Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
LLOYD GEORGE AND THE BOLsHEVTKI

TT HE PROPOSAL of Lloyd George to admit Bolshevik
 presentatives the peace table must be founded upon careful and profound consideration of the facts and however
 astefu to the ordinary mind must not be lightly treated alteration of greatness.
 The great British premier at least the in the Of the attitude of the public toward the would scarcely offend the suscepbes of the world without the most powerful motives These motives would have to be discovered in the special knowledge he has of the Russian sit uation
 Is perhaps that the Bolshevs government
 Verul successful and adapted to the of the Russians that the world has been permitted to know?
 Or the British premier Bolshevst sympathy in the British people is too great to permit successful trol of the Russian situation by force?
 One or both of these motives may be controlling Many facts have been forthcoming to show that the Russian radicals have gained power They have restored degree of der The Sovets in fact to have been in power connu ously since the destruction of the Imperial government The succeeding revolutionary have been but manfe tations of the power of the Soy-sts.
 The oviets appear to hold their authority and the funds and agents to conduct revolutionary paganda the surrounding European peoples and far away the United States.
 There 186OOOOOO Russians. distant difficult and cold In every surrounding nation there large group with it's leaders which is either in sympathy with Boshevst doctrine, or with some branch of that doctrine.
 Each country holds large and powerful group which is determined end war; and which is unwilling to fight espe cialy to preserve to destroy particular type of ment in Russia.
 Britain has own difficulties in this area The La party entirely committed the doctrine of self determina ton for Russia seated 80 members of the parliament and is entirely opposed to further and is sympathetic to- ward the Bolsheviss
 Thus rnged about with difficulties George believes no doubt that the quickest way peace Europe might be to bring in the Boshevst leaders if not be made that will afford order and security al the earliest moment
 The French leadership to be ill-dsposed toward rapprochement with the Russian radicals In France the sian debt is important economic element and this the Bo sheviss would repudate Yet at the Council table it might easier to procure the protection of French bond holders than by methods of force which could except at the peril that Europe might be plunged into utter anarchy with Bolshevist elements dominant everywhere.
 The settlement of this important perhaps dominating question may up to President There are but three main open to abandon Russia attempt tement of Russian affairs by orce to counsel with the eral Russian governments.
 It would seem that President Wilson in a position where he might be expected to support Lloyd George There voved the general principle of solidarity the English speak ing people. Mr Wilson in his peace points is committed the doctrine of self determination which would to apply to Russia and to the Bolshev much other group
 The action of the senate which in sentiment has been against interference in Russia element president must consider.
 The senate demands the earliest possible return of the business in Russia In the morning asserted that the President hopes to have the last soldier home September, i9i9
 lives He may counsel with Russia he may Russia to stew in the juices of her anarchy.
 Mr. Wilson is versatile: he proposed before and he solution.