The daily morning oasis., 1920-08-11

erosion Which was feared at that remarkable Q-SC
ance IF 5000 miles from the German base of opera
tons.
With the Bolshevist government an ally of Ger
many operat ors hao to be instituted against that
and wherever adherents of the old regime could and
would raise revolt they financed and aided in
doing So "A succession of military commanders
raised up and made the effort both before collapse
of Germany and Austria Hungary and afterward.
With collapse Of Germany natural conclusion
suggested that there would be 10 farther need Of
operations against Russia but not so in the minds
of those who looking to restoration of the old
regime in Russia. The German Peril disappeared,
but there remained the Red Peril to be eliminated
Bosheviki were determined to spread their prora-
ganda all over the world and they must be put down
at home. So America and Western Europe must be
educated up to pitch to keep Up the fight against
Russia as constituted under Bols1evk control Then
followed the long series of distortion of the
coming from Russia. The Bolsnevik movement was
not supported by TIE people, ard with little show
of force it would collapse And all the aid asked was
given by the Allies to those Russian military COM
nanders who promised to make headwav against
Lenine and Trotzskv with their cruel and ferocious
government of the proletariat
First'a Admiral Kolchak a high officer in
the naval forces of empire who established gov
eminent at Omsk Siberia, organized army, and
invaded Russia proper to attac: Moscow, and over
throw the Boshevik governmental Kochak's army
marched westward, with little resistance, and
reached point about 500 miles from Moscow. Every
successive step was heralded a. great victory for
Kolchak, and he was sweeping the Bolsheviki power
out from existence He penetrated as far as Perm
in Russia proper, and then he began retreat upon
his base at Omsk in Siberia, that retreat was for
strategca purposes, and every step was presented
to the reading public Of America and Western Europe
as mastery COUP But the retreat stopped not at
Omsk It continued to Irkutsk farther east from his
original base at Omsk than he had penetrated to
He had retreated more than LOCO miles, and was
1900 miles from the objective aimed at Moscow At
lrkutsk Kochak proclaimed General Semenoff one
of the Bolshevist commanders his successor; and
Kochak himself disappeared, his remnant of an
army being Incorporated in t. e Bolshevik army.
Rioht up to his abdiation American newspapers kept
telling the American public that Kolchak strong,
and would succeed eventually, while the sources
of transformation asserted that Bolshevk power and
armies were crumblng.
All through the Kolchak offensive and his re-
treat readers of the New York Times and other
newspapers in the United States were assured that
the power of the Soviet government of Russia was
weakening and that downfall OF the Red terror
imminent. The American public were fed with
fairy tales ike that right up &c the day that Kol-
chalk turned over command of the remnant of his
army to General Semeroff, one of the Bolshevik
commanders who had driven HIP out of Russia pro-
per, and 500 miles beyond his original starting point
in Siberia.
Then there arose in the Ukraine and south of
Russia proper, along the Black Sea, General Denikn
who had been chief of staff for the Gar, and
backed by the Allies with money and munitions to
equip Cossack army to fight Bolshevisn. First
Denik4n crushed the Ukranian government, and then
began movement toward Moscow. Throughout the
entire movement his progress was her2lded through
the American press triumptal procession. When
he started his campaign in September, 1919, the Boil
shevist army pitted against him reported to
have numbered $4,000 men rs related ir sewn
detailed cablegrams to the New York Tines between
September Is and November s. inc1rrive. nen;Fin
had captured 600 of that 1460 900 Boshevi TROOPS
and had reached in his offensive point 400 niles
from Moscow. the Soviet capital the rood to which
was described as open to him, with the Soviet Gov
eminent crCmbling, on it's last legs. Yet with the
Soviet army in his front reduced to $1,000 men or
less Denkin began a strateoic retreat which ended
not until he was driven back to the shore of the
Black Sea- with Boshevik forces occupying the
rrincino1 ceanortS and Denikir himself cOnnDelled