Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-07-08

tery stations Of the Polish-GerR1an
front. Poland alone Of all the coun-
tries in Europe, refuses TO deal with
Germany You cannot bring German
goods into Poland German COM
merce is shut out by law. The from
tiers are closed against her goods.
This is the substance of what the COM
mander of the Polish-German frontier
said to me: Germany is offering to
sell goods to Poland at prices from
20 to p per cent cheaper than Eng
land and France We intercept daily
these proposals on the frontier. Ger
many offers to give longer time to pay
for the goods. / should say on the aver
age she offers to give credit fer twice
the period offered by France or Eng
land" Could one wish better evil
dence that Germany is coming back?
What two tests more clearly show the
commercial strength Of an inol, idual
or a people than the ability to under
sell ones competitors and give longer
time credit?
Japan is penetrating Siberia. 81
IBERIA is rich in gold, platinum, timber,
furs, bristles, coal and salt. Generals
ROzOnOff, Seminole and KalminOff, the
leaders Of the K0lchak government,
have been betraying and peddling their
country to the yellow masters Of the
Far East. The Japanese are today
working concessions in the Ural noun
Tbor opo nvorr11npinp Siberia
The Paris conference decreed that
5000 American soldiers and an equal
number Of Japanese soldiers should
enter Siberia for the purpose of saw
ing the trans Siberian railway. These
armies were not given a license to
loot. When Major General Graves
led the American expeditionary force
into Siberia it numbered less than
the quota authorized by Paris. Gen
eral Graves found the Japanese army
there in great numbers. Instead OF
the 5000 soldiers authorized by the
Paris conference Japan has almost
10000 soldiers in Siberia. It was I'M
derstoOd that the use of the railroads
by the American and Japanese mill
tary should be for military purposes
only. The truth is that the Japanese
government has used the railways to
carry out rich spoils.
Economic Exhaustion in Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes OF
the "Red' army, successes easily &C
counted for, partly due to the reorgan-
iZation of the army by German "unter
officers" partly due to the fact that
the majority of the people, although
opposed to soviet rule, are more OPP
posed to the Yudenich, Petlura, Deni-
kline and Kolchak armies, movements
suspected of seeking to re-establish
the old order in Russia, Russia is fast
succumbing to economic exhaustion.
The world faces twoa great dangers il
something is not done. One is the
conquest of Siberia by the "yell0w
peril" the other, the complete Prus-
sianizing of Russia. Japan's greed,
holiness and ambition is known. The
Allies gave courage to her effrontery
when they turned Shantung and 49,
100000 Chinese over to Japan. Shan
tung is the heart of China; it is, as
well, it's soul. 1t is the cradle of her
great prophet Confucius EX-Emperor
William through a fraudulent COM
pact with Gar Nicholas seized rights
in Shantung. When the war came on
Japan sat on the fence. France and
England urged her to come in with
the Allies. She did. but only after she
got her price. By private engagements
with France and England, German
rights (truth would have written
them German "wrongs") in Shantung
were to be turned over to Japan If she
Joined the Allies. America was kept
in the dark as to this secret arrange
ment. Vivandi and Balfour came to
America and told us many things, but
nothing about this secret compact We
were induced to urge China to cast
her lot with the Allies. She did. All
China asked was that, when Germany
was conquered, she be given her own,
Shantung. After the war was over
President Wilson in Paris sought to
restore Shantung to China. Japan OBJ
iected and presented her claim. She
based it on the secret agreement with
England and France. For the first
time we learned of this secret agree
ment. Finally we consented to give
Japan the determination of Shantung.
We struck the word "self" out of the
phrase self-determination. / am not
a prophet, but if I would look for the
next outbreak of bolshevism in Asia,
it will be in China. Shantung will
be the reason, the course of the Allies
the cause.
If the Allies do not adopt a common
sense policy toward Russia, European
Russia will fall under the power of
Germany The people Of Russia look
upon Germany as more of a friend
than the Allies. The blockade of the Al
lies brought starvation to the very peo-
pie in Russia, who are opposed to
the soviet scheme. Meddling in the
Russian problem by the Allies has
caused SuSniciOn aid given TO Yu-