Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13
BY FRANK H. SIMONOs.

far more considerable alike in
| bulk and in Importance than what has
been accomplished in the treaty with
| Germany. Still, there may be a GER
tain surprise in pointing out that the
| treaty recently signed disposes of less
than 10 per cent of the territory
which must be apportioned before the
work of making peace is over, while
the population awaiting ALLEGATION is
something like seventy millions, as
compared with the less than seven
millions divided in the Versailles set
Element.
The allies, who have conquered Ger
| many and imposed their peace terms
upon her, have now to separate Aus
tria Hungary into its component
racial parts, deal with the Russo
Polish problem, the Russo Rumanian
question, bring about settlement. so
far as England is concerned, dispose
of the tangled problem of CONSTANT
nople and the shores of the Straits
and impose peace terms upon Bull
gara.
May Sow Seed of Wars.
Not less dificult is the task of rec
onciling the disputes between the sep
iarate races on whom the several prov
inces of Austria are to be bestowed,
accommodating the acute quarrel be- !
tween the southern Slavs and the |
Italians. and thus bringing a little
| order and calm out OF that great
central chaos which now extends from |
the Baltic to the Aegean and from t
the Adriatic to the Black seas. Until !
these things are accomplished there ,
can be no peace in Europe. and in the |
accomplishment of even temporary |
arrangement there may be sown the !
| seeds of many future wars. .
| To begin at the beginning. there IS
the Russian problem. 1t may be di-
lvided into two equally important
)parts. There is the questio ofRussia |
itself and the question of the various
races on the fringe of the old Russian
state which are seeking independence.
union with other factions of their own !,
race. who are seeking perma nent sep
aration from Russia, precisely as the
Danes. the Poles and the people of
iAlsace-Lovraine sought liberation |
from the German yoke.
1.-THE allies to adopt? They cannot
recognize Lenin and the reds, botn
because the things these people rep
resent are abhorrent to all OF the
ideas of western elvilzation ana De
cause. unless recognized by the out
side world. they will shortly collapse
of their own weight.
Peace in Russia Essential.
But If there is to be peace in Europe
there must be peace in Russia, and 10
lobtain peace in Russia it is esSentla!
that the western powers shoula nna
isome substitute for the anarchy ana
suicide of the Lenin regime. Appar-
lently the allies are now placing their
: hopes upon Kolchak. but this decision
is arousing protest in Britain ana
France, where Kolchak is seen as
ireactionary, and in neither country
lis there any desire to restore in Rus
STA the tyranny of the old stupid and
:. corrupt regime. which has gone.
= Granted that Kolchak can overthrow
" i,,enin and Trotsky, however. this
e only raises new problems. He Will
d come to Moscow and Petrograd as the
l,champion of restored Russia, OF
z reunited Russia. and is tconcelvaple
o THAT he will consent, that his country
men will consent, to any treaty py
(which the nations, yesterday Russian
: allies shall have apportloned Russian
Territories between the several poroe[
r states, erected a new Polanu: i'pe' D.
e Finland allocated Bessarabla 70 hu-
e lmania and recognized the independ-
: ence of the several tribes OF the
s Baltic provinces?
t Instead of accepting such a sIua
: ton is it not almost inevitable that
: the new Russia, the restored RUSSIA,
will ioin hands with Germany in
: new partition of Poland. in a new ar
rangement in the Baltic lanos' Will
: shall reproduce the situation winch
. has existed steadily since the poIlcles
. of great Russian and great Prus-
. sian. Peter and Frederick brought
Russia to the Baltic and exciuded fo-
land from the open sea.
Not a Conquered Enemy.
e =. D.s;, uara condemned always |
to he the thing it is, it would be easy
to settle all the questions now raised,
i if Russia were conquered after a war
waged against Britain france ana
! ItaIy. then terms like those imposed
1 upon Germany would be possible. But
3 neither the one nor the other condl-
ton is fulfilled. Russia was long an
1 ally and a useful ally: she finally col
lapsed and made separate peace, put
Y does this justify her recent allies IN
t treating her as an enemy and dividing
e her territories, cutting nef on rom ON
} terms of the treaty which her enc
: my, Germany. imposed upon her'
S sword in hand at Brest-Litovsk
RI unfortunately the progress of events |
| at Paris has already resulted in the
permanent alienation Of Italy Moth |
ing is more certain than that once
) the chance comes. Italy will return to
that Russia. when she does become
great. power again. as she almost
| certainly must, because of the FASH |
ion in which her old allies have treat |,
| ed her, shall also turn to the Ger
mans is to provide for new war, |
with every chance in favor OF a VIC i
tory by the new alliance.
The real difficulty which confronts
the men who have to carry on the
work of peace making is the puzzle
about Russia. We have recognized
| the independence of Finland. but kol-
chalk fatty refuses to recognize 1t on
his part We have recognized the (,
claim of Poland to freedom. which
kolchak also comedies. but what is
to be Poland's eastern limit? The |
boundaries of the old Russian Po- |
land? But the Polish armies are in |
wilma, Minsk and Kovel. fighting
bolsheyik forces. Certainly II koi- |
chalk will not recognize the indie !
pendence of Finland he will not con-
sent to the separation of Lithuania, i
! white Russia and Volhynia from the |
old Muscovite state.
Lithuania Hard Problem.
Il Nor is the dispute merely between |
the Pole and the Russian here. On |
the contrary. the Poles desire to re-
store the old confederation between
Lithuania and Poland, while the
4.ithuanians desire unconditional in
dependence, and even if this were |
! granted there is still to be settled !,
the age-long difference between two
peoples as to their boundaries. IL the
Russia and Eithuania, it alienates the |
Russians and the Lithuanians; if it
does not it alienates the Poles. If it
| returnS thu LithuanianS to Russia it