The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-03-14

ior winch commended themselves 70
ms judgment.
Fur example representation were
MADE frun the ou1se- ttlat fuoo scas-
city II Germany was causing deaths
and would enFender anarenism. I aise
put forward that view on tIe strength.
o. information 7 MAD received through
special and Trustworthy channels.
Tine delegates q u-ner powers were
I convinced o. tnls dgurer and readr 70
follow NJ Wilson leao. but r never
came. either because ne olsDelieved n
the necessity OF douDtec ms ovn abil-
ny 70 carry the majority win nm
Today a. rne dangers ] reutureo q
forecast ars nuate-ls.llzIrg.
severe Criticism Forecast
+ I reproduce these criticisms. vnicn
zre NOT confined 70 M. Wilson. bu1
! are pointed Il Nun because q ms ez-
ceptional opporcunitieE The number
+ o. people VINO expect eDoc result
from the conference To-Day is small and
dwindling. The peace-rnaking armies
I In ps-.at.a.l hotels ara the objects Of
the snarpest criticism among the
4 masses. VINO accuse the governments
( q wasting public money In maintain
F ing -her Since the artnisrica lass
& NoremDer no decision mas Deeu ADOPT
4 sc yet on ANY vital question, although
corrui-tees increase and multiply NJ
I eeasingly.
! Before tne conference ls dissolved
~ important statement setting forth
tne grounds for IT'S impotence II dis
cussing the man problems and tne n
capacity Of IT'S arbite,s vii. 7 = as
sgrsd. oe made public By one who mas
! opportunities for knowing but none
( fo1 utilizing what ne knew
Respecting tne Russian problem. ]
an still convinced that remedial meas
pres could BE- applied with success i
4 the conference had policy and men
4 capable Of carrying II out
4 in plain English the western democ-
racies are unofficially negotiating
with eastern anarehisrn while officially
aging war against i, and in : few
weeks rne world may BE- surprised By
an announcement that Lenine's admin
istration has been recognized BY The
1 governments which are concerned IN
/ constructing Z league q nations On
foundations Of liberty. justice and
morality
But, possessing none, they are a. The
mercy Of Circumstances and Of shady
/ influences. The nature Of which they
Dc not suspect J an assured these Of
cult forces make themselves felt IN
shape the government policy toward
Russia. ] am Ioath 20 describe them
more fully than b. saying they would
fain combine financial profit with
moral regeneration and by securing
Lucrative concessions WELD z salUtary
/ influence upon the government tha:
bestowed them.
Z HiisstON On Hdg " hDbpon
/ arr informed that Al this very
moment an unofficial mission il on its
Z way " Moscow, consisting of intel
lectuals free from anti BolsneYist
prejudice who intend 70 talk things
over with Lenine, obtain from him
various concessions % the western de-
mands and endeavor 70 devise the
basis for n1odus yiYendi, and then
approach the government department
which permitted them 70 make the
experiment.
/ Private adyices from Warsaw 70
/ Prague. describing the Polish-Czeeh
quarrel, saddle the latter with the re-
sponsibility Of invading the allies IN
/ functions and refusing 70 execute the
/ November agreement. kilograms
states that the Greens employed every
Imaginable device 70 elude their obi
cations, eyacuating Teschen only after
ezhaUsting ezpedients On the en-
phalic order Of the commission. Two
thirds Of the Ukraine is in the hands
Of the bOlsheyiks.
Europe IncomparabIy Worse
Altogether the condition Of central
and eastern Europe is ineomparably
worse today than three months ago.
The task Of the conference has grown
out Of all proportions 70 the means Of
achieving Il. This contamination
would probably be followed by a
scramble Of industrial and CONNER
cjal concession which would discredit
the nations whose citizens obtained
them. This danger was clearly pres