SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE SUBMITS TERMS OF PEACE PRELIMINARIES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7471, 12 August 1920, Page 3

SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE SUBMITS TERMS OF PEACE PRELIMINARIES

0.,.« an Government Insists on J^Wiaiions With Poland

. .r,h-Press Association Copyrijrbl BJ XjggSSTaodl N.Z. Cable Association iU* RecAugl2, morning London, Aug 10 Mr Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, said he had just - received from Kameneft, Soviet eoresentative, the terms of the !mktice and peace preliminaries ■ s£?Sm be submitted at Minsk *". t he Russians, although Kameuff added that these terms might be supplemented but the Mails were of secondary momIt The following are the terms: Firstly the strength of the Polish* armies must be reduced, by annual contingents, to 50,000 men „ " <j the command and administrating army to an aggregate of IOOOOmen. Secondly, demobilisation to take place within one : month. Thirdly, all arms over ' <uch as may be required for the needs of the reduced army, as well as for civil requirements arid the militia, shall be handed over -to Soviet Russia. Fourthly, all war industries to be demobilised Fifthly,-no troops or materials shall be allowed to come from abroad. Sixthly, facilities to be placed at the disposal of Russia for commercial transit to and from the Baltic. Seventhly, free land to be granted to the dependents] of Polish soldiers killed in the war- On the other hand, parallel with demobilisation, the Russian and Ukrainian troops shall be withdrawn from Poland. Upon the determination of these operations the number" of Russian troops on the Russian frontier - line shall be considerably reduced, and fixed at a figure to be rgreed upon. Ihe armistice line to be status quo, but not further east than the one indicated in Lord Curzon's note of July 20. The Polish army shall withdraw to a distance of fifty versts from that line, the zone between being -neutral, and finally the frontier. The independent State of Poland shell, in the main, be identical with the line indicated in Lord Curzon's note of July 20, but additional territory shall be given to Poland on the East. Mr Lloyd George said immediately on receipt of the telegram, "after consultation with his colleagues, he had communicated to Poland, France, and Italy, that the Russian Government insisted on direct negotiations with the Polish Government, and they were entitled to direct* negotiations. Having taken that course --he was of opinion it would be unfair, when the delegates from both sides were meeting, to express an opinion which might embarrass the discussions. London, Aug io Mr Lloyd George's' statement to the Labour deputation at Downing Street was on the lines of his speech in the House of -' Commons. Mrßevin, the workers'-* delegate, was the principal speaker. The deputation asked what would happen if the Polish people adopted a constitution which was not suited to the Allies. Mr Lloyd George replied: "We have nothing to do with that. It is their business."

French Recognition of Wrangel *uatraliau and N.Z. Cable Association. Rec Aug 12, 9.30 a.m. Paris, Aug 11 France recognises General Wrangel as head'" of the South Russian Government. Military assistance is implied. Mr Lloyd George has been notified of the decision. * '

Populace Stampeding From Warsaw New York, Aug 9 A Warsaw message reports that the populace is stampeding from the city. The State Department at Washington is advised that some members of the American legation staff at' Warsaw have moved to Posen, and the American archives have been packed ready for removal.

American Aid For Poland New York, Aug 9 . President Wilson will soon extend material aid to Poland in .conformity with his promise to use all available means to protect "oland's independence. Splitting of the Entente Rec Aug 12, 11.55 a.m. London, Aug II -France's recognition of the fcoiUhßussiau Government means !«e splitting of the Entente. It Js reported that Mr Lloyd George refuses to 4 be stampeded into war &V .France, the latter having decided to give General Wrangel every material support without Raiting the result of the Russojoiish negotiations. Radical -Upour circles interpret the dejjsion as a deliberate breach of fll yt^e agreement, without m W appreciating the consequences.

KiiMians Nearing Warsaw = Advices from the Germans «ate that the Russians are within -|J enty-five miles of Warsaw, and "je Poles are unable to offer Jwious resistance on any part of lfle tront.

American Position Reveakd Reuters lelegrams w New York, Augn r-w a is ! ngton» Jn a note to Italy, in fKed^ he American position Th* £ Russo-Poiish situation. Colb Cre. tar> r of State ' Mr ■annr ,Sa *d the Government jPProved of the efforts to arrange an armistice. a \^ ld regard with satisfaction As*i- Oa b > r the Allied and fed Powers that the erritonal integrity and true

boundaries of Russia would be respected. The Government would not participate in a plan to. expand the armistice into a general European conference be cause that might involve two results —from which the people of America strongly recoiled— viz the recognition of the Bolsheviks and the settlement of ' Russian problems upon a basis of dismemberment of Russia. The Note says t Americansaacr c ernestly solicituos for the maintenance of Poland's territorial integrity and political independence, and the Government will employ every means to render these effective.