The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-11
"oUR BEST FRIEND"

"OUK BEST fkIEND'
The German socialist internationaIist and bOshevist
interests that have strven to prevent the allies from
the Kochak government of Russia cannot
be very happy the trend of events The boshevi
although powerfully aided by the allies failure to sup
port Kochak and Denkine as they should have been
supported are falling to pieces and the loyal Russian
people are regaining their country Lenne may be in
prison or he may still be in control of the Reds, but
in either event his days numbered he would be
lucky perhaps to be in Jail, if the walls were thick
and proof against mobs attack. Nothing prob
able than sudden turn which will extinguish Lenines
life The bolshev natural traitors, all men must
be who raise their hands against their country. They
are almost to turn and destroy Lenne when they
discover that their regime is nearing its end.
What will be the situation when the bolsheviki are
beaten? The allies may well consider that eventuality
Russia will still be in urgent need Of friendly help The
Germans are extremely active and ambitious in develop
ing their plans to dominate Russia They much better
informed than the allies rule and have the advantage
of close contact Their skill in intrigue superior to that
of the allies partly because of superior information and
partly because the Germans not deferred by any
committing crimes as the allies do They reduce murder
to fine art, which the allies can never do They are
expert liars and hypocrites, and hence good spies
With these qualities actively organized in German fashion,
and directed against the simple minded and unorganized
Russians astounding results achieved quite beyond
the knowledge of the people of allied countries. The
Germans utilize all kinds of Russian quarrels and pref
udices turning them to the advantage of German schemes
and thus actually en:stng the unsuspecng Russians in
the work of disintegratng their country.
i If the Russians succeed in scattering the bolshevik
trerc will be little gratitude toward allied nations
The feat will have b,,n accomplished in spite of the
allies and not through their assistance Throughout Rus
STA there is spreading feeling of deep disappointment
and dstrust of the allies The United States is included
in the Russian blacklist because of the failure of this
government support the Russians in the prom
ised and expected The United States government, in
the most formal manner promised to furnish munitions
and supplies to Kolchak after obtaining from him a
satisfactory statement of his intentions England and
France made similar promises. The three nations have
failed to keep this promise The help they have fur
nshed has been feeble, tardy and niggardy. While it
may be true asserted by the Russians, that the
allied forces actually aided the bolshevki and sympa-
thized with their cause it is undoubtedly true that the
American forces in Siberia have had friction with the
loyal Russians, There is not the teamwork that was
expected when the troops dispatched to Vadostok
1t is evident that the United States government could
have acted with better effect if it had not sent any
troops into Siberia. An outright refusal to help the
Russians would have been better than promise broken
The relations between Russia and the United States
will be cordial again if the United States govern
ment persists in the inexplicabe policy that has been
pursued TO rthe last few months. free Russia gov
erned by the Russians will be nation not to be ignored
Or if the Germans succeed in dsintegrang and domi-
mating Russia the United States will then have another
to regret that did not play to the full part of
faithful friend to Russia when she needed friend
The allies answer to their conscences for their
attitude toward Russia. America if it fails to befriend
Russia will be subject to double reproach for in the
dark days of American history, when the nation was
threatened with disruption Abraham Lncons Secretary
of State wrote out of full heart "Of all the nations
Russia is our best friend"-Wa Washington Post
After pleasant vacation, thinks he'll take an
other very soon btu needs six months of hard work