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The French Premier, M. Millerand, came to Hythe on Sunday

to discuss the situation with Mr. Lloyd George. On Tuesday the Prime Minister informed the House of Commons of their conclusions. The Polish offensive, he said, had not been justified. It had been made in spite of British and French warnings. The Bolsheviks were entitled to demand guarantees against a repetition of such an attack. Nevertheless, they were not justified in trying to wipe out the Polish nation, any more than we should have been in trying to extinguish German nationality after our victory. Moreover, the independence of Poland was " an essential part of the structure of European peace." We could not view its destruction with indifference.

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