El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-02

Bolshevik must be kept UP. at all
events until the buffer states IN
eastern Europe are strong enough 10
take care of themselves.
So much for allied policy. which !
think is clear at present. What is
ours2 Al the European allies have
withdrawn their troops, or are now
clearing them out. We, on the other
hand, are replacing our drafted men
in Siberia by volunteers II is evi-
dent that By winter the United States
and Japan alone Of the great powers
will have troops on Russian soil; the
United States ten or fifteen thousand
men, the Japanese as many as they
care to use Of the 10000 or so there
now, and Of the 150, 900 soldiers
railway, outside Russian territory
but ready to move into Siberia on
moments notice.
Our Troops Remain.
Our troops, it is said, are guarding
the Siberian railway, assuring the
retreat Of Admiral Kolchak's retiring
legions Presumably the Japanese
are there for the same purpose
Whether we have given pledges TO
Koichak. alone or in conjunction with
the allies. that make it matter Of
national honor to stay and support
him. the writer does not know. III
is apparent from dispatches sent
from Omsk by ambassador Morris.
and from other indications obtainable
in Washington, that the admins
tration Is not any too well pleased
with the behavior OF the supreme
ruler" as KolchaS styles himself. II
is regarded by many American Off
cia1s as a tool OF reactionaries who
desire TO restore the CARBON
This sketch OF the Intervention Of
the allies in Russia has been given
70 make clear our present position
There Is 50 much misinformed COM
ment current based on earlier prOpa-
gandist legends invented to conceal
the facts, and so much pro Bolshevik
argument that the allies are simply
acting as capitalists 10 crush So
cialist state, that genuine confusion
has arisen in the public mind.
Our position rs see Il Is this.
We were led into Russian inter
ventIon Mt time when II was
necessary, to hold German divi-
sious on the eastern front. We
now appear to be vaciiiatinE. aa
we have for months, between the
fden that we ought to help kOl-
ehak and the others crush the
BoISheviI<, and the viewpoint
that It Is none Of our business
what kind OF government the
Russians choose to have.
Meanwhile our Intervention n
eastern Siberia. undertaken as part
OF the European war. is rapidly as
Stunning a character Of its own. quite
distinct from French and British
policies In European Russia We are
standing alone with Japan over there;
the British called back their Cana
dian troops. some Of whom had act
ually sailed for Fladivostock, as soon
as they had sized UP the Siberian
situation. Il is with japan that we
must come to an agreement on east Z
srn Siberia, not with France and Eng I
land
The problem. TO my mind, is the
most serious foreign crisis the United
States has been can~i upon to face
since we became a nation. with the
single exception Of the German war. {
IL would be useless and presumptuous I
for me to speculate concerning our |
possible course OF action IN the far /
east. since SO far as / can leayn I
has no policy and Is I
vaguely cropping for one in the VoiQ. ]
But something must be DONE and Z
quickly: we are like small boy !
shivering q the brink with his toe !
in the cold water; he must jump IN !
or put on his clothes and 90 home.