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Show f J -rsi i ss MMjgB i BRITISH NOTETO REOS REVEALED Russian Soviets Asked to Make Peace With Poland and Neighboring States LONDON Jtlll 14. The note of the British government to sovlii Russia agreeing to coininue pegotlatlonn for a resumption ol tiatle relations and' proposing an armistice between soviet Russia -iiui Poland also between the! I SOVlet forces and General Wrcilgel,! 1 anil-bolsnevlk commander In the , ( rimea, was read In the house of commons today by Andrew Monar the government spoHesman j The note lakes cognizance .of the acceptance of the Russian soviet gov-' ei nment of the principles laid down i in the British memorandum of July. I 1 and agreed to a resumption of negotiations ne-gotiations for definite iraue relations as .--nun us the Russian delegates return re-turn io Bhgland Then, proposing an armistice with Poland, the note said lRt IPOSAI S 01 VIlMlsTU E. "The British government is anxious I to restore peace throughout Kurope and therefore proposes the following arra iigeitient "'1 tiat an Immediate armisti:e be signed between Poland and Soviet I RllSSia under which hostilities shall be suspended. Thai the terms of this armistice provide on the one hand , i bat the Polish array .-diall immedl- aiel) v.ith'ijaw to tne lines provls-I provls-I ion ally laid down last year by the I conference as io the castefn boundary bj which Poland is entitled to establish estab-lish a Polish administration. "Qll tho other hand the armistli-e should provide that Hie armj of s'ov-ii s'ov-ii i Kussia should stand at a distance i of l i 1 1 kilometers east of this line. - in eastern Qalicls each army win ; H'.uiti on the !tn- they occupy at th ' .late of the Signature of the armistice. armis-tice. "That as soon as possible thereafter thereaf-ter a conference sitting under the uus pices of the peace conference, shall assemble in London, to be attended i representatives of soviet Russia, I Poland, Lithuania, Let;a and Pin-: I land, wiili the object of negotiating ' a final peace between Russia and its: neighboring states Representatives of I eastern Qalicla also would be Invited to London to state their case " I "The British government has bound Itseli to give no assistance to Poland for any purpose hostile to Russia and ' to take no action Itself hostile to Russia, it is, however, bound unde: the covenant of the league of nations to defend the kntegrit of Poland within with-in its legitimate ethnographical fron-I fron-I tiers. If. therefore, soviet Russia, despite de-spite its repeated declarations will not be content with the withdrawal ofl the Polish army on the condition of a mutual armistice, but intends to take i.'tiuri hostile to Poland In Poland's own territory, the British government and Its allies will feel bound to as-slst as-slst the Polish nation to defend Its existence with all means at their disposal. dis-posal. REPIiX IS INVITED ' The Polish government has declared de-clared its willingness to make a peace with soviet Russia and to negotiate for an armistice on the basis set out above directly it Is informed that the soviet government also agrees. "The. British government would therefore be glad to receive a definite defi-nite reply within a week as to whether whe-ther soviet Russia s prepared 'o ac- I cept the British government's propose lie to put an end to further unneccs-j sary bloodshed and restore peaco to j Kii rope Mr. Honar Law, replying to a question, ques-tion, said the note had been sent with the approval of the allies |