Evening star., 1919-03-27
Conferees, in Deadlock, Real
ize Extreme Necessity of
Speedy Decision. -
LENIN-TR0TSKY FORCES
BREAK EASTERN FRONT
Simonds Says Specter of Kaiser's
Return Is Seen by Some-Inactiv-
ity of Leaders Criticised.
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

BY FRANK Fl. SIMONDs. a.
PARIS, March 24.-Announcement
of the outbreak of bolshevist revo-
luton in Hungary has produced
something approaching panic in the
Paris peace conference mas
Paris knows that the bolshevists
have conquered Hungary. 1t knows
also that the Ruma nian situation IL
becoming critical. and it has almost
general testimony from those return
ing from Poland that Poland is COM
pletely undermined by bolshevism
Last week the peace conference oc-
cupied large portion of it's time IN
endeavoring to decide how wide 1t
should make the neck of Poland, W hat
the width should be of the corridor
connecting the Poles with the sea. II
found the decision beyond it's capac-
ity, and the matter is still adjourned,
but while the peace conference liz
struggling to make decisions which
might restore order and open the
way to life in the east of Europe.
such organization as exists there 10
vism is advancing. while the allied
diplomats debate. -.t'r
1t would be difficult to exaggerate
the gravity of the situation in Europe
today as a result of four months with.
out decision following the victory OK
last November. Then Germany was
at our feet, prepared to accept our
sentence, incapable of resisting it. To-
day it Is the testimony of many. who
know Germany that Germany VIII
sign no treaty of peace such as we
may some time formulate, that she-
will invite us to occupy her territory,
believing that our armies of occupa-
tion will be corrupted by bolsheyism.
while her property will be protectsd
from domestic disorder. SO
Two Enemies Now in Europe
We have two enemies now in Es-
rope where we had one enemy fous.
months ago. Germanism, which was
crushed, is revivipg: bolshevism.
which was a mere distant threat con-
fined in the main to the Muscovito
section of the old Romanon empire,
has now crossed the Carpathians and
reached the shores of the Danube. Il
has separated Poland from Rumanias
it has broken into Central Europe. -
1t remains to be seen whether, tha
that Germanism is prompting bolshe-
vism still as in the past is accurate or
not, but more and more it begins to
be the belief in Europe that German
patriots and German soldiers are en-
couraging the attack Of bolshevtsm
upon the entente in the hope that
Germany may regain her position IN
the world when bolshevism has COM
pleted the exhaustion Of the western
powers.
Today bolshevism has reached Buda.
pest; it is approaching Odessa, IL 1t
has not already occupied that town:
it is about to sweep Poland, and the
Paris conference has hesitated for
months over sending two Polish divi-
sions from France to their own coun.
try to aid in the defense of the Polish
state. Between the Black sea and the
territory, the allies have not four nun
divisions. The road to Vienna is open
to the bolshevists at Budapest and
the occupation Of Vienna cuts the only
railroad by which the allied world can
with Bohemia. If boil
shevism reaches Vienna we shall .havo
nothing left between the new Italian
frontier and the forces of Lenin and
save Poland, which we have
to death, and Cxecf1o-
already practically isolateds
Where Trouble Lies. Il
Whence flows the evil which is. he
coming more and more apparent ~
Pariso From inability to reach a de-
separation of the consonants Of Eu-
rome eouitably. Fundamentally IL
would seem, from the fact that Eu-
rope, under the impulsion OF Presi-
dent Wilson, has first adopted SCI
of abstract principles and then tried
to arrange living facts in accordance
with dead moralities. The BRUSH DEL
eeation has adopted with enthusiasm
Mr.. Wilson's doctrine of self-determi-
nation of peoples. and from Ireland 70
India, by way OF cus Egypt ,psrs bs way e he. e
ginning to be heard the clamor OF the
subject peoples Of the British empire
for application to their specific cases
of the principle of self-determfnation
adopted by the British in Paris :, We
have decided on the right in principle
Of the Poles to have an outlet upon
the sea, and we are trying to nno
some reason why what Is right IN the
Baltic with respect of the Poles Is II
revocably wrong in the Adriatic with
respect to the Serbs.
We have today in Europe war De-
ween the Poles and the Ukrainians,
between the Poles and the Germans;
we have war about to break out be-
tween the Rumanians and the Hum
yarians, if the Rumanians do not pass
,ver to bolshevism. We have some
hing approaching mobilization alike
Of the italians and OF the Jugoslavs
In Dalmatia and on the Carniola front.
We have war between Serbia and Al
oania. which never ends. This is one
phase. = ss-s
Millions of People Idle. sa.
At the same time we have IN the al
led countries millions Of men ana Of
romen ready to go back to and unable
n And work. Factories have not the raw
material. the markets of the world arc
,aralyzed, everywhere the clamor rises
NAT some kind of decision be arrived at
Il Paris that will permit men to resume
Kork. A year ago We had war IN its
most terrible phase at the front. but be-
ind the front we had millions OF men
nd women at work and none idle To-.
Iay we have armies Of occupation. we
ave countries unable to resume the
york Of peace until at least the pro-
urinary Of peace is made.
In addition, bolshevism Is on the ad-
,ance. The Russian army in three
mighty campaigns was not able to pass
he Carpathians and reach the Danube.
mt Budapest has accepted the leader-
hin Of Trotsky and Lenin little mor6
han a year after their power in RussfA
,ecame supreme. Four months ago the
ilied powers abandoned the ideao4o8
lighting boishevism because they reab-
zed that neither their armies nor their
,eoples would consent to a new CAM
,aign and further blood sacrifice. but to-
lay these leaders are asking themselvee
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