The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-15
DRIFTINc IN A sEA OF BLOOD.


Whether the suggestion of the British
was the west and practical solution Of the Russian
problem it had the very great merit Of presenting def
mite and Ineligible policy In fact this suggestion
from London is the only definite and Ineligible Russian
policy that ony Of the allied governments has put forth
since the revolution.
The British Government proposed that message be
sent to the of the Soiyets at Moscow the
erTments of Cen Klochak at Omsk Of Gen. Denkine at
Ekaternodar Of Gen. Chakovsky Archangel and to all
Of the other governments created by different Russian
natonaites inviting them completely cease hostes
violence and repsa and establish peace both among each
other and it'll the neghborng states This truce was 10
be maintained for the duration Of the Peace Conference
Of the ends Of which to re-esabsh peace in Russia
and the neghborng countries and bring the desired sue
to the suffering populations In case all these vari-
Russian governments complied with these TERMS hey
would be permitted to send delegates the-Peace Con-
ference
In rejecting the British proposals, Mr. Pchon, the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs declared that the
French government could make no contract with crime
and that would continue to treat the boshevst govern
France is not doing is any other country doing it,
To treat the boshevs in Russia as an enemy
might not be wise policy, either but it would be def
mite and Ineligible policy policy that could be under
stood That would war against the bolsheviki in
Russia, waged by force Of arms on Russian soil by
adequate military forces This policy will not be adopted
Neither the French the British nor the Italians could
of 10
pose, and the bolshevist leaders know quite as well
Paris and London and Rome know it. The French
treating the boshevis government as an enemy They
simply refusing associate with it, while they give
casual to the various factions that are bat
Ting against bolshevism
In the meantime the bolshevst movement spreads and
likely to continue spread because there is no ef
fective opposition to it.
The British proposals to have been conceived in
something than he generous spirit of universal re
Cancellation which Mr.. Pichon ascribes to them There
great deal of political shrewdness back of them ant
the Government at Downing street had taken into con
sideration the vast amount of Boshevist sympathy thai
exists among the British, French and Italian radicals
Had the invitation been accepted by the SOVIET govern
men truce would have been established while the Peace
Conference working out Russian programme anc
while The truce wa pending there would have been ces
saton Of anarchy and boodshed Had the SOVIET govern
ment declined the invitation on the terms proposed
would have been appare to everybody that it was ben
only insensate destruction and that the allies would b
justified in adopting the most drastic policies in sefde
Tense.
The British suggestion did not involve recognition
the bolsssist government as Mr. Pchon assumes 1t d
not involve recognition Of anybody but merely permitted
all the warng elements in that distracted country to SEM
representatives to the Peace Conference to discus tn
basis Of peace Russia That not highly radical pro
pOsa it fairly be described as contract witt
crime svrely if the British proposal is to be rejecte
outright there ought to be counerpOcy and no coun
terpolicy has been presented The sum and substanc
of Mr.. Pichons answer is that Russia must continue t.
drift in a sea Of blood.-New York World