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Show 51 SOVIET PEACE TERMS READ TO POLES I GUARANTEE 10 (9 CHECK FUTUHE ' wrap Poles to Give Answer to Terms MAT of Peace Read by Bolshevik Bol-shevik Agents FREMCH AROUSED BY OPPOSITION IN DANZIG A Munitions at Port for Warsaw 1 Defenders Held Up by Commissioner J LONDON, Aug II Russia t tw9 dol nates at Minsk have boon Inatruct- fyjmmmmmm ed to recognlre fully tho national ex- ' fLmmm lstence of Polnnd and not to Interfere tjLWW with the domestic affairs of that cflIgB country nays a Minsk dispatch to tho HQH Herald, labor organ, quoting an In't-r- '.mWW lien with M I i.inlshovsky, j.r sldcnt tjlmmmm of tho Russian peace delegat Ion. The terms of peace made public by the Zxi XLW soviet government aro not final, ac- SLmM cording to the dispatch, but may be nBfl modified at the conference. InHI "All general meetings of the con- "fJLmW ference will be public," M Danlshev- mLw Icy is Quoted iii BH We ulll listen attentively to all L I 1 1 -1 1 argunv nts ami while kei pmg i tR close to the published terms, have no mm Intention to t. fu. - i -m;ibli morii-flcatlons. morii-flcatlons. Tho general principle ofj -jm itussia's Polish pulley la based upon Tl fullest recognition of Poland's lnde-1 TH pt ndi nco and we will avoid any lnter-1 ffl f 'II, e in b r Hit- in ii ,,i'.,irs ' H The crucial points are thoae glv-i M inK ua security against polish aggree- tjVH slon. No new demands will bo added Lmgm 'o tho.se already made public." M TERMS HI M. fjH MOSCOW, Aug. 17. (By the Asso-j c i.i ten i'ress. i Tbe Russian soviet jE pea OS terms were road to the I'olish akfLW de'egHtes ut their first meeting with' ElfB 'lie soviet representatives in Minsk to- j day. The Polish answer will be rc- 3hH tinned tomorrow. KH An official statement said "The: rjH Minsk conference opened today at 7 I ICH p. in. with a speech by (halt man Dap-j vflH lnevsky. after which credentials were Sm exchanged. Denlahevsky emphasised 9H Russia's respect for Poland's lndepcn-i jH dence, sovereign rlghta and rip lit to ,Mm i in govern-) r: i i ..... . i i ..i i. r r. . , ifl I lie landlords of Poland am li guaran- jflH U'c9 against renewed ul lacks as would dB not be necessary from the workers and tjl peasants of Poland Tho Polish dele- , galea proposed to hold the next sit- tlC ling AUgUSt 19 but Hie Russians Ul- FRENCH TO PR l 1 si H . pahis. Aug. is. The French gov- . J i runout intt nda t,. protect energt eclly against the decision of Sir Regl-nald Regl-nald Tower, high commissioner .it PJJ Danzig, who yesterday forbid further debarkation at Danzig of French mu-mU mu-mU n!tloiis for Poland, It was learned to- Several French munition ships are WjM anchored outside Danzig. Tower, a - cording to a report from the French WJt a in baa-ad or to Poland, takes the attl- ff tUde that he has not sufficient allied rm troops to preserve order If further mu- A nitions are unloaded. Tower has asked the supremo coun-H coun-H . oil for new Instructions pending the nr- tlval of which he win maintain his decision. Tho council of ambassadors, which Is acting as a supreme council. docs not meet until September. |