The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
VIII SON OFFERS BUN TO TIGER
FRENCH VIEW RUSSIAN POLICY
Paris Statesmen Want Sanitary Gordon
Around Infected Areas and Despair
of Results.

tionals Of other countries who hap
pened 10 be for legitimate purposes
on their soil
.. They agitate perpetusIly In con-
tguous countries. ''1t is" my in
formant declared, necessary for
Bolshevism 10 be essentially dy-
mamie. 1t is a system which is non
productive. il could not last for
a moment il it ceased 70 act. The
rulers realize this, and therefore en-
gage I'm constant operations against
adjoining nations. such as the Bal
tic states and Poland. They can.
as NJ. Scavenius said ia his evidence
before the Peace Conference, only
live by motion, by constantly widen
ing the sphere OF their influence.
They would instantly be overwhelmed
by their own people II they had not
the appearance OF spreading their
doctrines aboard. in order 70 per
suade the Russian peasantry that the
whole world IS in process Of being
Bolshevised. AS these countries IN
which they work are the friends
OF the proteges Of the allies. the al
lies aught not 70 tolerate the Boil
shevik campaign"
Easy Task For Huns.
4. II they succeed in Poland and tho
Baltic States, then Germany will have
at some subsequent period an easy
task in colonizing these countries, for
they will be permanently weakened
and will be glad 10 accept German
help.
8. The Bolshevils. not content 20 re-
main even in these border States.
pursue their propaganda through all
sorts Of channels in the allied nations
seeking 10 disinteErate the allies and
TO produce discomfort and disorder in
all the nations Of the world.
Look at the condition Of France -
he said, France has suffered ter
ribly during the four and a half years
OF war The people have behaved not
only with the NOSE exemplary Cour-
age but the most perfect loyalty.
Nevertheless. after such a strain
there Is bound 10 be an inevitable re-
action, when the tense cord IS slack
ened. The world does not revert and
cannot revert Immediately 10 the
pleasant conditions OF peace There
Is a natural dissatisfaction which a
clever propaganda might easily turn
TO his own nCfarious purposes. The
field is fertile for the aEttatOr Ths
Bolshevik is the enemy Of all set
tied order. and some means OF couu-
teractnE his deadly propaganda must
be found"
Two Alternatives.
I pointed out that there only seemed
TO be two alternatives: First, a state
OF war with Russia which would
probably ueCeSsitate a large number
Of men and which he himself admit
ted was an impossible solution In the
present state OF France: second. the
beginning OF negotiations which. N
the view Of many people in England
and America, could do no harm and
offered the possibility OF conducting
us to a satisfactory understanding
with the Russian people.
There is a third alternative" he
answered There is the method O"
the Gordon sanitaire We should mere-
lv supply the cadres in the threat
cned districts. and by forming ring
around the Bolsheviks effectively U-e-
vent their extension to parts OF EU-
rope that are not vet diseased "
do YOU not fear that such meas
urcs will develop. by force OF circuT-
stances. into an expedition on a grand
sCale2'' ] asked.
He answered that the formation or
an interallied army was the beEt
guarantee against any such result,
since even 81 France desired 10 eN-
tend the operations England and
America would act as a check upon
such desI Eus But he assured me that
so far As France was concerned the-0
could he no desire neither now no.
at a subsequent date. 10 do more THAI
to hold. passively as II were. th~
hridCeheads across which Bolshev's-1
might pass. If there were more &C
tive steps taken by the countries mel
aced by the Bolsheviks and backed
UP by the allies. that would be thCF-
concern: and my informant believed
that the Russians themselves. in ~
face Of Gordon sanItaire. would nor
tolerate for long the reiEn OF The
f3olsheyibs.