Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01
WAROR RECOGNITION
OFREDSBEFOREALLIES
Bolshevists Hold Upper Hand at Moment
as European Powers Rush to
Save poland's Life.

| eastern test alone Will Qetermlne now
much farther they can go In control
| ling the old-world situation. If there
| is slip, if there is hesitation in han
| ding the present Polish crisis and
! their authority is not established,
! through force of arms or otherwise.
not only can the dictates of the al
| lies in the future be ignored with i'm
punity in those sections of the world
which are still seething, but all hopes
| of establishing well working, close
! ly co-ordinated league of nations. of
whatever character, will go glimmer-
| ing.
If the allies consent to negotiate
through Poland with the bolsheviki
! they will have done the thing longed
for by leaders in Moscow-granted
! MAY be expected, will lead to the
eventual lifting of the Russian
blockade and the restoration of trade.
This is absolutely vital to Russia.
for increasing reports emanate from
this domain that the trade is essential
if Russia does not completely enter
days blacker than those of Ivan the
Terrible.
Russia always will be a potential
danger to world peace and safety If
Russia is not rehabilitated. The allies
can never rest content until the Rus
sian situation is solved, insuring the
safety of all continental peoples. This
is but added reason why present de-
VelopmentS are so critical.
Russ May Have Demands.
Though the allies eventually may
resort to a conference in London,
wholly acceptable to the Russians in
regard to its conduct. Russians to-
day, who are on the eve of conquer
ing by sheer military force and the
allies 1ndecision and procrastination
also may have a few terms to submit
to the allies. and there is little likeli-
mood that mere parleying will do
more than prolong the delay of final
adjustments in eastern Europa
situation working to the interests Of
interim to perfect and strengthen boil
shevistic plans and propaganda in
doubtful states.
II the allies Polish Russian arm
istice deliberations come to a halt
there is still chance that something
may be gained from a conference in
London. but if this fails. there is
every reason, because Of the wide gulf
between ideals and motives of the
Two sets OF negotiations. that the mill
tary test of strength will come.
This test will react in the interests
of the allies if they go about it in
earnest fashion. During the period
OF negotiations it is an unquestioned
fact that the allies will have time to
prepare their forces in eastern Eu-
AOpos Sdh IcOTSdHlZc the roles ana
make such other preparations as may
be necessary to the invasion of Rus
STA. In an invasion designed to carry
the allies into Moscow and other
bolshevist strongholds only can the
allies ever expect to crush out boil
shevist tendencies and undermine
red prestige.
May Organize Nations.
In such preparations the allies may
n nd M. Ill
and Hungary into a solid wall to re-
sist the tides of any bolshevist ad-
vance. All fear the bolshevist The
question of Hungary being permitted
to reorganize her army and fight with
the allies. in return for mitigation of
peace terms, has aroused London and
Paris. but in a final test, where every
influence and every ounce of power
would be necessary. it is not to be
believed that the allies would scorn
Hungary's assistance on any pretext.
Sheer military might is not count
ed on alone to rehabilitate Russia.
The Russians themselves. such of the
higher classes as have been left, are
ready to aid once the allies have
shown their power and established
some sort Of definite government. The
bolsheviki are running Russia today
as tyrants. They obtain food. Today
other classes are aiding the boil
shevists. There is but one reason.
Only by affiliation can hungry stom-
achs be filled. The people Of Russia
with their disorganized industries,
taeir financial chaos, their inability to
sustain themselves by their own eff
forts. compose a great fraternity of
hunger, and beliefs. ideals and po-
litical creeds are forgotten in the
process of keeping nourishment
enough to live.
Possible Allied Results.
Allied efforts to rout the bolshe-
visits. success in doing so, with con-
sequent flooding of the country with
food and supplies with which to re-
vive the economicI industrial and
financial life of Russia, will soon
cause the Russian people to forget the
benighted doctrine of Lenin and
Trotsky and cause them to shudder
at the ordeals through which they
have gone.
I If. on the other hand, the allies aid
the soviet regime to live either
through trading or through tacit rec
ognition, Immediately they open wide
the gates for the overrunning of Eu-
rope. for there is no way which the
bo1shevists can be controlled save by
the force of might.
The whole problem may be solved
within the next year. The final solu
ton depends on decisions and actions
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