The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-16
Immediate Feeding
ofCesmany Necessary
! 10 Check Bolshevism
ny JAMEs J. MONTAGUE.

by JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
New York. March 1.-THE neces
atty Y6r the immediate feeding OF Ger
many, In order to check the spread 0
HolGhsv4sm has bean apparent 10
months fe al who have lived eithe
in France or on the borders of Ger
many.
Ns. kAsuAsnN E-S X .-~r-sr,
dinner In Paris did mot surprise an,
enc. II was merely n repetition o.
whsx Ne has heen saying privately fol
more than two months past
~ q matter Of fact all the mem
oeru Of the American mission, VIII
ore, conspicuous exception. have beer
openly for the earliest possible peAce
II may he that the estimaoie OLD
rentlerner who comprise the lesser
members OF our mission TO Paris were
enan1ored OF the league OF nations
idea never heard any Of them say
anything against II. and ] was pres
ert n many Of the gatherings of news
PAPER men held for the avowed pur-
nose Of obtaining Information from
thA m lseion.
Rut am sure that Mr. Lansing, Mr.,
White and General Bliss all felt that
he most important thing TO do was 70
ret, a peace signed and get Germany
erSa footing that would enable her 70
ray the indemnity that is TO be eX~
tracted of her. The trouble vas that
r one Of the three have mentioned
naa very much vetvht In the deliber-
atoms.
PROFOUND INFLUENCE.
II ,s now clear that the Bolshevik
r.riI has hsf a profound influence on
tns action OF the conference Despite
the president belief that the threaos
~ che covenant were 20 interminEiec
with the treaty that they could not b~
separated. the conference managed To
sAparaAp them IN his absence and row
r~ars to b. preparing to get the
treaty over and done as quickly ss
rr&Ubsa II this rsn be done n may
AVERT caiarittv. haiieve that II would
hae~ heen far better n II had been
doas long ago
such few witnesses as managed TO
get out Of Russia have repeatedly
pointed out In Paris that thu strength
ct the Rolshevfks lay In their nontfoi
~ the food and money supply For
n time these witnesses rnede deep
srnpre3ion. II WAS because Of their
ssAtimcny that tina Princess Island
conference was determined uren. But
VIXEN meme Of the Russian faeticnr but
tire IHoIsheyiks consented TO come into
This conference, the idea was aban-
acned. and again the Bolshevik peril
hexan to loom.
This has been recently spoken OF by
william Allen white. who has trav-
eled widely in France and in the part
Of Germany held by the American
asmr of occupation. MIR. White was
aAiscted AZ one of the commissioners
TO- Prince Island. and the choice was
n Wise one He in 2evef-headed. far .
seeing Ksnsan, who cannot ne blurred
cr hoodwinked. and had he been per
yrf4tttd TO talk TO the Bolshevihs II ~
esrtatn that rood would have come
Of It.
COUNTRY LOSES ADVANTAGE.
Nov that the Princes Island project
has been given up. the country has lost
,he advantage Of having Mr.. White
ar ar It's ernissary and Esth~rer OF
irsofmatton
what the attttud. Of the French
rscple toward Mr.. Wilson will be re
mains 10 30 seen. I believe II VIII De
friendly No one In France. sny moro
thar. any one here. doubts his sin
GETTY OF his absolute belief In the
IAAxue OF nations. And the French.
~ well as the English, are naturally
very much for the league. for II means
aSx7eat deal to them. But the effect
Of the senate ON the French and Brit
iAh, statesmen IL sure TO be marked.
Glen sncAau and Lloyd-George are
taken unduestionahly as the spokes~
men OF qtheiB people.
IF they we're not such they would
nit be In the conference. for the Brit
1tsls and French governments are one
nian. gUvernments
8 E1,t ire people a both nations I'M
oxretand fully that the senate is .
c6- ordinate branch Of our government
and can overturn the will OF the pres
sdertt ~ IT chooses to do so. There
Sore when word comes to France that
enough senators to upset the league or
nations plan have signed n pledge 70
aisseet it. the presidents authority In
HnrIs II sure to be lessened.
n believe 1t was because OF the sen
aHa1g acton that the conference. in
~. Wilson'S absence. found the cour-
a<e to detrenin upon an early peace,
without waiting for the league NJ ma
fferr plan to be incorporated In tho
treaty.. And ] believe that in the flu
tire deliberations OF that body the
cshlsd news from America Will carry
far more weight than II has In the
WI ether this win finally put an end
To the league idea It is impossible TO
say. Az have said, the French and
Tnxlish are strongly in it's favor. and
naturally. for It means that America
IN help them police Europe. and
they are too weary OF war TO want TO
de The policing unaided in the trou-
bled Yeas that are sure TO come.