The daily morning oasis., 1920-08-11

THE NEWS AND PROPAGANDA

Sudden and unexpected collapse of a Polish Of
fensive against Russia and the sweep of Boshevist
armies into Poland with the thunder of hostile guns
shaking the gates of the Polish capital and fright
ened government seeking safety in flight, with
historical call upon the Allies to intervene to save
Poland from fate she has merited by violation of
the very treaty which gave her on ndependert pol-
teal existence gives rise to reminder that in this
instance as in long series of like instances the read
inc public have been rsled by +he news sont OFF of
actual occurrences in Eastern Europe and Western
Asia. TO which attention has been called bv New
York neriodical Of high standing and broad influence
1.-THE New Republic" which taking The files of one
Of the leading daiiee Of the o~natest Of American
rnntronnIitar cities the Now York Tines counting
ard tagging positive issfann'onts and misleading
comments upon conditions and analv7ir"
fhe effect rron tho Ame~ic"n ~rh1io mind If s1oh
treatment of the news which ehnuld no accurate and
correct If +he rnblio Wind &c RI 10 infonnd corrnct
~, presents an arraionmert oT +'n fairnnes nrd
bonasFv Of the p,-na+ IF Tho rn11r+~v and
t,eir rewcratherirc acnncies that is STARTLING to
gov The lest
Tracing the historic events taking place in Rus
sia since collapse Of the Empire and erection of
new departure in government which is not greater
an experiment at this time thar was the government
established by Washington, Hamilton. Madison. and
their associates in their time Now Republic shows
that in all operations that the Allies have supported
against the democratic government of Russia there
has been persistent and deliberate distortion of truth
and accounts of actual occurrences, until the move
ment bostered had broken down completely and its
caracitv as factor in determining tho of events
in Russia was elirnated when s"ont and tardv adj
mission of the fino1 f,ct was made but possnd
as Quickly as nocchIn In NAV some other move
mont against Rosheui Russia the real remedy to
c,ro +he political evils of that nnfo+''nn+o con+rv
strictly guaranteed, with the name OF the maker
blown in he bottle.
While the New York Times is the offender
cited and exposed it is not the only one. All the
great -newspapers in the United States. and all the
newspathering agencies are CHARGED by the New Re-
rhlic with having stood in with the conspiracy and
assisted to roison the rnblc mird to actual oc-
crrences and events with the sole and onlv purpose
Of keeping alive among the Allies disnositor to in
tervene in the internal affairs Of Reeia with none
of overturnng the regime that had risen upon
the wreck of the empire and the governments sue
ceeding The same propaganda was worked IN West
e,n E,1rope Italv France and Britain The plan fol-
lowed was to educate the neonle of America and the
countries named into belief tha+ the RolShevik pov-
eminent had not the support of the Russian peon'e
and that With little outside assistance the anti
bnlshevists would prevail And it was work
ed for all that could be got ont of it.
Deposition of the Car and collapse of Russian
military operations against Germany about the time
that the United States threw their weight into the
scale CT war; was the foundation of real need for
the Allies to support the new government which arose
in Russia under the leadership Of Kerenskv; snd he
was supported with men, money, munitions When
tho Kerenskv government foil. srprlanted nv th9t
of Ienine and Trotzskv lire sr'nnor+ o"anted
Them hoping and trusting thew would hold ont against
Germany and keen oncunipd German armies Unon
"the eastern front" tho+ thew might NOT he free IN
move to the west and odd TO tho wor nroec''rn in
France, Flanders and Ttalv The tra+v Of Rres+-
Iitovsk, wherein the Rolshevk government treated
with German y, was shock to the Allies, but an ef-