The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21

Staff Correspondent
PARIS, March 21-The race be
tween peace, plunder and poverty is
now on.
With the advent of spring, the Ques.
tion of whether peace, stability and
reconstruction are to prevail during
the coming months, or whether cen
tral Europe at least will be convulsed
In sanguinary struggle, will soon
be answered
Bolshevist forces are known to be
concentrating on the Rumanian from
tier. Others are facing the Poles and
by infiltration's striking at the roots
Of that newly formed government. The
Rumanians say they have definite in
formation that the bolsheviki intends
to strike as soon as the weather be-
comes favorable. The Poles are now
involved in constant isolated struggles
and it is believed only matter of
time until the full storm breaks. Ru-
mania and Poland stand as the only
barriers between the Russian bolshey-
Xxi and central Europe.
Owing to the shortage of raw ma
terials and consequent lack Of EN-
ployment, it is said to be a question
whether the present Czecho-Slovals
government survives. Sooner or later,
reports from various sources indi-
cate, the Ebert government in Ger.
many is likely to fall Whether it Is
before or after peace is signed prob
ably is merely a matter Of chance. If
the present government is not willing
to make clean breast of Germany 8
responsibility for the war and accept
the treaty as presented, it is predicted
the radicals will overthrow it. On the
other hand, if the government signs a
drastic treaty without protest, there
may be the same result.
Economic experts declare a chance
for the people to get back to work and
overcome the habits of idleness, Will
be the best antidote for the present
unrest.
The situation has set every peace
committee here working on practically
day and night schedule.
When the allies insists that the Ger
mans allow Polish troops who have
fought in France to return to Poland
through Danzig, it means they are
insisting not only upon aiding Poland,
but upon saving Germany from the ef-
fects of the bolshevist boomerang
launched by the German militarists.
It is a close race. The next few
weeks are expected to tell the result.
Poland Must Be Strengthened.
WARSAW, March 18.-Germany
will dominate the east economically
and politically, and thus prepare
herself for another assault on the
worlds peace, unless Poland is suf-
ficiently strengthened to resist this
penetration, Premier Paderewski de-
clared in an interview today. He
said that Germany has not yet ac-
knowledged defeat on the eastern
front.
1.-THE Importance to the peace of
Europe Of a strong, united Poland
cannot be exaggerated said Pader-
ewski. Germany made war, not
for honor and ideals, but for mar
kets and raw materials. The war
has not yet been won. Germany is
ready to acknowledge herself beaten
in the west, but not in the east.
"The same men who organized the
present war, count on reorganizing
Russia in their own interests. If
they do, they will have an endless
suy3ly of labor and raw materials.
Besides wheat, they will have splen-
did cotton from Turkestan; oil, tre-
mendous lumber supplies and coal
and iron deposits from Russia, to say
nothing of gold, platinum and other
precious metals. With these, Ger
many would inevitably stamp her do
minion on the whole world.
;,,1y op tho affnct on the Enlpl-
did body of Americas highly paid
labor if Germany trained and direct
ed the cheap labor of Russia and
China. No one could compete with