El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-28
j. 5. CAN BY 4 WORD, SAVE WORLD
FROM RED H0RDESBY THREE PLANS


and as the ally Of France
aOnly with strong enemy On
each side, can Germany be kept
in order. Once let her get ahoId
Of Russia, md we are done for.
The two policies clash hopelessly.
I The Churchill Standpoint Is that the
/ entente must choose between an anti
red and an anti-German policy, but
] cannot pursue both. The French de-
/ sire TO oppose both Moscow and Ber-
/ lin and meet criticism that this can
not be done by saying that the power
I OF the bolsheviHi is oYerrsted.
Two Schools OF Thought.
Both agree that Moscow and Ber-
I lin must be kept apart: but the French
want this done BY force Of arms. and
[ the Churchill school believes foIce to
Z be impracticahle. and adds that the
( people OF England and France will not
I 60 to war again for such an object.
There IS stiII a third point Of view
about the proper way to restore peace
I In the world that I propose to sketch
Circumstance. thank heaven, do
I not compel US to throw ourselves into
Z the arms OF Berlin 10 escape Moscow.
{ or vice versa The French are right
when they say the power and ability
I OF the bolsheviki are overrated, but
/ they themselves are SO afraid OF Ger
many that they cannot see that her
/ back Is broken. Germany with OF
without Russia. cannot, having lost
l almost all her war material and all
/ her VIII to war undertake a war OF
I revenge IN our time. Accordinly the
{ perialisttc madness and the insane in
elements OF the French. Is a misfor-
tune but not a supreme disaster.
1T IS, however. true that European
civilization Is threatened. but not by
armed attack from red Russia or
Germany or both. The economic life
OF the continent Is breaking down
Next winter viii be worse even than
1913 in many countries italy Is likely
to sink into anarchy.
what we must all do to pull Eu-
rope through IS TO get rid OF our war
nerves oud realize, first, that the peo-
pie OF no country are willing to fight,
and second that Europe must get to
work and produce and exchange its
produce-must sink OF swim together.
And Europe means Russia as we'll as
Germany and France and others
A Contenfed Russia.
The best way to fight bolshevfsm
is TO make peace with Il and restore
trade" IS the argument OF this School [
The Russian masses have been viii
ling to fight in defence Of their soil. l
Just as the French did during their
revolution, so that Russians today. Z
have rallied to defeat the invading
foreigner
we must have a eontented Russia Z
and a coatented Germany before 4
peace In Europe Is possible" they ]
continue IF this involves denying I
ourselves repzrations which justice /
would accord rs. we must deny our I
selves because Of the greater peril I
that faces US After we make peace /
with the soviet. Lenin can no longer |
defend his blumders and the missries i
81 p Dc kr~ 81 2 a
foreigner. and he will probably be |
destroyed by his own people Ger /
many viii be in no mood to 90 red 4
or to put herself back under her 4
5unkers. 81 she feels that by hard 1
work she can regain q place IN the 4
society OF civilized nations"
Lloyd George IS believed 10 embrace
this third view
The United tntes stands aside
and takes no part. We could,
am certain, by making Our weight
felt in favor OF any one Of the
three policies euuse # TO be put
into effect.
If we said the word, and backed It /
Up, the Churchill view would win and /
the entente would make Germany one /
OF themselves and put Germany for
ward to bear the brunt OF a war
force the French attitude, and keep ]
up h0stilities against the soviet while
We compelled Germany to I've up TO
the peace treaty. Finally, we could 4
enable Lloyd George TO carry through
his policy OF general Cancellation and
mutual economic assistance.
Could Do It without Fighting.
It would take more than words for
Us to enforce our own opinions, but
10 more doughboys would have TO
cross the ocean TO fight
We could have our way by
merely offering, II Il were ac-
cepteds to supply food and NUM-
lions and money, and By stating
that unless our wishes were car
ried out we would give no more
assistance TO Europe. Tint would
do the trick
Lloyd George himself Is convinced
that 4 America would only act, she
would support him, and that explains {
the premier's frequent heated and :
sincere appeals to the United States
not TO stand aloof any longer but to
come back into the council OF nations :
and help 10 finish the work sEe took
up in 1917.
Il would be unfair to end without
giving the attitude Of these poor
pawns, the Poles.
What hurts US most, NV that We
are fighting alone against the most
powerful army in Europe. IS to be
called here imperislists, land grab
oers, silly children" say they. I'VE
are denounced for having attacked
he bolshevists when they offered US
peace What else could we do2 Trot-
sky was massing divisions on our
front, having crushed Denikin- Were
We to f-ait TO be destroyed? We
Knew the value Of the bolshevik peace
ak: they sought only TO gain time
We struck first, as the weaker party
should always do. 20 disorganize the
.nemy's preparations and give our
lilies time to help US. We never
doubted they would come. And now
ve perish, and where are they7"-
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