Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-26
MAKE RUSSIA
PAY ITS DEBTS,
IS SAILED PLAN
Recognition Of BOISheWSm I'M
piled in Invitation to Peace
Conference Based on
Financial Motive.

leadership and guidance of Russia
as against the others"
Thus bolshevism is elevated to the
same place as the governments Of
Omsk, Archangel and other districts
which have been striving to estab-
lish foci of social order, wherein
some protection should be afforded
to life, liberty and property as
against the anarchy, confscation,
torture and murder, which charac-
terize bolshevism.
Two Groups Exist.
The Temps" in restrained, but
forceful comment, speaks of these
features as follows:
an the territory of the former
Russian empire are two kinds OF
organized groups, which fulfill the
conditions necessary for admission
to the conference. The first, wheth-
err they be considered as Russian
governments or governments indie
pendent of Russian Esthonia or
Lithuania for instance-decree them
selves ready to cooperate with the
allies. On the other hand there are
found the bolshevists of Moscow
and various soviet governments,
which have been created often with
the completely of the Germans, in
regions evacuated by German
troops.
How did the bolshevists obtain
power in Russia in November, 1917?
By promising to make peace imme-
diately, that is to say, by leaving the
allies in the west confronted with
the entire German force. They sub
sequently erected this program OF
treason and we know what it has
cost us-the Germans nearly reach
ed the shores of the channel and
Paris was nearly taken. Our troops
were killed by the hundreds of
thousands, preventing the catastro-
phe prepared by the Russian de-
lection. And now at the Prinkipo
conference it proposed to receive
these traitors on the same footing
as our faithful friends. Is this that
supreme justice which the victory
of the allies is to institute in the
world?"
The journal de Debats," says:
THE greater number of Russians on
whom the choice of the i1on-bolshe-
vik groups would fall have had rel
atives assassinated and tortured by
Lenine's order. The prospect OF
coming to sit beside the execution
ers of their relatives is not inviting
to them"
No Counter Revolution.
The communique further declares
that the associated governments,
recognize the revolution without
reservation and will in no way and
in no circumstances give counte-
nance to any attempt to counter rev.
olution." If this were qualified by
limiting its application to the revolu-
ton against the old monarchy it
would be inoccuous, but the present
revolution finds expression most
completely in the German-promoted
system of plumber, terror and rapine
known as bolshevism. If the assoc
lated governments mean to declare
to the world that under no circum-
stances will they aid or give counte-
nance to efforts to overthrow boil
shevism, which is the obvious inter-
probation of this paragraph, it may
we'll be regarded as sounding a note
of distress and pessimism in the
ears of all those yearning for the
re-establishment of social order in
the world.
1t is unfortunately characteristic
of almost everything Mr.. Wilson
writes that while its first effect may
be pleasing, close perusal develops
vague and often dangerous ambigu-
titles. The facile pen and easy
speech have many times led him into
unfortunate positions, from which
nothing but accepted opportunism
could extract him.
The great men of the world today,
all thoughtful men, recognize the
social disease known as bolshevism,
which seeks to undermine all estab-
lished order, and all protection to
life, liberty and property, every
thing which constitutes the ideals
upon which the American republic
was founded and on which the civil
cation of the world has been build
ed. E.t
BoIshevists Can Profit.
Yet, in dealing with this menace
operating upon a vast scale and over
the great territory which was for
merly Russia, the allied and assoc
lated governments have found no
better means than to invite Lenines
and Trotzkys, murderers and thieves
to meet honest men in the sea OF
Marmora to discuss basis for re-
establishing peace, order and happi-
ness throughout one quarter of the
globe. "
The invitation to this precious
conference, however, is conditioned
upon the establishment OF "a truce
of arms among the parties invited"
The bolshevists alone can profit by
this condition. They have an or
ganized soldiery kept in discipline
by food and pay. They are in con-
troll of arms and ammunition lack
ing to other bodies. AS the Temps
noints auf thew also have another
weapon which they have used. That
is the terror which they have en-
ployed under form of varied per-
secutions and shootings and some
times under forms less obvious but
perhaps more efficacous and which
consists in the suppression Of all
newspapers, and all groups of OPP
position, or in leaving an entire
class of population to die of hunger.
The general armistice which the
powers seek to exact is not to be
IT.