Show n 1 l MAlAD ii AA JT f FOR t g A r t. t r l 0 J 1 v Says Sut Su- Su t t e unCil of of Premiers Premiers H. H fy ps Is lne Ineffective ff B Ma Maj I Gen Sir F. F r. r Maurice Mauriceo o ni t h 1 Wid Wide News Service ervice I I 0 Y June 6 The The good good which h j from the San Remo conr con con- r n has if has a produced proc a general genera feel feel- t tD- tD m. m It is much that mis mis- i 4 with France should shout I y e t q been n r removed moved that there Is some sour e 1 r t a definite under under- aing on n the question of ot gono and th that t Germany Is to be heard hear d fit t. t tho ho next heat conference at Spa v Sari San R Remo mo has cl cleared ared the the- theair air in inY n Y vester stern t Europe but in rejoicing i in inU n U that at we must not forget that the io tOg fog ng g till 1111 hangs heavy over a great pa pao part o qi of the world There Is nothing more mor e disconcerting than to expect too much J to rec receive lve too little If It the Sa Sah im mb conference leads us to the con con- that the supreme e council council 1 is Q I Altogether d admirable body doing i i did work work which cannot b be e 11 i zo 9 e e UP we may have unpleasant ti Ses 1 ra r iThe area of disturbance is so vas vast vast t t here i is great difficulty in taking Jn n there are many parts of ot the i orld Yn which troubles are maturing i il l s which may affect us very ver and yet et we get little or n no 1 Information p r as to what Is going ono on I Iq q t Jf no no time t to o be satisfied with hapat t thas has been and Is being done It II I 3 J a a time rather for tor looking ahead d t. t for tor seeing what more ca can cail t b be done don e 4 Jp anticipate dangers and to restore e cie WAR WARIN IN WESTERN RUSSIA Si There There Is hi a renewal of ot war wa on a a. gr tale between Poland and soviet sovie t n si That is an Indication n Ti t. tt t thare is something wrong in th the e R of the worlds world's affairs the danger thou though h long foreseen Sva as not tot prevented The Polish armies r t the e able leadership of ot Marshal Marsha l h have ve gained important suc suc- t suc-t gesses The Polish commander i in ini n i b has as used with success the me meares mea mea- res rest which the he bolshevists employed d st both Denikin and ere have been risings behind behind their that r Une and And defections detections amongst I their tro troops ps Thanks to the skilful conduct during the lat late autumn and spring the Polish armies s themselves themselves better served by rail rall- rnY r than titan their opponents who have hav d cu 9 in bringing their po po- po 8 jE power r. r to t to pear bear Thanks to lib I of or equipment and muni- muni 5 i from France the Pol- Pol rm es are ara probably better proe prot pro pro- t e i 1 1 than the the bolshevist troops troop of one or these things alter the fa tact fact ct that lat at the h. h Poles have Hot not the power and an d resources so to enable them to Inflict a I decisive defeat upon th their ir enemies enemies' an anto and to di terms dictate tate terms ot of peace Therefore the prospect is that the which h j t the e P Pots Poles s have chave won or may win will wt only tend t to prolong and embitter the th I struggle and in in the end will wm give a a. fresh fresh l lease ase ot of Ute life and power to bol bol- I The P Polish Ush government has hIlS an anI an- an I bounced that It has strictly limited limite alms alm and that when It has attained J those alms aims It Is IB prepared to m make mak ke ker r peace t But as those alms aims include th the occupation of territory as far tar east as 83 asi I i and the exclusion of ot soviet sovie Russia from Odessa it is difficult t to believe that Lenine and wi will 11 I assent to them Thi This latest development development develop develop- ment went will serve only to Increase th the hatred of the Russians for tor the Poles Pole I and to rally Russian nationalism round I the th bolshevists whose best friend I la is g ar c WHAT RUSSIA WILL WILt THINK It Is riot not easy euy to forecast all aU the ef of et feet of this renewal of ot war and to sug su gest of limiting Its evils Matters MatS Mat Mat- tors S have e pe been Dall allowed wed to go 0 too fa far rne t mat at rue l rench nave have helped the Poles to equip themselves s for war war that French officers are with the Polish armies and nd French and British missions in Poland will wm be used by the j soviet government as proof that the