The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27


that 1t was built on force, that the
rule of might prevailed, that violence
was the law, that dictator was the
prophet turned to the thought that
the soviet government was the begin
ming of the New Order" for which
they themselves had been looking ana
working. They SUSPECTED that the al
lied governments were doing the Did
ding of the capitalist class. which
they knew had far too important
voice In government affairs, and were
trying to hinder and obstruct the So
Wet government, trying to prevent Its
succeeding, in the fear that Its sue
cess would bring the New Order" to
the rest of the world and destroy the
special privilege class. This thought
gave them an interest in the success
of the bolshevik experiment, sym
pathy for soviet success.
Pretended saviors arose in Russia,
Denikine, Kolchak, Petlura and fu'
denich. These men were heralded TO
the world ms patriots, leaders seeking
to deliver the Russians from the yoke
of violence and autocracy fastened on
the people by Lenine and Trotzky.
The allied governments did not ON
cially favor these counter-revolution-
AIRY movements in Russia. but rumors
were allowed to go unchallenged, sug-
costing that the allied governments
were furnishing arms and money to
these uprisings in Russia; not having
openly interviewed. the Russian prob
lem belonged to the Russian people.
| The phrase "self-determination" had
been driven into the minds OF the
world. Here was a violation Of the
fundamental meaning Of national
| freedom, world liberty. The Allies
gave their open sympathy-at least
| when It was printed they did not Off
cially deny ito every uprising In
| Russia, regardless of the character
| Of the leader and the purposes or the
| movement. Then came stories that
some of these white hopes were
| brigands, adventurers, reactionaries.
The people reasoned that the only
ground for unofficial interference eX-
pressed In favoring these revolution
lists with the moral support of the
Allies was that they were against
the b0lsheviks. Being against the hot
shevikS did not amount to good ana
sufficient reason in the minds of the
people. 1t must he remembered that
the general public looked upon boil
sheyism as the New Order" and Its
enemies as the social "standpatters"
of the world.
KoIchak Called Reactionsry.
Gradually the public was enlight-
ened by the press, and Admiral Kol-
chalk was pictured as reactionary,
II was pointed out that he was sur
rounded and supported by the favor
ties of the old regime; that his plan
was to re-establish the rule Of the no
blity. Later reports showed that his
leaders were the Cossack generals,
Semenoff. KalminkOff and Rozonoff.
The world knew something about
these Cossack generals. They were
said TO have been part of the cars
paid tcrrorists; now that the car was
dead and they were no longer on his
pay roll they had become lawleSs mer-
cenares, and had seized upon the
movement of counterrevolution in ST.
IBERIA to loot and pillage the people.
From the best information have been
able to get, coming from American
soldiers. part OF our eXpedltionary
forces in Siberia, I have learned that
while the Russians in Siberia are op-
? l. posed to bolshevik violence and soviet
, rule. they are more opposed to the
coming into power Of government
headed by these hated COssack gen
erals. The British government open
~ recognized and aided KOlchak pri-
vately and secretly Lloyd George ad-
United that Kolchak was a reaction
= ary On January 16, 1919, at a con-
| ference of the allied leaders in Paris.
! the official minutes of the converse
. lions held report Lloyd George as hav-
; ing said:
! Moreover, from Information re-
ccived 1t would appear that Kolchak
Ind been collecting members Of the
. Old regime around him, and would
seem to be ut heart mOnarchist. II
appeared that the C2echo-Sovaks
2 we're finding this out. The sympathies
of the CzechO- SlOvaks are very demo.
cratic, and they are not at all pre-.
e pared to fight for the restoration of
$ the old conditions in Russia"
1t was the duty of the allied govern
! ments to keep the people informed
concerning affairs in Russia. The press
l of the world Is civilized, human and
patriotic, and would have respond.
ed to all reasonable requests made
to give the truth to the people. The
intelligence departments Of the vari.
Y Gus allied governments had in their
] possession the truth they allowed II
: to spoil, while misleading. disappoint-
. ing reports were allowed to circulate
: unchallenged. 1t was the duty Of the
I allied governments to give the people
e the true story Of the bolshevik pro.
l n l.