The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM OF TODAY

mover come. neither to Evrope nor the
world. with Russia disintsgratsA and
starved. And uniess peace comes and
comes soon. new var WIN insv1tabiy
y come, probably more oeveru end Ala-
astrous than the great var ve have
JUS come through. X boiahsvtsm suc-
ceeds In Russia and the anti. boirh yisf
armies fail In their mission. and the
RED army. almost half = mlliion ssrenx.
Is released from the interfof Ruosian
freEts. II viii turn Into dust the new
so-eailed buffer statea inciudinx Pc.
land, and will owerrun Germany Ana
! Austria. where tho ground for hoi-
shevisrn sufficiently prepared nv chs
sun continued economic degradation.
y VIII flow further In the Euyupean
direction. on the one hand. and In the
As'atic direction. on the Other. ana no
enc can predict where II win stop.
The new war In which boishs~ism
wiil take the offensive part. similar TO
~ar. may spell DEFINITE crisis Yor
modern dsmocratie civiisnasioa A.
Eusstas experienee has shown. hoi-
snevtsM. while poeeeaain1 IN sacrmous
destructive power. does not d.rplay. 70
airy degree, constructive ability Rus
alas starvation 10 De- not 70 the 90.
calted at's~d blockade - the beieAeviki
-''- N~t 'es UoieAt0Vi4t tDBtkNv 0Nt 10 the
criminal incncfency Of bolshevise
regime and to the sivfi var thew
h'cnght uron Rnsata IN their sndeavor
u. replace the Autocracy Of the aid re-.
Eime by new. and even inert tyrannfc
nufccracy, Under ntrmAl esnlitions
Russia would Be able not ssly 20 Feed
hrrself but to feed othsr eosntrt<s A
we'll.
LEAVES DEAD CITIES.
EVERYWHERE ~AApA
r'a-ehes Il leaves behind dead cities.
c"ftroyed villages. fneessAnt murder
and starvation. Bolshsviwm has de.
rtroyed Russia and threatens to de-
stroy the world. Bofshevtst. overtures
Tor peace represent an endaavor. ON the
one hand. 70 gain ~breathing space,-
as I%ninA once put Il. and. On che other.
to legaIsxe the centsrs Of their propa.
ganda and supnorters IN the corn.
tries which bcishev1sm pians to cca.
Gu~r. Bolshevism and modern democ-
rHcy can no more stay together than
tame and water. II boishevism rules
Russia. II win rule tho world. II the
world would destroy bolshe~isrn. II
must destroy II immediately In Russia.
Tnis illustrates ss1nlcientiy the inter-
NATIONAL Importance Of the Russian
problem. Russia was aad Ia doing
more than her share FOR Democratic
civilization. Were II not for Russia
German. militarism woulA have over.
run Europe In lS14.iS. and boisheyi
In lsi7-1s. The Russian arrsies. eacri- ,
ucing not lesn than 3.0oo.eoo in dead, |
years. and did moro than their share
to save the allied cause. Later. when
part OF Russia. run down BY the bloody
Sarrifces. succurT bed to the disease or
boiFheyisu. the Russian patriot. and
democrats continued their struggle for
civilization by building M ant,-bol-
shevist armies. BY estahiishlne fronts
from Overcoming Europe
The demAgoGuca and parlor. bolshe.
Wiki In Europe and In this country
have made Il their speciality % point
to the ''undemoeratic" civil adminis-
traticn behind the armies Of Admiral
Eolehak and General Denskine. wa
may answer these 9entiemeA. drst, that
when the democratic nations Of the
world win come 70 uAasrstand the serv-
Ice rendered democr1tie civilization By
the anti holshcvist armies, which. mn.
der the leadership Of Admiral Koichak
and General Denikine. are enEa9Ine--.. i,
And thereby divsrtinx from Europe
TIE rod army. almost half Q miiliom
s'reng, We shall see monr ments erected :
g these leaders In PAriss. london and
NtM York, Az for their civil Anninis.
trstfon. u certainly could b. morn per- y
lecf II Russia were not IN state or
general anarchy created BY butshovism
Aea X the aflfea woutd rantsr the aati.
pcsshevsst h0vemsnt In Russia gen
e1ous nnanctal as1d technical help 70
build up tn terrifopios liberated frosn
The bcishsviki. Just q the laek Or
liltsd help strenEthens not only Aol-
shevism. but also the ether extrens
tho feactfonarles. "a . AeAin4ye allieH
po-lcH rendettne haIr Assa oo-oraratton s.