Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-29


peace point regarding Russia l will
mention hereafter.
"All of the other peace points, with
the exception of the league of nations,
deal with territorial adjustments. Now,
the difficulty of the president in inter-
preting his peace points as TO terri
ltorial acquisitions is that long ago
England, France and Italy reached
their conclusions and the president Is
up against the contracts, signed, sealed
and delivered ana in the pockets of the
Iallies.
THE secret treaties which We're exc
Icuted before our entrance into the war
were quite definite in form and appor-
toned territories to the three great bel
lligerents and also to Russia These
secret treaties with the elimination of
Russia, | feel sure, are deemed effect
i've and binding, nor do ! doubt that
substantially the territory they embrace
Will be divided in accordance with their
provisions"
Taking up the Russian situation.
johnson demanded immediate return Of
American soldiers He declared this
governments policy of criminal inter-
vention' has heightened the life or the
| Bolshevilli and is resulting in starry
ing, not the Bolshevik leaders, but the
women and children of Russia for
whom this and the allied governments
profess love.
Russia's treatment by the United
States and the allies shows that "our
idealstic statements on the rights of
self-detcrmination have gone into OBJ
livion with the rest" he said
Declaring he does not defend "in any
degree the soviet power or Lenine and
Trotsky," Johnson said:
but our dealings with Russia have
not only been an exhibition Of the
erasset stupidity but have contributed
to the awful tragedy there"
Johnson then put into the record a
1 document hitherto unpublished in the
United States which was sent to the
! allies by the soviet government ia
March, 1918. A favorable answer to
this, Johnson said, would have pre-
vented signing Of the Brest-Litovsk
treaty and would have kept Russia in
line with the allies.
ASKED AMERICAN AID.
I'm this document the soviet govern
ment asked what aid the allies, par
| tieularly the United States. would give
in the struggle against Germany, If the
Brest-Litovsk treaty was denounced
This communication was received
apparently with indignation and con-
temptuous silence said johnson.
This may have been proper he
said. but he pointed out thai the
United States government had begged
New York Socialists and anarchists to
cable Ienine and Trotsky to refuse
the Litoysk treaty and continue the
war.
If the emergency and the crisis
justified the government in using the
anarchists of New York to communf-
cate with the anarchists of Petrograd.
It would have justified the United
States government in answering the
communication of the Soviet govern
ment without recognition OF that gov
leInment at all, and in encouraging it
by the answer to renew the war with
I Germany" Johnson said
johnson cited examples of allied CO.
operation with Belsheviki. He said
that British ana French troops CO.
operated with BolsheviEf troops in
] keeping order in Petrograd; that the
4 Iplshevilsi let George Ereef,s represen-
tative use their printing press to run
off copies of President Wilson's
| speeches, and appropriated funds Of
tie Soviet government for the pur-
/ pose.
RED CROSS PROTECTED.
That the allied military missions
helped train the Bolsheyik Red army
| That the Red Cross mission from
America had the full protection of the
BolsheVik in Petrograd and Moscow
Tor seven months after Greelts man
mad fled
why did we enter Russia?" john
son asked.
4 answer, for no very good reason:
md we have remained for no reason
at all.
" hat is Our policy toward Russia :?
answer we have no policy. We have
engaged in miserable misadventure.
stultifyins our professions and setting
~ naught oar promises. We have
punished no guilty; we have brought
misery and starvation and death to
the innocent. We have garnered none
of the fruits of the victory Of war but
suffer the odium and infamy of un-
declared warfare.
I'VE have sacrificed our own blood
to no purpose, and into American
homes have brought sorrow and an
gnlsh and suffering.
Bring the American boys home
from Russia