The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-23

voice government 49,
trying to hinder and obstruct the So
Wet government, trying to prevent It's
succeeding in the fear that its sue
cess would bring the New Order 10 |
the rest Of the world and destroy the ,
special privilege class. This thought |
gave them an interest IN the success
Of the bolshevik experiment, sym
patty for soviet success.
Pretended saviors arose in Russia, |
Denikine, Kolchak, Petlura and fu-
denich. These men were heralded 10
the world as patriots, leaders seeking
to deliver the Russians from the yoke
Of violence and autocracy fastened on
the people by Lenine and TrOtzky.
The allied governments did not on
cially favor these counter-reVolution-
ary movements In Russia, but rumors
were allowed to go unchallenged' sug-
resting that the allied governments
were furnishing arms and money 10
these uprisinRs in Russia; not having
openly interviewed, the Russian prop
lem belonged TO the Russian people.
The phrase "self-determinaton mao
been driven into the minds OF the
world. Here was a violation OF the
fundamental meaning OF national
freedom, world liberty. The Allies
gave their open sympathy-at least
when 1t was printed they did not off,
| ciaIly deny ito every uprising In
| Russia, regardless Of the character
! of the leader and the purposes OF the
| movement. Then came stories that
| some of these "white hopes" were
| briRands. Adventures, reactionar1es
The people reasoned that the only
ground fer unofficial interference ex-
pressed In favoring these revolution
lists with the moral support or the
Allies was that they were against
the bolsheviks. Being against the boil
sheviks did not amount to good ana
sufficient reason in the minds or the
people. It must be remembered that
the general public looked upon Dol
shevism as the New Order" and It's
enemies as the social "standpatters
Of the world.
koIehak Called ReaotIonary.
Gradually the public was enlight
ened by the press, and Admiral hol
,chak was pictured as q reactionary
It was pointed out that he was sur
rounded and supported by the favor
ties OF the old regime; that his plaT
was to re-establish the rule Of the no
bility. Later reports showed that hi
leaders were the Cossack generals
} Semenoff, Kalminkoff and Rozonorf
D The world knew something abou
I these CoSsack generals. They wer
said to have been part Of the car
paid terrortgts now that the car wa
, dead and they were no longer on hi
pay roll they had become lawless mer
cenaries, and had seized upon tn
! movement Of counter-revolution in s.
IBERIA to loot and pillage the people
From the best information I have bee
able TO get, coming from America
soldiers, part Of our expeditiOnar
forces In Siberia, I have learned ths
while tho Russians in Siberia are OF
posed to bolshevik violence and sovie
. rule, they are more opposed to tn
coming into power Of a governmer
headed by these hated Cossack gel
erals. The British government opeI
~ recognized and aided Kolchak; pr
vately and secretly Lloyd George az
mitted that Kolchak was a reaction
airy. On January 16, 1919, at a col
ference of the allied leaders In Pari
the Official minutes Of the convers
ITEMS held report Lloyd George as ha
ing said:
Moreover, from information r
ceived It would appear that Kolcha
had been collecting members Of Il
old regime around him, and wou
seem to be at heart q monarchist.
appeared that the Czecho-Sloval
were finding this out. The sympathi
Of the Czecho- Slovaks are very dem
cratic, and they are not at all pr
pared to fight for the restoration
the old conditions in Russia"
It was the duty Of the allied cover
ments to keep the people inform'
concerning affairs in Russia. The pre-
of the world is civilized, human al
patriotic, and would have respOn
ed to all reasonable requests ma,
to give the truth to the people. T.
intelligence departments of the va
GUS dIIlSu hdu III IIiS
possession the truth; they allowed
to spoil, while misleading, disappOir
ing reports were allowed to circula
unchallenged. It was the duty of Z
allied governments to give the peOI
the true story of the bolshevik pI
gram and the methods used by {
bolsheviks. When we needed mon
for bonds. we used the public SchO
houses and the press to get the ne
to the public, and the people respon
ed. With this Red" terror facing t
world, schools. pulpits and the pre-
should have been called upon, not
propaganda purposes, not to call I
bolsheviks names, but to tell the pc
pie exactly what bolshevism meal
The sanity OF the people of the den
cratic allied countries could have be
trusted. The policy or absence
policy of the allied countries seems
have overlooked the irritated state
mind Of the world, the mood OF [
people. As President Wilson put
Seeds need soil. and the bolshevi
seeds found the soil already prepar
for them"