Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-28
Boil LSHEVIKISM, PERIL OF
EUROPE AND THE WORLD
Anarchy Threatens Overseas Ma
tons; Would Have Won but
for Wealth Of u. 5.

The correspondent of the London Times
with the British army Of occupation on
the Rhine reports that agents who have
lived in England are at rork disseminate
ing Bolshevlk doctrines among the trooriS-
The fact may De accepted without at
tributing anv Of the responsibility - the
present German government which ls
battling for it's life against Bolshevikisrn
At home. Il Is not necessary tor the
Germans 10 preach 3olshevkism 70 the
British troops There are plenty ~
British Rolsheviki TO do the work Will
ingly and gladly.
Rolsheviklsrn is the one overshadowlng
issue which Europe now confronts.
Everything else Is secondary. German
unitarian has been destroyed, but Il WIS
not destroyed until Europe was exhausted
economically, ana Bolshevklsm s the
direct product 0f economic E haustlon.
The Central Powers broke down before
any 0f the Allies except Russia went un-
der. but the difference IN time was not
so great as IL might appear. Except Tor
the economic power u the [ nited states,
the Allies would have collapsed hrst and
Germany would have neen nomlnally the
victor. but even in that case the Boz
shevlk problem would have been the
5 anne
Civilization cannot destroy all It's ac-
cumulated wealth and wreck al It's re-
sources without paying the prlce, and
poishevIkl>m threatens TO 5e the price.
II will inevitably be the price unless there
is enough craftsmanship IN Europe 70
,ieaI wisely snd Saneiy With d situation
that increases n gravity daily.
Posheviklsm cannot te checked by I'M
assioned harangues about the saeredness
Of property Millions of men have been
en- gagged for more than tour wears IN de-
stroying Goth life and property under or
ders from their governments, andi they
are no longer II pressed with the sacred
ness Of either. No government anywhere
has Is vet presented a reconstruction
program that makes any real appe2. 70
them. The one definite thing that they
understand Is that food Is scarce and that
some people are much Better on than
Others.
Il Was a desperate German autocrscy
which first invoked the spirit Of BOZ
shevikisrn. aided and aCetted, To ne sure.
p, he diplomatic stupidity oi the Allies
ID dealing with the Russian revolution,
put no German auJCcracy N3S needed -
spread the ire The danger has steadlly
Increased since Junkertuu H;aS over
tarown ana IN resisting he toVanoe q
BoIshevlksn IN Germany ne Ebert
government Is performing as zrea-
service Tor the British. the French and the
/ Italians s. it is performing for itself. The
problem belongs % no country. n The
( broadeSt sense II IS universal, and .s
I making itself the common issue o. the War.
/ There is not 3 responsible statesman u
Europe who does not realize The gravity
Of The situation, but neither IS there 3
responsible statesman who has yet Tor
/ mulated definite program for dealing
with it. Most of them are trying q con-
vince themselves that If they cau gain
enough economic advantages out o. the
/ Peace Conference the danger Will ais
appear 50 far rs their own countries a.e
concerned. and the rest q the world may
safely be lett 70 shit for itself.
This is likely to prove the great aeiu-
sion Of the Peace Conference. New
York World.