The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-19
FRIENDS IN RUSSIA
NOT TO BE LEFT TO
FATE, MILMER SAYS
tcor,Inued From psos ~

elves against our men on the west
IN front. II was owing 10 their
1 ,strayal that Rumania with all rs rich
esourceS IN grain and oil, fell into
he hands oi the Germans.
"I' was they who handed over the
Black sea fleet to the Germans d I
vho ireloherouSly attacked the
! -secho- SlovakS when the latter only
jesired 10 get out oi Russia in order
10 fight for the freedom oI their own
4 oun,ry in Europe. The allies. every
ne OF them. were most anxious 10
void interference in Russia, but it
Sas an obligation Of honor 10 save
he Czecho-S -SlovakS and i, was mill.
ary necessity OF the most urgent kind
10 prevent those vast portions OF Rus
ia which were struggling 20 escape
lhe TYRANNY OF the bolsheyhi from
king oyer-run hy Them and so
/ brow open a source OF supply TO the
nemy.
n Crecho- -Slovaks Saved.
II say nothing oi the enormous
{luantities Of military stores, the
eIsoperty OF the allies which were still
Ding at ArchAngel and Nladivos,ok
hid which were in course OF being
appropriated by the bol,heyiki and
Transferred TO the Germans until the
1lied occupation put an end 10 the
tOcess.
eAnd this Intervention was sue.
Dssful. RiotIng was stopped. The
secho- SlovakS were saved from
estruotion. The resources OF Siberia
ID southeastern Russia were denied
D the enemy Then the porth OF
propean Russia were prevented from
ocoming bases for German suhma-
ines from which our North sea bar
NC could have been turned
These were important achieve
vents and contributed materially to
be defeat OF Germany
Can't Leave Friends to Fate.
" say nothing OF the fact that a
)aN portion OF the earth'S surface
IND millions OF people friendly 10
he allies have been spared the un-
peakable horrors OF holsheviki rule
ut in course OF this allied in,crvcr-
lon thousands of Russians have
bken up arms and fought on the side
the allies. How can we, simply
ecauSe our own immediate purposes
AVE been served, come away and
eAve them TO the tender mercies o,
heir and our enemies before they
)ad time TO arm, train and organize
b as 10 be strong enough to defend
bemsclves2 1t would be an abom,n-
ble betrayal, contrary 10 every Brit
bh instinct OF honor and humanity
"You may be quite sure that the
Ast thing fhe government desires is to
oave any British soldiers IN Russia
day longer than is necessary TO dis
1nrge the moral obligations we have
neurred, and that. ! believe is the
hiding principle Of all the allies Nor
b myself think that the time when
be can withdraw without disastrous
onsequences, is necessarily distant
N this is case in which more
Aste inayde less speed
Would Mean BsIbsrisni.
sIf the allies were all to scramble
ut OF Russia al once, the result
sould almost certainly be that the
barbarism which at present reigns in
part only of that country would
Id over the whole Of it, including
y vast regions Of northern and cen.
FL Asia which were included in the
Dminion of the c2ar The ultimate
hsequences of such disaster can.
X be ioreseen but they would as
sredly involve far greater strain
y the resources Of the British empire
aan our prsnt co"ml,mn,N