Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-18

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while physical force cannot be mar
shaded unless all the nations are
unanimous, the believers in league
of powers have argued that moral
force would have an overwhelming
influence. And that is exactly where
the disappointment comes, for the
United States would certainly have
been ranged alongside Great Britain
in insisting that the Poles stick to
their own boundaries, and the French
might then not have been so ready to
encourage Polish aggression on Rus
STA. The moral Influence or dictum of
Great Britain and the United States
it is felt, would have caused Poland
to deSiSt.
England Has Own Troubles.
England, alone, with troubles of her
own, hasn't had a powerful enough
voice to persuade the French to keep
out of the Polish Russian quarrel
So strong is the propaganda against
boIshevism in France and so anxious
have the military leaders there been
to range the. power of France along
side of any anti-bolshevik movement
whether backed by anti-soVlet Rus
slams or Poles, that French pohcy mas
gone forward almost without re-
straint by Great Britain or any other
major power. The French made big
| loans to ,czarist Russia, which they
want the bolsheviki to pay. france
needs all the money she can get from
any source to help her reconstr ue-
ton processes. There is naturally d
doom feeling about the Russian ques-
tion in banking and business circles
in France, but the British nave peer,
inclined to take a more detacheo
viewpoint and a father look ahead.
INQUIRY has shown that every tune
the French or even the BRUSH I'D w
lent arms and other support TO anu
hnisbevist factions under Admiral kol-
chalk or Gen. Denikine-and it is reared
again under Gen. Wrangel-the eHect
bss heen to solidify the Russians unoer
soviet control. The bolshevlkl nave
been able to claim that they alone Were
preserving Russian integrity anu tia
the allies were bent upon dlsmemper-
nant of Russia through support 10 va
rious factions in widely separated 10
calities.
Poles Blnmed as Aggressors.
The Poles are blamed here for nav
ing become the aggressors against rus
sia though there is also an lncilhali oii
to blame France for encouraging .ne
poles to attack the Russians: Inc
American government Is nialn.a a;h'a &C
hetween the French and the Brlt1sh.
but there is no doubt that had America
been member Of the league ana neeh
able to speak her opinions IN the couii-
ell of the league, sthe United STATES
would have to large extent snai ca
the views of the British and compeileo
common declaration of pol1cy.
The recognition of the soviet Is opf
,osad hacause of the declaration OIL
their leaders in favor OF carrying VI. q
war of the proletariat in an counties
outside Of Russia, but at the s an
time it is the prevalent we" mere 'h:a
The holsheviki have been kept IN
mower through excuses of external ag-
pression perpetrated by Polana or
sunnosedly Russian antl-boisneVlst
factions receiving money or arms
from Japan or France or Britain.
land is held guilty of having Vlola!ea
article X. and there is conVlction
hare that she never would have dared
To do 80 had the league OF nations hao
hehind 1t the moral influence OF the
1Tnited states, because Poland, IN ner
arxietv to get American and British
helm and sympathy in founding her
new republic, would have iistenea 10
words, of warning from the larger
nowers. who really gave her lnde-
pendence. and at the same time nego-
t;ations would have been under way
tnr the common protection of the al
lad countries against any aggresslons
from bolshevist Russia.
Copyright. 1920.