El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-04
Bv TOHN LLOYD BALDERSTON

ton itself. has come into being.
and IL IS 7rsary to combat these
evil forces TO the full extent OF
our pOwer.5
Asked to specify. IN plain terms,
Z the somewhat nebulOus accusations
: that have been brought against the
/ Bolshevi5s. and which France &C
] cepts as well founded, he did so, as
D follows:
I. The BoIsheviIzs continue 70 exist
I by a system Of organized terrorism. A
s comparative handful Of men. clever
I but INSCRIPTIONS, maintain them
/ selves IN power by methods which
7 are the opposite OF democratic.
2. They have III treated the nation
ais Of other countries who happened
to be, for legitimate purposes. on their
soil
3. They agitate perpetually IN con-
tiguous countries, 1T IS" ny fnfor-
mant declared, necessary for Boil
shevism TO be essentially dynamic. It
is q system which is nonproductive- It
could not last for a moment II IL
ceased 10 act The rules realize this,
and, therefore engage in constant
operations against adjoining nations,
such as the Baltic states and Poland.
They can. as N ScaTenius said in his
evidence before the peace conference,
only live by motion. by constantly
widening the sphere Of their influence.
They would instantly be overwhelmed
BY their own people If they had not
the appearance OF spreading their doc
trines abroad. in order to persuade
the Russian peasantry that the whole
world IS in process OF being Bofshe-
vised. As these countries In which
they work are the friends OF the
prOteges Of the allies, the allies ought
not TO tolerate the Belshevik cam
paign-"
an they succeed in Poland and
VIII have, at some subsequent pc
riod. an easy task in colOniEinE
these countries, for they viii be
permanently weakened and viii
be glad TO accept German help.
5. The Bolsheviks. not content 10
remain even in these border states.
pursue their propaganda through all
sorts Of channels in the allied nations,
seeking to disintegrate the allies and
to produce discomfort and disorder in
al the nations OF the world.
Look at the condition OF France"
he said, France has suffered terribly
during the four and a half years Of
war. The people have behaved not
only with the most exemplary courage /
but the most perfect loyalty. Never I
theless, after such g strain there IS /
bound to be an inevitable reaction, !
when the tense cord Is slacl1ened. The 4
world does not revert and cannot re-
vert Immediately to the pleasant con-
ditions OF peace There IS q natural 4
dissatisfaction which a clever propa- 1
gandist might easily turn TO his own 4
nefarious purposes. The field is fer 4
tile for the sgitator. We cannot al
low It The Observation-Disclosures enc
M OF all settled order. and some !
means Of counter2cting his deadly
propaganda must be found"
I pointed out that there only seemed /
to be two alternatives ID a state Of I
war with Russia, which would prob
ably necessitate q large number Of
men. and which he himself admitted
was an impossible solution in the
present state OF France; % the be-
ginning OF negotiations which. in the
view OF many people In England and
America. could do no harm. and Of
fered the possibility Of conducting
us TO a satisfactory understanding
With the Russian people.
Advises Isolation.
There is a third alternative" he
answered There Is the method OF
he Gordon sanitairs. We should
merely supply the cordons IN the
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