Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-21
THE RUSSIAN PROBLEMS.

Editor Every Evening II is due 10 the
readers of the Every Evening To give
reasons for taking 80 much space in dis
cIssion Of Russian problems We 50 revere
orr sacred constitutional system thar We
arc mpciled To leave no stone unturned to
preserve 1t. We are now at he turning
point OF this VAR. when all depends on the
correct view Of the Russian complication
We feel mortified that the theories of
Colcord and Levine have been gwen such
prominence IN the Philadelphia papers
without proper modification. We have
no night TO remain quiet when our country
is IN danger
When writers condemn B0lshevism
for their vicious theories how can they IN
any way or manner apologize Tor their
government Roishevism as a mode of
rule is either trlIe Or false Il il IS beneficial
to the allies 1t should be endorsed: If dis
astrous, it should be condemned. There
should be no veiled or hali-conceaied
apology.
We do not see why BOlshevIsn should
be coddIed and that in some miraculous
way the officials and soldiers should be
propped up when too inefficient TO stand
up. Propped up soldiers make no success
III war The allies are looking Tor help, not
for burdens. The apologlsts should STE
that the BolshevlkI have blown up the
whole apologetIc air castle The Moscow
government with hilarlty ratified the Ger
man-made treaty, ana then and there
notified the allies that they would fight
no .'lmperallstIc war. which they had
] often defined as war between nations. as
ia the present conflict They had many
times declared that they would delight
III WagIng class war throughout the
hole world IN order TO bring unbelevers
under the heel of deSpotlc socialism.
Is 1t necessary TO argue with any
sensible person 10 prove that We cannot
make Russia carry on war when they
positively say that they Will not hght'
1t behooves Us to vIgIlantly inquire If 1t Is
possible that this Bolshevik doctrine IS
here being promulgated by Germany or
BY the Russian Socialists. Whether home
made or imported We should fight against
it as if 1t were fire or pestilence.
Here is the seriousness Of this matter.
Bolshevlsm is vet only actively working
IN Russia: but the avowed purpose Is to
spread 1t to France. England and America
and bring on revolution there, demorallze
the armies. and allow Germany 10 subdue
the world, because there was no longer any
nation TO resist her. Are we 70 allow this
perniclous doctrine to sweep us away and
make no effort To throttle It2 We have q
duty in this matter and should patrioh-
caliy perform It.
Russia AS a nation went INTO war. 1t
Was not a Car war. In law Those
operating the government are only State
agents When the Gar went down the
nation still lived and was bound by It's
treaties The kcrcnsky government was
a national regime and the compacts were
al IN force German intrigue and gold
aided by socidistic plotting, destroyed
the morale of the army, and for the first
time the nation was destroyed. There Is
mo longer Russian nation; it has been
blasted into atoms There IS no legal
body 10 perform tho treaties with the
allies, whose treaties were made only with
consolidated Russia Bolshevlk Russia
half Russia made peace with Germany
and thus gave aid and assistance to the
enemy Of the allies and morally became
the enemy of the latter There Is nothing
tu prevent a new alliance with reduced
Russia, if any ono can be found to make
the contract But VIII not these socialist.
demand that no treaty shall be made
unless the other contracting nation agree;
/ TO socialze IFS government after the stylC
| Of Bolshevism2 They would claim thai
like must cure like, and all must adopt
/ the fanaticism OF socialism. There Is oniS
one course for the allies TO pursue: ignore
| all interference and fight to maintain thei,
sensible, efficient and orderly govern
ment. George A. Talley
Marcus Hook March 20, 1918