New-York tribune., 1919-03-29


pacity for 1919 is about 300 900 men. n
great many Of whom arc i'll armed and
Ill equipped, some without arms what
ever. with their methods Of transporta
tioh ansidue and tho comtdsssriat
scshty. NJ the present ima their
armies are lighting on thirteen dr..
fafent fronts, and whenever one afmy
Is reinforced u s only by depicting the
others,
Hungary Called Safe
AS regards he present military SIT
untion in Poland and the expedition
for the relief Of emberg, the position
Is that the Ukrainian forces have been
completely defeated, in spite Of the
offer of 1000 crowns and five acres OF
land to every Ukrainian entering the
city. As regards Hungary, the Allied
forces there arc sufficient to deal with
all expected Developments. 1t is quite
untrue that there is any large Boil
shevik army existing in the Dnicstcr
region south of Lcmbcrg.
"The second Ukrainian Bolshevik
army has captured Zhmerinka, an inn
portant station on the railroad line
running from Warsaw through Lem
berg to Odessa. But the French arc
expected to hold Odessa.
"In tho centre Denikincs army is
holding its ground but the Bolshcviki
are now within seventy miles of
Rostov, although the Allies are pour
ing in munitions to Dcnikine's aid
On the Eastern front. Kolchak's often
sive continues to be brilliantly success
full. Taking full advantage of the dis
patch of the Red troops southwark, he
has captured Ufa and Brisk and is
rapidly driving the Bolsheviki west
On the western front the Poles have
captured Baranovitch, an important
railroad junction. The other fronts
are quiet"
Outlaws Make Up Army
Regarding the composition Of the
Bolshcvik armies the Berlin CORE
spondent of "Thc Daily Mali telc-
graphs upon the authority of a Moscow
banker, DR.. Juncker. that they consist
of eight or ten hattalions Of Lcttish
outlaws, numbering pcrhapus twenty
thousand about twenty-five thousand
Chinese criminals, Finnish Red army
Of fifteen thousand. while the purely
Russian clement is of small account
both as to numbers and quality. This
army probably would offer the sean
tcst resistance to properly equipped
and determined troops and with the
occupation of Petrograd and Moscow
Lenine's regime would collapse like a
house of cards"
The correspondent adds that re
liable Finnish army of about 10000
would probably be sufficient to quash
tne BolsheVik military menace if the
Allies provided sufficient food and
munitions.
While it is tho correspondents
opinion that only small force is
necessary. this opinion is opposcd by
all competent British military authori-
ties. who believe that the use of p
small force will be merely a useless
waste of life without results.
The military position is left clear
after speeches by Stephen Pichon and
Winston Churchill The former said
"The Allies will help Russia get rid
Of this world leprosy, but whethcr
there must be an agreement among ali
me AllIcd powers, each making sacri-
iices necessary for its solution, is an
important question that the conference
must decide. But the Allies surely will
come to some understanding TO bai
the way Of Bolshevism." "
Mr.. Churchill said:
"Ihere is no intention on the par.
Of the government to use the coinpul.
sory service bill Tor the purpose Of
raising great armies by conseription IL
send into the heart Of Russia. could
conceive that if might become ueees
tafy TO prevent tie oVefruhfiine al
Poland Lifhnhhia or fsthonia. bot ne
,,pehFhfes would rot be taken by the
bfitisl government. b1i only ~ lhe
Ieafue Or ha'ivhF' pursuant ~ een
efel poiieY'
u is evident lhst both statesmen are
ssflenslt epfisaglHg The prospect of
Intervention.