Mr. Balfour, acting for the Prime Minister, asked M. Kameneft
on Monday whether Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Giolitti Lae
been rightly informed about the altered Bolshevik terms to Poland and, if so, whether the Bolsheviks proposed to insist on these terms. Mr. Balfour desired an answer by Friday evening, as the future policy of Great Britain would " depend upon the Bolshevik reply." It is conjectured that M. Kameneff, in the version of the Bolshevik terms which he gave out for publication in this country, suppressed the clause explaining that the so-called civic militia would really be armed workmen in order to mislead the moderate Labour politicians. In any case, the trick was exposed as soon as the Moscow Terrorists published their terms by wireless. The Polish delegates at Minsk were informed that the " workers' militia " must number 200,000 men, under the control of the trade unions ! This " Red Army " would outnumber the regular forces of the Polish national Government by three to one. Poland's liberty and independence would thus be annulled.
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