The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-19


tary stations of the Poish.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
merce is shut out by law. The from
tiers are closed against her goods.
This is the substance Of what the com
mander of the Polish-German frontier
said to me :. Germany is Offering to
sell goods to Poland at prices from
/ 20 to % per cent cheaper than Eng.
/ land and France. We intercept daily
| these proposals on the frontier. Ger
many offers to give longer time to pay
/ for the goods. ! should say on the aver.
I age she offers to give credit for twice
/ the period offered by France or Eng
land Could one wish better evi.
| dence that Germany Is coming back1
| What two tests more clearly show the
| commercial strength Of an individual
or a people than the ability TO under
sell ones competitors and give longer
/ time credit?
Japan is penetrating Siberia. ST.
IBERIA is rich in gold, platinum. timber
furs, bristles coal and salt. Generals
| RozonOf, Seminofr and Kalminoft the
| leaders Of the KOlchnk government
have been betraying and peddlng their
country to the yellow masters Of the
| Far East The Japanese are to-day
working concessions In the Ural noun
tains. They are oyerrunning Siberia.
| The Paris conference deCreed that
5000 American soldiers and an equal
| number of japanese soldiers should
/ enter Siberia Sor the purpose of saw
/ ing the trans Siberian railway. These
armies were not given license to
/ loot When Major General Graves
| led the American eXpeditonary force
! into Siberia II numbered less than
| the quota authorized by Paris Gen.
! eral Graves found the Japanese army
! there In great numbers Instead OF
| the 5000 soldiers authorized by Che
| Paris conference Japan has almost
| 10000 soldiers in Siberia. 1t was On
/ derStOOd that the use OF the railroads
| by the American and Japanese m,li-
tary should be for military purposes
only. The truth is that the Japanese
government has used the railways to
carry out rich spoils.
Economic Exhaustion in Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes OF
! the Red" army, successes easily ac-
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 OPP
/ posed to the Yudeuich petlura, DENT
! kline and Kolchak armies, movements
suspected of seeking to re-establish
the old order in Russia Russia Is fast
/ sucCumbing 10 economic exhaustion,
/ The world faces two great dangers II
/ something Is not done. One Is the
| conquest Of Siberia by the "yellOW
/ peril :" the other. the complete PruS-
/ sianIzng Of Russia. Japan's greed
/ holiness and ambition Is known. The
! Allies gave courage TO her elIrOntery
when they turned 'Shantung and 40.
| 100000 Chinese over TO Japan Shan
! tung is the heart Of China; It is, ns
well, its soul 1t is the cradle Of her
great prophet Confucus. EX-Emperor
! William through a fraudulent com
pact with Car Nicholas, seized rights
| in Shantung 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 "wrongs") I'm Shantung
| were 10 be turned over 70 Japan II she
/ TONED the Allies America was kept
| I'm the dark as to this secret arrange
/ ment. Nivand aud Balfour came to
| America and told us many things, bur
We're induced to 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 Ia
restore Shantung to China. Japan oh
iected and presented her claim, She
based IT on the secret agreement with
England and iFrance. For the first
time we learned Of this secret agree
ment. Finally we consented 70 give
Japan the determination Of Shantung
We struck the word self" out of the
phrase INSTRUMENTATION. | nm not
prophet, but If | would look for the
next outbreak Of boshevlsm In Asia,
Il viii be I'm China. Shanung will
be the reason, the course Of the Allies
the cause,
IL the Allies do not adopt a common
sense policy toward Russia, European
Russia viii fan under the power OF
Germany. The people Of Russia look
upon Germany as more Of Il friend
than the Allies The blockade Of the Al
lies brought starvation 20 the very peO-
pie In Russia, who are opposed 10
the soviet scheme Meddlng in tina
Russian problem by the Allies has
caused suspicion aid given TO Yu-
denich. Petlura. Denikine and Kolchnk
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 a north
star. II has steered without a definite
objective. IN fact. It has not steered
at all II has been at sea, adrift so
far as n policy toward Russia Is con-
cerned. Bolshevism may break through,