The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-19

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the aHahie New Years greeting 20
mankind issued By the government at
Moscow. The year 1880. ran The
wireless message, would see the end
Of civil war In European and Aslatic
Russia-thut u. the suppression OF
an anil-nolshellet miiltnry move
81 in Berlin. Paris, London and
Washington. and their authority viii
be supreme throughout the world
u Ia curious 10 remark how slight
an lmpfFNIou has nten Nude By inis
prediction. Boasts III a nimilar tone,
when made VI GerWnny. aroused une
democratic reouicaNi q inry uf M
dignation and dsgN rmined reslsiance
While ~rciterntion OF The terrorist pro
gram ~ contemptuously d~isrcEardci.
Precisely because civilization was
alert and armed. Germany al the
height Of her military successes wps
never 40 dangerous ~ bolshcvlam r.
today, when democracy Il indiucrent
10 lts peril and seemingly incapable
Of uniting against n. The Erandioec
Bernn-to-DaEdnd plan WIS never 70
near TO contamination as Is the pro-
Jet OF BOlshevixing the world, The
new ycar II hut a fortnight old, yet
already noinheviFt armies have
crushed the opposition forces IN ST.
IBERIA. ia southern Russia and In the
Baltic provinces. and Bolsheviat dip
iomacy. BY executing an armistice
with EHthonia. has made n breach in
The harrler OF free states erected
AGAINST the westward spread Of the
mnll4n newer. And suddenly there
has come Into view a peril lonf fore
Swallowed. hut hardly recognized. IN
the Imminent threat Of an eastward
sweep OF the epidemic over Asia.
49, rEAa4aHfN4 ufnHaanF at tho
BolshcVist phenomenon has been
struck by the adroitness and adart-
ability OF the movements political
strategy. The leaders o a great
Victory by their surrender % Ger
many at Brest- Li.oVsk, they un-
hnsiiatinRiy suspended basic princi-
pler OF communicate philosophy In or
Ger 10 stimulate production n over
come economic ~s.AEnat.pn; they Turn
ed the prlnkipo proposal Of President
Wilson TO their advantage: thcy ter
rorized the allies by threatening 70
HoisheVlzo Germany. and tempted
Germany By Offering m alliance
against the western powers; they
have won sympathy In he border
states by promising 10 recognize their
separation from Russia, whereas The
anti Bolshevisf leaders aroused sus-
picl0n by Coutendn.g that a united
Russian nation should be r%ccreatcd.
'rhefr pronunciation OF All the old
,ref ties and their inceasant emphasis
Of the right Of characterization
except for Russlans-has given 90
Bolshevlsm IN some backward reeions
~ the world o prestige comparable
ID that which President Wilson used
10 enjoy. OHtcnsibly promoting m
fernatlOnalism aud the ohliteration of
all frontiers, the BOlshevists tnoited
In Hungry purely nationt sue
revolution. and that Is h ostensiblc
inspiration o. their propaganda ~
countless other countries.
There never was. OF course. any
truth In the ~pretense that they wished
10 be 'let alone TO develop u peace
full civilization OF their own Within
the borders OF Russia. The fuhda-
mental and supremacy NECESSARY
feature OF their program IT. eNpan'
sion. aggression. conquest. whether
the moveme Is toward the west on
the east makes no vital difference. &c
long as 1t shows progress. Prefer
ably. no doubt the terrorist leader
would Ike 10 see red revolution
namiHg up across Europe; but tht
present opportunity lies IN Asia, aud
IL will be exploited diligently. IL
either direction. or In both. the pnr'
pose Is az We outlined Il Just a yea'
ago.
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fts fn%suiratlOn or lts aims, but
Worldwide universal. II stands
for a complete revolution Of the
existing social order everywhere.
Therefore. u country organized
on the basis OF BolsheVism wotlh
he in the world today, an alb
normal and helpless thing. 1t
could not long exist In the Midst
OF democratic nations, bolhheN-
-. a.NHHUH NIFUuH mill a dome
mates the world-or Europe al
ieast-or else succui.sb. The
BolsheNlkl are no mOre intent
upon ruling Russia than they are
upon ruling Germany. France,
Britain and the United states,
aud they must do NO ~ their rule
is to be perpctuated anywhere.
Even at That time the conqneat o
Asia was being planned. For q Ion
time. said a dispatch last January
the Moscow government has bee
Organizing an extensive propaganda
FOR revolutions In China. India am
Persia. and is now ready, as soon a
the opportunity offers, To send agent
with large sums OF money 20 STIR vi
Trouble thrOughout ASIA ifopheti
was the statement that "a great oh
stacle IL the Omak government whic.
al present bars the route TO Asia b
way OF the Ural front but that u
KolchaR's army were ia disintegfut
the Boishayik plans would very ser
ously threaten the pence Of Asia.
KolchHks army, driven 1900 mlle
eastward. has been scattered, ana "a
Omsk government has virtually dl'
The collapse Of resistance in a
IBERIA becomes however. a minor SUE
Il cess for Moscow when compared vii
The smashing OF opposition IN Houti