The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-07
ALLIES CAN DO MORE FOR RUSSIA.

The British foreign minister Mr. Balfour states tina
military Intervention in Russia on large scale is not t.
be thought Of The great powers doing everything
they consider be done, he says in dealing with "a
most dsquietng situation"
And this is ali the satisfaction and reinsurance that
to the peoples who have fought and won the
war against autocracy! Not this much impaired
to the American people by any American representative
There is much that be done in Russia that is not
done. The great allied powers are not doing all thew
could do, Mr. Bafoufs statement to the contrary not
outstanding.
There is close connection between the Germans and
the boshevik When the treaty of Ltovsk was in
the making and all could see that Germany was pur
chasing betrayal of Russia the allies excused themselves
for not intervening by showing the physical obstacles in
the way Germanys army barred the allies from
stood in the path of the army of the Orient TIE Haps
burg empire blocked any approach from Italy.
Now however, the situation is reversed. Germany can
not nepose any obstacle to the transfer of allied forces
the Russian frontiers The allies are perfectly free to
send many they please to Russia They could
take Pergrad in week and could hold it against all the
boshevi in Russia The taking of Petrograd would be
heavy blow at the prestige of Lenne and Trotzky in the
eyes of the boshevik and the peasants What for
could stand for moment the British feet if it should
be sent to occupy Petrogad The assertion is frequently
made that the British labor situation is such to
tbo
the Russian boshevk and the failure to take and hold
Petrograd lends color to this assertion.
Despite the failure of THE allies to crush boshevism
which in effect encouragement to the reds the truth
is that parts of Russia emerging from the cloud of
anarchy Southern Russia has broken itself away from
the grip of Lenine and Trotzky in large The
Caucasus is almost clear of the reds In the Kuban terri
tory the bolshev have been pushed back and the anti
boshevki forces gradually stretching line from the
Kuban country up the Voga and the Ural Mountains to
FORTH but the loyal Russians than holding their
at important points 1t is notable that in the
Kuban territory there lot of wheat which has been
rested from the bosheviki The entire crop of 1917
1918 is reported to be intact With the allied help the
oval Russians of those regions could easily expe the reds
If the allied powers do not feel that they send in ad
euuate military forces to crush boshevism they at
east help the Russian people by sending in military eco
1omic financial and political advisers who could form
ink between the allied powers and Russia Through them
he allies could send food, clothing, farm implements,
leeds and other help. The loyal Russians would under
tand the message thus conveyed and would be encour
ged stand firm against the anarchists who trying to
the country and then hand it to Ger
many.
For many months British authorities to have stood
oaralyzed in the face of the Russian peril Mr. Lloyd
George indeed has seemed to be resentful against all
Russia for the breakdown of that country an ally
His feelings be understood in view of Great Britans
added burdens caused by Russas collapse But the Rus
sian people did not betray the allies did they show
The white feather in fighting They should be helped, not
blamed Their rescue from bolshevsm that the
allied nations will be shded from danger of with
greater Germany herafter.
Give Russia to Germany and the society of nations will
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