El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-15
Versailles Treaty Disposes Of Less Than
10 Percent Of Territory Which Must Be
Allotted Before World Peace Is Complete

ylittle order and calm out Of the great
central chaos which now extends from
the Baltic to the Aegean and from
I the Adriatic to the Black sea. Until
! these things are accomplished there
can be no peace In Europe and in the
accomplishment Of even a temporary
arrangement there may be sown the
seeds OF many future wars.
Russian Problem First.
To begin at the beginning, there
is the Russian problem. II may be
divided into two equally important
parts; there is the question of Rus
STA itself and the question Of the va
riOus races on the fringe of the old
Russian state, which are seeking in
dependence. union with other frac-
tions of their own race. who are
seeking permanent separation from
Russia, precisely as the Danes, the
Poles and the people Of AIsace Lor-
raine sought liberation from the Ger
man yoke.
As to Russia. what policy are the
allies to adopt? They cannot recog-
nize Lenine and the Reds. both be-
cause the things these people repre-
sent are abhorrent to all of the ideas
OF western civilization and because.
unless recognized by the outside
world, they viii shortly collapse Of
their own weight
But IL there is to he peace in
Russia and to ObtnIn peace in
western powers should find some
substitute for the anarchy and
suicide of the Lenine regime. Ap-
HHrently the allies are now plac-
ing their hopes upon KOIchak. but
this decision is 1rOusinE protest
In Britatn md France. where KOl-
chnk Is seen rs n reactiOnary, end
in neither country f. there any de-
sire to restore in Russia the ~
ranny of the old stupid and cor
rupt regime. which has gone.
Granted that Kolchak can over
throw Lenine and Trotzky. however.
this only raises new problems. He
VIII come TO Moscow and Petrograd
as the champion of a restored Rus
STA, Of a reunited Russia. and is II
conceivable that he will consent. that
his countrymen viii consent TO any
treaty by which the nations, yesterday
Russian allies, shall have apportioned
Russian territories between the sew
land. liberated Finland. allocated Bes-
sarabia to Rumania and recognized
the independence of the several tribes
of the Baltic provinces?
Instead OF accepting such a sit
uation is IL not almost Inevitable that
the new Russia. the restored Russia.
viii join hands with Germany in a
new partition OF Poland. in a new
in the Baltic lands, which
shall reproduce the situation which
POLICIES
OF great Russian and a great Prus-
sian. Peter and Frederick. brought
Russia to the Baltic and excluded Pc
land from the open sea-
Russia Long a Useful Ally.
II Russia were condemned always
70 be the thing II is, il would be
easy 10 settle all the questions now
raised; IL Russia were conquered after
a war waged against Britain. France
and sItaly, then terms like those i'm
posed upon Germany would be posi-
BILE But neither the one nor the
other condition is fulfilled Russia
was long an ally and a useful ally.
she finally collapsed and made a sep
arate peace. but does this justify her
recent allies IN treating her as an en-
envy and dividing her territories, cut
ting her off from the Baltic in effect
ratifying the terms Of the treaty
which her enemy, Germany imposed !
upon her. sword in hand. at Brest |
Unfortunately the progress Of |
svents at Paris has already resulted |
In the permanent alienation Of Italy; |
nothing Is more certain than that. |