Evening star., 1920-08-08
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

A CROSS the face of any army and
~ navy orders allied powers
may issue at the moment in
the hope of bolstering the dis
organized strength of the Polish
nation may be written the words
TOO late"
The complete overrunning of the
new republic created by the Versail-
les treaty. after long centuries of op-
preston of it's people, appears at
hand. Delivered from a hated bond
age of ages. Poland today faces the
prospect of even a more hideous
bondage beneath CALLING yokes and
DEGREES of a master that knows no
scruples.
AS the grave situation has de-
veloped there is but one recourse left
to allied governments of Europe
plead, eajole and temporize with
force that should have been exter-
minated as a most poisonous snake,
not week or month ago, but i'm
mediately after the armistice set in
motion the peace conference.
During the hours when nations
were striving to settle their differ
ences in Paris weak hearts sought
to temporize with the bolshevists OF
Russia. They would debate with the
ENJOYS of Lenin and Trotsky whether
certain precepts of civilizations code
were right and just, debate an issue
established through the centuries,
when firm insistence, backed by CO.
ordinated endeavor. militarily, fnan-
cially and economically. might have
scotched the monster that is raising
its head over Europe. where its fiery
breath is scorching the ambitions of
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had practical things and not mere
theory and conjecture been permitted
to guide in the conferences of Paris.
Only Hope of Success.
The only hope of allied nations saw
| ing Poland today apparently lies in
allied diplomatic endeavors to appease
the bolsheviki: to cajole; to be nice
little, peaceabfe, lamblike bolsheviki.
who are expected in allied circles to
be Impressed with the high and
mighty Importance of group of al
| lied statesmen, but whom the bolshe-
Wiki know have not had the nerve to
stand firm in the cause of right and
insist that there be adequate pro-
lection for almost helpless peoples.
and. what is more vital insist that
peoples liberated by Paris DEGREES so
conduct themselves as to reduce to the
minimum. causes of potential dis
cord.
| The allies have threatened, they
nave made show of doing something
to perpetuate the national life and
| freedom Of the Poles. but at this min
ute there still is lacking that con-
crete effort necessary TO make any
threat a real force. or any theory
practical one.
And now the allies are confronted
| with the fact that they must go into
a conference with the bolsheyiki and
resort to wheedling to gain their
ends. They full well know that, by
the very nature of conditions, wheed-
ling is about as much as they can do.
But, on the other hand. though the
European allies broach the subject of
London conference. there to iron
out all eastern Europe's perplexing
and dangerous issues, there is ex-
treme likelihood that the bolshevikf.
by virtue of their present position. will
emphatically state conditions under
which they will enter the conference.
The allies would have no other re-
course than accept. except in con-
certed, co-ordinated warfare against
the bolsheviki,- which no persons in
France. England or Italy, save mill
tary leaders. are desirous Of under
taking. In the months that necessari-
ly will elapse before the allies real
power might be exerted the bolshe-
tiki could accomplish many of their
nds looking toward sovietized CEN
trail Europe, il not all of the conti-
nent.
II Reds Stay Ont.
If the bolsheviki stay out of con-
ference the allies can do nothing but
threaten-if they do not act. But if
the bolsheviki enter the conference
they undoubtedly will do so with full
authority of the Moscow government,
and if the allies deal with them they
will have recognized Lenin and TT -,
sky Any stipulations they may make