Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-02-03 | Page 6 | Bolsheviki Offer of Peace is Considered

BOLSHEVIK! OFFER OF PEACE IS C0N1EB Soviets Declare It Would Be Senseless And Criminal For Poland To Fight LONDON, Feb. 3 Confirmation was received today that the Polish government, govern-ment, in conjunction with the allies, is considering tho offer of peace made by soviet Russia. The offer which was contained in a wireless dispatch from Moscow last week, invited a friendly settlement of all disputes and outstanding out-standing questions between Poland and soviet Russia. Stanislas Patok, minister of 'foreign affairs, for Poland, who has been In London recently consulting Premier Lloyd George, was due back In Warsaw War-saw Sunday, It Is believed here that the allies favor the peace negotiations, but ac-j ac-j cording to M. Saphieha, :he Polish minister here, the entire matter will be decided by tho Polish diet after it has heard the result of M. Patek's discussions dis-cussions in London and Paris. M. Sapieha said today that the Poles had no intention to attack so-'viet so-'viet Russia, although they realized the j necessity for holding a strong defen- aivu JUDiuuu. The soviet government's offer began be-gan by declaring that i; was "ncum-bent "ncum-bent on the Polish government to decide de-cide whether or not to make- war on ' Russia " It accused agents of Winston Wins-ton Spencer Churchill, the British war minister, and of M. Clcmonceau, j the former French premier, of endeav- oring to incite Poland to "a senseless, criminal war against soviet Russia." It was asserted in the offer that the soviet government from the first had realized the independence and sovereignty sov-ereignty of the Polish republic, and that this action would be confirmed at tho February meeting of the supreme su-preme executive committee of the so-vieL so-vieL COPENHAGEN. Feb. 2. The text of the soviet government's peace offer to Poland promises that red armies will not cross the line of tho present i front in white Russia. It makes a sim-' sim-' ilar promise on behalf of the provisional provi-sional government of the Ukraine, I M. LItvinoff, tho Bolshevik rcpVe Isentative questioned concerning reports re-ports that strong Russian forces aro I massing on the Polish and (Rumanian frontiers said that Russia naturally-had naturally-had taken precautions but that her great desire was to make peace, and demobilize her armies for peaceful activities. ac-tivities. LItvinoff added that the soviet government gov-ernment was ready to demobilize immediately im-mediately peace was signed, j oo -v