The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-15
THE ALLIED POWERS AND RUSSIA.

THE ALLIED POWERS AND RUSSIA.
poor showing in behalf Of the allied powers is made
by Mr. Lloyd George in the matter of Russia The Pn-
pO conference is weakly defended by him. but he knows
at least much other persons and therefore
that there will be conference Of Russia factions and
the allies at Prinkipo The allies may meet and confer
with the bolshev, if they like but the sefrespectng
proay Russians will not be there.
Inasmuch there representatives of the loyal Rus.
sian factions in Paris very well known and reliable
like Prince Lvof, Ambassador Bakhmetef, M. Tchakov-
sky and others, it improbable that the supreme
peace council issued its invitation out of pure ignorance
of the attitude of loyal Russians The council have
known that loyal Russians would not meet and bargain
with he bolstheyk to the best method of betrayng
Russia and the allies Loyal Russians have insisted from
the first and insist that there cannot be any
hevik scheme of revolution has its cornerstone the
destruction of existing governments If the bolshevk
would agree to compromise, they would longer be
boshevi and hter excuse for existence would vanish
the allies should seek to make concessions to the boil
shevik it would be like sharpening the knife to be laid
at the throat of civilization.
The purpose of the supreme council therefore, could
not have hinged upon the of the plan for an all
Russian conference with the allied representatives at
Prinkpo. Why was this plan proposed? Several
lectures have been made by perplexed commentators
One is that the allied powers wished to sound out pub
sentiment concerning the boshevik If that be true, the
powers know how hte peoples of allied countries
stand and also how the loyal Russians stand
Another guess that the council has intended from the
first to intervene in Russia but preferred to have the
factions commit themselves for against conference in
order to justify the next STEP Intervention But this
conjecture is met by Mr. Lloyd Georges statement that
the allied powers do not intend OF intervene in Russia
that the size of the force required would be such that
would ask the allies to undertake the task and
also that the United States would join in interven
ton either with men, money material That last state
ment will be astonishing to Americans despite the known
reluctance of President Wilson to send large forces t
Russia Unless Mr.. Lloyd George has information
unknown to the American public there will be doubt
that the policy of the United States is definitely fixed
aid loyal Russians against the bolsheviki.
The summary of the allied attitude as made by M
Lloyd George is pemeated with despairing spirit quite
unlike the usual temper of the energetic and confident
premier of Great Britain. 1t will strike responsive
chord in the breasts of patriotic and determined Amer
cans, who resolved to throughout to the end al
struggles involving the security of their liberty. Wheth
uob
might or satanic mob violence and ignorance be the
sailant. Americans generally ready to face and de
stroy the foe. They know the bertyoving Russians a
we'll better than Mr. Lloyd George to know
hem and they reject the suggestion that friendly ai6
would be regarded by the Russians attack upon
nation to be met only by joining the bolshevki and max
ing universal The facts in Russia do not support
Mr. Lloyd George The loyal Russians have not attacked
the Czecho-Sovaks Nor did the CzechOSlOvaks neet
gigantic for such Mr. Lloyd George says necessary
to make Intervention successful.
If the Czecho-Slovak forces had been backed up a
Cheliabinsk by few regiments and by supplies,
mended by allied staff officers, the bolshevki would have
been kept out of the richest parts of Russia The allie
easily could have spared these regiments They spare
them They take Petrograh tomorrow if they
wish Thy scatter the boshvih and carry food and
clothing to the peasants, who almost universally
against the bolsheviki
No; the statements regarding the allies attitude
ward Russia not convincing There is something else
bearing upon the situation Some powerful influence
inducing the allied nations refrain from striking dowr
the bolsheviki.-W Washington Post
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