Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
Wilson Tells Paris Why !. 5. Entered Great War
TOWARD RUSSIAN PEOPLE
 IS INDEFINITE: !: l:

London, Dec. 16-(Correspondence of The Associated Press)-Demands made in Parliament for information concerning the policy of the Entente powers towards Russia have failed to elicit very definite information IS to British policy toward the land of the Bolshevik. The British press Is insistent that Russia must be help ed economically, although 1t com fesses utter lack of information as to the attitude of the Entente pow CTS toward the existing government in Soviet Russia.
 Replying to a question from Lieut.. Col. Lord Cavendlsh- -Bentinck as to the actual conditions in Soviet Rus sia, Arthur ]. Balfour, the Foreign Secretary, said: 1
 The information at the disposal of Hi5 Majesty's Government is to effect that the deliberate policy of the Bolshevist government is one of ex- termination, by starvation, murder, and wholesale execution of all parties l which do not support their regime" Lord Caverdish- then ask l ed: Has the government any al- ternative to the present policy. which apparently has no effect but to strengthen the power of the Bolshevist government?"
 MT. Balfou- responded he was not aware that anything the British gov- ernment has done, or has attempted to do, has strengthened the Bolshe- vlst government. He also said he did not understand what his interro- gator meant by an alternative pol l icy"
 , Russias plight was brought be- fore the House of Commons again the same day through a discussion of the future of Armenia when MT. Pom ; sonby, a labor member, insisted that ! Turkish rule over non-O Ottoman races must be te minated, and asked for a clear statement on the policy of the British government toward Russia. ! He urged that the British public should be advised whether a state of war exists between the Entente. pow CTS and Russia; what the British eX- 1 petition in North Russia is doing; what the intentions of Great Britain are toward the BoIshevist govern ment, and whether additional rein forcements are being sent to Arch angel
 Lord Robert Cecil, then Under Sec retary for Foreign Affairs. replied that it was impossible to give any i pledges as to what the military posi- ton was, or may be in Russia, with out consultations with those respon- sible for military affairs. He said however, the government is not in- clined to entangle the country, at the close the great war, in serious mil | itary operations. The. speaker then commented upon the labor mem- ber's failure to express condemna- tion of the Outrageous proceedings of the so-called Russian govern ment"
 Tt is not only that governments offences against humanity which can not be forgotten" said Lord Robert Cecil, "but it has committed offences against this country which. if commit ted by any ordinary, civilized govern ment, would have more than justi- fled this country in seeking redress al arms. British naval officer has been killed while protecting Q build ing belonging to the British govern ment. Other British subjects have been subjected to horrible hardships and crimes have been committed which stagger humanity. While primarily we ought to consider the interests and desires of the people, f is right to say that the Bolshevist government, as such. is entitled to nc consideration whatever at the hands of the British government"