The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
OBLIGATED -:
TO RUSSIANS
|or Allies to Scramble Out OF
Country Now Would Be
Dishonorable.
(RITICS A N S W E R E D
ksconut Miner, British Sec
retary of War, Tells OF
Bolshevik Movement.
|RITICS A N S W E RE D

h ordop. Dec. 1s.-In response to
onr nrotests in the press against
. secrecy maintained concerning
6litary operations in Russia and the
r,stant demand by- liberal newspa-
=. tbat the government explain and
.,,fw tho continuation of these OPP
a,inn. Viscount Milner, the secre-
nv FOR war. has issued a statement
,hn eject that the allies have an
,,ent,on of honor to protect the
,ssians from others who have aided
on, aro,nst the bolsheviki. For the
kiias to scramble out of Russia now
Conid threaten to involve the whole
r,,rtrv IN .barbarism. the war secre-
~, III rkss = 3. 4. w
Tho cnbinet nembor IN his etates
ant Witch IA IN the form OF LETT
n in reply to q correspondent, goes
Ter the situation created by the sue
Sss of the bolsheviki in gaining con-
III of Russian affairs and points out
bv their acts were adversely affect
a the cause of the allies in the west
hd otherwise hampering the win
Inr of the war by the allied nations.
f"Ym, ask me-" says Viscount Mil
hr In his letter what right we ever
I'd IN send British troops to Russia
meddlo with the internal affairs
TINT country and how long we
Soon to- keen them there now that
be war is over.
Misapprchend Facts.
h ..The question itself shows that you
the facts of the case,
d well as the motives of the govern
hent The reason why allied, not
herelv British forces-indeed. the
kritish are only a small proportion
h the total allied troops-were sent
4 Russia is that the bolsheviki,
Ehatcver their ultimate object, were
fact assisting our enemies in every
|ossible way. 1t was owing to their
|ction that hundreds of thousands of
Ierman troops were let loose to hurl
against our men on the
Western front. It was owing to their
'etraval that Rumania with all it's
ich resources in grain and Oil fell
nto the hands of the Germans.
Handed Over Black Sea-.
"It was they who handed over the
Slack sea fleet to the Germans, and
rho treacherously attacked the
,zocho -Slovaks. when the latter only
esired TO get out of Russia in order
o fight for the freedom of their own
ountry in Europe. The allies, every
nc of them were most anxious to
vo,d interference in Russia, but it
ros an ohliration of honor to save
,,e Czecho- Sloyaks and il was mill
% ary necnssitw of the utmost urgent
ina ~ nrcvent those vast portions
2 Russia which were struggling to
scr No the tyranny of the bolsheviki
rom beine oyerrun by them and, so
h rnwn omen as a source of supply
= = the onnn,v
.r sov nothing. of the enormous
,ortiSics ,o ~ military stores. the
ronertv of tho aIlles. which were
nj wing at Archangel and Vladi-
os, n. and which were in course of
e;nr annronriated bv the bolsheviki
"a 3ra = Starred to the Germans until
ilied occnnati6n nut an end to the
rncass *I saw nothing of
he fact that vast portion of the
! c,,,,s .,,rface and millions of peo-
a. o. sr;.ndiv to the allies have been
M rod the' unsneakable horrors of
oist ey;L r,ja R,,t in the course Of
,;s e,I;ad intervention thousands OF
,rssians have taken up arms and
~, ght IN the s;de of the allies. How
an we s;mn,v because our own i'm
,ad,ate nurnoses have been served,
hra away and leave them to the
,nder n,ercies Of their and our enc
,ies before thew had time to arm,
,.ojn ana organize SO as to be strong
nongh to defend themselves? 1t