Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-28
H|DE0US RED COILS
|. THREATEN WORLD,
SAYSLUDENDORFF.
German Military Leaders
Plea for Poland Raps
Peoples Lethargy.

Bolshevist Russia represents men
ace before which present day civiltza-
ton threatens to crumble. as did that
of Greece and Rome in the opinion OF
Gen. Eric Ludendorff. German military
leader, whose memorandum on the
Dangers of Bolshevism," addressed to
the civilized nations, has just been
made public in this country.
The memorandum Is plea for aid
in behalf of Poland and the war that
nation is making against the bolshevists
II Poland fails, Gen. I.udendorff says
the capitulatlon of Germany and
Czechosloval<ia is sure to follow.
Let no one believe it VII come to
a stand without enveloping Italy. France
and England in its hideous coils adds
the German writer Not even the
seven seas can stop il"
Propngardists at Work.
The 'lethargy of the bourgeoise," who
always likes to stay quietly at home,
and the obtuseness of governments are
permitting the boLshevist idea to spread,
according to the writer. who pleads that
his message be not allowed to fall on
deaf ears. Bolshevist propagandists are
drugging the sensibilities of nations
throughout the world, even in the
United States, and a rude awakening is
predicted for those who refuse to be
warned.
Gen. Ludendorff describes bolshevism
as a monster that must advance to
exist. and that is now in gradual prog
ress from the midland sea to the At
| lantic, with an inner line pushing to-
ward India and Persia. Continuing, he
says:
Their propaganda is stirring the
~ IN no ~ nf -
hearts: it is successfully bridging the
gulf that subsists between the Mos
lens of India and the disciples OF the
native religions. In Asia Minor and
Persia and all the way into Arabia
and Persia the bolshevist propaganda
conducts it's moves into anti-Chris-
tian. pan-Islamic spirit.
Poland and Rumania are under
mined. The bolshevist propaganda
operates with more caution in Fin
land, Sweden and Norway; these
countries are expected TO drop in the
lap of bolshevism without noticeable
effort. The great detectives of the
bolshevists are now in Germany and
perhaps Czechoslovakia and Austria.
Appears in Various Forms.
"Bolshevist propaganda in Germany
! assumes great variety of shapes.
With socialists. its preachments ad-
NOCdte war on capital ana the eStab-
! lishment of a proletaricn dictatorate:
with German nationalists, its mission
aries demand the delverance of the
country from the entente yoke: manu-
facturers and merchants are promised
commercial connections. although
every one knows the bolSheviStS can
! give nothing but can only take Yet
we are compelled to acknowledge
that the bolshevist propag anda is a
| perfect success.
The proof of its success is that
the bolsheVists already have an ad-
vance guard stationed in Germany,
which yearns passionately for the
lconquering approach of the bolshevist
armies as the signal to huri its own
following into the fray. Even the
remainder of Germany refuses to
comprehend that bolshevism is mere
destruction and cheerfully allows its
Vigilance to be drugged.
4 venture to assume that the
bolshevist managers operate with
similar methods and with kindred
success all over the world, including
the United States. 1t affects feeble
organizations like a stimulant or like
a narcotic poison. 1t rallies the pro-
letariat and puts sensible citizens to
sleep. The bourgeoise world Will soon
have rude awakening from it's half
awake letharGy to face the first guns
of battle.