Arizona republican., 1918-03-15

tContlnued from page one) provinces. they could not at the peace conference be able to raise their voice on behalf of the world for Lithuania or Rumania.
 England and America piverqe He dwelt upon the fact that Presi. dent Wilson was the only allied states man to send a message to the Moscow conference. and declared that the aVoWed policy and language of Presi- dent Wilson were quite at variance with those of Lord Robert Cecil. which contemplated policy which would mean tnat Japan would have to make war on the soviet government of Rus sia, because if she entered Russia she would be resisted by the Russian soviet troops. If Japan entered Russian ter rltory, seized and occupied it at the mandate of the alliance, it followed with almost absolute certainty that this territory would not be returned.
 asked by member why not?" MT. Lees- Smith replied:
 Did She Return Korea?
 Did Japan return Korea?"
 MT. Lees-Smith hoped that Great britain would follow the line of policy iald down by President Wilson. If she qld not, but gave way to the desires of Japan, she would not be acting for her own pest interest. for Russia notwitF1 standing what had happened, would re- man great country and when she re- rIved. democratic and stronger. Grea, 6rltaln would be glad to have her as a friend. ei a'
 Alexander M. Scott, liberal, Glasgow. ooh.enoed mat the danger to the stores al VicdiVostok was Insignificant in ovinpdr!son With the menace with .n.n 'he whole allied campaign and 'Ni"lesy III the east were threatened.
 No Remedy for Russia
 p9ssioie, 10 nave found remedy for sno inisiortunes that had occurred to civiilzation itself from the fact that .ne nussian revolution occurred in the ,i,uuie or the European war. but he racy to what he still believed ,,,a, o '"5 lo oe d reign of ordered liberty. he revolution, he continued, unfor tunately came at a time when P,ssio was weary of the sacrifices of yar a,,a st aI was mixed up with and almost over shadowed on it's political side br noo; iist influences which were allowed +o gain control in the army and ra,,,, ~ and other forces which sbould ha,.s oeen co-ordinated to resist the com mon enemy. 'iA-
 solsheviki Make Selves HeIpless
 MT. Baifour entrusted the French revolution, which resulted in the crea- tioh or an army whose efficiencv w,s tne wonder of Europe, with the Rus- san revolution, which had delibera telv ana completely destroyed every fight, ing instrument. This destruction in EolVed also the gallant Rumanjan a arn,, lie mas cast not the slightest aspersion on ,he Bolsheviki, but declared it was OBVIOUS to the world that the course they had pursued had rendered them helpless in the face of German ae- gression.
 The Bolsheviki now had expressed |. genuine and earnest desire to recon stltute the army and would doubtless welcome the assistance of Great Bri- tain in carrying out that object but such reconstruction of the shattered instrument of defense could not be accomplished in a day.
 If there was the slightest foundation for Mir. Lees Smiths contention that whenever foreign troops invade a country they inevitably stay there and annexation results said the foreign secretary, it was a very bad outlook for northern France.
 Now a Derelect on Waters- Could not Mir. Lees Smith see that Russia was now derelect upon the waters with no power of resistance