THE POLISH WAR.
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIEI;. By Toleeraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, LONDON, August 5. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George staled that the Government had not yet received a reply to its telegraim of July 29 to the Soviet. He read the latest British telegram to the Soviet, stating that if it insisted on peace conditions being settled between Poland and Russia to the exclusion of other powers, the basis on which it was proposed to conduct the negotiations in; London would disappear and the project for the conference would fall to the ground; also, if the Soviet'took advantage of the delay to continue its advance into ethnographical Poland, the Government would be driven to the conclusion that 'the Soviet did not intend to respect the liberty and dependence of Poland and the situation contemplated in the Government's telegram to M. Tchitcherin of July 20 would have arrived. He added that he and Mr. Bonar Law ' yesterday interviewed Kameneff and lirassin and made it clear that the Soviet's conduct had necesarily raised a suspicion that it was insincere in professing a desire for peace and declaring ,i- intention to respect the liberty anc of Poland and that that suspicion would only be removable by the immediate conclusion of a fair armistice. In view of the invasion of ethnographical Poland, the Government would take effective steps to remove obstacles to the transmission of military supplies to Poland from Danzig. In view of the critical situation, Mr. Lloyd George refrained from making a further statement, but promised that, if the Government's suspicions were confirmed, he would make a full statement on August- 9 in regard to further naval and military steps which might be necessary.—Reuter. The evacuation of Warsaw is expected at any moment. The Polish armies are shattered. Britain has sent an ultimatum to Moscow that the invasion of Poland must be halted or trade relations will be dropped.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Warsaw, August 4. The Government is preparing to go to Kalish in the event of being compelled to evacuate the capital. It is expected that the Bols'heviks will enter within 4S hours. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, August 5. Commenting on the Russo-German economic agreement the Petit Parisien says the the Bolsheviks count upon driving the Poles out of the Danzig corridor; then, in the proposed peace negotiations, they would insist, upon the Admission of Germany to the conference. The Bolsheviks would seek to obtain restoration of the Russo-German frontier and suppression of the border States, and even would demand the restoration of the Gehman colonies. The Matin- doubts -whether [Britain will send military aid to Poland. It is believed that French troops are now near the theatre of war and may \)g ordered to co-operate in the defence of Poland. Paderewski, interviewed, ofitaplained bitterly of Poland being Abandoned toy everybody exclepb France.—Aus-.-NZ. Cable Assn.
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