El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03

able 10 enlist popular support to
/ make any effort effective
No one need now expect that,
I whatever the terms actually signed,
I the Russian bolshevists viii change
I their feelings Of hatred and resent
ment toward the western nations
Z Their view that they have compelled
] France. Britain and the United
States 20 recognize them viii not
be inaccurate II the allied gov
ernments have never actually sent
. large armies. they have sent small
forces and large subsidies in arms
and money Afraid TO make war
on the scale that insured victory. they
have continued 20 make war on
scale that invited defeat and in
sured subsequent hostility
Further Sacrifice Feared
The one great danger. now. is that
the allied and associated govern
ments, in their desire 70 get done
with a bad business viii consent 20
sacrifice Poland and Rumania, as |
they have sacrificed their own prin-
fuse 90 stand by Poland and Rumania I
until the bolsehvists consent 10 terms /
which viii allow both countries their |
natural frontiers and such protec-
ton as viii enable them TO meet
new invasion at distance from their /
own countries. we may soon see the /
two best results Of the Paris con-
ference, the Polish and Rumanisn /
states. disappear.
Despite the mutations forced upon
Poland by Lloyd George. this SlaV 1
state should include within its boun- I
daries between 30.09o.0uO and $1,000 I
600 Of people This means that within 1
decade il viii have d population i
one Of the solid factors in the Eu-
r0pean system
Nor is Rumania less important.
A strong state, with natural from
az r=rn sa--
population, rich country and an
enormous expansion indicated for the 4
near future Rumania VIII, before I
the century is OUT. exceed in area
which was such a factor in Europe
in the last generation.
History of Cruel Sacrifices.
The danger lies in the possibility
that at the last moment. in their
haste 10 have done with the trouble
some Russian affair. the western
nations viii sacrifice the future OF
both Poland and Rumania to the
immediate needs or the great powers
The story o. the Paris conference in
the history Of the brutal sacrifice
OF small peoples 20 large, and al
ready Rumania and Poland. lacking
any effective Championship among the
peoples have suffered
cruelty.
The Russian settlement now raisesl
.
II the allies insist upon surrenderinEl
Bessarabia and the Polish marshes
to the bolshevists, then Poland and
Rumania viii be doomed. They will
both resist but their resistance viii
merely mean an invitation to the
Germans and the Hungarians to
attack them IN the rear and they viii
be crushed. in the end
This will be a terrific price 20 pay
for a peace with the Russian an
archT, which Is after all q victorious
peace Tor that anarchy, since L Is a
fact bound 70 have momentOus con-
sequences in the future, that just as
the bolshevists finally had the best
Of their German conQuerors Of Brest-
Liuovsk DAYS. they now have the bet
ter Of their allied opponents
Despite the great importance for
the western allies Of the Russian
question, there rs nothing TO suggest
IN recent history that their policies
VII so beyond the opportunism Of
me moment A little peace now
seems worth any risk as to war in
he future As for the momentaryI
pause IN negotiations, this is merely
Z decent regard for the appearances
Even when they are going to sur
he allies have to 20 through the
-orm OF imposing conditions other
wise their very eagerness might lead
he victorious holshevists TO demand
unconditional surrender as the pCice
Il peace.
Henceforth It Is not the boIshevists
who need the western nations. but
he western nations who are satisfied
hat they need the olEhevists-thfs
e q long way from February, 1918
but not impossibly We shall get much
-urthers now that the allies have !
taken this roadway.-Co Copyright,
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