The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-01
B0LSHEv|K GAINS
THREATEN WORLD
PRISONER CLAIMS
Man From Moscow Says
Le0i0e Is Well Organized,
BY Walter DnIantY.

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BY Walter Dulan,y.
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PARIS, Jan ! You people are
living in a iOnl. paradise. iDu re-.
lu..c abug, peace grl rcfc is no
peace You talk oi a society Dt ul
t'.u, aud universal brotherhood, lG
fail - reilllc that Iu.t across t..
eastern horizon there IS gathering
,'0rm cloud that may sweep away Of.
your rejoicing and your theJue, 800
brotherhood Of rum
Thus a French business man iu,tfe.
turned from Moscow after three
months imprisonment by the bDl,hc-
yik. introduced his appeal against
the red terror. which he SAYS rs
'pfelting over eastern Europe 20 an
extent undreamcd Of by the majority
o' western nations
Supremacy Of Under Dog.
What no one here IN France seems
70 understand" he continued, rs that
bol'hevism IS based on a new idea
the IDEAL OF the supremacy Of the un-
der dog lust az the French fevolu.
ton was based on the idea Of tho
rights Of man and democratic freedom
from despot' BY this idea bolshey,m
has a powerful appeal 70 the masses.
TO the 'hii,leS and ignorant, to the
exploited section Of humanity. They
are now preparing to enforce by nuns
bers and by propaganda their program
Of communist, world state, a revised
version ot the league OF nations.
founded III blood'hed but based on
principle, on equality and on perfect
freedom
Gaining in Germany.
ALREADY they have beaten 10 the
ground the opposition in Russia and
have begun b oyerfun the Bal:io Prov
InceS OF Poland and eastern Germany.
In Germany proper the bolsheyists--
that i', the Spar,acus adherents--arc
gaining ground every day and the time
approaches when the Russian and Ger
man extremists will unite IN new
crusade for anarchy. That time has
not We, come. but unless some action
is taken by the rest OF Europe. moth
ing can prevent It.
Exaggerated as this statement NAV
appear at first sight. and as IL seemed
10 me. attributable more 10 the sui
ietings which the speaker has UNDER
gone rather than founded on a dis
passionate review Of the situation,
these views were confirmed TO a great
extent by the remarks OF a Danish
diplomat, Just returned from Russia
Oh Christmas day lie asserted that
Lenine was man OF great and un-
suspected ability who had pursued
from the beginning a carefully pllnnc
course Of which the present events
were but the logical conclusion.
Method in Madness.
To the bIurgeosc and intellectual
elements, who had at first resisted
him. he gave the choice Obey or
starve" And now those who had not
starved were obe ing and training sol
diers for abroad.
To believe that bolSheyism meant
nothing bu, disorgani1aton, he added,
was TO make a mistake for which the
world nigh, pay dearly in the near
future Here again one has view
contrary 10 the generally accepted
opinion, at least, as lar as France is
concerned.
Inquiries in official circles lead 10
the conclusion that in reality the sit
ua,ion in Russia and eastern Germany
is giving the authorities good deal
more anxiety than the public im-
AGNES.
Anti" Moves Difficult.
Arti-bolshevist action is hampered
by three iactors-first. the difficulty
OF the allies agreeing among them-
selves on how and TO what extent 1t
is TO be carried out second, the re-
luc,ance of the troops and the French
people generally to engage in winter
campaign in Russia. iraught with the
memories OF the Crimea and OF Ma
poleon's retreat from Moscow; third.
the fear that such action, il carried
out, might defeat its own object hy
causing bolshevist ideas to spread and
be disseminated more widely through
the appeal, TO public attention, thus
Afforded them.
There can he no future ahead OF
the League OF Nations proposal" my
informant concluded, unless the mass
OF the population east Of the Rhine to
the Ural mountains is included. Yet
does any one imagine that there can
be a union between such powers as
France, America, or Britain, and le-
niust Russia, or Liebknecht Ger-
MANY"
A high official at the Russian en-
bassy, whom ! saw this morning, con.
riirmed the main points OF the omlnouS
affairs in R.ssia.
ut is certainly true" he said, shat
the bolSheyiSS are better organized
than most persons imagine They
have forced officers and officials OF
the former regime TO work for thcm
under pain OF death According to the
latest information We have received,
they do appear to be spreading west.
ward, and may create grave state
of affairs Tor western Europe by Join
ing hands with the extremist party IN
Germany, which seems 10 he getting
control, at least Tor a time