NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE issue whether it will be possible to make peace with Russia and to save Poland, who in spite of her extravagances and misjudgments is one of the hinges of the whole peace settlement, is still at a critical point. We deal fully with the subject elsewhere, but we may record here a few bare facts. On Tuesday Mr. Lloyd George paid a visit of a few hours to Boulogne, where he met M. Millerand. After the conference it was announced informally that France had accepted the principle of a conference with Russia in London, but had stipulated that peace mus t first be concluded between Russia and Poland, and that the States bordering on Russia's Western frontier besides Poland must be represented in London. If peace should be established between Russia and Poland, France would be ready to consider the recognition of the Russian Government, always on the assumption that the Russian Government will acknowledge the debt to France incurred under the Tsar's regime.
