable while Bolshevism continues to be an active nnd militant force. It is net expected that parleys with the Soviet will Iwd to real results. — Aus.-iV/i. Cable Assn.

OFFER FROM VON LUDENDORFF

TO LEAD ARJIY' AG A i JJST REDS.

London, .Tul.v 30. The "ITorald" states that Von Iyurien-doi-if has'made an offer to the British Authorities to personally lead an army of a million and a half against tho Russian Reds.—Aus.-N.sj. Cable Assn.