Marshal Foch on Friday week met the enemy delegates at
Spa and agreed to a compromise over the landing of Polish troops from Fr.anee at-Danzig. He maintained-in forinthe dame of the Armistice permitting the Allies to use Danzig for the despatch of relief to. Poland. At the same time, he, accepted. the enemy's proposal that the Poles should either travel across Germany or land at Stettin or Kfnigeberg. Marshal Foch himself is, of course, in no way responsible for this unfortunate compromise, which will discourage our Polish friends, delay the transport of their troops, who are sorely needed on the Russian frontier, and cause the Germans to. believe that they can whittle away other Armistice terms if they only make difficulties. enough.. The Allied Council of Four in Paris will not attain a satisfactory Peace if it weakens on the Polish question, and sacrifices -the Poles iu the vain hope of placating the Germans,
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