4 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 2

The peace negotiations between Poland and the Bolsheviks at Minsk

came to nothing, owing to the arrogance of the Bolshevik terms and to the inability of the Poles to communicate with Warsaw. It is understood that the conference will be resumed in a neutral town, probably Riga, but the Bolsheviks will have to modify their pretensions. The Polish Government announced last week that they still sought for honourable and just condi- tions of peace and.that they had no desire for non-Polish territory. The Allies and America have advised Poland to be content with the frontier suggested by the Supreme Council last winter, though for strategic reasons the Poles may, it is said, have to occupy positions further east in Lithuania until peace is ratified.