El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-14

includes most il not all, OF the
Z Ukraine.
Turn to Russian Aspect.
But 70 Is rather 10 the Russian
aspect that public attention viii turn
now. So far as one can perceive the
Poles with their allies have been uni
formly successful They may. more
over, go far in Russia The difficult
ties OF the armies Of Kolchak, Deni-
kline and Iudenltch have not come
mainly from without but from within
It has been the settled belief OF
military men that with few really
solid divisions Tudenitch might have
got to Petrograd- That the mass OF
the Russian people regarded these
military men as the representatives
Of the old order, largely explained
their failure
The Poles are not Interested in
the restoration Of Czarlst Russia, no
Pole has any reason to love that old
order. So FAR as Poland has a Rus
sian policy, that policy must be one
OF dividing Russia. as far as possible.
to reduce the future strength OF q
potential enemy Therefore Polish
invasion viii have a different mean
ing for the Russians than did that
Of Russian military men
Poland has a real army. esti-
mated at 100000 trained men and
not too badly equipped with the
engines OF war. That the boil
HheTiEts can muster n force any
thing Ike n formidable seems In
credible.
Poland's real Danger must come
from the west, where the nations
which are eager to get back TO trad
ing relations with the Russians viii
hardly be pleased to see a new war
breaking out in the east Of Europe.
A sweeping Polish victory moreover.
would mean an irresistible demand
~ a 80 Tlan HnH-
frontiers. Of 1T72, that is for the line
Of the Dnieper river In the east. as
wen as for some sort OF sovereignty
over Lithuania-
Comfortable Boundaries Fixed
The peace conference has fixed
comfortable boundaries for Poland.
These boundaries do not in the least
correspond with Polish wishes. tradi-
tiOns and rights The only reason
that they might be accepted would
Polish armies sweep the Russians out
OF their pathway and begin march
toward Moscow. then there Is an end
Of the argument OF weakness. Poland
VIII no longer be a suppliants she can
impose the terms on Russia and the
western nations may 20 hang.
A Poland OF at least 40.OOO,O00
Of people, that f. with n state
equal in population 20 France
and exceeding Italy In area. f.
thus by no means m Impossible
outcome OF the present situation
Nor is such a Poland likely TO look
with resignation upon any new Ger
man effort to regain Posen and West
Prussia OF 10 retain upper Silesia-
The Poles and the Germans are
hereditary enemies Therefore, Poland
II she can obtain security in the east,
is bound TO turn west again, 70 face
her one implacabIe enemy.
France naturally welcomes the rise
OF a strong Poland on the eastern
side OF Germany. bound IN the nature
Of things TO be a French ally bound
TO have similar policies so far as
be influential member OF the new
European concert, or discOrd. as the
case may be Italy and England. on
the contrary, do not favor Poland,
although the Italian opposition is not
nearly so pronounced as the British
partly because they have other views
in the matter Of Russia, partly be-
cause neither would like TO see
France obtain SO useful and power
ful q partner
CIaImE Not Excessive.
The Polish episode is one more
example Of the attempt TO establish Z
frontiers by the mere study OF maps
and the application Of straight lines I
TO these maps Today the Poles not I
only hold more than twice as much Z
territory as was awarded 10 them By I
Paris. but claim at least a third more. {
Nor do their claims extend beyond I
what was once theirs. Again the I
truth Is revealed that national units /
may be liberated. but controlling them /
after liberation Is about as diff 4
cult as permanently exercising the 4
same sort Of direction over children /
risen to the age OF maturity and the (
station Of voters. on their own hook !
-COpyright, 1890, by Mcclure News /
paper Syndicate.
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