21 MAY 1921, Page 2

The Prime Minister went on to say that Poland ought

to respect every comma in the Treaty of Versailles, which was her charter of freedom. Every letter in that Treaty meant a young British life. Poland repudiated responsibility for the insurgents, but she had done the same thing when Polish troops occupied Vilna, where they still remained. If we did not honour our bond now when Germany was defenceless, how could we ask her to keep her word in the near future when she regained strength ? There must be no trifling with the Treaty. Either the Allies must enforce it or the Germans must be allowed to do so. The Prime Minister significantly remarked that Russia would recover when her " hopeless despotism " disappeared, and would have a say in the future of Europe.