Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-20
AID FOR FORCES OF LIBERTY IS
 PLEA OF CECIL

LONDON. July 2O.-Lord Robert Cecil who has just left the post of minister of blockade to become assis- 1 tant secretary of state for foreign af- i fairs, in a statement to the Associated Press last night, urged the immediate sending of help to the CZechO-SlOvak | forces along the trans-Siberian rail road.
 "The presence of a CzechO-Slovak army in Russia at this time is, l be- ! lieve. one of the miracles of history" said Lord Robert. "We have beheld one of the greatest empires of the world plunged into such an appalling state of disorganizatiOn that nothing like it is known in modern history.
 Suddenly, we find this CzechO-Slo- yak army. well drilled. carefully or ganized and ably led. stretched across the back bone of the Russian empire over a line nearly 5000 miles long It is the only organized force We know of in the whole of Russia today mak- ing for even the elementary principles of order and civilization. If the allies allow it to be wiped out for want of ammunition, for moral support. there is absolutely no leaven left to leaven the lump, and small hopes remains of preventing the Russian people from being overwhelmed by a terrible series of economic disasters during the com ing winter.
 q have recently heard men who knew Russia well speak of what is likely to happen there during the com ing winter under the present chaotic condition. One authority estimated that 20,O00,000 people would perish as a result of disease and economic dis asters which are inevitable unless some unforeseen aIeviation comes soon. If we can tide the Russian people over this difficult winter l be- lieve they will begin to get their feet again.
 "One of the tragedies of the Russian revolution has been that 1t resulted in dispersion and disunion, rather than in any united effort toward a united democracy. Wherever you get two Russians together today you find two political parties This has been true of all great revolutionary upheavals. It is one of the recognized symptoms of revolutionary fever and the Russian people must be given a little time so that this symptom may abate.
 At the present time the ordinary Russian is unable to see any particular reason why he should cooperate with any one else. The Russian people will come back to health if it is given chance and I think the CzechO- -Slovak army can be made a great agent in assisting the patient in this state of convalesence. Russia is like a patient with a broken limb which is slowly mending. The Czecho-SlOvaks can be made into a stout splint which will support the broken limb while it Is healing.
 There are many uniting forces in Russia if they are given a chance Unless some helpful force can be brought to bear soon I am firmly con vinced that Russia is faced with the most terrible winter of hunger and disease which any nation has ever known.
 q am convinced it is the only pos sible way to help Russia.
 We are told We should perhaps wait for a formal invitation from the Russians themselves. But the masses of Russia are inarticulate and there is not voice which can express their will. We know they need help and it seems our duty to extend them that help in the best and quickest way We can.
 Russia is a country which is far more than self supporting; it is Sie gigantic grainary of the world with an untold wealth of every food product necessary to mans support. Yet, al- most in the midst of this granary mil lions of persons are destined to die of starvation this winter unless some strong hand lends help in the restora- ticn of transportation facilities and elementary industrial activities