Mr. Lloyd George then proposed that the Bolsheviks and Poles
should declare a truce from midnight on Monday, on condition that neither side should make any military movements and that the Allies should abstain from sending troops or munitions to the help of the Poles until peace was signed. He offered to allow Bolshevik agents to enter Danzig, in order to assure themselves that war materials were not being despatched to Poland. The Bolsheviks in reply refused to agree to the proposal, asserting that Poland had already accepted the invitation to discuss an armistice at Minsk on Wednesday. The Polish Government complained that their acceptance had been wilfully delayed by the Bolshevik wireless service, and appealed to the League of Nations for help on the ground that the Bolsheviks were not really desirous of peace.
