NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Russian problem, as we write on Thursday morning, is still critical. The Bolshevik armies have been driven out of Poland in disorder, but the Bolshevik rulers are still insisting on peace terms which imply the destruction of Polish independence. A Bolshevik official message of Tuesday attempted to minimize the defeat of the invaders and accused the Polish delegates at Minsk of flatly rejecting the Bolshevik terms without suggesting alternatives. It is clear that the Moscow Terrorists count upon the assistance of the so-called " Council of Action " in their attempt to flout the Allies and to crush Poland. The " Council," after consultation with M. Kameneff, issued on Wednesday a manifesto denying that the Bolshevik demand for a " Red Army " in Poland was to be taken literally and insinuating that Mr. Lloyd George had changed his policy. The task of the Allied Governments is not made easier by these Labour mischief-makers.
