The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-13
REDFIELD SUGGESTS MORE wAR


REDFIELD SUGGESTS MORE WAR
II Washington, Feb. l0--Thc Republic
can Publicity Association, through its
president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
today gave out the following state
ment from its Washington hcadquar-
ters:
Judging from the remarks Of Sec-
retary Redfeld, made before the Coun-
Gil Of Foreign Relations recently, the
United States and its army may yet
be in for a high cid time, and those
VINO did not get fighting enough may
eventually find 1t in Germany or Rus
STA, or while acting as nurse TO what
Redfiald terms the barely born (prob-
ably because not clothed with boun-
daries) small nations of Europe. The
Secretary who WIS a pacifist before
the election Of 1916, now meets the
criticism relative to keeping our
troops in Russia by saying; we must
remember that the possible problems
Of force are not wholly gone. Ger
many seems in chaos; Russia we know
is so. Who will say today what is the
future of Bolshcvism?'
"As for the first declaration, there
are good many people who believe
Germany is kicking up disturbance
merely In order to befog issues before
the Peace Conference, and that she
will settle down to business whenever
she sees fit, and this may explain Red
fields guarded use Of the word
'seems.'
"There Is another healthy portion Of
the American people who believe that
Russia should be permitted to work
out her own salvation, or, at least,
that it is not up TO the United States
to restore order in Russia. A good
many loyal Americans who have been
refused passports to Europe since the
President assured us the war was
over, must have wondered when they
reflected that the authors of Russia's
woe, Lenine and Trotsky, were freely
accorded passports to Russia, al
though no secrecy had been observed
by them as to the nature of their
errand.
"As for the future Of bolshevism, we
are apt TO have plenty to consider
along that line right here at home,
without going out Of our way TO meet
it, and Democratic coddling Of the !.
w. w., and similar organizations IL
largely responsible for the situation
fast developing here.
"'Voices are raised indeed to say
we have nothing to do with Russia
laments Redfeld, and perhaps 1t is
not wrong to infer that they would
argue we have nothing to do with the
internal forces of what is to be the
new Germany. We have been fight
ing, however, the battle OF freedom
against autocracy; are we supposed
therefore TO have no concern in the
battle Of freedom against possible
anarchy?' He then admonished US to
consider also that the newly born
nations which have been created amid
the storm of war are but barely born.
Their exact boundaries are In some
cases yet underlined, their organization
far from complete.
"If by all these hints and sugges-
lions Brother Redfeld is presenting a
for America and American
troops in Europe, then this country IL
IN for an era Of trouble and tax-rais-
ing, the end Of which no man can see,
which was certainly not nominated in
.he bond when our boys were hustled
to meet the Hun, and who
ought him with his heilishnegs and to
iphold our rights ON the seas. As for
he IA principles, not one out Of
housand soldiers ever read them and
hat one didn't know what thcy
meant.
ut might be well for Mr. Redfeld
0 be called upon for an explanation
IS TO whether he has inside informa-
ion on what 1t is proposed TO do with
ur troops in Europe, in view Of his
tterances, and of the fact that the
tate Department refuses TO inform
be Senate Of proposed plans.'