The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-01

make 9 modus viz vivendl with the Boi.
sheVlsts. We Invited them to Prinkipos
and they came 70 Budapest; and We are
now debating whether We shall try 20
Invite them to some new place Of con.
terence and recognize them.
Second, We are planning whether we
shan sacrifice the eastern peoples, nota-
bly, the Poles, In the hope OF arriving al
a treaty Of peace which the Germans
will sign. We are debating whether we
shall not change cur minds about Dant-
zig and the Vistuia corridor, whether We
shall not Sacrifices the Polish rights to
allied Interest. We are In fact debating
a new treaty by which We can placate
the Germans and surrender to the Boil
shevlsts-a treaty based upon our fears
and not upon u ideals.
Two Big Dangers.
But obviously two dangers arise.
First, 50 far. Bolsheyism has advanced
from Moscow to Budapest against our
VIII, II seems about to gather in the
Poles and Rumanians, the Bulgars and
other border people, Why should i
make terms with the west2 Second,
why should the Germans consent to
any treaty OF peace disadvantageous
TO themselves II they are convinced
that we have begun to modify our
terms because we are afraid they VIII
not sign them2
Napoleon came back from Elba and
the Vienna congress adjourned Its work
unfinished. BolsheVlsm has come to
Budapest, and there Is every evidence
that the Paris conference ls at least
contemplating following the example Of
its notorious predecessor.
But there is one thing that everyone
must recognize. II we make a sur
render peace with the Bolshevists II
with Germans the league OF nations
viii be stillborn. Europe will be divided
INTO two alliances once more, Middle
Europe will be T~eseparated, Germany
VIII become the champion OF order in
Central Europe and we shall have TO
consent TO permit the Germans to un-
dertake battle against Bolshevism. as
they will, and to collect their reward,
which will be the domination Of Cen
tral and Eastern Europe. II we aban-
don the Poles, the CzeCho- SloYaks, the
Jugo-Slavs n ~Rumanians after hav-
ing promised them alike national and
every support they win leave us for
Berlin, as they must,
one of the most eminent Of the Pol
ish leaders In Paris told me;
'f the allies follow the course they
are now contemplating Poland will
make her terms with Germany forever"
Runanla has almost practically lndl.
Gated her readiness to break with her
old allies.
II TO get a peace Germany viii sign
we surrender the Poles to her; If to
placate the Bolshevists we leave Ru-
mania, Czecho-S lovakia, Hungary and
J,ugo- slavla in indefensible pathway Of
the storm we shall lose them.
We shall lose them first to Bolshe-
yism and later to Germany. Restored
Germany will undertake a new task
OF organizing Central Europe.
wish | could make 1t clear to my
american readers how grave the crisis
which we face.
The league Of nations was to be an
association Of the free peoples Of the
world united In a common faith In
democracy and liberty, but already at
least hall the population Of Europe have
adopted another faith and half Of the
remaining population still adheres to Its
doctrine which preelpltated this war.
II the people of Germany and of Rus
STA and Of Middle Europe do not accept
the principles of the league Of nations,
the league of nations Is nothing except
the basis of an alliance between the
United States, France, England and
italy against the alliance between Boil
Shevism and Germanism to the last.
We perceive at last that Trotzky and
Lenine viii not hold up their hands and
cry kamerad to the covenant of the
league, OF nations AS announced to their
Red Cross, We are beginning to un-
derstand that the walls OF Prussian
Jericho will not fall when the doc
trlneS of league OF nations are
trumpeted along the frontiers.
We have failed mlserabIy, perhaps
finally In Paris, because we began with
tho assumption that all the people Of
tho so-called civilized world thought
alike and that II we created a constItu.
tIon Of the world as on free and Just
Ideals, all the world would subscribe.
The truth has always been that Bol-
shevlsm had another faith founded on
the Idea Of destroying our democracy
and the Germans never renowned their
gospel which was alike hostile to
western democracy and Eastern Boil.
sheVlsm.
And we have come to the supreme
crisis, After five months we discovered
that the world cannot be comprehended
In a single faith; that all our premises
were mistaken and thar we stand in the
shadow either Of surrender TO an enemy
who will never rest until he conauers
us-that Is BoIsheVlsm-or accommoda.
lions with an enemy who Is only walt.
lnq TO r~esume-that Is Germanism.
We who set out 10 make the worlt
safe for democracy are now Nsitatine
as whether we shall make 1t sure either
for the boche or the Bolshevist,
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)