The New York herald., 1920-01-28
Warns Allies Not to
Attack Reds in East
William T. Ellis Declares Intervention
Would Solidify Bolsheviki
as in Russia.
ny WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Russia, ! gave memoranda 10 poCn SeCre-
tary Lansing and Mr.. Balfour upon the
conditions had found. expressly pointing
out that Bolshevism would fall by its
own failures and excesses unless but
tressed from the outside by military inter-
venton on the part Of the Allies. For the
the brilliant propagandists of the Bolshe-
visits to raise the cry upon the appearance
of foreign armies. 1.-THE revolution is in
danger! The old order is using the
monarchistic and capitalistic troops of
Europe to restore Czarism. Save the
revolutionr'
! So 1t turned out Russians who would
no longer fight for their fatherland fought
recklessly for the revolution. which they
believed to be imperilled. History will
record that the best helpers of Lenine were
Kolchak. Denikine, Judenitch and the
Archanged expedition. These European
maintained armies solidified the forces
Of Bolshevisn. They welded the honest
revolutionists into unity with the radicals.
They gave integrity to soviet rule-and
opportunity for the Red propaganda to be
widely spread the while.
How Russia Humiliated Eurone.
Worst Of all, military intervention bv
the Allies subjected the more stable cov-
ernments Of Europe to the humiliation
OF defeat by the Bolsheviks. The Supreme
Council started something It could not
finish A3 result all the world over in
the Red prona pa nda a, q. h.;-
that the "ar'nies Of tho proletariat" have
met and defeated the ,lained forces of
combined Europe! Not a word will be
said, Of course. about the collateral reasons
for the course Of the Denikine and Kol-
chak troopS-the event will be made IN
appear ms sheer. straight military victory
Tor Bolshevism. All the world has now
been told that revolution has been VIC
torious over reaction. the workers over
capital. the Implication being that such
will always be the case when "the people
RISE
Incidentally. the continuance in power
OF the Lenine-Trotzky regime for the
duration OF the fighting on the borders
has given them opportunities for entrerch-
they would not otherwise have had. They
have not only proved that they can organ
ize SUCCESSFUL armies and powerful propa-
ganda, but also that they can create some
sort OF government capable OF bringing
Europe to terms politically
Catspaw for Reaction's Chestnut,.
Not the least Of the allied blunders IN
supporting kolchak has been the givir y
of color to the charge that Europe wa
trying to restore the Russian autocracy.
All the aristocratic exiles in Constanti-
nople, incapable of meeting revolution by
any other methods than those adopted by
the Tsar on red Sunday acclaimed the
kolchak and Denekine armies as their
armies and their hope. The Tsarist SYM
pathies OF Kolchak were we'll known.
Also it was painfully apparent that the
tories and bourbons and Russian bond
holders in Great Britain and France were
enthusiastically behind allied military aid.
expecting thereby to squelch all revolu-
ton.
The huge French expedition into Odessa
year ago, with Greek and Roumanian
troops under French direction, was a des-
perate though futile endeavor to serve the
French holders Of the old Russian bonds.
lts humiliating collapse should have been
the last word against military Intervention
In Russia-although the story never was
allowed to become fully public. It demon
strated to any man with an open mind
that the Boshevists have had no better
assistance than has been rendered to them
by European toryism. On this occasion.
as on others, Bolshevism even won over
to its side members of the expedition sent
into Odessa
should Russians Become Inv,a.r.
Manifestly the new phase of the Russian
hn
by further armed Intervention. except as
the Bolshevists may themselves attemnt
the invasion of territory outside of Russia
oy military forces-a remote possibility.
because Of the mind Of the people.
Then they should be met by other
armies-British, In case the invasion Is
into countries where Great Britain claims
authority; allied, II the small independent
states are threatened. Boishevik force
should be met by force. but Bolsheyik
Ideas are not TO be combated by guns.
Already the cry has been raised by ,rn-
teachable imperalists that a huge force
should be sent against the Bolshevjks In
Asia. The desire is openly expressed that
America Join in this project. OF course
America will do nothing of the sort, unless
1t be to save weak people from armed
invasion and oppression.
And upon that point the country will
have to receive clear assurance from
trusted American observers on the spot
This country has already gone too far in
the use OF its soldiers in Russia; the mis-
take will not be easily repeated, despite
the clamor Of men who know no court
of appeal except the guns.
As ir The Days OF Gbengis Khan.
Most serious OF all the aspects of this
present grave situation in the Near East
is the possibility of its getting so far be-
yond control that no armies of the West
would be adequate to stem the red tide
east OF the Alps When the Oriental starts
on the warpath he is governed by none of
the rules OF warfare formulated at Geneva
or The Hague.
AS II was in the days OF Tamerlane
and Ghengis Khan, so IL would be today
were the East to make war on the West
Asiatic hordes would burn and plunder
and ravage and rape and kill II is the
Tartar In the Russian that is responsible
for many recent BolshevilS horrors. When
the East gets loose IL reverts TO primtive
type. We may as we'll admit that at the
moment in the Near East, we are dallying
with a situation in which the unclaimed
and restless savagery of man is factor.
Dr. Ellis next article will suggest
methods OF diElnteFrntlrs the power OF
Russian red radicalism.