The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-04
rHE uoIsoN oF poLsHEvIsM.

In the invitation extended BY the peace council to the
factions Of Russia to meet at Princes island it was ac
knowIedged that peace in Russia was essential to peace
in the world The powers made truce Of arms in Rus
STA preliminary condition Of the proposed conference
They then actually offered to treat with bOIshevh repre-
sentatives on level with the representatives Of other
Russian factions The proaly Russian factions reject
ed the proposal but the bOhevk leaders have been r
ing with it. apparently for the purpose Of using to their
advantage in inducing the allies to abandon Russia to
bolshevism 1t is now limited that Of the allies are
ready to withdraw from Russia and exerng pressure
upon their associates in order to placae the bOhevk
This playing with fire is intensely obnoxious to the
mon people Of the allied nations, including Americans If
it is not tainted with purpose betray the boshevk af
ter holding out the hand Of pretended friendship is
concession to political movement that aims at nothing
else than the extinction Of the United States This po
tca movement is supported by fanatics in many
tries who will 60 any lengths of violence to carry their
distorted ideas into effect Any actual concession to the
bolshevid therefore, is equivalent to handing weapon
to the enemy the better to enable h to kill the one who
hands him the weapon.
Surely it ought to 60 without saying that the allied
powers at Paris compelled to resort to trckery
and treachery in dealing with the bolshevik The sug
gestion that the moves thus far made are deliberately
made in bad faith must be dismissed. 1t must be pre-
sumed that the council in its relations with the bOshevik
sincerely believes there is hope Of compromising
with the enemy of nations and thereby promoting peace
What vain hope! What a complication is created
when the allied nations enter into negotiations with the
power that intends to destroy them What false
agement is given to the anarchists who made to
in these overtures both weakness and tidty in the al
lied nations! Is it any wonder that the bolshev fight
with redoubled zeal in the Archange district and throw
gas and fire upon the American troops? These fanatics
thing they early and overwhelming victory for their
red cause
Criticism Of the Of the peace conference in this
matter would presumtuOus If it could be shown
that the supreme council is in full possession Of the facts
animated by united WILL and possessed Of clear vision
and resoute purpose Unfortunately, the history Of al
lied operations during this war in similar emergencies
does not always furnish such proof The allies made
peated bunders, blunders papabe that every in
the world, however uniformed could measure them and
their awful consequences These blunders not made
because Of inferior intelligence but were the result Of
various influences and accidents operating prevent the
execution Of the collective and clearsghted will Of the
governments concerned If time did notpay havoc dis
lance sometimes did Sometimes treachery was on foot
On other occasions transformation induced the allies
sharpen terrible weapons and hand them to the
envy.
Possibly some of the peace delegates have convinced
their reluctant colleagues that the bolshevki
able to reason; that they not black they
painted; that concatory policy will bring about
promise If this surmse be correct it would account for
the blunder that the allies are committing For it
blunder, gloss it you will; and the ensuing
months will reveal it costly blunder, if not fatal
The bOshevik not amenable to reason they are
backer than they have been painted and there pos
sbe compromise with them In treacherous craft they
resemble the Huns They have undoubtedly convinced
of the peace delegates that they really simple
warmhearted folk anxious promote the general wei
ments that end This poisonous propaganda at this
stage, calculated to divide the allies, parayze their reso
luton and nullfy all their efforts to befriend the loyal
Russian people At heart the bolshevi rejoice at the r
of the allies These red assassns perceive that
it aids them in their ambition to wreck all nations at
present constituted "Divide and rule" is their motto,
just as it was the motto Of the Huns. And Of the
delegates good simple souls, swallow the bcsheyk
poison and relish it.-Washington Post
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