Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-09-11

1919. he had charge of the 60 mill
tsry stations of the PClish-German
front. Poland alone of all the coun-
tries in Europe refuses to deal with
Germany You cannot bring German
goods into Poland. German com
m"rce is shut out by law. The from
TIERS are closed against her goods.
ms is the substance of what the com
mdndvr uf the Poli~u-Grrman frontier
said to me. Germany * Offering 10
sell goods to Poland at prices from
20 10 - per cent cheaper than Eng
land and France. We intercept daily
these proposals on the frontier. Ger
many offers 10 give longer time to pay
FOR the goods. | should say on the aver
age she offers To- give credit for twice
the period offered by France or Eng
land Could one wish better evil
dence that Germany * coming hack7
What two tests more clearly show the
commercial strength of an individual
or people than the ability to under
sell ones competitors and give longer
time credit?
Japan IS penetrating Siberia. 81
IBERIA is rich in gold, platinum. timber.
furS, briStleS, coal and salt. Generals
Rnzonuf. Semin0ff and Kalminon, the
leaders of the KOlchak government,
have been betraying and peddling their
country 20 the yellow masters of the
Far East. The Japanese are today
working concessions in the Ural noun.
tainS. They are 0yerrUnning Siberia.
The Paris conference decreed that
5000 American soldiers and an equal
number of Japanese soldiers should
enter Siberia for the purpose of saw
ing the trans Siberian railway. These
armies were not given a license "a
loot. When Major General Graves
led the American eXpeditiOnary force
into Siberia it numbered less than
the quota authorized by Paris. Gen
erai Graves found the Japanese army
there in great numbers. Instead of
the 5000 soldiers authorized by The
Paris conference Japan has almost
10000 soldiers in Siberia. 1t was IN
derstOod that the use of the railroads
by the American and Japanese mill
tary should he for military purposes
only. The truth Is that the Japanese
government has used the railways to
| carry out rich spOiis.
Economic Exhaustion in Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes OF
l ~,
counted for, partly due to the reOrgan-
izatiOn of the army by German 'unter
! officers" partly due to the fact that
the majority of the people, although
opposed to soviet rule, are more op-
posed to the Yudenich. Petlura, Deni-
/ kline and Kolchak armies, movements
suspected of seeking to re-establish
! the old order in Russia, Russia is fast
! SuCcumhing TO economic exhaustion.
! The world faces two great dangers IL
something is not done. One is the
! conquest of Siberia by the yellow
! peril :" the other, the complete PruS-
] sianizing of Russia. Japan's greed,
! holiness and ambition is known. The
Allies gave courage TO her effrontery
when they turned Shantung and 40
100000 Chinese over to Japan. Shan
J tung is the heart of China; ii is, as
well, it's soul. It is the cradle of her
! great prophet Confucius. EX-EmperOr
William. through a fraudulent COM
! pact with Car Nicholas, seized rights
! in Shantulg. When the war came on
Japan sat on the fence. France and
England urged her to come in with
] the Allies. She did, but only after she
got her price. By private engagements
with France and England. German
rights" (truth would have written
] them German Wrongly in Shantung
were to be turned over to Japan il she
J iojned the Allies. America was kept
! in the dark as to this secret arrange
! ment. yivandi and BalfOur came to
! America and told us many things, but
nothing about this secret compact. We
were induced 10 urge China to cast
! her lot with the Allies. She did. All
! China asked was that. when Germany
was conquered. she be given her own.
! Shantung. After the war was over
! President Wilson In Paris sought to
restore Shantung TO China. Japan OBJ
! iected and presented her claim. She
! based Il on the secret agreement with
! England and France. For the first
! time we learned Of this secret agree
ment. Finally we consented to give
! Japap the determination of Shantung.
We struck the word self out of the
phrase self-determination. ] am not
a prophet, but If would look for the
next outbreak of bOlshevism in Asia,
II will be in China. Shantung will
no the reason, the course Of the Allies
| the cause.
| If the Allies do not adopt common
sense policy toward Russia, European
Russia will fall under the power OF
| Germany. The people Of Russia look
upon Germany as more of a friend
| than the Allies. The blockade Of the Al
lies brought starvation to the very peo-
pte i'm Russia. who are opposed 10
the soviet scheme. Meddling in the
Russian problem by the Allies has
caused suspicion. aid given to Yu-
denich. Petiura. Denikine and KOlchak
has made the Russians fear that the
object of the Allies is to put the Rus
slams back under the old yoke. The
peace table has been without north
| star. II has steered without a definite
objective. In fact. it has not steered
at all; il has been at sea. adrift so