The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-18
ARMY OF RUSS REDS
GROWSCONSTANTLY.
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that may appeal to the Council of Ten
Premier !Clemenceau is not a partisan
TO sending troops to Russia. In fact,
all Of the great powers are still
strongly disincIined to support any
such measure. p ~
Ramsay Macdonald, British labor
leader, who has been attending the
socialist congress at Berne, has just
arrived here from that city. He said
that the German delegates announced
they would publish all available docu-
ments on war responsibility.
The world socialists al e greatly per
turbed over the Bolshevik danger and
are prepared TO fight it with counter
propaganda among the workers, said
Macdonald. He denied that Bolshev-
ism had made any considerable gain
Of strength in Great Britain, but ad
mitted THAI the situation calls for the
closest attention since the results
Of the December election.
Must Share War Guilt.
The delegates left Berne under the
impression that the German majority
socialists would really try to effect
reforms, according to Macdonald. but
at the same time the German So
would have to bear their share OF
government
The German delegates accepted this
viewpoint. it was said, but commended
that all OF the guilt did not fall upon
the Germans.
The delegates from the entente
countries were asked by the German
socialists to make public documents
bearing upon the start of the war.
The peace conference is expected fig
uTatively to mark time until President
Wilson returns from his brief furrlough
in the United States. While the founda-
ton for the peace settlement has been
firmly laid the conferees realize that the
structure cannot be completed without
the guidance Of the spokesman of a peo-
pie totally disinterested in European af-
fairs
No Decisions Expected.
Work on the details Of the various
problems will continue during the pres
idents absence but it is expected no
momentous decisions will be made until
he again takes his seat at the peace
table, probably the middle of next
month.
The peace conference formally
opened just a month ago. In that
month events moved faster than even
the most sanguine delegate believed
POSSIBLE. Yet there are countless
problems, large and small, of which
The conference has barely scratched
he surface. In the solution of these,
thu conferees will be confronted by
constantly overlapping and conflict
ing claims, necessitating the pres
ence OF an international umpire, for
which office President Wilson is ad-
mitted by the cOnferees themselves
and the European people as well
10 have qualified.
The constitution Of the League of
Nations, recognized as the ground
work OF the entire peace settlement,
has been completed. But the draft is
at best a tentative affair. When it
comes up for debate in the general
Peace Congress. il is believed practi
cally certain that some amendments
will be made.
MIIitarIsm Menace Dead.
The menace OF militarism apparent
Iy has been removed, so far as the
enemy countries are concerned The
new armistice terms accepted Sunday
by Germany are understood to rend,
her absolutely impotent. in a mil
LaTy way "llllc hGE AlilGS nave DfGn
helpless since they first signed their
respective armistices.
MiIitarism as applied to the assoc
ciated powers, is still practically an
unsoIved problem.
Freedom OF the seas" which was
one of President Wilson's fourteen
points and which for a time seemed
to conflict with British ideas, was
disposed OF in the League Of Nations