Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
EDLEADERS IN PERIL
AS POLE DRIVE GROWS
Time Opportune for Allies to Aid in
Events Which May Lead to New
Russian Regime.

mi ght form lalSon with the Germans,
and. after bolshevizing Germany.
strike at the two greatest enemies of
Lenin on the continent, France and
/ England. More particularly, however,
do the bolShcvist leaders desire to
ieXterminate France. considered their
chief enemy and greatest aid to those
| forces arrayed against Moscow's in
| flucnCe.
| Germans Aid Reds.
| 1t is becoming pretty well estab-
| lished that the Germans, bolshevists
and non bolshevists, have been assist
! ing the reds in their Polish campaign,
and it is believed that the difficulties
| that have arisen between the French
land Germans in the upper Silesian
plebiscite region largely have been in
stisated by the Germans in order to
! further muddle the whole situation,
| if not pave the way for the Germans
! to take some action of military ma
ture against the Poles so as to in,
sure the overrunning of Poland and
! thereby effect closer working ar
engagements with Russia.
There is little doubt that with a
,Russian-German alliance the two peo-
pies could successfully resist allied
resistance for prolonged period. even
though the allies might use such re-
sistance as preteXt to march into
Rhineland for possible permanent &C.
cupation.
But could such occupation last if
co-ordinated Russian-German STRAIT
egg should set in motion revolution
airy measures in France and England,
which, if successful. would scrap the
terms of Versailles?
This question may have Influenced
Germany'S boldness in aiding the So
Wet even in surreptitious fashion.
The present German government
realizes it's position is precarious, and
is attempting to carry water on both
shoulders. AS a result it carries but
little. In Germany today there are
rapidly taking definite form two
schools of political thought, the
may be best represented by the mod
crate socialists and those once doml-
mating things governmental WITHIN
Germany. The latter class, realizing
the danger of radicalism, is appealing
to the German people to abide by
their responsibilities. awaken to a
great living sense of nationalism as
against insidious gospels. foredoomed
to sap their very life. The radicals,
however, are gaining ground, ana l.
is easy to perceive that IN case OF
complete Russian success in Poland
have been comparatively easy. And
an overrun Germany would mean
complete chaos, the continent over.
Besides. the threat to the tenure of
Lenin and Trotsky places Germany In
an undesirable position should the
Poles succeed, for Germany knows full
well that in such. case Frances IN
fiuence in eastern Europe immediate
ly will become a tremendous vital
force and a successful Poland and a
successful Wrangel, Immediately will
remove possibility of Germanized
Russia.
TIE Polish drive. if it does nothing
more, will have accomplished ire
mendous advantages for the world at
large, if it but checks the rapid move
ment toward complete agreements be-
tween Russia and Germany.
Fate Rests on Campaign.
AS Trotsky has stated, the Polish
campaign will decide the fate of the
revolution. And inasmuch as he
speaks of revolution as bolshevist
control, it is at once seen to what
lengths the Moscow regime will be
placed if the Poles continue their sue
cesses. The Poles have excellent rea-
sons for procrastinating in the Minsk
armistice and peace parley The terms
and agreements to be effected may
have a greater Polish tinge than IL
carried through with the reds at War
saws gate.
France, openly committed to Gen.
Wrangel, undoubtedly will encourage
the Poles to strike on and on with
the hope of dealing the death blow to
the bolshevik armies on the Polish
front, for the longer successful Pol
ish campaign is waged here, SO much
weaker must become bolsheviSt re-
sistance to Gen. Wrangel.
The fate of Poland alone is not be-
ing settled in the battlefields of the
Bug and the ViStula and Narew rivers.
The fates of Russia, Poland and France
are almost inseparably interviewer