East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-11
By LEONID ANDREYEv.

Pv-IE attitude which the allied govern
ments have assumed with regard to tor
mented Russia is either betrayal or
madness
Either they know do not know the nature
OF the Bolsheviks. whom they once invited TO
the prhkipos Islands Ger making peace with
wouaded. dying Russia. asundsr by the
Aands OF the Boishevikf-in which case II In
simple betrayal. differing from other examples
Of the kind by its universal proportions The
sNment Of unexpecteoness. which so shsrply
ainnzed all believers in the justice and cier-
eney OF the Allies. Is common 20 all such af-
fssrs: all betrayals are unexpected. and if the
divine Jesus knew well whittier and wherefore
Judas departed. nevertheless all His disciples
continued to remain in happy ignorance to ia
very moment OF the classical kiss.
Or else the Allies do not know the nature Of
the Boishevitf. whom they invited for a friend
iy falkland in that case 1t is madness. Be-
cause now. after one and half years of domi-
nation by the BoIshevfd in Russia and their
activities In Germany and other countries only
q madman Is incapable of knowing what force
of evil and destruction is represented by these
savages OF Europe. against whose c1i.ar, lava
and morals they have risen
One unast be wholly ignorant of the difference
between truth and falsehood. the possible and
the impossible. not to understand the simple
conduct. actions and appetites of Boshevism
One must be without eyes the blind. or. hav-
ing eyes. sees naught with them. not to DIS
tinguish the face OF this huge Russia now
turned to barren ash. the fire. murder. destruc-
tion the graveyard. the prisons the mad
houses to which hunger ead horror have re-
duced the whole city of Petrograd. and many
others like It.
One must be wholly without ears. or having
ears hears naught with them. not to hear the
obs and groans. the lament of women. the
shimper of children. the hoarse outcry Of the
strangled. the unbroken rattle of the execu-
TONERS rifles that for the last year and q half
have been the ceaselesa song of Russia
The Great Falsehoods.
One must be wholly ignorant of the differ
snce between truth and faisehood. the possible
and the Impossible. Just as madmen are ig-E
uorant of it. to feel the Bolshevist bragga-
docso and their constant lies. now dun and
dead like the believing of a drunkard like
Lenine's decrees. now high sounding and
pompous like the speeches of that blood
bespattered jester. Trotzky. unpreten-
siousiy simple and ingenious. like the false
hoods with which one fools little children. ami
mails and peoples. In particular the hearing
OF the allied governments must be affected by
a special and fatal infirmity not to be able to
hear not only the waflings of Russia-for all
the world fs wafHng-but also the voice. the
Intelligent and clear reports on the substance
of Bolshevism. which were given TO them by
Mr.. Nouiens MIR. Scavenius and many other
men worthy of confidence.
Furthermore, one must be wholly without
memory. those deprived of their wits. to
forget Lenine's sealed railway car. TO forget
how Russian Bolshevsm came forth from the
Imperial German Bank and the criminal soul
VI william, TO forget the peace of Brest-LfovsH
that was made by these same German agents
rs the last possibility of triumph over the En-
tsnte. One must forget. too. Prussia and Cali
cha. drenched with Russian biooc; forget kor-
eslov and KaIedin. victims fs';rr for duty and
royalty to their allies, and Admiral Schastny
and Dukhonin and Yarosiavi dsstr-yed. and
those lads Of the military cadet corps and stu
Gents who fed without faltering IN their faith.
IN the name o: Russia and II. yours. oor dear
sII.s and those many fio.sands Of Russian
sff c-s vho. for the same reason. are being
ses..,ded s.Icd and perDeeutec Ike dogs aaa
.non y,u -nwi;tingiy o. course. have now 20
humil;ated ~ your tenderness
toward mnrderers and hangmen
Tc fill the measure OF forsetfuness there
need 4, forget also that Wilhelm. Wilhelm IT,.
IN Paris And that only BY happy chance Mr.
yvtisor is lunching there. having crossed Two
sceans--the Atlantic and the ocean OF Russian
sA~oc. shed In defence OF the allied cause
The Moekery of 1t.
xprther one must be wholly without sense OF
virtue and even or simple order. wholly unable
In discern between CLEANLINESS and dirt. in or
oer to swallow with pleasant smile. as v n
were q sugared pineapple. all those bunilia-
t,ons scornfui derisions and candid rebuffs
with which we're rewarded the representatives
AZ ali the allied nations In Bolshevist Petrograd
4 do not speak OF the arrest of the Roums MAN
A Ambassador. Mr.. Diamandi. which at the time
had aroused the protest even Of the Abyssi-
nians Mr. Diamand did not represent suf-
ficisntly great Power that he should be
aiken for mad for having modestly and with
stgnity remained silent
60 not speak Of the Swiss Minister and other
minor Powers whose innocent neutrality had
..,sfersd at the impudent hands OF the Boil
rsA9Shi 4 dare not speak of Mr.. Wilson. wfo.
}, snswer to his sympathetic wireless messsss
70 the young Soviet government. had receives
an altoeether savage and fervent SLAP - ths