The Republican journal., 1920-02-05
CHANGES IN POLICY.

So many conflicting reports are being
given out concerning conditions in Rus
STA that the reader is unable to more than
surmise what is going on there. One re-
cent report says that the Allies have de-
cided to lift the commercial embargo, to
buy goods of the Russians, if they are
wanted, and to sell them foodstuffs,
clothing and agricultural seeds and ma
chinery if they can pay for them in gold
F. o. B. Of course nobody will trust
the bloodthirsty robbers who assume to
be the government of Russia because
they have repudiated all public debts as
we'll as their own personal obligations
and without reservation admit that a
promise is but guile. 1t is said that the
Soviet government has about $500, OOO,-
900 in gold stolen from banks and wealthy
people. If this be true the reign of ter
ror will last as long as the gold holds
out. When that is gone the Bolshevists
will starve to death in six months be-
cause the Allies will have the gold, and
barrel of Russian paper money will not
buy barrel of flour. Perhaps the Allies
have that in mind, but it is more prob
a BILE that they know that merchandise is
going into Russia every day via the
neutral countries and have decided that
1t is the better plan to sell direct and
save the profit which now goes to the
Scandinavian countries. Lifting the en-
barge will proIong the rule of the Russian
&c Is but will not perpetuate it. Another
report states that the Allies will soon
withdraw their troops from western and
northern Russia. The plainly evident
reason for this is the fact that the Allies
have not sufficient forces in Russia to &C
complish anything decisive against the
reds and it is folly to keep soldiers there
without some hope of results The real
and less apparent reason for the with
drawal is the fact that England domi-
nant, is to send her troops elsewhere.
The Caucasus mountains, the Black
sea, Constantinople, the Bosphorus and
she Dardanelles are the gateways to
India, England's dearest treasure in Asia.
During the last six months the reds have
pushed their way towards these gate
ways beyond which there is threatening
unrest With an army guarding the
passes of the Caucasus, with a strong
fleet in the Black sea and her artillery
men in the Notifications of the Bosphor-
us and the Dardanelles, she will set up
barrier which the reds cannot pass.
England realized more than year ago
that she might be forced to make a
stand here. She had hope that she
might shift the burden of this undertake
ing to the sturdy shoulders of the United
States. This hope has failed and she is
making preparations to dispatch fleet
and an army to the near east. Japan
will probably make a stand at some
stra tegic point near China. The United
States will call her troops home and here
they will remain. France must follow
the lead of England.
Poland, Roumana and the Balkan
5 tates are expected to hold the reds in
c heck along their borders. The plan of
England, France and Japan seems to be
to give the reds free hand in circum-
scEibed area and let Russia make herself
an object lesson to show to the world !
what terrible thing, what a horrible
kallucination Bolshevism is When Rus
sis is pillaged till nothing is left to steal,
when her industries are entirely Destroy