The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-19
What Wilson's Pointing and
Retrieving for England Have
Done for America i'm Russia

Lloyd George officially that Great Britain
Twill open commercial relations with Soviet Russia"
Now that England has formally, in Parliament,
through premier announced that it is right and proper
to open commercial relations with Soviet Russia the pro-
British Wilson Administration will undoubtedly permit
America also to open commercial relations with Russia
in due time.
In the meanwhile before Englands official sanction
had given Russian trade this free and independent
United States of America under the compulsion of the
Wilson Administration, has been making super service
able colonial jackass of itself to its injury and in
the interest of the British Empire.
Although the United States, from April, 1917, to
the end of the war; was 'ostensibly associate of
Russia loaning to the Lvof and Kerensky administra
lions some 100000 of good American money, the
Wilson Administration not only sent American soldiers
into Russia fight Russians under British commanders
but for long time after the armstice absolutely for
babe American citizens to have any dealing with Russia
It caused the in this country of ENJOYS of the
Russian government who Offering to buy and pay
with gold or commodities American manufacturers,
American medicines and other products of American in
dustry to the value of hundreds of millions of dollars
needed restore the industrial life of Russia and to aid
the weak sick and starving population of Russia in
acute distress after than six years of incredible
war losses.
It not only prevented the Russian people from getting
these products drey needed by Them and for which
they prepared to pay generously but denied
American business their right to avail themselves
Of the immense opportunities awaiting them IN naturally
rich and undeveloped Russia.
Let every honest independent thinking citizen of the
United States ask himself the plain question:
What has been the result of pro British Admin
istraton tagging like hunting dog at the heel of Eng
lands selfish commercial policy pointing the quarry for
England, retrieving Engands commercial bag and obey
ing humbly the command of "down, good dog when
ever England wanted to keep off the field and not flush
the birds?
Let every citizen that question with little
hiss and prejudice possible.
Has not the result been, first to involve
brave boys in war against Russia which had never
been declared by Congress and was therefore wholly
illegal and absolutely unjustifable?
Second, to align the side of the old Russian
autocracy the most heous tyranny that backned
the pages of history and to array against the Russian
Republic, which, matter if it be in the beginning
extreme and unwise the French revolution in its
beginning nevertheless possesses those seeds of liberty
equality and fraternity which made the French Re-
public great and which will eventually grow in Russia
into great and free democracy?
Third has the result been to compel Americans
to make enemies of the powerful Russian people who
have always been friends and thus to leave utterly
without friends and allies in Europe whenever England
and her treaty companion in arms Japan, shall desire
to attack US?
Fourth and finally, has the result not been to hand
over to England the opportunity for friendly commercial
and industrial and political relations with Russia which
we might have had ourselves and which were rightly
and Justly and altogether properly and naturally ours?
And has the result not also been to make ridcu-
lous in the eyes of the world and humate our
own eyes?