Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-15

cecaingly we'll. Eut he still is in dans
ger. Poland cannot stand by itself
against Il strong bolsheyist pressure
supported and directed by Gernlaa MIL
1tary genius. And that genius is all
ways ready to lend itself to the boil
shevists against Poland. And with the
oliver of Danzie sticking in the Ger
man thumb to keep Germany restless,
Poiand's enemies always will hay
friends. IL in addition to this the Saas
valley is finally permanently, taken from
Germany on the west. Ge many's an
ger at the allies always can find n
practical outlet by naggi1 z the Poles.
Poland is a liability rathe, than an as
set to IN worlds peace VI on any terms
with h~olslevism. Finland is ronye
than Poland from a military stand
point: but it is honeycombed with Ger
man Intrigue. and German political as
pirations, and is one of the few coun-
tries on earth where there is a strong
monarchical party. But at the pres
ent moment. Finland may be account
ed slightly in the balance for peace
against bolshevism.
The Omsk government during March
has grown much weaker than it was in
the early winter. 1t has become neces-
sary to make stern restriction against
bolshevist propaganda through the
omsk area and particularly in tho
Omsk army. And the b%olshevists re-
Gently have been forcing the line
against them to retire slowly in the d.
rectiOn of the Donetz coal basins.
Clearly h bolshevists are going after
coal. Lenine has told his people that
the decisive battle will be in the south:
there are the great oil and wheat
fields. In the Ukraine the bolsheyists
have been buster with propaganda
than with military operations. but the
situation is alarming. Without helm
the Ukraine is in danger. Bohemia ia
. starving, and the spectacle Of we'll fed
bolshevist troops coming to conquer
Roumania will be disquieting; when
food Is promised as a prize for the
surrender to bolshevism. ever though
the promise Is a false hope. by well fed
troops, 1t is alluring. The fall Of Hun
gary to bolshevism makes an entrance
FOR the bolshevists to join the Sparta
cides in Germany. which they are sure
~ going to try to take.
The bolshevist army az il stands has
fighting force Of 100000 men with
; 100000 in . fairly dependable reserve.
1t 70 the largest forcs in eastern Eu-
rope. u 10 in tho position which the
; were during their four-ysar
war. lt 10 in the center, and can strike
ct sither side, though not quickly, for
transportation is almost gone. But still
It can move more rapidly than lie en-
emies. And no one disputes the fact
that u has been winning victories.
And 1t has this terrible advantage.
that.tt can n does weaken the enemy
by propaganda. Among starving
troops. who know that their families
also are starving. 1t IL easy to start
an argument. n when an argument
Is started about the cause of the en-
envy. an army's strength begins to
wane.
Exactly that thing is happening
all over eastern Europe this
spring. Armies sent against the
bolshevist troops are not standing
up to their natural strength. And.
the armies of the bolshevists on
the promes of loot and Of food,
are surely stronger than they
were last fall. We may as well.
face the situation squarely. Count
ing each Of the wars of the ex.
terror governments against the
bolshevists as a separate war, and
counting the civil wars within the
exterior governments-wars OF
factions, wars of rebellion in ia.
vor Of bolshevism and war;.
against non-bolshevist neighbers,
a dozen wars with 100000 men
under arms are raging now in
eastern and southern Europe,
among people Slavic or with
Slavic peoples against those they
regard as foes. Starvation is al
most unchecked from the NORTH
sea to the Adriatic, throughout
Russia and the Balkans. Indus.
tries are dismembered; trade is
dead political organization is be.
numbed and weak. There is not {
staple government east Of the
Rhine. I,
Now it happens that these lines
ARE written by one who regards
bolshevism ~ q. menace to prog
ress and . step toward an era
(which will compare better to the
dark ages than to any other epoch
lin history. Yet because one dis:
lagraes with q cause or creed, one
Egains nothing, or very little, by
Lying about itsTstrength. And we