Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-28
Ludendorf Warns
World of Peril
From Bolsheuisn,
BY Associated Press.

10y HSSotitlSu ITCSS-
Washington. July 2S.--Victory for
soviet Russia over Poland would re-
suit in bolshevism sweeping all Eu-
rope and eventually the entire world,
IN the opinion OF Gen. Eric LlIden-
dortf, famous German war leader.
Ills views are set forth in q spe-
ciaily prepared and hitherto unpub-
lished memorandum on the dangers
OF holshevism,' written last month
and received in official circles.
"Polnnds fall will entail the fall
or Germany and CZecho-S lo-
vntia.' General Ludendorff says
Their noighbors to the north and
south Will follow. Let no one be-
lieve it will come a stand without
Italy, France and Eng
iand in Its hideous coils. Not even
the seven seas can stop It."
Addressing himself to the civil
iHed nations as man who knows
war, General Ludendorff blends
that his message not fall on deaf
ears.
World May Crumble."
'hoh IL VIII De 100 late, he de-
ciared, and the present civilization
Will crumble as did that of Greece
and Rome. And the cause will he
the obtuseness of government and
the lethargy Of the bourgeois. as
the latter always and everywhere.
likes to stay quietly at home on DAYS
of decisive events.
'Bolshevlsm must advance To ex;st
1T is advancing now, gradual prog
iesss' from east to west and crush
ing everything between the midland
sea and the Atlantic ocean.
Inc world at large must, there
fore, figure with bolsheyist nd
vance in Poland toward Berlin and
Prague. Lithuania Is already ioin-
ing soviet Russia and is demanding
slice OF the Prussian province of
EAST Prussia. The moment will come
when the bolshevist armies will
menace Germany and Czecho- Slo-
yaltia directly.
l described the impending menace
Oh boisheVism In my interview with
the press early In February Nv
warnings were a cry in the wilder
ness. These menaces are now q re-
ality. Lenlne has advanced his lines
20 the frontiers of China, Afghanis-
tan, Persia and India and is now pre-
pairing to continue his victorious pro-
gress.
Save Japan for Finale.
Inc bolshevist enterprises en-
counter resistance east of Lake Bai-
kal an the part of Japan and Gen.
Semenoff. The tenacity and the su-
pefior shreWdness of the Japanese
make it>probable that the bolsney,srs
VIII meet with reverses In that quar-
ter. However. the bolshevists have
the inner line, in the direction Of
India and Persia, no less than in Eu-
rope. Japan's turn will be later. IN
they figure.
'"The bolshevists have Enrland's
world power to face In both direc-
lions. but In addition to that we must
remember they must face what the
world calls civilization besides. A
conflict between the bolshevists and
England is not the only problem.
The world could afford to be an on
locker in that case.
1.-THE real problem Is a conflict be-
tween civilization and barbarism, in
which the interests Of civilized ma
tons are one. They can afford to
follow their several ways, as dicta-
ted by their several interests, only
when this conflict 1t attended to.
'The prodigious combative re-
sources of bolshevist propaganda
tackled both its far-flung fronts long
ago with perfect logic.
"Stir lndia's Masses"
Their propaganda Is stirring the
masses Of India to the depths of
their hearts; 1t is successfully bridg-
ing the gulf that subsists between
the Moslems Of Indian and the dis
ciples Of the native religions. In
Asia Minor and Persia the bolshevist
propaganda conducts It's moves in
the anti Christian, Pam Islamic spir-
it.
Poland and Roumania are un-
dermined. The bolshevist propaganda
operates with more caution in Fin
oWcucn dllu norway IueSS
countries are expected to drop in the
lap OF bolshevism without noticeable
effort. The great detectives of the
bolshevists are now in Germany and
perhaps Czecho-Slovakia and AUS
tria.
"Bolshevist propaganda In Ger
many assumes great variety of
drapes. With socialists, its preach
ments advocate war on capital and
the establishment of a proletarian
dlctatorate; with German National
lists. It's missionaries demand the de-
liverance Of the country from the en-
tente yoke; manufacturers and mer-
chants are promised commercial re-
lations, altho every one knows the
bolshevists can give nothing, but can
only take. Yet we are compelled to
acknowledge that the bolshevist prop
aganda is a perfect success.
Rude Awakening Soon.
1.-THE proof Of its success is that
the bolshevists already have an adj
vance guard stationed in Germany,
which yearns passionately for the
conquering approach Of the bolshevist
armies. as the signal to hurl its own
following into the fray. Even the re-
mainder of Germany refuses to com
prehend that bolshevism is mere des-
truction, and cheerfully allows its
vigilance to be drugged. -