Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-21
EULTUR
N EAST EUROPE
FInal Setilement VIII Prussia Win
Cancel An Barbarian Peace
Treaties Forced On Cdppl-
ed Countries
American Opinions a. to japanese
Intervention In Siberia Looked
upoa favorably BY
England
Reciprocal News Service
By X. Walter

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BY X. Walter
LONDON, March IL. - The success
Of the mailed fist in the East Is AREA
dy having greater consequences than
is immediate effect on the military
situation in Western Europe and Asia
Minor. Its military consequences had
been discounted months ago. The
political results of the political abuse
Of military power in Russia and Rou-
mania may be colossal. Eastern Eu-
rope is in the power Of the Hun. Let
US see to what this may lead II by any
chance America and the Allies should
be too slow incoming to the rescue Of
the new Slav d~emoeracies.
London is just as decided as Wash
ington that the final settlement with
Prussia shall cancel all those barba-
rian peace treaties which the Kaiser
is forcing upon his crippled enemies
in the East. But meanwhile kultur
will have its way with impressionable
millions who are too distracted by civil
war to maintain a common resistance.
The question is, how long will it take
the Teuton to subjugate the Slav to
his military ambition, and will the
Anglo-Saxon-Latin deliver arrive in
time to prevent this consumation?
In other words, can we beat Germany
in time to prevent her from cultivating
the immense fields she has conquered?
No doubt she is sowing trouble for
herself in those fields, but Allied
statesmen cannot count or this crop
any more than they can count on the
fruits of tyranny in Germany.
If the brutality of the German poll
cy in Russia restored England's sym
pathy for all that is loyal to democ-
racy in Russia, it has also aroused dis
trust of all that might be disloyal to
democracy and subservient to German
imperialism. Not all the anti-B olshe-
visits are pro-Ally; and even those who
are may have to face the desperate
alternatives Of continual anarchy or
the Prussian restoration Of order;
Germany will see to it that there is
sufficient disorder r. force this diem
upon them. This opens up interna-
tional prospects which make II imper-
alive to put all speed into every branch
Of work contributing to the defeat Of
Germany, particularly into the build
ing Of ships upon which the whole
of the war effort depends, and mean
while that every precaution should be
taken within reach Of Allied states
men against the establishment of
Prussian military power in an en-
pire embracing her present vassals
and the greater part of Russia.
With these thoughts in mind, Lon
dOners have been reading with parti-
cular interest the various hints of
agreement which
have been coming from Washington.
Great Britain is Japan's oldest Euro
pean ally and there are other bonds
of sympathy between the two peoples
which can be gathered by a glance at
the war. For this reason, and be-
cause of the enormus possible conse-
quences of the decision, England has
been taking great satisfaction in
American opinions favorable to the
intervention of Japan in Siberia. /
have not heard a single adverse view
of this proposal in London. Even
among those who in past times re-
garded Japanese expansion as the
peril preached so assiduously
by Germany, the view IS taken that a
of japanese policy in the
North will help to remove forever the
danger of a clash in the Pacific.
Surprising even that japanese inter-
vention entailed an expansion toward
the West to such an extent that they
came into contact with the hypothet-
ical combination of Slav and Teuton,
this, at worst, would lead to a racial
war from which estern Europe and
America could stand aside. But Of
course nobody wants such a war.
Defeat Germany now, Illustrate her
plans for dominating the world with
the Slav armies Of her conquered and
vassal peoples, and democracy will
find a way TO maintain the peace Of
the world.