Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-28
ITROTZKY MA Y HURL
ARMIES ON RUIMANLA
Signing for Netc Worlds to Conquer BoLsheUiki outd
Acenge Bella Kun-Frantic Bucharest Begs
Hid of Big PoirerS
by u. +. KOSPOTH
EEenng rmhlc LcdEer In sMitLcrAnd

for their victories over Donlklnc, mol
chak and Nudpnitch have once more
brought Poland and Rumania within
tho danger zone of Bo'shcvik military
and moral invaeior Tho menace to
RumaniR is particularly grave and i'm
1ninent. even as tho consequences OF her
collapse would prove most certainly
fatal to European civilization. -,
The recent capture Of Odessa by the
soviet legions adds to this danger. a..
Odessa Is within sevcnty-tvC miles OF
thc Rumaninn border. AIIicd warshlNS
are natroling the Black sea with
growing feeling Of unCaSrcSS.
FROM the first the imnC"iNlistic plans
Of the Bolshevik dictators wore based on
forcing n passage through Rumania to
Hungary and Austria. whore disorgani-
zation. discomfort and misery render ct'
fective resistance impossible aud ris-
iugs of the demoralizcd masses in sup
port Of the BolshCvik invaders highly
probable.
Thence they planned to % through
Switzerland 70 France and ltalr-a
limo Of invasion SCrunuIously avoiding
German territory and provocHtiOn Of
Germany. Of whose reconstructed mill
tnrv strength Trotzl;v stands in awe:
For these rpason--to sav nothing OF
nreviouslv concluded secret agreements
between the Rolshcvik chiefs and the
Germans. which may still be in force
Trotzky's expected offensive will be
more in the nature ot n campaign to
reconouer former Russian provinces
than Of q preliminary move toward
the conquest Of the west. to achieve
wb;cb he would have to PASS through
Germany. and therefore the full weight
of the onslaught may fall on Rumania.
Trotzlsy Fooled by Rumanians
During Rcla Kun'S Dictatorship in
Hungary Trotzky tried to carry out this
p,an Of campaign. but il was frustrated
at the last moment by the reSOlutc ad-
vance Of the Rumanian army on Buda-
pest. Thus Rumaria has already de-
served the gratitude Of civilization for
having rescued Hungary from to!shev.
ism. She is ready again today to defend
Europe once more against tho hordcS of
eastern anarchy and tvrannr.
Bnt she needs support: NOT only ma =
terial. but also moral support: she
wishes at least tn feel that her valiant
effort to stem the Red food is appre-
ciatPd by the nations and governments
of the democratic West. and that IN
helping to save western democracy she
is building IN for herself a safe and
prosperous future.
Surely. It should DO self evident to-
day that Il Europe is to be preserved
from Bo,shevik nenPtration-bc II bel
ligcrcnt or "pacifiC'--it can only be
done by promoting tho military and
economic consolidation Of the new and
old countries bordering on the Russian
territories at present under tho domi
nation OF the Red dictators.
And yet. instead Of concentrating all
their thought and energy on this vital
problem, some of the allied statesmen
seem intent only on undermining the
will mower and weakening the fighting
spirit of these mcnaccd border states
BY ipvitin. them to conclude n truce
and peace with their Bolshcvik enc
mics.
Poland May Sign Treaty Soon
E.sthonia already has signed such q
treaty, and the other Baltic states
Poland in partiCunr-seem to b. on thC
edge of following ESthonia'S example
Moreover. allied resumption of trade
with the BOlsheviki has encouraged Pre-
mier Lenine and the soviet pha'nnxe.
rial among the proftccrs in order &c
and has correspOndingIy dcprc>'rd The
foes Of bolshevism.
Rumanin has been waiting in vair
for encouragement from the great pow,
ers 10 defend not Oulv lrr OvH iadc
pcndercc. but the liberties Of all EuropC
against the advancing hosts Of bar
barism.
Diplomatic reports received hCrc-no
alone from bucharest. but equally from
Warsaw, Belgrade and Soia-pctur,
the situation in southeastern EurODc n!
so alarming III con~rQUCnc" of pcni,
kinP's revPrScS. and "$OCc;ally a re
CARDS the menace 20 Rumania. that
feel bound TO state the facts IL the,
have como to my knowledge, withou
seeking to attenuatp their rXtrcm" grav
ity.
Thousands OF fugitiypS from Russia
men, women and chi'drcn-arc alrcad
arriving daily in Bessarabia. flying il
terror before TrOtzkyS mcrccnarir,
The Rumanian Government has hu
namely given orders to allow these mis-
ernblps victims Of soviet militariSm Z,
cross the frontier, although their pres
encr on Rumunian territory agGravatc
the danger of famine and cD,dpnirS il
country that has itself not we, rccov
cred from the horrors Of PrusSiun ant
Hungarian invaSiOns.
Soviet Armies Pushing Ahead
On the heels Of these fugitivrs ar
The advance guards Of IT, Ru,>IovI
army. tho main body of vai"n may b.
detained q few weeks longer b. opera
tions against the rcuuaut ot Doui
kinr's troops. bUt which IA uirrad
pushing its rcConnais,anccs in the di
reCtion of the ResSarahiun border.
itumauia stiil has 500 .OOU ucu W.
der arms, for her army lu~ ncvn" hoc
demobilized. owing 20 ne .u'tIulu
Boshcvik menace from R,l R.~,ju.aad
for time. from Red IJ.0gurr Til
army is sound it- immunl, from Bol
shovism has been put to ''.n proof dur