It is evident that the Bolsheviks do not want a
conference in London. We may be allowed to remark here, though the remark may be flattering to ourselves, that the Bolsheviks little know what a mistake they are making. Ihey err naturally enough through ignorance, but the fact is that there is no city in the world like London for preserving an impartial atmosphere. In every other city you can see passion at work, but here everything is taken as a matter of course, little excitement bubbles up to the surface, and wherever the Bolsheviks may agree to carry on their negotiations with Poland, they will never find such calmness as they could count upon in London. Meanwhile, Mr. Lloyd George explained, the Allies had advised Poland that the best thing she could do in the eireumstInces was to negotiate directly with Russia, and Russia had been informed that if the Bolshevik army continued its march into Poland, the Allies would give "all the assistance in their power" to Poland. Lord D'Abernon, British Ambassador at Berlin, and a military representative, had been sent to Poland "to investigate and report."
