Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-09-18

Poiand's fight; She is not fighting for
territory or war spoiS. She is trying
10 hold back the threatening terror.
II is the duty of the world 10 come 10
her support generously. II is not
enough To help her with munitions and
army equipment. TO keep up The
morale Of The Polish army It Is HeceS-
sary 10 help the home flank. Poland
does not want clarity. She asks for
, her due. She Is morally entitled 10
support. II she Is not given it, she
Will crumblc before the onslaught of
the Reds the world will pay the price.
She is starting her life IL nation.
BY her position In Europe she Is called
upon TO hold buck the revolutionary
horde the bOlShevik terror. Ia The
meantime She must build her house
and organize her life She needs
credit 10 do this. Il = her crying
need. II must be forthrum.u- Dol
lars and pounds and francs will he
worth much less than they 3r, today
If Poland. thc Keystone OF thc arch. IS
allowed Co fail This is question The
allies must answer. America is vital
~ Interested and should bead in the
response
If We can hold thr bo'~,rr.ks ira
Russia and ho,f, Europe lrr. <rvm HIS
menace. hol~hryl~m wifi Ite n natural
death. I'm tine mnmurrr So. should
adopt "a policy and bvrH uur -nrr-.r~
to garry ont tm policy. Russia Is
made up II cooperative societies. /
believe 1UUuuuup russians arr, en-
rolled In thr~" ORGANIZATIONS tn" roo-
pie trust their own cooperative So
cieti">. They dD not trust the boil
Shevik government The majority In
Russia are against hnl~hevi>m: they
are victims OF il. Why should not
"" arrange. if possible. tn help the
starving people IF Russia through
these SocieticSr Without recognizing
the holNheviks It is entirely possible
to make an arrangement under the
terms of which allied help can be
given 10 the majority of the people In
Russia, the people whom it Is the in
tereSt of the world 10 save. If such
an offer Is made and the bOlShevfk
government does not agree to il, an
uprising in Russia, increased Opposi-
ton 10 the bolshevik government,
would weaken its power. Such pro-
pOSal was made at one time. and |
believe President Wilson favored II,
but because Of the lack of team work
at the peace table and the absence Of
a definite plan 1t failed to get beyond
the discussion stage.
let Russia Find Herself.
Let us take our troops out OF Sibe-
ria: let us leave Russia alone. She
will find herself sooner If we do. Let
us convince the Russian people that
we are their friends. Let the nations
of the world acting through the League
of Nations compel Japan 10 keep her
hands off Siberia. Let our friendly
cooperation make Unnecessary and
impossible further German pene.ra- ,
ton Of Russia. Let US not encourage
DenikineS. Yudenichs, PetluraS and
Kolchaks. Let US, by our acts, con-
vince the Russian people that we want
them to have DIFFERENTIATION and
that we are not planning TO put upon
hem reactiOnary government. With
he end of military movements in
Russia inspired from the outside, there
will be no reason for the "Red" army.
The people will compel It's demObilfza-
ion. The soldiers who make up the
Red" army will be eager to get back
o civil life. There viii be no In
-aders in Russia to give morale to
roOpS and reason for a big army.
With the passing of the army the
oviet government will crumble.
The majority in Russia want free.
government. They will get
if left to themselves. Russia Is
iCh. The establishment of order In
russia, the reorganization of its life.
will contribute much to making Eu-
ope solvent. | do not mean that Rus
ia is to be exploited. What have In
hind Is that a productive Russia will
clip feed the world and furnish 1t
nth raw material. Russia in normal
ines before the war exported more
rain from Black sea ports than the
Tnited States and Canada combined.
We should not be afraid of b0lshevik
All we need do IS to
bandOn our policy of calling names
nd abusing our own people by calling
lem bOlSheviks, when they are not.
Ie have the truth on our side. Why
OF use our resources to get the facts
bout bOlShevism to the people? There
no occasion for secrecy or mystery.
ew people i'm America would enter
lin bOlsheyik leanings if they under
God the program Of b0lSHevism and
new the methods adopted by the boil
feviks. The press. the pulpit, the
atforms are available. Open the =
'hOOfs, the churches. the lodges, the
Dor meetings. the community centers h
nd expose the crime against the p
ORD. The getting together will do
J good.
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