Poles' Poles hays baye been urged on by the French and ourselves Both Parisi Paris i and London may be ad probably are blameless in the matter and have no doubt given the Poles excellent advice but that will not be believed by the Russian troops who find French and British arms anns in the hands of their enemies Qui taut facit per allum alium tacit facit per per perse se The chances that the supreme councIl win be listened to by the Rus Rus- Mans stans are therefore remote even If a stage is reached at at- which intervention might mi ht be be The one thing to be done dene is tb to recognize that an organization i tion tion hj with full tun warning of ot the danger has has' proved plo powerless to pre pre- rant rant- it cannot be perfect and to try to more effective POSITrON IN THE EAST There h r Is is s war war in western western Russia th there r IS war also in far tar eastern Prussia ner n- n er rt fin tr ns the iks are fighting the Japanese who baud haV i ln increased their forces Here is a a. further complication for the difficulty Qt Arranging peace with Russia is ob- ob I increased when one of our our-al- lies is in th occupation of ot a great stretch 6 of f R Russian territory Meantime the relations between n China and Japan Saily any worse and the Shantung Settlement remains remains one of the chief cle is which is preventing America from coming Into the tho league i guerrIlla guerrilla warfare constant constant- ly going on on- in a gr t at part of ot what used Kema toJ orbs obe Asiatic Turkey Turkey Mustapha Kemal i Is supreme In Anatolia and Is n w. w posted upon posted upon the northern and Y nort s n bor borders ers of Armenia proper prop prop- er Constantinople can ca'n exercise no control con con- troI over r i and l d the guns gun's of the Brit Brit- fleet t at t the Hie Golden Horn which were ty such such effect will be pow- pow erIes belp to t hel help the Armenians who are th threatened with wih massacres more tern tern- lilt ble the w vorst atrocities which took place during Curing the war v Further west the bolshevists are progressing In Caucasia an and and along the Caspian aspia h The republic d df f Azerbaijan alas lIas Jagon g gOi lj i r red led d and the the position position In In-Geor In Geor- Geor Georgia gia where e we h have ate v still stUl a small mal becomes daily more doubtful J Thus ea east ast t. t and w west st there aro tro troubles trou trou- troi i bles some some some-of ot of them n now w beyond remedy remedy rem rem- ed edy while others may be bo at t least car car- rl d bY and and tion But the the the- supreme supreme council of ot pr prime prima rn rs each with full run with the affairs of his own country country country coun coun- try cannot foresee and provide for everything The proposal of ot Mr Asquith Asquith As- As and arid Lord Robert Cecil that the supreme council should make more mOle use of the league of Qt nati nations ns arid acid giVe gave it power and authority to help in the re- re of 01 the world has been regarded re regarded re- re gard d as the kind of ot formal criticism upon successful government action which Is expected from an opposition It is far more It Is a areal real remedy for fora a defect in the machinery of the sug su su- preme council There are certainly many great questions questions questions ques ques- arising out of the war and of ot the treaties treaties' of peace with which the the- the the-su- supreme su- su preme council can deal but Dut there are are re also questions with which as the recent recent re recent re- re cent developments in ht Poland have havo proved is 18 quite Incapable of ot dealing 1 The reason for this this' this appears to be that I it has no no organization when it is not In session to watch the worlds world's s affairs from a common standpoint and arid in the common Interest to give timely warning warning warn warning warn warn- II ing of troubles which may arise and to suggest carefully considered proposals s for meeting those troubles The secre of t the league of nations can and j should do this for the tha council Rhe re reconstruction reconstruction re- re construction of the world after alter the waris wards a whole-time whole Job The supreme council as at present organized can can only give part time to it and arid the re result result re- re sult suit is renewed war in Russia almost certainly the renewal of massacres in j Armenia jand dangers east and west and west for which no no provision is made |