The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
Aid TO RUSSIA
SUBJECT STILL
IN SUSPENSE
Intervention Possibility In.
ference Seen IN Speech
Of President.

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Prominent advocates Of allied mill
iary intervention In Russia construe
President Wilson's reference to Rus
MA IN his address at Mount Vernon
yesterday as a definite promise that
the United States viii lend its aid
soon In effecting an economic and
military reersanization which viii
permit the Russians to throw on the
growing mastery Of Germany.
In the opinion Of the officials who
have advised with the President rel
atiNs to the Russian situation. Mr..
Wilson win not withhold his consent
to the proposed military expedition
when assurances are given by the
sllies leaders that the German men
ace on the Western front has passed.
10 q Confidently asserted in diplo-
matte circles that such assurances
are en- route for the White House.
RussIa's Position
In his address yesterday President
Wilson defined the status Of the Rus
sian people as follows: "on the one
hand stands the peoples Of the world
not only the peoples actually engaged.
nut many others also who suffer un-
dsr mastery but cannot act; peoples
of many races and in every part OF
the world-the people Of stricken
Russia stfll, among the rest, though
fhev are for the moment unorganized
and helpless"
Great emphasis Is placed on the fact
that President Wilson states that the
Russians are victims Of ruthless
mastery and that '.for the moment"
they are ''unorganized and helpless.
In these words, It is said, President
wilson discloses that he IL as yet
unpsrsuaded that military tnterven-
ton Is unpolitic. His assertion that
thS Russian people are unorsanized
for the moment Is indicative, 1t Is
held. that there is every reason to
bsliexe they will be organized and
aided soon. AS the generally ac-
eepted belief in diplomatic circles
here Is that Russian organization
must be undertaken either by the
Germans or by the allies. the infer
encs is drawn that the allies vii
move to the aid of Russia at an
early date.
The evidauce before the President
bearing upon the case OF Russia Is
exhaustive II would appear. how
ever, that for the most part this evil
dence has tended to prove the neees-
sity Of quick action in thwarting the
plans Of the German foreign ONCE
The oppositiou to the plan. so far
as IN known, has come from the
General star OF the American army
which has urged the necessity Of con-
serving all shipping to the Atlantic
trade. II Is generally understood thai
the President win be guided as tc
military, expediency by the solution
reached by the knterallied Council
at Versailles. the body which L. en-
powered to direct the military
strategy Of the war
IL has always been said that tht
opinion OF Col. W. NJ House would
count for much with the President in
any conclusions relative to the politi.
cal aspects Of the situation. II Is un-
dersteOd that Col. House favors mill
tary Intervention.
Allied Dfplomatists In Favor.
That the aEiied diplomatic chiefs a
Washington are unanimous in theil
support OF military Intervention ap-
pears on the surface to be an estab-
lished fact The visit Of Lord Read
ing to the White House Wednesday
il Understood to have had relation to
action taken by. allied diplomats here
IN expressing the attitude of theil
governments.
rrho : aftttuEla - ranar, Is NAT m olaar
perhaps. as Is that Of the other allies
It would appear that Japan. feeling
that her support Of the measure
would be construed as indicating a de-
sire for conquest. Is adopting the at
tituds that she will agree to the plaI
only upon request by the United
States There Is no doubt that q mi
nority party in Japan disapproves in
tervention in Russia. II the japanese
government enters upon such inter
vention under a pledge to withdraw