The Arvada enterprise., 1920-08-05
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction In
Europe Follow the Great
World War;
ERROR IN MEETING MENACE
Allied Governments Can Not Dc Said
. Have combatsd the Dslshsvlk
Movement In q Wlss Or
Prudent Manner.
Article xxx.
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and deepen the unrest OF the world
since the signing Of the armistice-
the attitude Of the allies toward the
soviet government, and the attitude
Of the conservative press and the en-
ployers Of the world toward the work.
Ing class.
President Wilson summed the stu
alton up In statement made In the
ONCE of n. Pichon at the DUAL
D'Orsay, Paris, on January 16, 1919.
The conference was called for a pre-
liminary discussion regarding the sit
uatiOn in Russia. The notes Of the
conversations Of the conference par
tictpated in by Mr.. Lloyd George, Mr..
Baifour. Mr.. Pichon and Baron Son
ninio give the substance of the presi-
dents position In the following words:
HE (the president) did not believe
that there would be sympathy any
where with the brutal aspect OF boil
shevism. II 1t were not for the fact of
the domination of large vested inter-
ests In the political and economic
world. While 1t might be true that
this evil was in process Of discussion
and slow reform. 1t must be admitted
that the general body of men has
grown impatient at the failure to
bring about the necessary reform. He
stated that there were many men who
represented large vested interests In
the United States who saw the peces-
tV, nj
something which should be worked
out at the peace conference. namely,
the establishment of some machinery
to provide for the opportunity Of in
dividuals, greater than the world has
ever known. Capital and labor In the
United States are not friends. Still,
they are not enemies in the sense that
they are thinking of resortinE to phys
ical force to settle their differences.
But they are distrustful. each Of the
other. Society cannot 20 on on that
plane. On the one hand. there 10 .
minority possessing capital ! and
brains: on the other. q majority con.
sisting Of the great bodies Of workers
who are essential to the minority. but
do not trust the minority, and feel
that the minority will never render
them their rights. A way must be
found to put trust and cooperation
between these two.
president Wilson pointed out that
the whole world was disturbed by this
question before the bolsheviks came
Into power. Seeds need soil. and the
bolshevik seeds found the soil already
prepared for them"
Unrest and lts Causes.
There was unrest before the war.
II was due to the fact that the few
had more than they could use. while
the many had less than they needed.
The complaint against conditions was
taking form. Unrest was tending to-
ward action. There was 4 class con.
sciousness. II was more than un.
friendliness. II was growing Into pos.
tive hate. The war depression crys.
tallixed II. and the war shock from
which the world suffered quickened
the eAgerness for action. The desire
for change was more than agitation |;
II had grown into determination and
resolution. Once the people had
doubts about their ability to get free,
decent lives through political action.
After the war suspicion Of the work.
ing class that the powerful interests
would and could defeat them on the
political Geld became positive convic-
ton.
The great mass Of toilers Of the
world coming out Of the war In this
frame Of mind looked with sympath
upon the Russian experiment with
bolshevism. II was the kind Of sym.
patty one has for the under.dog In a
night. and Russia had been an under.
dog In the struggle for life and lib.
erty through all the ages.
Definite Policy Lacking.
Unfortunately for the world today
the Allied Governments Of the world
have been without q definite policy to.
ward the soviet government In Russin.
Their attitude has been one Of uncer.
tninty: n purpOxeless antagOnis,n Of
bolshevisfn. From the beginning the
Allies have opposed the soviet pro.
gram and the boIshevik methods, but
their opposition has taken no con.
structive form; II has led TO nothing
II has amounted 10 disorderiy
scheme Of Interference, 4 general plan
Of annoyance. At hrst the people Of
tho world were told that the Allies
would intervene and snve the Rus.
SLAMS from the rule Of violence I'm.
posed by the RED" army under the
command Of Lenine and Trotxky. The
Allies did not intervene: Il was well
that they did not, but they did what
was worse. they interineddled. Worst
Of all. the Allied governments failed
to keep the public fully, freely and
frankly advised rs to what the Dol.
shsvik plan was. and the methods
being used 10 govern the great
Russian people. The world. In its
ignorance Of the real plan. the mean.