The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-29
THE FouR BATTALIoNs.


THE FOUR BATTALIoNs.
The bolsheyih are not permitting the polite invitation
from the allied nations interfere with the business
hand which happens be attempt to overcome and
butcher the handful Of American and British soldiers
south Of Archange With that unaccountable mixture
Of stupidity procrasnatOn. infante strategy and
ardce which has characterized much Of the allied pol
icy in deaing with remote minor operations in this war;
the little allied force in northern Russia is now subjected
to the heartbreakng work Of trying to retre in Arc
ltic wilderness before overwhelming numbers. Herosm
of the Spartan kind avails nothng against the empera-
ture Of so below zero and the still more deadly enemy
who is gathering in larger numbers daily with eyer-n.
ereasinE artillery The heroes will fall and their bodies
will be lost in the SHOWS unless effective action is in
stantly ordered Yet far known absolutely
ton has been ordered or even contemplated The official
statements indicate that the allied rely
ing wholly upon their hope of parey with the bOlshe-
Wiki.
There will be no conference at Princes Islands If the
proaly Russians agree to Co. the boshevih will refuse
and vice versa The proay Russians have refused in
deed already 1t is be expected therefore that Le
NINE and Trotzky will accept at least carry pre-
tense Of negotiations while they seze upon every
ment of allied delay to push forward the work of destroy
ing the allied forces retreatng from Shenkursk.
Possibly the supreme peace council shrewdy put
ting forth its overture to the Russian factions with the
forenowedge that it would be rejected that the way
would thus be cleared for decisive allied action in Russia
If So the overture should have been supplemented by
the utmost energy in military and naval preparations for
operations in Russia including reinforcements for the
Archangel force. Otherwise the diplomatic maneuver
meant nothing but advantage to the boshv actively clos
ign in on the Ango-Amercan columns.
A few more days will tell the tale The allied force
falling back Archangel is made of good material and
every may be depended upon to give good account
Of himself The latest speak of the successful
removal of the wounded from Shenkursk and of the de-
sructon of guns that could be moved But they also
speak of the stronger artillery of the bohev and the
rapidly increasing numbers Of the enemy is terrible
situation in which to place from the temperate
The exerions of the abeboded doubled by the cold
and the difficulty in operating in snow, and only
shudder in imagining the suerngs of the sick and wound
ed.
There are four battalons of Americans in the Shen-
kursk pocket, under command of Lieut.. Col Corbley.
The county apt hear much of these men, whether they
live die. If they live, it will be only after Homerc
struggle with two fierce enemies, and nature If they
die it will be only after they have extended their last
ounce of strength and their last cartridge
But why should men be unnecessarily subjected to such
test of herosw What do the allied powers gain by send
ing handful of into immense wilderness to face
the foes of superior numbers? The suffering is I'M
necessary the heroism in VAIN the sacrifice is standing
indictment of the policy Of the allied Washington
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