El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-12


w cent events have made three
things clear: First that there is no
longer any basis for hope that the
armies Of Kolchak, Denikine and w
denitch in conjunction. or any one Of
them separately can break the milf
tary power Of the Bolshevists; sec
ond, that the border races are no
longer willing to continue the fight
and are prepared TO make peace with
the Bolshevists; third. peace between
Russia and the border states viii in
evitably leave the great powers no
choice hut TO give I'd the fight
against the Bolshevists. in their turn,
since they have no avenue OF ap-
proach by land. once the border
states have made peace
We have, then, 10 recognize at the
outset that the Russian policy Of the
nations which were allied and asso-
has completely failed. The Bolshc-
visits remain in control OF the wasted
frame OF Russia. the overthrow Of
Leuine and Trotzky by allied armies
or by armies made up Of Russian
mlnorities and munitioned and paid
by the allies can no longer be re-
Eairded as possible Lenine and
domestic uprising, but Of sue han up
rising there f. as yet, not the small
est indication
Causes Of Great Failure.
What have been the causes Of the
great failure which leaves the Boil
shevist menace the most threatening
] circumstance IN present world az
t 60 - i'm 50
necessary 10 60 back at least one year
and recall the conditions at the mo-
ment when Germany surrendered Al
that time the allies found themselves
with large and victorious armies,
which could be almost indefinitely
munitioned and armed by the war
material taken from the enemy
At the came moment the BoIshevist
/ influence IN Russia had sunk 10 the
I lowest conceivable point
What was then necessary 70 the
liberation Of Russia and the world
from the Bolshevlst nightmare was
prompt and extensive military con
I centration against Russia. This
would beyond question have broken
the back Of Bolshevism-
But the moment the allied and as
ISOLATED governments turned TO this
natural and logical course, they we've
confronted by two impossible OBJ
stacles. The soldiers OF the various
allied armies would not fight auE
more and the people Of the various
countries would not consent 10 the
use OF troops.
Either War or Peace
The only sane alternative 10 max
ing war upon the Bolshevists was
making peace with them. But here
again the obstacles were impossible
The French and British peoples were
bitter in the extreme a. the Russian
desertion. which had cost them tire
mendous losses and almost resulted
il the loss Of the war. Moreover the
Bolshevist doctrine aimed at destroy
ing the political and economic fabric
OF al the western nations
There was nothing left but
comprumise md as n result We
have had one miserable compro-
mise after another. each ending
in q mere complete failure thau
that which preceded
It remains TO be seen whether the
Bolshevisrs viii now consent to peace
ny own notion, based on such infOr-
nation as I can gather. based upoF
the experience Of Bullltt In MOSCOW.
for example. Is that the Bolshevists
viii consent provided only that the
border states in making peace viii
also offer the assurance that the
border states and pushed them into
var with the Bolshevists, viii also
recognize the BolshevistE.
IN other words. in varying degrees,
but still unmistakably, the border
states have become hostages for the
Bolshevists- Now that Denikine. Eol-
chak and Tudeuitch have been sound
y beaten. the time Is at hand when
the BolsheVists may be able 70 mass
armies against the Poles or Films
the Esthonians or the Letta-
Then II the western allies do not
shzmelessIy desert these border races
they win have either to defend them
which means new wars and the dis
patch Of armies TO the Russian from
tiers. q thing still impossible in view
OF public sentiment, OF they VIII have
70 tuy the Bolshevists off by recog-
nition-
Bolshevists Need Peace.
As for the BOlshevistss they need
peace as much as any One-above al
theF need TO have the fatal blockade
lifted-Which is starving many parts
Of Russia 10 death and constitutes
the real menace TO Bolshevist su-
premacy- To get the blockade lifted
and obtain recognition BY the west
ern nations they would, in all human
] puoba bility. judging from the terms
Lenine gave to Bullitt to transmit q
the peace conference, agree 70 rec
ognize the independence Of Finland
Of the Baltic provinces. Of Lithuania
and Poland and the Rumanian pos
session of Bassarabia-
But il IS essential 10 recognize thai