The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-06

Is based upon an expectation that Rus
STA will play q vital part In the sue
eessful ending Of the war for he
entente.
Demand n Naflon-Wide.
From the Pacific to the Atlantic coast
letters are coming to Washlngtou
urging an active policy with respect
to Russia and there must be an
agency able to mobilize all the forces
In this country whose aid can Be Of
practical advantage in the situation.
Germany Is exeFtinE a powerful In
duenee throughout Russia to set con.
troll OF natural and developed 70
sources. Large and well-equipped far
tories. which are OF no use 70 theii
Russian owners. while q central gov
eminent e lacking. are being gobSlge
up BY the Germans b. stock pur.
chasea The Russians are only toe
glad to sell. since II Is the only al
Tentative.
Allied enterprises should have
been on the ground many month";
ago to forestail that invasion. There
Is much that can be recovered and
much that can be acquired By allied
Interests II the United states and the
GNNEMAI AgA UANl NalM AAAA.A-s
From the scores OF returned OBJ
servers, many widely varying opln-
ions are obtained. but all seem e
agree on the fundamental question
that the Russian people would vel
come aid from the allies, even Of 3
military character. II properly intro.
duced. The greatest hope, they say,
lies in Siberia, where the peasants are
friendly to the entente and particu-
larry to America.
The right kind OF an expedition.
with practical help to the Russian
people. - well IS military protecfiou
for them against the Germans. u is
argued moreover, would be met b.
the Russians with open armsTa and sur
hcient numbers would rally arounf
tho rescuers to make possible the
OF a Russian govern
ment thoroughly IN keeping with the
principles Of the Russian revolution
WY Mast he Paved.
Before any such move Is made,
however. the way must be paved b.
3 campaign OF education, and the al
lies themselves must adopt a plan
that the Russians viii see Is thor
ouEhly friendly. Americas attention
has been concentrated on the west
ern front, but Germany seems TO ind
time to penetrate Russia and bother
her enemies in other parts OF the
globe.
There are hundreds OF persons n
America who can help in such a cam
oaign in Russia as has been outlined
above. The first step Is to orgRnize
American interest IN Russia, CONNER
.ial. financial, agricultural. and mill
AIRY, and through q regularly consti-
.uted branch OF the Government with
hundreds OF agents abroad gather the
acts on which policies can be fOrmu-
ated
The impression one gets about The
russian situation from contact with Of
cials Of the Government Is that Il Il Of
emote interest TO Germany Il 3 %
r.me interest Precisely that same
ririt Of neglect has made possible the
resent superiority in numbers OF tha
rerman army on the western front
What the allies are being urged On
very side BY people who know Rus
IA intimately Is TO organise Russia
or military and economic Resistance.
efficient at any rate. to hamper Ger
nany's activity on the western front,
ufhcient to wrest from the Central
lowers the free hand which they now
eem to enjoy. and sufficient 10 save
democracy from being stinsd
y those strangulation methods with
7hich Prussianism is so familiar and
fhcients