The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-06

| Ing and purpose Of the bolsheFfs gev-
eTnsnent, not knowing that Il was .
government OF small minority rule,
that Il was built on force, that the
rule OF might prevailed, that violence
was the law, that a dictator was the
prophet. turned to the thought that
the soviet government was the begin
ming OF the New Order" for which
they themselves had been looking and
working. They suspected that the al
He'd governments were doing the bid
ding OF the capitalist class, which
they knew had far too important a
voice In government affairs. and were
trying 10 hinder and 0bstruct the So
Wet government. trying 10 prevent Its
succeeding. IN the fear that its sue
cess would bring the "Sew Order" to
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
pathy for soviet success.
Pretended saviors arose in RUSSIA,
DenIkIne, Kolchak, Petiura and Yu-
denich. These men were heralded to
the world as patriots. leaders seeking
10 deliver the Russians from the yoke
of violence and autocracy fastened on
the people by Lenine and Trotzky.
The allied governments did not off
CHILLY favor these counter-revolutlon-
airy movements In Russia, but rumors
were allowed TO go unchallenged, sug-
costing that the allied governments
were furnishing arms and money to
these uprisings in Russia: not having
openly interviewed, the Russian prob
lem belonged to the Russian people.
The phrase ''self-determination" had
been driven into the minds of the
world. Here was violation OF the
fundamental meaning of national
freedom, world liberty. The Allies
gave their open sympathy-at least,
when II 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
brigands. adventures, reactionaries.
The people reasoned that the only
ground for unofficial Interference ex-
pressed In favoring these revolution
lists with the moral support of the
Allies was that they were against
the bolsheviks. Being against the boil
sheviks did not amount to good and
sufficient reason In the minds of the
people It must be remembered that
the general public looked upon boil
sheyism as the New Order and its
enemies as the social "standpatters"
of the world.
kolehak Called Reaetionary.
Gradually the public was enlight-
ened by the press, and Admiral Kol-
chalk was pictured as reactionary.
1t was pointed out that he was sur
rounded and supported by the favor
ties of the old regime; that his plan
was to re-establish the rule of the no.
billty. Later reports showed that his
leaders were the Cossack generals,
Semenoff, Kalminkofr and Rozonoff.
The world knew something about
these Cossack generals. They were
said to have been part of the cars
paid terrorlsts; now that the car was
dead and they were no longer on his
pay roll they had become lawless mer-
cenaries, and had seized upon the
movement of counter-revolution In ST.
IBERIA TO loot and pillage the people.
From the best information have been
able to get, coming from American
soldiers, part of our expeditlonary
forces In Siberia, / have learned that |
while the Russians I'm Siberia are OBJ |
posed to bolshevik violence and soviet |
rule, they are more opposed to the
coming into power of d government |
headed by these hated Cossack gen.
erals. The British government open-
iy recognized and aided Kolchak; pri-
vately and secretly Lloyd George ad-
mltted that K0lchak was a reaction
airy. On January TO. 1919, at q con-
ference of the allied leaders In Paris,
the official minutes of the converse.
tions held report Lloyd George as hay.
ing said:
Moreover, from information re-
ceived II would appear that KoIchak
had been collecting members of the
old regime around him. and would
seem to be at heart monarchIst. II
appeared that the Czecho. Slovaks
were finding this out. The sympathIes
Of the CZecho-Slovaks are very demo-
cratic, and they are not at all pre-
pared to fight for the restoration OF
the old conditions in Russia"
II was the duty OF the allied govern.
nents TO keep the people informed
affairs In Russia. The press
II the world Is civilized, human and
patriotic, and would have respond.
ID TO all reasonable requests made
% give the truth to the people. The
Intelligence departments OF the vari.
'us allied governments had In their